The Little Things

Date: Wednesday July 27^th, 2011

Time: 12:55 pm

Location: Taupo, NZ, The Fox’s living room

I’ve recently discovered that I am a relatively simple human being. I don’t live extravagantly, I will often have the same thing for lunch multiple days in a row, and I require very little from people.

As I sat reading my second Kathy Reichs novel since moving to the Fox’s, I suddenly felt inspired to log my time of relaxation. My legs were thrown over the side of a plush green La-Z-Boy and I had just put another log on the cozy fire. My stomach was recently satiated with two pieces of toast covered with Nutella and the last of the 2 liter of Coke Mrs. Fox had bought for me.

As I prepared my lunch, my mind switched to a novel-like narrative as it often does after I’ve spent long amounts of time reading.

I reluctantly got up from the comfortable sprawl I had accustomed myself to and walked into the kitchen…

I smeared Nutella on my toast considering that the jar was already half-empty and wondering if that was all my doing…

This Saturday will mark two weeks until I return to real life. The pace of my life will quicken as I prepare for my last semester in College and I work extra hours to rebuild my depleting supply of money.

So at this moment, I feel completely content and completely relaxed. And I am so grateful to have this time of simply doing nothing.