Ten.Two Thousand, Three Hundred & Forty-Eight

1. The downside of the heat being on is that the morning workouts are much sweatier.

2. Coming around the curve, I see a layer of frost on everything.

3. One by one.

4. He’s right. Don’t say anything today; save it for another time. Now is not the time to squeeze.

5. Second shower of the morning. A meditation.

6. I had forgotten that she was sending me something. The note says something about a creature. I tell my husband that I hope it isn’t something that was at some time alive. Inside the paper is a metal snail. A snail. A snail! The most perfect tiny talisman at the the perfect time.

7. Feeling like focaccia.

8. He’s right. I wouldn’t quit.

9. I already know that I need one more day.

10. “Now is not the time to lose faith.”