Just Sitting
This morning I woke up a little early. Not much earlier then normal but I didn't really sleep too well last night so I was up about an hour earlier then normal for me. Everyone else was still asleep so the house was an eerie quiet. There are not many times during the day in this house where you can hear a pin drop except very early mornings. So, I got up and was going to turn on the TV in my room but decided not to. I checked my text messages on my phone, some of them and then I decided to just sit. I just sat on the edge of the bed and did absolutely nothing . I just sat. I listened to the neighbors outside in the parking lot chatting. The old building manager is always out there doing something or the other mainly because she uses the back door more then the front door so she is usually out there. She talks to everyone coming and going in the parking lot. Most are going to work or school that early in the morning. This morning the neighbors in the next building were telling her that they were Los Angeles bound. I guess for the weekend but they didn't really say. She asked them if they were all packed and to drive safely because of the storm that rolled in today. They loaded their toddler and dogs in the car and off they went. She briefly said hello to another neighbor and told them about her son who was coming to pick her up that's why she was outside waiting.
It is amazing how much you hear when you are just sitting and being still. Not doing a thing just sitting and listening. I heard the garbage truck and the garbage collectors coming down the driveway to empty the garbage bin that is back there. They gossip about co-workers most of the time and are very loud. They would wake you up out of a good sleep. They come every week bringing the noise with them. Fortunately, it is only a few minutes of noise. Then back to normal.
My son woke up briefly to go to the bathroom and asked if he could have something to drink. He barely touched the orange juice he poured himself and then went back to sleep. I got up and checked up on my mom in the other room. She was sleeping soundly. I crept back into my own room and sat some more and thought some more. I listened to the rain that finally came hit the window and listened to the wind blowing the raindrops that were hitting the window.
I thought that today was nice. Just to sit and listen, not move for a while, not rush into the kitchen as I usually do after run to the shower to try to take a quick one before everyone wakes up and they want to run to the shower too, not to rush to cook breakfast, make lunches, wash dishes, scrub counter tops and wait for phone calls that are bound to come. Not today. Today I just sat in the peace and quiet of the early morning.
I didn't know how relaxing that it was and I am thinking that I should do this more often. Sitting and listening to the quiet in the house.
It is amazing how much you hear when you are just sitting and being still. Not doing a thing just sitting and listening. I heard the garbage truck and the garbage collectors coming down the driveway to empty the garbage bin that is back there. They gossip about co-workers most of the time and are very loud. They would wake you up out of a good sleep. They come every week bringing the noise with them. Fortunately, it is only a few minutes of noise. Then back to normal.
My son woke up briefly to go to the bathroom and asked if he could have something to drink. He barely touched the orange juice he poured himself and then went back to sleep. I got up and checked up on my mom in the other room. She was sleeping soundly. I crept back into my own room and sat some more and thought some more. I listened to the rain that finally came hit the window and listened to the wind blowing the raindrops that were hitting the window.
I thought that today was nice. Just to sit and listen, not move for a while, not rush into the kitchen as I usually do after run to the shower to try to take a quick one before everyone wakes up and they want to run to the shower too, not to rush to cook breakfast, make lunches, wash dishes, scrub counter tops and wait for phone calls that are bound to come. Not today. Today I just sat in the peace and quiet of the early morning.
I didn't know how relaxing that it was and I am thinking that I should do this more often. Sitting and listening to the quiet in the house.
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