14 Phrases Describing Last Week

695, the approximate one-way mileage of the latest road trip.
Family, family, family.
Sweet Tea, the table wine of the South.
A group of (black) people not allowed in the pool, right before the police are called.
“No accidents,” which can also be replaced, by something like “potty like a big boy.”
A baby having a baby.
Mild stroke.
Gladys Knight’s Chicken & Waffles. Twice.
Consistent and sustained love, often expressed by hugging.
Sumptuous red velvet cake.
Inexplicable tantrums of varying lengths by the boy at the oddest times.
Back pain upon stopping to stretch or to get gas or to feed.
$2.49 for a tire gauge.
Sleeplessness that one night.

Michael Washington