I pour coffee in the mug and then more coffee into a to-go mug to take upstairs.

6:30am virtual calls with your best friend. One hour is never enough.

Where is everyone? They start to slide through the door at 7:58.

Two, four, six, eight, nine. I will play the tenth.

Focus.

That’s a lot of dry needles.

On the way out she tells me she hopes my arm isn’t too sore.

My arm feels quite sore.

No dessert.

Hmmmm.