I needed to be up somewhat earlier than normal on this fine Friday morning to get some stuff finished, but Life isn't exactly a team player and went along with its own plans.
Last night I set my alarm for 6:00am, I set the secondary alarm for 6:10am, I figured this would be plenty of time to get my needed things done. I know that while I am able to stay up late without much effort, I am wretched about waking up early. If there is a combination of going to bed late and getting up early that needs to be done, its almost a guarantee I will fail in this mission. Knowing this, right before I went to bed, I checked that the alarm was correctly set once more. To further ensure I would awake at the desired time, I made sure to sleep in an odd position. I can sleep nearly anywhere, so this has no bearing on how well I will sleep, but it normally helps me wake up easier.
Despite my preperation, soon after laying down I was struck with the feeling that my alarm wouldn't go off. I got up, moved to the alarm clock, double checked the times, double checked the alarms were set, double checked that the volume was at full blast. Still feeling uneasy I went to bed because aside from staying up all night, there isn't much I can do other than trust the alarm clock.
Fast forward to this morning when I found out my feeling was right! I woke up and the familiar hum of the computer was filled by a void of sound, the room was permeated with light, and my watch said anything BUT 6:00am. Thats right, the alarm didn't go off because we lost power sometime during the night, roughly 7 hours before I woke up. At least I'm assuming it was about that long, since the alarm clock was proclaiming the time to be 7:16.
*sigh* Not the best way to start the day, but whats done is done, and whats not done will just have to be done late. On the plus side, my air conditioning is working again! They fixed it not long after I made a post on the THorum complaining about it. I was quite pleased.
Posted by Michael at April 23, 2004 12:28 PM