#personal grumping

Can I just say how much I am NOT a morning person, before this post goes on. Just so you know.

So I recently started a job where I have to get up in the 5 AM.  I know, I know, lots of people do it daily, its not a special situation.  But its been a struggle.

What I started doing, without really planning on doing it, was while laying in bed before my second alarm goes off, is listing all the things I can think of that make me grateful for the day.  I get the weekend off soon, I get to see Ms. XYZ get discharged to go home with her husband, I get to talk to my boyfriend on the phone later that day, I’m sore from my workout the night before (which I always take as a good sign that I’m gaining strength)....basically anything good I can think of.  Just to not be so grumpy, because my usual thought process between my first and second alarm is along the lines of “I hate this, I hate mornings, I don’t want to do this, I can’t wait to sleep later”.

And I’m not writing this to say like, “Oh, you should do this in the mornings too.” or so you can add something else to your list of “Things I Should Do in the Morning and Never Quite Get Around To”.  I have just been generally astounded by my difference in mood this morning lately.  It doesn’t make me any more awake.  It doesn’t make me move any faster.  But it definitely has made me less of a grouch!

#MindOverMatter #MindOverMiles

The justice you want from others,  have you done it to others?

I don’t think anyone noticed this one, mostly because it was a throwaway line in the first chapter and wouldn’t really connect until about eight more chapters. Anyway. The Fujioka family was supposed to move houses again. The apartment nearby the Kasanoda place was pretty cheap (because of the aforementioned people) and was only temporary until Ranka could get himself a steady income again. The apartment was small with only two bedrooms. In my head, it looked close to the canon apartment because of the general Tokyo aesthetics, but not the same. A whole slew of shenanigans was to occur because of Haruhi moving before Ouran, not in the least the yakuza community running around because she was moving into thug territory with mostly lawless teenagers ignoring their sempai. This would devolve (or evolve, considering Haruhi) into the whole place getting labelled Neutral territory.

Also, some honey cupcake bakery sale that was to be attended, or else.

There wasn’t enough room for this plot line though, and really, Haruhi couldn’t see any reason to move away. I’m still not sure if where she’s currently living is the canon apartment, but... Eh. I don’t mind so much. And I don’t think any of my readers mind that much either.