Sakura Diaries, part 2

On the many kinds of crowds

Hello from Osaka!

On Saturday morning, I was out walking before anyone else was awake. 

I’ve been trying to break a pattern in our family, which goes a little like this. I (lark) wake at 5am, and then begin to get impatient around 9am for H and Bert (owls) to get up. My impatience builds after they wake, and slowly feel their way into the day. By 11am, they are maybe considering getting dressed, and I, six hours into my day already, am snapping at their heels to get out of the house, because it’s nearly lunchtime for God’s sake and we’re going to waste the whole day if we don’t get moving. 

It’s not a harmonious start to anyone’s day, and I’ve realised lately that I can just go out without them. Nobody even notices, and everybody gets to enjoy their version of the morning in peace. So that’s what I did today. I got up, sat on my phone in the dark for as long as I could bear, got dressed and got out.