Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Twenty-Five

1. Just barely enough sleep.

2. Cereal for them. V8 for me. Coffee with oat milk creamer. Tiny cup.

3. Life imitating art: the irony of me trying to take a call about the challenges of working mothers while also trying to wrangle the kids into the car to take them to school. Another real-life moment.

4. A familiar face that I’m happy to see.

5. I reread the pages on pumpovers while I wait for the car to fill up with gas.

6. I volunteer to rake so that I can stare out of the roll-top and take in the view of the vineyard and the hillsides in the distance.

7. A wave of sadness as I eat my sandwich. That feeling of stuckness, of not knowing what to do next.

8. I really want to get into these bins but I have to leave.

9. Unexpected space.

10. Too tired for ice cream.