easy to misplace

It is not early,
it is late.
Snowflakes are falling out of a grey sky,
watch them fall from the warmth of a bed,
past the sheets of glass in the window,
reflected in the window of the glazed balcony opposite.

Breathing is easier now,
the cold infection is receding.
Get out of bed
walk through the flat
the head starts to spin

Optimism is a good thing
just easy to misplace, is all.

Remove  yesterday's soaking pan from the kitchen sink,
scrape the burnt dough left over from last nights meal into the container for biodegradable waste.
Rinse out the coffee maker, take care not to chip the glazed earthenware sink.
Put yesterday's coffee grounds into the same container, it will all turn to compost somewhere.
Clear the work top, there are still dirties lying about from yesterday.
Start the grinder, it grinds for a while, then gives a liberated howl as the motor with no load spins up to its greatest speed.
Reach for the jar of coffee beans and fill the container, a small hopper on the top of the machine.
The howl stops, and the machine is grinding again.
The timer runs out and it stops.

Put the coffee into the sieve, so that this may be placed onto the coffee makers filled water receptacle, screw the top half on, put it on the cooker, ignite the gas, and all is well.

Clean up the mess on the worktop whilst waiting for the coffee.
And ignore a really painful fit of coughing.

Free morning