In between the morning sunlight

Waking up early without meaning to!

I had all the means to sleep in today. I had a busy day yesterday and felt like I could reward myself with turning off my alarms, and so I did. I woke up around 7 am, fully rested. Now, the next thing I do is debate whether I want to stay in bed all day and feel bad about myself for not getting up, or listening to my body and pull myself up when it so nicely asks me to. Lately I have been making an effort to listen to the latter, even if it is bright and early, even if I have nowhere really to go.

Waking up early is not punishment, quite frankly, it is a gift. The day starts softer, as the world rubs the sleep off its eyes, and the streets are slowly getting busier, well dressed people in line for the bus. I wake up just in time, before the sun slowly moves into place which will turn our kitchen into a sauna. During winter, I was sat at our little table in front of the window, gazing over the bustling life outside. That is difficult now that the sun is finally out, because it gets terribly hot and unbearable. So when I wake up like this I get to sit in the kitchen with a good youtube video playing, a cup of coffee in hand, it is light enough but the sun has not exactly reached our window yet. Dare I say my most treasured time of the day? Except when my love goes off to work even earlier, and despite me being dead asleep, he kisses me and wishes me a good day. I think he knows that I am replying to him in my dreams, at least I know I do.

As I write this it is almost 9 am. I have already had breakfast in the kitchen and sprayed my monstera leafs with water. I think I shall take this day as a rest day, in a sense of going outside, basking in the sun, maybe bring a book. I should be reading things for university, and maybe I will do that today as well. I have other things to do too, calls to make, divide all the laundry for our big laundry date we’re having when my love gets home. My sweet hoya bella that almost died in January, and that I cut down to nothing but a stump and hopes and dreams, is doing fantastic. We started seeing bright green stems, then leaves and now it is looking like a proper plant! At the end of where I cut, a new branch has grown and at the end of that; a small cluster of soon to be- blooms. I literally cannot wait, I am beyond excited!!!!

Maybe this shall conclude my morning, it is almost a quarter past nine after all. I will apply sunscreen, comfortable shoes and go out and walk for a bit.

All the love!

Amanda