Chasing Orchid: And The Rooster Crows….

Happy Hump Day readers. Just a reminder, since the mix tape has been delayed, you still have a chance to send in your choice. Please email your picks by next Tuesday morning. *chuckles* And yes I finally sent mine in. *sticks out tongue at Lily* ~Orchid

I’m a big city girl who wanted a change of pace, something slower, calmer and friendlier. You know that saying “be careful what you wish for?” Damn did I get my wish. I’d been in Maui as a tourist and so I saw the paradise the island had to offer. I suppose in a way I expected that living here would be the same. But visiting and living in a place are vastly different from one another.

I landed at my new home at 5:30pm which is 10:30pm central standard time. Needless to say I was exhausted. I had been traveling since 10:30am that morning and had a three hour layover in Phoenix, AZ. The only good thing about that was I got to visit and have lunch with Lily. Luckily, the rest of my flight was smooth flying and I actually landed early.

The chaos of the airport reminded me of my hometown and I couldn’t wait to get to calmer waters. The rental car agency wasn’t it. It was a madhouse. The first car the agent tried to put me in wouldn’t even allow me to turn the key. Apparently there was some kind of recall…a fire hazard with the ignition switch, and he wanted me to drive that death trap! I don’t think so. I finally got a car that worked correctly and took off for a quieter place.

By the time I got to my temporary place of residence at about 8pm, I was ready to go to bed. However, with the five hour difference in time zones, I knew if I didn’t force myself to stay up, I’d be a wreck and a zombie for the next few days. On top of that, something had exploded in one of my bags so I had to clean that up too. I finally hit the hay at about 11:30pm, by this time I’d been awake for about 22 hours, I was ready to sleep.

I figured I was in the nice quiet countryside with a beautiful breeze wafting through my window, creating the perfect temperature for sleeping under just a cotton sheet. I assumed I’d sleep long, hard and peacefully, which I did until about 4:30 in the morning. That was when the roosters started crowing.

I sat bolt upright in my bed….roosters! What the hell? Okay seriously, Hawaii is not known for its roosters; sugarcane, Kona coffee, pineapples, macadamia nuts…sure, but roosters? I couldn’t believe it, I just had to laugh. I, like a naïve city girl, assumed they would quit their racket once the sun came up. Boy was I wrong. They just kept going. It shouldn’t be the energizer bunny, it should be the energizer rooster.

Now coming from a big city, I’m used to all the hustle and bustle that accompanies city life. I lived by a freight train whose engineers didn’t know how to read the “quiet zone” placards that were plastered all over my neighborhood. Noise is not usually an issue. I figured, if anything, I would have trouble sleeping because it was too quiet here.

While I definitely got the slower, calmer and friendlier lifestyle (which I adore by the way) paradise also came with roosters crowing all hours of the day. However, now into my fifth day here, they are just a normal part of everyday life in the quiet countryside.

It’s definitely a small price and one I’m willing to pay. Now if I could only catch that damned gecko that’s running loose in my cottage. *laughing*