Ten.One Thousand, Nine Hundred & Thirty-Four

1. More light.

2. I brown the onions and chop the bacon. I feel my forehead begin to perspire as I stand over the stove, carmelizing the onions.

3. I should try it just because.

4. Just as I turn on the classical…

5. Funny how she thinks spewing compliments will somehow make me forget all the things she’s not doing that she said she would do.

6. The sun, the sun. So glad to see the sun.

7. She is looking at me like she’s confused. Why are we now both confused?

8. But whatever the outcome, this conversation is by far better than anything we could have had with her last year. And he feels honest and relatable. And I believe him.

9. It’s a sore subject.

10. They tell me about how she shoveled snow from in front of the basketball hoop so they could shoot hoops.