These are a few of my favorite things
Grateful for spring time
I’ve been sick inside with a nasty cold of some sort. Ear infection that feels like I was stabbed in the ear, a cough that makes me feel like my lungs are being torn up, and a fever that makes me feel like a kid again, sick on the couch.
It’s 7:11 pm and the sun has just set or is setting. My window has been open all afternoon and evening, listening to the gentle rain and letting in a soft breeze.
But out of no where while I was prepping for bed, birds began to sing out the window. Calling each other, high up in the tree.
I thought it was coming from my movie that I was playing, but realized the volume was too low to hear even from the bathroom. The birds had come out in the dark, and it sounded like summertime. It made me realize this is probably the first time I’ve heard birds out my window this year. A true sign of spring!
I listened to the soothing chirps that even canceled out the distant honking and city ambience. It’s my favorite sound. It’s so simple. It’s free. It’s just the most wonderful thing to my ears.
I have to get better soon! I want to be out there. Nobody likes being sick, but I really hate being sick. I don’t know how to rest.
I wonder if there will be buds on the trees or even flowers next time I go outside. See, I can’t be inside that long! Especially in Manhattan—if I stay inside even for two days, by the next time I go out, there’ll be at least 2 new coffee shops on my block alone.
After thinking that, I tried to calm down—assure myself that this will pass, and just listen to the birds for now. It was making me feel excited for spring and summer to come. So I laid down on my bed, arms stretched up, thinking about all the things I love and can look forward to.
Tulips are in bloom, and I can pick some up for free next Sunday!
See the faces of my neighbors and local merchants, to catch up on the latest.
Be able to smell my favorite smell in the whole world—lilac—in a matter of weeks.
Cook and eat normally again (can’t smell or taste at the moment). I’ll buy what’s in season- artichokes, asparagus, and oranges.
Long walks by the river in the evening as the trees begin to blossom.
My brother returns home to the city in a week and I’ll get to hang out with him again soon.
Generally just sitting outside at a cafe or bar and people watch.
Being in Paris in less than 2 months!!!
I glanced over at my movie playing, You’ve Got Mail (1998). Tom Hanks comforts Meg Ryan who is sick in bed, similarly to me. “It would be a shame to miss New York in the spring…”
That is true, Tom Hanks.
