Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Thirty-Nine

1. Keep forgetting to wake him up at 6:45.

2. Too much clanging. This is why I need to get up earlier; I need my quiet.

3. File under ways you know you’re an adult: the weight of your new iron and the way it glides over her t-shirt fills you with joy.

4. We start to go down the rabbit hole.

5. Nirvana and then Stone Temple Pilots and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Pumpovers are much faster when the music is harder.

6. Classic PB & J.

7. More like relief.

8. Progress.

9. The countdown.

10. But the not knowing.