up

-- at 5:15 this morning to pick my aunt up from the airport -- she's in town a day before heading on to chiangmai. it took THE LARGEST CUP OF COFFEE KNOWN TO MAN to get me going at that hour, but we got there and back without mishap, and i suddenly find myself sitting at my desk, able for the first time in months to enjoy the cool morning air and the slowly dissipating grey outside my window. the day holds promise.