I'm one of those people who sets their alarm clock half an hour ahead. And it works, because even though I've been doing it for years, I still crack my eyes open, see the time, and have that second of "Oh, time to get up" before the higher functions kick in and remind me that I've been setting my clock ahead for over a decade and one might think that even the sleeping brain would have figured it out by now, but no. Anyway, once the higher functions are getting snide, I'm awake enough that I don't need to worry about the sleeping brain turning off the alarm entirely and going back under for another few hours.
Only sometimes the higher functions aren't as higher as they would like to think. Like this morning, when it wasn't until I was out of the shower and sitting in front of my computer that I realized I was half an hour early because the higher functions were totally fooled by the alarm clock trick that's been going on for over a decade!
Thank god for coffee.
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Hee hee! That's great!
You are the female version of Wog. Except that you have my inclination towards cheese and booze. We would be such happy, (and probably fat) lesbian lovers. Opps - was I not supposed to say that? Of course, I would totally insist on coloring and otherwise playing with your hair....
I, too, have been doing it for years, but am not fooled. Damn, I wish I were.
You just perfectly explained why you can set your alarm ahead and not realize it when its going off. Ajd does not understand. Ever so often he sets my alarm to the right time, throws me of.
I'd always had my bedroom clock set 10 minutes ahead, since junior high, I think. But after this summer in Pierre, where the only clock in the place was usually my cell, I've adjusted and upon my return I set the bedroom clock to the actual time. Haven't been late yet, although I realize that I've always had more of an earliness problem.
The car clock, though? Still 21 minutes fast.
Mixologist: We would indeed be fabulous and rotund lesbian lovers. :-)
Veggie: He resets your alarm clock and you're still married?! You're a better woman than I am.
Temp: Yes, I know. Your car clock has tricked me multiple times within the same 15-minute drive. Okay, so maybe it's not just the morning when I'm dumb...
I've learned that I have to set my clock to be an odd number ahead; 7, 9, 11, 13 minutes- whatever -it has to be an amount that requires me to do math otherwise I remember that it's set ahead.
oooh - AKJ is too smart for me! I had never thought of that. But, my alarm clock is now an atomic one that automatically has the exact time. Doesn't change the fact that when really tired I can still incorporate the loud buzz into my dreams without waking. But, that's what Wog is for - the elbow to the back wake up call.
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