Thursday, January 20, 2011

An amazing sunrise

I am a night owl, a big one! you can't tell it from my work schedule, but I am. Before moving here and starting this job I used to put "see one sunrise a month" as an inspirational goal. And I have to admit, I almost never did it. I could go to sleep at 3 am, no problems but to wake up 5 minutes too early was something I would try to avoid at all cost. Even my inspirational goal was rarely a good enough reason.
Things changed dramatically since I moved here. I don't have a car so I have to use public transportation and during rush  hours they are packed and it takes about an hour to get to work. I discovered that if I leave early, the bus is almost empty and I get to work in less than 20 minutes, and so I changed my schedule drastically.
Usually I leave home at 6 am and catch the 6:15 am bus to work. It is still very dark at this time and the starts are still visible. Today I was a little slow and I had few things I wanted to finish so I got to the bus station a little later than usual. By the time I got on the bus and it started it's descend towards the Bay I could see a magnificent sunrise - a bright red sun rising above the clouds. Such a serene scene. What a perfect way to start my day.
I am so thankful today for this wonderful sunrise that I got for free, just for showing up. So I can check my "see at lease one sunrise" for this month.
And as for my OOPS of the day - oops #2 - I left work at 5 pm today and went directly to the gym instead of going home first - a great idea. Especially, since sometimes by the time I get home, I don't feel like going out again. So in one easy step, I got my workout, saved time and performed another oops.
until tomorrow...

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