Ten.Two Thousand, One Hundred & Ninety-Six

1. What is that sound? Oh, yes. I need to get up.

2. I decide to give them until 1:20 a.m. and then immediately regret it.

3. I will never be able to go back to sleep. I know it.

4. But I’d like to feel this way all of the time.

5. I take the cherry pitter out of my purse and laugh.

6. She sends me a picture of her holding up an “I (heart) D.C.” shirt on the bus.

7. I make the executive decision to put my jeans back on and work from home.

8. I put my shoes on and think to myself how grateful I am for what that place gave me: a few lifelong friends.

9. I’m pretty sure he hit something.

10. Sometimes, the right words are hard to find.