Ten.One Thousand, Five Hundred & Seventy-Nine

1. I already know before I look at the clock.

2. My mind runs through all of the things.

3. Found the hashbrowns.

4. Salad and soup. Gluten-free Tate’s chocolate chip cookies. A cup of decaf coffee.

5. I sit on a bucket and scrub down the ladder. My mind drifts to things I’d rather not think about. But scrubbing is the best thing I could be doing.

6. The stab of uncertainty.

7. Tomorrow.

8. What if there is nothing that can be done?

9. Running helps, too.

10. They have a Christmas tree up. I’m not mad about it.