I awake when the sunlight begins
peaking through my windows. The roosters have been crowing at random
moments for the last two hours, but now they're beginning to crow in
unison. I would bet that roosters out number humans in my village.
But I don't mind, I'd much rather wake to roosters and sunrise, than
to an alarm clock. I check the time, it's just past 6am. In another
life, I would have cursed the early hour, but I welcome it daily. I
rarely sleep beyond 7am. I snuggle with my love for a few minutes
before finally rising. I grab my grocery bag, and head to the market.
(I probably didn't bother to brush my hair or change out of my
pajamas, but I fit right in with all the locals doing their morning
shopping.)
It's takes just a few moments to walk
to the market. I buy some peanut butter, hot chocolate, oatmeal and
fruit. Then I walk a few steps to a local house to buy some local
bread. It's made fresh daily.
At home, I enjoy breakfast with my love
before we both head off to work. Then, I change into some “beach
clothes,” Though they are now my “every day clothes.” I'm
wearing a swimsuit, t-shirt and board-shorts. Then I brush my teeth,
put in my contact lens, wash the dishes, and off I go.
These days, I am the epitome of low
maintenance. I don't “fix” my hair, I don't iron my clothes, I
don't wear make up, I gave up moisturizer and mascara for sunscreen and aloe. I'm a natural beach girl.
You know the hair you get after you've
been swimming? The wild mess of waves and fly aways... That's my
every day hair, and I think it's pretty dang fabulous.
I missed the early morning dive today,
otherwise I would have been at the dive shop before 4am. As it is,
when I arrive I greet some divers returning from the sunrise shark
dive. They had a lovely dive and I am almost envious that I missed
it. But, I've already had the luxury of becoming well acquainted with
them on all my previous sunrise dives.
I spend my day relaxing on the beach,
chatting with divers, riding boats and diving. I'm a
perma-vacationer. Many of my customers spend an entire year working
in their offices, so they can enjoy two weeks on the island paradise
that I call home everyday. I'm a part of so many vacation photos.
When the evening comes around, I'm
pretty tired from all the sunshine and diving. I'm home long enough
for some dinner, shower, cuddles with my love and I'm asleep before
10pm (sometimes as early as 8pm).
It's a pretty fabulous life and I
thoroughly enjoy it.
