a day...today
5:30 am - I awaken with a cramp in my back surprised to have slept all night with a pulled muscle in my back from coughing too hard yesterday. Ease my way to the bathroom and swallow a gel Advil with a piece of dark chocolate to aid in absorption. Back to bed. 6:30 am - I awaken again knowing this time I have to get out of bed for real. Into the shower and time to get dressed. I turn on heat this morning in the living room. 6:58 - grab a cup of coffee and check for online connectivity and I'm in...need to check email for a pianist I'm in search of and reload money to my phone card for calling the US from my mobile phone 7:02 - run a load of laundry in hopes it will be by the time my parents arrive on Sunday 7:10 - finish drying hair 7:30 - it is 36 degrees fahrenheight outside... former viola student opens a chat online from Seattle 7:40 - down some vitamins and medicine for this nagging cough 7:45 - turn off all the heat, put on shoes and load up 8:00 - I am out the door ...