being up with the sun is getting harder to accomplish now that summer is moving it's way into fall. Where previously my internal alarm clock going off at 5:30 showed just the edges of the sky starting to lighten, now finds it pitch black outside. And as I sit here now, a fully hour and a half ahead of my wakefulness, with morning tea in my hand and a bitten kitten curled up at my feet, the sky has just finished breaking.
looks like rain today.
looks like a good day to spend in the confines of a blanket or two. but alas. we keep such tireless hours, spent in the confines of work instead.
I don't really mind, mind you. I'm awake anyways.
Bitten Kitten has made a new friend in the birds that inhabit our back yard. her mornings spent chirping out little messages to them. Ones that I can only imagine mean, you're lucky I'm behind this screen. otherwise you'd make a tasty breakfast.
there's another bitten that wanders around the back yard in the early morning hours that she often has altercations with. These, I do mind. as they are usually the reason I'm startled awake at 3am with hissing and growling and a desperate attempt to physically remove the screen from the window. I can't blame her. it's instinctual to protect her home, her territory.
and I can't help but be slightly envious of her dedication to violence when it comes to intruders. Where I would sit passively and nod, over contemplating the options before almost always silently backing away, she uses force to convey her point. Maybe I should take a page out of her book. Maybe not. regardless however, I still need to get ready for work.