May 6, 2003

[General] Tick..............Tock

One of my favorite things is to wake up in the middle of the night, look at the clock and realize that I still have several hours to sleep. It's decadent. I love it. So today, imagine how happy I was to wake up at 4 AM, fully three hours before my alarm was to go off. Here's how it played out.

I wake up, comfy, cool and warm at the same time, if that makes sense, still sleepy, but awake enough to know that I was awake. Hmph. What time is it, I wonder? So I look at my watch.

Yumm. 4:00. Yay. OK, going back to sleep now.

Nagging, back of my head. Something is wrong. What is it? Look at my watch. 4:00. OK. Back to sleep. No. No. Something is still wrong. What is it?

4:00. Why is the sun up?

The sun is up.

The sun is up?

I look at my watch again. 4:00.

I squint at the alarm clock. 6:00. No...

Not 6:00. That means I have to get up in less than an hour.

I look at my watch again. Still 4:00. I squint at the window. Sun still up. I squint at the alarm clock again. Still 6:00.

I reach for my glasses, so I can look at John's clock. Hmph. His clock says 6:00, too.

Once more--the watch, still with the 4:00.

Tick................

Tock..............

My battery is dying.

It's 6:00.

I have to get up soon.

It's not the middle of the night.

Damn.

Posted by Lori at May 6, 2003 11:44 PM