Ten.Two Thousand, Five Hundred & Fifty-Three

1. TGIF.

2. It’s so dark during these walks that I have to begin them with my flashlight on.

3. I check my phone expecting/hoping for the meeting to be cancelled. It’s still there, but there’s also still time.

4. Enough to do what I need, even if they don’t support.

5. And there it is.

6. They are exposed; it’s just that no one has figured out what to do about it.

7. I come in through the back doors of the gym, and I see the stands filled with girls. I’m trying to hide my excitement. I definitely did not get enough pizza.

8. It’s working.

9. I'm trying to take these last 10 minutes to vacuum before we leave. I'm stress-sweating before I go and sweat some more.

10. She says she saw an ambulance and a fire truck and wonders if she should go and check on the neighbor.

11. The colors of sunset stretched across the sky.

12. Always the last one out of the locker room.