I set my alarm for 5am this morning, even though I knew it would be moot point.
4:50am: Barley gets up and walks up to the side of the bed, asking to get on.
4:58am: Tigger wanders over to our bedroom door and starts demanding attention.
5:00am: Alarm goes off, but I’m already so alert knowing that it’s going to go off I’m able to stop it just a matter of milliseconds after the first beep. Covers are reapplied to warm reduced and unmotivated core.
5:03am: Tigger feels we haven’t addressed his concerns quickly enough, submits a second request.
5:12am: Neighbor starts aging Honda and leaves for work. Workaholic.
5:16am: Neighbor cat with weird voice start’s it’s morning chatter.
5:18am: I have sufficiently rewarmed after having prematurely kicked off the covers. To the shower.
Damn, and I have a hard enough time getting out of bed at 7 AM, and that’s after alarm goes off at 6:30 and I’ve hit snooze for a half hour.
I am with Sadie on that. My initial alarm takes me a while.
Very diplomatic though Freed. You didn’t once mention anything about a pregnant wife.
Dude, what time do you go to work? I mean I leave at 7 but even if I go for a run I still don’t get up till around 6. this 5 am stuff has got to stop!
This next post will explain.
It’s funny. I used to totally suck at obeying the alarm. I’d skip classes or work or whatever. But ever since I’ve gotten a job where not showing up or showing up late is just not an option, I’m pretty good about it. It’s funny: when that thing goes off at 4:00 in the morning, I NEVER feel anything but crappy. And yet I shut it off and get right up because, well, am I going to feel any better at 4:15?
I just wanted to feel warmer.
I have the unfortunate ablity to be awaked simply by going to sleep the night before say to myself “I will awaken at X-time” … a usefull tool when one has not an alarm avalible. The downside is that this “alarm” goes off at least 40 mins early most mornings. i.e. Alarm at 5:30 … awake at 4:23 … go figure.