Continued:

I slept well and shortly after I woke up, I noticed an elated feeling (I still feel it now, 20 minutes or so later) that I don’t remember feeling in the longest time, for decades. It may be, this youthful elation (a mild elation but oh, so very pleasant), what I felt at times (rarely) in my 20s… when I felt hopeful. This may be what Happy means, a mildly happy feeling.

Still in bed, before getting up, I thought: is this the day after? As in, the day after the decades of my life frozen in time? Did I leave the past in the past and woke up to.. the day after the past?

I definitely don’t want to be carried away with this and expect what wouldn’t be realistic to expect (any happily-ever-after kind of expectation), but it’s nice, and I am definitely motivated to continue my work here.

anita