Showing posts with label snooze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snooze. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

You snooze, you lose!

I have many roles at my work. One of my least favorites is that of the cheerleader. My coworker and I are in charge of leading our apathetic homeroom in a motivating cheer..."you snooze, you lose". Talk about hypocrisy. I lose.
Every day, I am a slave to my alarm clock. I am trapped in a cycle of 'snoozes'. I have NO control over how many times I push the dreaded snooze button. What's that you say? Try setting more than one alarm? I have three alarms: the cell phone, the one the nightstand, and the one in the bathroom that requires a long walk to reach. The cell phone...I forget I have it. I turn the alarm off without even noticing. In fact, the only time I notice the alarm is the rare occasion that I am off work on a weekday; the automatic M-F alarm is unwelcome on those 3-day weekends. The one on the nightstand...it rings for 20-30 minutes before I even hear it. Sometimes I don't even push snooze, but keep sleeping while it’s ringing. It doesn't bother me at all. The one in the bathroom that requires the long walk...I manage to make the walk about 3-4 times every morning (aka 27-36 minutes in snooze time). It is an extra loud alarm I bought in college. I hate to think how mornings are for the neighbor who unfortunately shares the wall with me. The alarms begin at 5:55am and I usually wake up between 6:45 and 7:10. I leave for work at 7:10 (or at least I should)
So I should stop whining and get my sleep-deprived self to bed earlier, right? Doesn't help. If I go to bed at 1am, I snooze for about an hour. If I go to bed at 9, I snooze for about an hour. If my alarm rings at noon after a 10-hour night of sleep, I snooze for an hour. If I wake up naturally but accidentally forget to turn my alarm off, I start snoozing and fall back asleep for about an hour. In between the alarms, during that dreaded 'snooze' time, I even dream about all the things I could be doing: read my bible, read the newspaper, iron my clothes, make myself look pretty. Dream as I do, the fact remains, no matter what I do, I always snooze. Every morning, I lose.