The Childhood-Friend-Type College Girl Is Surprised

Winter mornings are just so hard to get through.

The obnoxious electronic beeping forced me awake from my dream.

“Mmm...”

January’s cold was more than enough to make me dependent on my bed.

It took until the third snooze for me to finally manage to get out of bed.

With the hand I’d used to turn off the alarm, I opened my phone.

January 7. That was what the lock screen said.

Classes at university were starting up again today.

Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I went to wash my face.

I’d spent the New Year’s holidays at my parents’ house, and just as the second week of January began, I returned to my apartment...