life lately

Today I sat and watched Andrea Michelle 

eat a mandarin

for 20 minutes.

It was quite fascinating. I sat, fully present 

with absolutely no distractions,

just me, Andrea, and that poor orange.

As I felt tempted to stand up and go do

something else, 

I instead just sat and enjoyed 

the glorious mess 

that is an almost three-year-old

…

Yesterday, before I could register for 

my classes, 

I had to confirm my emergency contact information

I was on the phone with one friend and sitting across the table from another 

And I asked,

“So, what do I do with my mom’s contact information?

Delete it?”

My two pals, one through my airpod, and 

the other to my face, 

exclaimed, 

            “Riley!”

what else was I to do though?