Ordinary

I don't get many ordinary days like this but when they come, they come and go too quickly.

Today, I woke up to silence, without an alarm clock, sushi-rolled in my blanket, and sunken into my mattress.  The sun rays from the window peeking into my room said hello and I rolled over, sinking even deeper into my dream.  My roommates had left and I had the house to myself.  So, I turned the kettle on and went to brush my teeth.  Two and a half tablespoons of Milo powder swirled into this chocolate malt richness whose taste can ridiculously transport me back to memories of home.  I have always been that boring person that only drinks water in the morning but Milo has been the drink I reach for every time I want to relive that piece of nostalgia from home--morning or night.  I get a text from a friend about a late lunch date today which I honestly almost forgot about.  I check the bus schedule and get a bit excited that my bus gets there 20 minutes earlier; I decide that I will use it to go for the long desired walk I was planning but never had the initiative to pull through.

Today, I have some homework to do, things I want to write and read about.  But that's okay.  In its whole, today is pretty open-ended and free.  And as the the reopening of college next week creeps into my periphery, in this instance of me typing away on my laptop and a streak of sunlight cuts through my quiet room, I think it's okay to not think about that for a while.  To just let the present be the present.  And to find joy in my quarter-full mug of Milo, breakfast banana, and the sun.  The little things.

I feel living as a college student and my life in general has always been about getting things done, making "the most" of my time, and catching up on unfinished work.  And I think I sometimes forget to be present in the moment as it is and appreciate just being.  I've been getting a little bit more mindful about it this semester and I'm liking these little pockets of mindful joy--these little pockets of sunshine.  So, I am writing all this down before I forget, knowingly or unknowingly, about the little things--about the present.

I don't get many ordinary days like this but when they come, they come and go too quickly.  And I want to thank today for being what it is: ordinary.

Thank you (: