Ten.One Thousand, Seven Hundred & Thirty-Seven

1. Cold, cold, cold.

2. Grateful for a slower start to the morning.

3. Too much coffee?

4. The changing color of the light as the morning hours pass.

5. I remind myself that the only person I can control is myself. Others’ emergencies do not belong to me. I can choose to move slowly, deliberately, without apology. I can set boundaries.

6. More potatoes for lunch.

7. Going with the flow.

8. The gift of more time.

9. I show him the email. He reads it the same way I do. “I knew this was going to happen. But you see, it’s so hard for a man to have a woman tell him what to do.”

10. Manage expectations.