Ten.One Thousand, Eight Hundred & Ninety

1. Ready for mornings with the fireplace aglow.

2. Bats.

3. Thanksgiving is creeping up, which means Christmas is, too. I am not ready.

4. Early. Just me and the quiet. Dark offices. Spilling my half-oat-milk-half-coffee all over my desk. Clickity clack of the keyboard.

5. Soft.

6. I want it to be better.

7. Dare I say what is missing is feminine leadership?

8. Window-down weather.

9. I count eight today. I will be missing two or three tomorrow. Eight is not enough.

10. She says more words to me in those five minutes than I heard all last season and I am shocked. Pleasantly surprised. Maybe everything will be okay afterall.