Good sleep.

Don’t want to, but I should.

He asks me if he can pass the car. No. He asks again. My answer is the same. I am trying to keep my patience. Forty-five is not that slow. Maybe this was a bad idea.

He pushes the cart, and I toss things in. “Don’t eat the cashew yogurt,” I say.

Negotiations.

Am I late?

“You must discipline yourself carefully. You must keep the promises you make to yourself, and reward yourself, so that you can trust and motivate yourself. You need to determine how to act toward yourself so that you are most likely to become and to stay a good person. It would be good to make the world a better place.” - 12 Rules for Life

I listen to the rain fall and watch as the leaves break away from the trees.

Cross my fingers and hope for the best.

Turns out, no matter how old you are, it still feels good when your parents tell you they’re proud of you.