Snapshot

The light streaming into my bedroom woke me up this morning. I decided not to close the curtains last night, tired of sleeping in, tired of being tired. It didn’t work. When the light first caught my eye, around twenty minutes past seven, I closed my eyes tight and drew the white duvet over my head. “Ten more minutes,” I told myself, tossing from side to side, hoping to fall back asleep. Each time I opened my eyes after that, my head felt heavier and heavier, my body more lethargic and dense...