Alarm

I hate waking up in the morning. Every I time I let my eyes close a small wave of fear passes over me as I think about the dreaded alarm that will wake me up. Sure enough, every morning my alarm rips me from my beautiful slumber and thrusts me into my commitments and my stress. No amount of snoozes can mitigate that hardship. Due to the post-traumatic effects of that everyday betrayal, every time I hear the Radar alarm tone, I startle.. I jump. It is for this reason that I have learned to never use a song I like as my alarm. It does not make the wake-up experience easier or smoother; it just ruins the song.