alone

 Awake early and be silent, there is no need to wake up everybody else. The cat does not need awakening, she is up and about early as usual. 

Make cups of coffee, that cheap grinder is unable to grind the coffee down to the required fine quality, and a slice of toast. Read news, but there is so little that is really newsworthy.

The son was out late last night, partying with friends. It is good for him to do these things, but in the morning he looks a fright. Hope that he had a good time, but that is only his business now.

And after all that reading and coffee drinking take the daily walk up the side of the valley. It is a regular walk, and it helps the body keep in order.

There are no wild stories today, nobody cleaned up the flat.

The mess is depressing, but it is now more than one can do alone.