It is strange to find onself completely at peace at 1:08 in the morning but at this moment I feel such a sense of deep calm and contentment that I need to laugh, if my roommate weren't sleeping but 6 feet away.

My lone desk lamp the only source of light, curtains dark, listening to Nickleback and suddenly switching to Nina Sky and back again, slippers, and comfy pyjamas.

How often do we just take a step back and breathe? Not often enough says I, when this little slice of night is but mine alone.

I hold it in my zippered pocket and sip my water from the Brita filter.