A bright morning and lost in time

Just a couple of thoughts. (Ha ha. I suppose it's obvious I have a lot of time in my hands nowadays.)

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First, I woke up this morning to find my bedroom bathed in sunlight filtering through the white curtains on my bedroom windows which were facing southeast. It was a wonderful sight. Such a thing happens only during this time of the year when the sun is low and angled to shine right through my windows in the morning.

I'm really glad that I decided to switch to white curtains after having boring peach-colored ones for more than a decade. Having white curtains definitely brightens up the room.

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These breaks between school terms are a very welcome respite from the drudgery of teaching day in and day out. The only trouble is that I tend to lose track of time or what day of the week it is.

With Monday earlier this week being a holiday for instance, I was momentarily confused about what day it was yesterday when I reported to work. The different classes I would have each day of the week obviously served as some sort of time markers during the school term.

And this morning, I was slightly depressed to realize that today was already Thursday and that practically most of the week had gone by. I also began to wonder what I had done with all that time only to recall with some relief that at least I had spent it cleaning up my room and meeting with my numerous students at work. Thank God not everything had gone to waste!