My Cat Has a Lack of Problems

The sun has been out every day, and the spring flowers are growing in my garden already. I can feel the world warming up for summer. The light streams in my window falling on my sleeping eyes in a beam of warmth. I smile to myself, enjoying the gift sent to me through the glass. I pull the blanket over my shoulder and scrunch my toes up. I don’t want to get out of bed. My room is chilly and the blankets warm and soft like a cloud of safety wrapped around me. My alarm clock crashes the fuzzy silence and sends a shock through my body as I bolt upright to reach for the piercing noise. Falling back into the pillow I rub my eyes and look at the clock on my phone. It is time again. A new day starts, and it will not wait for me. My feet slide out of the covers and onto the blue carpet. Even the carpet is cold. My cat sits on the end of the bed purring in the sun, teasing me with her lack of responsibility. She knows all she has to do today is sit on her fat furry ass and enjoy my bed. On tip toe I run through the garage to the laundry room on the cold cement. I grab yesterday’s uniform out of the dryer. The cold of the garage clings to my silky robe as I hurry for the bathroom. I flip the heater on before my fingers even try to find the light switch. I go through my ritual every morning, getting dressed, brushing my teeth and hair, putting on some eye make up so I don’t scare the customers. All I want to do now is go back and sleep in the sun next to my lazy cat. She has it made. I would trade her places if I could today. But instead I start a bath for my daughter and flip the coffee machine on. Sitting at my computer for a moment I do a little writing while Nicole is taking her morning bath. I stop every few minutes to toss some waffles in the toaster, or hand my child a towel. I eat a bagel or a piece of toast and get ready for my day. I just want to go back to bed and ignore the world, but I have to get going, its time to drop Nicole off, and go to work again. Today I really envy my cat.