Ten.Nine Hundred & Forty-Two

1. 1:32am.

2. My eyes don’t even want to close, my head feels tight with thoughts. I tell myself to breathe and not freak out about being so wide awake.

3. Mental list of what to do for work before leaving tomorrow.

4. Fog so thick. Only scared because I don’t know these roads too well.

5. Both coaches are black. This one still plays in a semi-pro league. “We want to grow them into young men. I’ll be your biggest critic but also your biggest fan.” This will be good.

6. Yeah.

7. Second baseball practice drop off. Fog still low and milky. He tells me that he didn’t even want to play. Too late for a refund. He’ll be fine.

8. Car horns.

9. They give me a round of applause.

10. Never not anxious about travel.