Ten.One Thousand, Nine Hundred & Thirty-Two

1. Up before the alarm again.

2. Last night’s conversation led to grits for breakfast this morning.

3. I tell him I feel like taking tomorrow off, but I know I can’t. There is too much that needs to be done.

4. I see now that part of the eyebrow is also missing.

5. I unlock the storage and drag out the container of old retreat supplies. I am looking for scissors, glue, other ephemera for tomorrow night. I put all the magazines in a pile.

6. Together, we go through every drawer, wipe down every surface, remove every bit of trash. It looks like a room again.

7. I lay in bed.

8. He is lying on the floor.

9. More rain.

10. More clouds rolling in.