Ten.One Thousand, Nine Hundred & Forty-Two

1. Thank goodness.

2. She comments on the weight of my book bag. But how am I supposed to carry everything?

3. He feels around the crown of my head, presses on the bones on the back of my ear, stretches my neck up. Every touch is an attempt to ease the pain and discomfort in some other part of my body. She says that a break in the bone is often a much faster recovery than ligament damage.

4. I don’t know why I don’t like this place.

5. I step back into the rain.

6. It’s been so long since I’ve done school pick-up.

7. Talking myself into and out of ideas.

8. I am not mad at the cancellations. I need a break from the busyness. The rain just keeps coming and coming and coming.

9. Station Pizza. Worth it?

10. Remembering that the path toward clarity is often created by discovering what you don’t want.