Day 6.2

Not about polyphasic sleep, per se, but... Wow, I had forgotten how wonderful it is to be outside early in the morning. I don't mean just awake, I mean out of doors. It's sunny today, blue skies, not-too-cold weather (that's somewhere between lukewarm and sockless-ankles-are-freezing), and campus is just beautiful before rush hour. Having lived in a big city all my life, I can certainly appreciate large swathes of green grass, fountains, and low buildings with wide-open skies in between.

It's not that I've never been outside early in the morning before; I was out the door at 7:00 am every morning in high school. It's not even that my cold seems to be going away (orange juice + green tea + cough drops). It's just that I've never really been this awake at eight in the morning, on the other side of the day. Usually, if I'm awake enough to appreciate the squirrels at this hour, it's because I haven't gone to bed yet. It's somehow different, having just woken up. I'm really getting to like this being-up-in-the-morning business, not just for the extra time in my day, but also for its own sake. I think I'll make this my running-errands-on-bike time, because a beautiful morning, however awe-inspiring, isn't quite enough to replace efficiency.