Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Sixty-Three

1. She’s already awake.

2. I put on the new jacket. It is light. It will be warm enough.

3. It is still so very dark. I have not had enough coffee yet. Something about driving at night time makes me drowsy. This is not a good thing. I keep looking for the first light of morning.

4. They’re still asleep.

5. I follow the curve and look for the statue. She shows me the chapel. We walk a path and squeeze through a gate and I feel like I am in the most peaceful place on Earth.

6. Okay. So this is just a teenager thing and I am not alone. We are not alone.

7. I curl up under a blanket and eat a salad and try to close my eyes and rest.

8. Probably best to wear the parka.

9. Long, cold, wet. And two losses.

10. But I really do need to go to sleep. Tomorrow already feels like a long day.