11/10

i'm thankful for the sensation, when you are dehydrated and probably have been for a while but haven't realized it because your labor distracts you from being truly present in your body, and you have the first swig of a cold drink (in this case, citrus seltzer from an aluminum can fresh from the fridge) and the body of the it floods into your mouth and down your throat and into your belly, for how the sensation of your thirst being quenched is so powerful and magical that it is briefly like you have never had a cold drink before in your life and are experiencing it for the first time.