Glow by Lady E

  Number 1 My morning started noisy. My husband's alarm went off and he didn't turn it off quickly. I went back to sleep.  Number 2 There's a garbage truck driver who has a habit of honking his horn in long successions whenever he reaches the front of our window. It's terrible. The noise jolts me awake.  This happened several minutes after the alarm. I went back to sleep. Number 3 About an hour after, I heard my husband open the gate and start the car to leave for work. I tried to go back to sleep but after a few minutes of peace, my phone rang. It was another Orange Rainfall Alert. But it wasn't raining, so I said, we'll go to Century City later. And closed my eyes.  During this time, my brain was already awake. I tried to go back as I've only had 6 hours of sleep, but the Sandman has already left.  I told myself I could stay in bed a little longer, maybe scroll through old posts or imagine a new one. But the stillness felt uneasy, as if the world was holdi...

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