no.20 130520 Thank you for letting me fall asleep under the moonlight

An illustration of Le Petit Prince from my high school sketch book.

 

I like those nights when the moon is bright and the sky is clear. I love looking at the night sky and I also love falling asleep under the moon (Actually, I prefer moonless sky when observing the sky because I get to see more stars). To be more precise, I love falling asleep as the moonlight shines my face. You can say that I'm weird, but oh well! I literally face the window so I can see the moon. Some people need absolute darkness when they sleep, but I don't mind a little bit of light. The moonlight is very subtle so it definitely doesn't interrupt me from falling asleep. In fact, it helps me fall asleep better. It makes me fall asleep happily. Another thing I really like is seeing the moon when I wake up in the middle of the night. Whenever this happens, I remember falling back to sleep smiling. It just makes me so happy!

My old place had really large windows. I had my bed by the window, and most of the time I would face the window and fall asleep. I had all my blinds open before going to bed, because I wanted to feel the moonlight tickling my face whenever the moon was shining bright. I also like waking up to the beautiful sky in the morning, especially those mornings when I hear my favourite bird singing. I'll save that story for another day. I was sad that I might not be able to fall asleep under the moonlight again when I left my old place. However, I learned that I was wrong.

 

Although it was a little bit cloudy last night, I was still able to see the moon from my bed. I'm thankful because I got to see the moon from my bed once again. I thankful for the great view of the night sky from my room as well. I face the west side, so I was able to see the beautiful winter constellations such as Orion, Gemini, and Auriga, the past winter. I have this sky map app on my phone and I am so amazed by it! All I need to do is to point my phone to the sky to see the constellations. It displays the stars in the direction my phone. Isn't that so cool? When I was in high school, it was definitely harder to look at the night sky. I had a star gazing program on my computer, and I had to print out different sections of the sky whenever I wanted to observe the stars. I kept a binder with all these printouts. My friends even got me books on astronomy and star gazing for my birthday. Anyways, I'll leave my stargazing story here and continue on next time.