Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Forty-Nine

1. A Tuesday that feels like Monday.

2. Go slower. And even slower.

3. I wind up the snail and let it roll. I laugh out loud. A true delight.

4. She asks me why I’m concerned about making people upset by enforcing a boundary - why I’m worried about people thinking I am mean. I realize that as a child, at some point during all of those moves, being told that I was stuck up or rude. No. I was just an introvert. I was just quiet. I was just an observer. But cue trying to make sure you didn’t make anyone upset lest they think you were mean.

5. I tell her that the person doing the breaking up is always considered the bad guy.

6. But also, I have no patience for foolishness.

7. So hot in the sun.

8. The best $3 dollars I’ve ever spent.

9. I could be at home in front of my computer, or I could be here on the grass in the shade, watching baseball practice, drinking wine, talking about all of the things.

10. Should have gotten ice cream.