Thin sunlight filled the room, and Liwu reluctantly opened her eyes. She had been expecting to wake up somewhere beyond midday, but it was just 7:00 AM and sleep was evading her. Reluctantly, she forced herself to wakefulness, yawning very loudly, in a way Elder Zhang would disapprove, if he saw her.
She could not help noticing that her husband was already awake and gone. His side of the bed had been cold for more than an hour. Sometimes, he woke up early to work out and other times, to work.
Again, she yawned. Her head felt like a block of concrete, too heavy to lift. None the less, she got out of bed, resurrecting her bad luck. The first misfortune of the day was bumping her thigh into the corner of the couch.
[+80 points: A painful couch bump.]
"Now I am awake." Liwu muttered.
Slowly, she made her way to the bathroom, brushed her teeth and took a bath. After wrangling with two broken hair brushes, she walked downstairs. For a weekend, the house was very quiet.
