"Be Yourself!" The black-bordered poster was of low quality and seemed out of place in a modern office. Minimalistic, uncomfortable gray couches, white desks and coffee tables with strong lines. Recessed but cold, white lighting.

A generic photo of giraffe standing tall amongst a crowd of zebras did not fit the auspicious feng shui of the waiting room. It occurred to him that perhaps that was the point?

He felt a twinge of pride for making that connection, just as Dr. Pepper exited her office with a patient. She walked him to the front desk and spoke quietly to the receptionist who printed off a paper and handed it to the patient. Dr. Pepper turned to Greg and smiled, "Greg, hey there! You're a bit early so just give me five minutes or so, ok?" Greg nodded, she said goodbye to the patient and retreated.

7 minutes later, the receptionist told him to go in.

After his therapy session, Greg texted three friends to see if they wanted to go to Kildare's for a pint, with a beer emoji. Only one, Jeremy, responded. The other two would respond the next day, saying how they regretted they couldn't make it out on a Sunday night, but maybe next time.

Beingthat Jeremy had to work the next day, Greg agree to meet him at 4:30 so theycould get an early start, and therefore, an early finish. Greg had six pintsand Jeremy had 4. They also did Irish Car Bombs together, after which Jeremyrealized that was probably an offensive name and this probably wasn't anauthentic Irish bar. Greg found that exceptionally humorous at the time. Jeremydropped Greg off at his apartment after, insisting he was fine to drive becausethey had been drinking over the course of 5 hours. He got there ok, so he musthave been fine to drive. Greg collapsed into the ever-reclined recliner andfell asleep with the next episode of BBC's Africa.