wishing for longer days alone

 

there are not enough hours in a day, when it's your day off.

first, you rise later than usual, 8-9am sometimes.

you do a little chore like run the laundry, or do the dishes, then go for a walk, then your morning is gone.

if you do a little surfing, a little reading or watching, talk to your parents on your weekly catch up phone calls, that's half your afternoon gone.

haven't even done more substantial chores like cleaning or sweeping, now it is time to prepare dinner already.

 

the time to reflect, to do some quiet deep thinking, writing, these things take a long stretch of time.

being married, living with another, even if we have not much of a social life external to our family unit, it's a huge life changer.

all my time is not mine, it is shared, i cannot just sit in my quiet for the most part.

and that is why that one day off a week is ever so precious to me, and it goes so fast.