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Today was a pretty good day. My boyfriend was visiting. We went to a new cafe and got a breakfast burrito and a smoothie that was yummy scrumboes: a banana berry treat. Then we went to Trader Joe's, which I don't go to often anymore these days because I order most of my groceries online due to the pandemic. It is so interesting how much more fun it can be to shop for simple things like food once doing so has become a sort of privilege. When all of this is over I'm never taking anything for granted again.
Then we went to the mall to return a shirt I had bought him for Christmas (too big). While we were there, I got this gorgeous notebook with a green fabric cover. I had seen it on Typo's website before and had drooled over it because the print looks like a 60s flower power pillowcase (which I collect). It was originally $14 so I passed on it. But today I got it at the store for just $3 because they were having a sale! Very pleasing.
I also stopped at Lush (originally I was going to resist, but then remembered I am in the market for more lotion, so I went in). One of the employees commented on my pink seashell-shaped purse. She said, "Did you know that shark eggs are called mermaid purses? They have an interesting shape. Here, let me draw you a picture." I regretted not being able to buy more smell-goody things from her because she was very sweet.
It's so weird that now that there is basically nothing to do, a day of running errands somehow feels like a Big Fat Day o' Fun. I am tired in the same way I used to feel tired after visiting a museum or going on a hike. Bed time for me!
My current sleep schedule is this: I go to bed between 3 and 6 pm, and typically wake up by 2 am. This seems like a weird way to be, but I can't believe it took me this long to stumble upon because it is actually perfect for me. I am a night owl and love to be awake while everyone else is asleep-- I feel safer when I know I am alone and have time to myself. With this schedule, I go to sleep at peak exhaustion in the afternoons instead of trying to power through, and I get all of the late-night hours to myself. Plus I am still wakeful enough to participate in the world once the sun rises-- I can still go to work and get food and whatnot. It truly is the best of both worlds, and the optimization of it all makes me go squee. I am such a night owl that I have somehow circled back around into being an (albeit EXTREMELY early) early bird.
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SednaWoo
"I am tired in the same way I used to feel tired after visiting a museum or going on a hike."
I got a little choked up reading that because I can relate so much. More than anything I want to go to a museum but I am grateful I can go run errands from time to time. I'm happy you've found a sleep cycle that works for you. It's annoying that my occupation forces me to be at work by 7:30am because, if left to my own devices, I feel like I would have a similar sleep cycle to you. I love the early hours because they are so still.