having such a lovely morning
After a few days of feeling completely awful, I'm finally coming out of this migraine/vaguely sick phase. I still haven't been able to wake up as early as I'd like, but today I woke up to my multitude of alarms instead of sleeping through them, so there's that, at least.
I woke up feeling unusually aware today. You know how when you're half-asleep, you end up doing things that are bad for you, like going right back to sleep or somehow spending the next hour doomscrolling on your phone? I wasn't entirely free from the scrolling, but I managed to fight the urge enough to get up and do some posture exercises. I guess it helps that I planned that I was going to do it last night, and that I really do have a ridiculous amount of alarms.
When I finally came out of my room, the wind was blowing and the birds were chirping and my dogs were waiting downstairs for me, like always. This is my favorite kind of morning: cool, a little bit dim, the silence filled up by the rush of the wind and several different birdcalls. I was born in the heat of summer, but I've always loved the January wind.
As I write this, I'm eating breakfast and listening to the sounds of the house and the street outside. Today I don't have much to do, except some student org work and (online) gift shopping for a friend. I think I'll spend more time watching Haikyuu. One of my best friends loves it and has been telling me to watch it for ages, and I finally gave in a few nights ago when I had really bad insomnia. It's crazy how these kids in their first year of high school are teaching me so much. Maybe things do come your way when you need them.