Nicola

Nicola was sweet and funny She said, ‘I’m into some hectic shit.’ She said, ‘Yeah I don’t mean to flex but I’m from Melbourne.’ She has bipolar. She said her parents brought her into hospital without telling her. She said, ‘Yeah they were like just get on a plane to Sydney and then they drove me here. That’s why I only have thot clothes packed.’ She worked on a jigsaw puzzle every day of her admission. I never saw much progress in the beginning, but after about a week she was getting better at it. Mostly I would stay in my room and eat cheeseburgers. Sometimes I would sit with the others working on the puzzle and play jazz. She said she liked Getz/Gilberto and the...