Dawn is Nice

I've become one of those people who wakes up early even though they don't have to.

Partly this is the dog, who wakes up at six every morning and starts demanding his walk. Partly this is because I have a nice medication (Temazepam) which for the first time in my life lets me lie down and go to sleep, like in ten minutes. (Before I always lay awake for two or three hours, or got up again and stayed up until three a.m.) 

Partly, I think, it's because I don't have to get up. There's no alarm clock, and nothing to  resent. When I wake up, the whole day is mine. I could go back to sleep (the dog, though), but why would I? I have coffee to drink and walks to take and writing to do.

So I'm up at six, usually, or sometimes as late as seven, and off to the dog park ten minutes later and by 8:00 I am at my computer, hot tea at hand, ready to start writing.

This is the life I always wanted, and I have to tell you, it's paradise.

Also, I'm seeing dawn, like, a lot. Almost every day. Dawn is very pretty indeed, y'all.