July 7 – I get into a theme park, very early, and am given access through the kids’ hole on a ride that starts with my legs like they’re strapped into a hospital bed, which has bears on some of the cars. After seeing flying reindeer land on a hill outside, we get separated at breakfast, with me seated in the old single ladies section and Caleb left to talk with two guys. I pass his table after telling a guy that he’s making me uncomfortable by how awkwardly close he’s standing while asking me about sports, even though I told him I’m not a fan. I toss something at Caleb and tell him I’ll meet him at the car. As I work my way backwards through the kid-only access, this time with a water on stones theme, I figure it’s only 730 am, so we’ve got time for me to enjoy this park and then go somewhere else.

July 8 – I’m in a glamorous camp with fancy hair and getting treats while we do gymnastics and play catch.

July 10 – A lady finds me hiding in someone’s shed, hoping to sleep for the night, and offers me food. We drive somewhere with others, and I watch them build shoes out of cardboard.

July 13 – I’ve got a guy on my back and my hands on the shoulders of the guy he wants to get his point across to. I tell the guy I’m touching to share his point first and then listen to the guy on my back. He’ll either agree with you, great, or he won’t, but it won’t diminish you. “Share.” Then I woke up. Hopefully, listening to others will broaden our beliefs and make us question ours.

July 15 – I’m with Fallon and the girls and find money stuffed in socks and then paper bags from this homeless bag. We’re in the hood with a bunch of thug-filled cars parked in the area. I drive away like I’m being followed, and this large truck cuts in front of me with the 1.5 lanes available. I realize how lost I am, but keep moving. A few guys are high-fiving other guys in booths, and I don’t want to go through a base checkpoint. They look ahead, stop, and climb into a booth. I don’t know what they saw, but I use this point to turn around.

July 17 – Sparky gets climbed by a baby raccoon.

July 20 – Someone was kind enough to move my car once out of the tow zone, but not the second time. I try using the app to find it, but I don’t have enough signal. Then these guys, one gives me an umbrella, start to escort me somewhere, but I guess one made sure we ditched the other two and had me running up a hill to find my dad and three sisters after seven years. They claim I didn’t grow.

July 21 – I thought I found a British coin, but when I saw it was from Spain, I set it down in front of a tour group for someone else to find. This guy whistles at me, so I go inside, jump some stairs, and then use the commotion outside to hide from him under the stairs. This rich lady is having her herd of dogs walked and says something about half of them, while a giant one nuzzles its nose into my neck, so I put my finger in its mouth in an attempt to get it to stop.

August 16 – I snuck out, but the parents came out, so I ran and ended up at the beach on a large rock in the sand watching a family of snails.

August 22 – I get up under the cover of darkness as Deanna’s voice is rushing me, so I shove remotes in a drawer along with a purse and grab my small bag. I meet Jay at the door with a large camping bag that seems empty. He’ll disappear into a changing room. I’m in a tent with guys and hear the men whisper to go when they possibly think I’m sleeping. As soon as they’re down the hill, I make it partway down. I notice guys in white suits jumping in colorful clouds of smoke, and I return to the sleeping position among the trees near the dried-up lil pond to escape. I can feel the earth move as the enemy walks by. (It might’ve been Caleb next to me in bed.)

August 24 – A bunch of people, close to me but not sure who, broke the law. I thought we were busy getting ready to go to jail, but I just had so much stuff to go through, and my teeth were loose. As I start to look for a box, I realize that they’re all gone, and my mom’s side of the family is showing up for dinner. I wake up and think that maybe they saved me from going instead of leaving me behind, but the last box I saw said 90 years in prison for selling Frosty.

September 3 – I save Sparky from Nana’s escaped iguana, one of her aquariums broke. I forgot to take my shoes off before getting them wet.

September 16  – Some guy’s job blows up, so Caleb and I offer to take him to the ER, which leads to going amazingly fast and downhill around very sharp turns. We stop somewhere to walk up this winding ramp, and though I want to get video, there’s someone in the way. These two boys want to play, but I dump their pennies back in their hoodie pocket.

September 18 – A Hollywood actor, like Brad Pitt, shows me his ‘All fall apart’ tattoo… families, relationships, our bodies.

October 6 – I park in a mall parking lot and try to take the train, which I think will be a half hour to Caleb, but when I ask about the airport, it’s in Blythe, so I know I’m lost. I go inside, and this guy wants to have some special Asian meat dinner. He’s in a kimono with red and black Jordans. I feign stomach upset and get out in a hurry. This guy shows me a shortcut through the police station, and I end up near some villas. I ask for directions to the parking lot, and I crouch-run through to avoid being seen.

October 10 – I’d just been invited to eat with two people, and he made us coffee. I was worried about getting out of the house, but then I was walking home on a darkening trail when I saw a snake jump up next to an electric pole like a bolt of lightning. I was sure to step around the next one on my path, but then he moved quickly, and I woke up fast.

October 12  – I’m a criminal being transported. There’s a large man covered in sea-themed tattoos, and one of my guards thinks it’s funny to push me off the boat to swim to shore, so I bring back hotdog-tasting candy and a souvenir as we get back to sea. We were limited to a small cabin until someone went through a hidden door and exposed the nicer part of the boat.

October 14  – I’m a scientist, or something in the field, and Ryan is carrying me sideways, through a forest with Brooke running beside him till we get to the family shelter. They’re having a picnic after a scare near our center. I return to the field without the crew and help a kid get himself out of a small window while I grab the smelly other thing that we just learned of and start to run.

November 4 – Caleb and I stop at a small town country bar, their bathroom is a sandpit out back, and the door makes no sense because it’s open space. I went out there after Caleb ordered dessert before dinner since it was taking a while. It was a two-hander glass with a cake slice over lemon slices and filled with a lite beer.

November 6 – I stay the night at Mrs Melton’s and am up late taking care of kids. I’m on my way out the door, but forgot my shoes. I’ll come back with Caleb for my book, and Fallon calls because she’s saving my car from being towed. At some point, Barbara is telling me how she wouldn’t work for the family farm when she can make more money elsewhere.

November 20 – I send Caleb off with a lady hike guide and some other people. I let the car follow them, but soon it’s pouring rain, so I end up on a bike with Peanut and have no idea where to stay for the night until a guy offers to help get me back to the earlier campsite. I panic when I see the dog-free basket, but bend the gate funny so she can finish squirming underneath and back into my arms.

November 25 – I meet Miley Cyrus in a busted hotel so she can hide before we go to a show where she’s one of four performing. The audience didn’t realize it was her until they started moving closer. I saw the first guy rise through the stage and remembered my phone in my bag so many rows away.