Personal Narrative: My Alarm Clock

Alarm Clock: Beep, beep, beep goes the alarm clock as it wakes me up from my blissful, deep sleep. I groan as I listen to it for a few more seconds before shutting it off. I then fall back asleep. Beep, beep, beep the alarm clock screams for the second time this morning. I shut it off immediately and begin getting ready for my day.

Bakery: When I walk into the bakery, the smell of freshly made bread, cookies, and coffee overwhelms my senses. My mouth starts to water as i imagine how good these items must taste. As I walk over to the counter, my taste buds do the ordering as I buy every sweet thing on the menu.

Breakfast: listening to the sizzling of the frying pan, I flip the eggs expertly. A random morning talk show is playing in the backgrounds as I prepare the food. I then hear the toaster pop, with freshly baked bread. I put the bread on the plate, which is followed by the eggs. I hear my children fighting in the living room over the remote and who can control the television. I am brought out of my thoughts as I hear the smoke alarm going off, as it does everytime I cook bacon. Everytime. Groaning in annoyance, I wave a towel, clearing the smoke away from the device as it beeps and

Especially when you can’t see them, and can only hear them. Crickets and grasshoppers aren’t that bad, but when I have a headache it is definitely the last thing I want to hear. Flys are bad, especially black flys. The worst, the very downfall to my existence, are mosquitoes. If you can name one person in the world who likes, or doesn’t mind mosquitoes, I will give you money. Hearing the buzz in your ear, ignoring it the first time only for it to happen again. Why do mosquitoes feel the need to buzz in my ear when I am almost asleep, wake me up, and cause me to become paranoid and only lay back down once they are dead? The answer I will never know, mosquitoes will continue to give me headaches and being me to old age quicker with each passing