Wake up...

I roll over in my couch.

Wondering what time it is, why the sun is up, and why my alarm hasn't gone off yet.

I stumble up walk to the phone, see that I have 15 minuets to get ready and leave. Then an hour to walk to work. Life is easier there. Even if I were going to work in the heart of the city I would walk a few blocks to the bus. I don't want to walk an hour to work. Calling in sick briefly crosses my mind. Just briefly though, C. and I had just talked about what will make us call in sick. Ennui and laziness were not on that list.

I stumble down the stairs to the bathroom, and while in there hear my phone. At first I think it is about to do the whole alarm thing (an hour late). But it is V. texting me to ask if I want a ride. By the time I get to the phone to read and respond, she is calling.

Thank god.

She is saving me today. She is saving me everyday.

I'll see her in a few minuets.

The sun is rising up over the plains right outside the window that I sit in front of. Today it doesn't seem to damn me.

Today there is hope.

File under Virtue.