Noticing.Thirteen

Of pee breaks, clenched jaws, meal planning, and core values.

  1. EVERYONE SLEPT FOR THE ENTIRE NIGHT WITHOUT WAKING UP ONCE PRAISE THE LORD.
  2. Tell the truth, tell the truth, tell the truth.
  3. Someone shouting that they need to pee in the middle of gridlock traffic three minutes after we pull away from the gas station. Now I know how Mom felt on road trips with us.
  4. I can barely look at these exhibits. My skin crawls, my head swims.
  5. The hardest thing about parenting isn’t sleep loss or barf. It’s sticking to my guns when I’d rather pretend I didn’t see/hear the consequence-reaping thing I just saw/heard.
  6. We each thought the other didn’t want to be friends anymore. But we’re not dead yet. There’s still time.
  7. Trying to compose a meal plan on a tight budget for one endurance athlete in training, one mostly-sedentary writer, and one toddler feels like the kind of thing they should’ve taught us in home ec. Maybe algebra.
  8. The headache and squinting tells me I’m clenching my jaw subconsciously all day again. Where am I secreting away stress beneath the waves of peace?
  9. Connection. Joy. Truth.
  10. Do not despise these small beginnings.

Author: Ellie

Uppity stardust. Will eat (almost) anything.

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