Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Forty-Two

1. Grateful for the cool air.

2. Remembering that I don’t have to get up just yet. I slink beneath the blankets again and close my eyes.

3. Last little bit of cereal before I drink the coffee.

4. Sunlight slipping through the clouds.

5. I drive him down to the field for camp and try to keep my eyes on the road but I keep wanting to look east toward the ridge. The mountains look like shadowy ghosts and the light is yellow and thin and it almost looks like a dream.

6. “Wait, I’m not registered?” “Don’t worry about it. I got it.”

7. Slow.

8. Not again.

9. Ah, see. The universe will sometimes present you with something that is almost the right thing but isn’t exactly the thing. It’s a test. Get quiet. Is it what you really want?

10. All the wires are crossed.