The The – This is the Day

I was over my friend’s house the other night, trying to fight off a pretty heavy case of ‘itis after some fat-messy chinese food indulgence in celebration of a bunch of february friend bdays. I started talking to my friend about how problematic it is for us to wake up in the morning. My wake up calls have evolved into a three-part alarm system, because I seriously am the Queen of Snooze.
Anyways, so back to post-chinese itis – in mid conversation i had an epiphany of what i believe would be the greatest invention ever. The aromatherapy alarm clock. But instead of lavendar and other bath and body like scents, the aromas would be things like pancakes, or bacon, or in my case, coffee. As my wise friend pointed out, nothing wakes us up faster (and willingly) than the smell of something yummy coming from the kitchen. This notion was confirmed when i was watching some comedian’s stand up bit. oh, some background info – i’ve started a mini tradition that shall henceforth be known as “make me laugh mondays”, in which i watch a different comedian every week on netflix, in an effort to break the habit of taking myself so seriously. Anyways back to the comedian, whos name has somehow managed to escape me, he was saying that his lifelong dream was to have a minifridge instead of a nightstand in his bedroom, where he’d keep stuff like beer, water, creamer, etc. Then on top of that minifridge would be a programmable coffee maker instead of an alarm clock. Genius. Pure genius. The whole idea of having a cup of coffee before my feet even hit the floor in the a.m. is so obvious i don’t know why a caffeine fanatic such as myself had not thought of this sooner. Anyways, this is my dream and soon-to-be reality, as soon as my tax refund check makes its way into my checking account this year. Until then, I’ve noticed that there is a list of about eight songs at the moment and on a given morning if one of the eight songs plays, my day is instantly better…brighter. This song is one of the eight. My favorite part of the day is that first moment when I walk out of my apartment and I feel the warmth of a newly risen sun…it’s the moment that my heart fills up like a balloon with all the hope and uncertainty like anything and everything could happen in those next few hours.

~ This is the day, your life will surely change. This is the day, when things fall into place ~