[His hand writing is neat, though not elegant by any means]

It's early in this... [A pause] Cycle? Still. It might just be because this place hasn't decided to make things bad yet. It kinda feels like a holiday too...snowing but lots of people around, nice food and stuff. I kinda remember the last place did this once too.

[After a short pause] It's not like it'll last long anyway. It never does.