i woke up a tad late this morning. forgot to change my alarm from yesterday's jiaxi hike. skipped breakfast 'cause time was running out...and headed out to my glorious, scenic route to hu shan elementary school. i got there at 8am sharp.
immediately after exiting my apartment doors, i noticed something different. it was colder, yes--quite noticeably cooler than the previous two days (which, by the way, have been a pretty dramatic shift from scorching pre-mid-autumn)... but not only that, something in the air smelled...familiar.
the cool air brought with it a nuanced smell of moist dirt, asphalt roads still under construction, rust, and fresh grass. it smelled like an earlier southern california morning; kids totting their backpacks dutifully heading to school. i was reminded of my elementary school days, and the mornings where my mother made me 粥 and where i enthusiastically headed to school fifteen minutes before the school bell to chat with my friends--about whatever.
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