Forgot to turn off the alarm.

It’s not raining. And I think maybe even the sun will come out.

I really need to get these computer pieces out of my car.

Another day of school drop-off and pick-up, half-water-half-coffee spilling out of the spout of my mug, staring through raindrops on the window.

I think I’m closer.

We eat in what is in effect a greenhouse. It is surprisingly warm and sunny. Steak frites and lemon meringue pie. I almost lose track of time.

I ask her if I can show her my big babies. I show her big babies dancing. “Big babies dancing?”

As soon as we start walking through the campus I feel a little bit of nostalgia, maybe even a bit of jealousy. Those unfinished years still haunt me.

UC Davis Archives and Special Collections. A French wine text dated 1515. A Spanish wine text dated 1297. Dottie and John.

These little moments.