Mornings Just Got Better...

Normally I wake up around 5:30am to the sounds of Marimba on my iPhone. I have no idea what a Marimba is or where it is...or who it is. But whatever it is, it's been cheerfully waking me up for nearly two years now. No offense to this ringtone which is just doing his or her job, but I cannot let the alarm ring for more than 1 and a half seconds before I have to turn it off. It's not that the sound is bad, it's just that it rips me away from my sleep to the reality of waking up and going to work.

But today...today is different. I'm not really sure what time I woke up this morning because my watch is buried deep in my suitcase and my iPhone which is normally on my bedside table ready to wake me up has been relegated of its duties as the morning alarm and is one of the cargo pockets of the shorts I wore the night before. This morning, the sounds of light rain and chirping birds along with the sunrise peeking through the heavy linen curtains woke me up. What alarm name is this? And how can I download it so that I wake up this pleasantly everyday?! I tried to lay in bed for a little while longer but I couldn't resist it. I got out of bed and pulled the drapes back just enough to get a glimpse of what was outside without letting too much light in, because Elyce was still asleep. Looking outside I saw the most lush landscape I've ever seen. I threw on those cargo shorts, boiled a cup of coffee, grabbed some fruit from next to the daybed and stepped outside to enjoy my first morning in Bali!