I Noticed: Day 8

I had some music time with favorite babes,
early in the morning.

Then, I had a work day at home, in my cozy pants.

I debriefed "ugh, it is january" with
my dear friend/piano "student" at her mid-morning lesson.

I really enjoyed saying the phrase,
"I have a writing deadline."

I found a lazily burning candle enormously comforting on a gray day.

I drank a mug of hot raw milk with honey
and a happily floating cinnamon stick,

because it's one of my favorite things to do.

I read [what felt like] a million [but was decidedly less]
postdoc applications, my glasses perched on the end of my nose,
like a big old nerd.

And I listened to those chirping birds at my bird feeder,
with a smile in my soul.

[Notice, verb: to pay attention to; 

to perceive, become aware of; to heed]