You’ve sown your seeds. A few days pass, then a few more. Eventually, some seedlings appear — fragile, hopeful, doing exactly what you hoped they would do. And then… nothing else happens.
Water feels different when there isn't enough of it. It stops being background noise — the hose running, the tap filling a watering can, the sprinkler tick-tick-ticking away like it owns the place. Suddenly, it's deliberate. Measured. And yeah, slightly uncomfortable.