My dad and I go to breakfast every Sunday at 7:30 A.M., regardless of how much or how little sleep either of us has had the night before. Last night, I had not much, I must confess. (I did get a chance to revise that dead whale poem yesterday, in between school work and tending to the quotidian.)

This morning it was cloudy and swollen, so we went to Smitty’s/The Breakfast Shop in Somers Point.

While trying to rouse myself awake, I just stared down at the table for awhile…

And out the jalousie windows…

By the time our omelettes were eaten, I was more awake.

To think, it only took four cups of coffee!!!!

This afternoon I went for a quick walk on the boardwalk. The world felt a bit tense, or maybe that was just me, the weight of so many ungraded papers waiting like a stern partner at home.

The papers will still be there later on. Look at all of this world there is out here ––

I eventually took the alley back to my flat to brew-up some P.G. Tips.

Only five more papers to grade now from this one class. Then I might grant myself a reprieve the rest of the night.

Until tomorrow, least.