Ten.One Thousand, Nine Hundred

1. So lovely to have this light so early in the morning.

2. Change of pants.

3. Oh yeah. I forgot.

4. The more I talk about it, the more nervous I get, and the more I try to talk myself down from the nerves.

5. It is always such a waste.

6. But before she gets off the call, she ribs me about my fantasy football loss.

7. Thunder and lightening. The sound of tiny balls of ice pelting the rooftop. She opens the window just a little and lets in all the sound. We sit at our desks in the quiet, the lights off, a little mesmerized by it all.

8. I am early because I want to watch. I want to watch because I want to learn.

9. Not enough time.

10. Before I let them go, I have us sit and talk, just the five of us. They have more to say than I thought they would.