Ten.Two Thousand, Seven Hundred & Seventeen.

1. Why did I think a 7 a.m. appointment was a good idea?

2. This has to be it until I can come up with another plan.

3. I tell him that the word that comes to mind is “stunted”.

4. “Conversations can happen in stages.”

5. It’s a little early for a bag of Gardetto’s.

6. Why do I feel like she’s not listening? She is focusing on one thing and adding in the other details. She must be a newer doctor.

7. I just have to ask.

8. I tell him that I just want to make some focaccia.

9. Well. I was going to come anyway.

10. Affirmations from the universe.