Ten.One Thousand, Four Hundred & Eleven
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So cold. 
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No water. Again. 
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58 degrees downstairs. I decide to turn on the heat for them. 
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He leaves to take the car to the dealership. I have at least one hour to myself before the kids wake. There is enough water in the tea kettle from yesterday to make a pot of yerba mate. 
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Sun coming in. 
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Still burning. 
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She has a baby goat and she’s walking it on a leash. Athena. 
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I’m doing the thing I said I didn’t want to do. 
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It feels like rain. 
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Hail. 
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“You can love them and let them go.”