Ten.One Thousand, Six Hundred & Twelve

1. Rain, rain, rain.

2. I decide on an olive oil cake. Grapefruit. Will use up the lemon-infused olive oil. So, really, a citrus olive oil cake.

3. Weak coffee.

4. Rising waters but not as bad as last time.

5. I hear what they are saying, but I feel something different.

6. He’s chatty for someone working so early in the morning. He says we look familiar. We talk about having three kids but his are way younger than mine. I finish paying and he steps away. When he comes back, he hands me a bouquet of flowers.

7. More rain.

8. Chicken Tortilla Soup.

9. Maybe we’re doing an okay job.

10. Feeling the expanse of time.