call•me•jonah

So I'm trying to wake up earlier in the morning. By earlier I mean before 9:56 am, which is the time that my anatomical clock dings. I've never been one to sleep that late. I think it helps that in the garage there are no windows. So the sun never shines. Well except through a hole in the giant Whopper poster covering the window.

For a while I set my phone alarm to times like 8 am, but at that time in the morning the only rational I can consider is that I'm cold and the bed is warm and I'm sleepy and the bed is warm and I haven't any pressing reason to awake and the bed is warm. So I quickly hit snooze and curl back up in my sleeping bag. Then ten minutes later I hit snooze again, and again, and again. Until it's 9:56 and that's when I get up.

So I constructed a new plan.

I set an alarm on my computer. With music from iTunes. That way I would wake gently and would have to come all the way across the room to turn it off. I think it was a great idea. I did wake this morning at 8:45 to the balkan gypsy tune of Beirut playing Elephant Gun. And guess what. I decided to lie there and listen to the music for a little while. Then the song ended and Frou Frou began and I thought I'll just listen to this one too. Well before you know it, I'm asleep again. The songs loop until 9:56 when I rise and turn it off.

Tomorrow I'll try something less soothing. Maybe some country..