Wake up, bleary-eyed, to the incessant beep of your alarm clock going off too early after the late-night stakeout you'd been on the night before. Groan and turn the noisy thing off, rolling out of bed and gaining momentum with the somewhat dubious ease of years of experience with too little sleep. Wish, for an instant, to return to the days before alarm clocks were popularized.
Abandon that foolish thought as you step into your nice refreshing shower. Once again thank God for the invention of indoor plumbing and the water heater.
Pull on your clothes with a smile at being allowed to wear pants- you'd learned how to fight in even the most cumbersome skirts out of necessity, but it's so much easier when you can wear pants.
Head outside to get the newspaper, your only source of news from yesterday since you'd been on the stakeout during the news last night. Pause to see the beauty of sunlight striking the dew on the grass; although you have seen tens of thousands of scenes like it, your teacher had managed to instill a sense of wonder at nature's beauty in you. Consider being a photographer in your next lifetime; this life might have just begun, but it's never too early to make plans- the unexpected has a tendency of happening, especially to your "family".
Shake the dew off of the plastic bag covering your newspaper as you take it inside. Peel the bag off and drop it in the trash can, dropping the paper on the table without a second glance on your way to getting out the Rice Krispies.
Prepare your cereal the way you like it: with more sugar than most people like and less than your teacher uses on it, and still more than a little crisp.
Unfold the newspaper and freeze, your cereal going soggy as you stare at the headline: "Immortals Among Us".
Wonder how long it will take before you're told to arrest yourself for existing.
