Ten.One Thousand, Six Hundred & Fifteen

1. Really, really need a new coffee maker.

2. Cinnamon rolls from a can.

3. I gather together as much as I can. Make it as easy for her as we possibly can. Be a good client.

4. He reminds him that he’s the leader. That he needs to set the tone for the game.

5. And sometimes you’re just in a space that feels good and right and natural.

6. I tell him that all of the conversations I’ve had with people there feel easy, and I’m not nervous, and that means a lot.

7. I am there at my usual time, but I forget that I don’t have the gym to myself. I lean against the pool gate and think.

8. Not my job.

9. Lack of discipline.

10. Practice is over but the girls are still hanging around and shooting and laughing with each other and that is a good sign. It’s always a good sign when you have to kick them out of the gym.

11. “This is the place. Not the corner. I didn’t see you and I’ve been listening to a podcast called ‘Disappeared’.” She giggles but she understands.