It Is The Little Things In Life

We have all heard the expression that "It is the little things in life that makes it all worth while." Last night I had a discussion with The General. Our conversation quickly turned to music, and I mentioned that the stereo in my bathroom has an alarm on it. Every morning I wake up to the sounds of one of three CDs I have in that stereo. It is a collection of live bootlegs of either Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam or U2. And these CDs play all morning as I muster up the strength to pull myself out of bed, work out, take a shower and get myself out the door to face the harsh and cruel world. I can not discount the fact that in some way, no matter how small, that listening to my favorite music every morning helps me start my day. I have obviously taken for granted the fact that I have the luxury of waking up and starting my morning off that way. The General made me keenly aware of that fact by telling me, with a heavy layer of jealousy in his voice, "I don't wake up to Dave Matthews in the morning."
Every morning that I have to wake up for work is to some degree, painful. To be honest, each and every morning as the music slowly fades in from that bathroom stereo, I contemplate calling in sick. But this morning as I awoke, my first thought, as always, was disappointment in the fact that I knew I had to crawl out of bed. But knowing that The General was out there and jealous, brought a brief smile to my face.
I would also like to take a moment to thank one of my most loyal blog readers. Bubs, thanks for the text message last night. One of the funniest things I have read in a long time.