I had a rare experience this morning that I have to share with you.
See, my alarm went off and I got up.
Shocking, I know.
Somehow I didn’t groan, roll over and beg Father Time to back it up a
little so I could catch a few more winks.
Instead, I got right out of bed, made my way to the kitchen and fed the
cats so they didn’t have to beg for food like…well…like dogs. They didn’t say so, but I’m guessing they
were grateful that I didn’t try to confuse them this morning.
After I fed the felines, I made a cup of coffee and sat in the living room
to enjoy the sunny morning for a bit before getting ready for the day.
What makes all this rare? Because
it. Never. Happens.
I am not a morning person. Never have been. I don’t understand the
concept of sunrise and I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one. Sunsets?
Sure. I even have pictures. But
sunrises? Not so much.
So I sat on the couch in the living room enjoying my coffee and gazing
around my little domain. Also rare this
summer was the sunshine. I think I read
that in the last 19 days we’ve had rain 16 of them. No matter how you look at it, that makes for
one soggy summer so far.
So I enjoyed the sunshine. And I
noticed – for the first time in the year since we’ve lived in this house – that
the sun hits the purple crystal hanging in the living room window at precisely
6:47 a.m. where it sparkles for a few brief moments before the sun moves on and
highlights something else. Since I’m all
about the sparkle, I delighted in the vision.
But then what happened? I started
noticing that the window behind that purple crystal needs an immediate date
with a bottle of Windex.
And then I shifted slightly on the couch…and I saw a filament of spider
web hanging down from somewhere up high, connecting to a glass globe on the
coffee table and ending somewhere inside the decorative bowl in the middle of
the table.
Ugh. WHY did I have to shift
slightly on that couch? I would’ve been
happy to have been blissfully unaware of that filament. Not only that, but I am not a big fan of
creepy crawly things so removing the filament brought with it the possibility
that an actual spider would come out of his hiding place to find out what was
happening to his handiwork.
I had to give the arachnid props though. If he had started up in the
ceiling fan or on the ceiling itself, he had to create a whole lot of silk to
get from there down to the coffee table. It’s a VERY high ceiling. Poor guy was probably napping after his long
journey.
Nevertheless, I put down my coffee cup, went to the closet to find a
dusting cloth and then wiped off the table, the glass globe and the decorative
bowl.
That done, I decided I’d better jump in the shower lest I find even more
surfaces that need some attention with a mop, broom, or other cleaning implement.
So it looks like I have some sprucing up to do this weekend. But don’t I always? It’s one of those never-ending chores that
won’t go away no matter how hard you clean.
The dust and dirt always comes back.
But despite all that, I truly enjoyed those brief moments enjoying the
morning sunshine. Who knew you could get
so much pleasure out of taking a few moments like that before starting your
day?
Yeah, yeah, okay – so half the free world recognizes this. The other half – like me – are affirmed night
owls with an aversion to sunrises and spend every possible second snuggled up
in bed waking up only to hit the snooze button one more time.
But maybe…just maybe…I’m not quite
so averse to sunrises anymore. I’ll have
to test the theory. Just not tomorrow.
It’s my day off – and I’m probably going to want to sleep in.
(Heyyy, what can I say? We can’t push this “early bird” conversion.
Change takes time y’know.)
Seriously…have a good weekend all. Enjoy your sunrises. And your
sunsets!
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