I did my morning chores last night. I packed my lunch. I laid out a set of workout clothing, and I packed work clothes to change into later.
I had such good intentions.
I didn't get to sleep particularly late, but when the alarm went off in the dark this morning, there was just no way I was getting out of bed without a life threatening emergency. Going to the gym to work out was so far down the list, it scrolled to another page. I hit the snooze button for an hour. When I finally did get up, I barely had time to get to the office on time, let alone go to the gym first.
However, I am undeterred. I have a plan. Somewhere I have this gadget that will slowly turn on your light at a predetermined time. That way, when your alarm goes off, it's not dark! It's like sunrise, only more so because it's right there in the bedroom. I can defeat my own stupid inner caveman. The inner caveman what says "Tiger in dark. Tiger bad. Stay in cave." That one.
Now all I have to do is find the gadget, and a lamp that will work with it, and I'm golden. Or sweaty. Pre-buffed. Yup. Just you wait and see.
Showing posts with label oh dark thirty. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Jury doody
I have to report to the courthouse for jury duty tomorrow. In theory I am cool with this. Civic duty and all. But jury duty doesn't happen at some civilized time. No, you have to be at the courthouse by 7:30. Normally I've barely finished my cereal by then. Heck, this morning I turned off my alarm when it went off, and didn't wake up until nearly 8.
I figure to get up, get dressed*, eat, drive to the courthouse, get the shuttle bus from the parking lot to the courthouse**, and be at the jury duty room by 7:30, I'll need to set my alarm for about 5:30. That's oh dark thirty. I don't like getting up in the dark. I don't think well then. I don't drive well then. I will definitely be grumpy.
I'll have to drive significantly farther than I do on a normal morning. In heavier traffic. Grumpity.
Given that I'm getting over a cold, I will also be coughing a lot. Maybe they'll excuse me on the grounds that my cough is annoying.
*You have to dress "professionally". Yeah, I'm a UNIX sysadmin. Professional for me is a tshirt with something rude on it, and jeans. Or sweats. Or, whatever. You know. Stuff. Usually but not always with no extraneous holes.
**The courthouse is in a tiny, tiny town. The building was greatly expanded a few years back. The town is so tiny that there isn't room any more to park at the dang courthouse. You have to park at a nearby large parking lot and get a shuttle over. The courthouse has been rebuilt twice after fires. They couldn't have decided to bag it and rebuild somewhere with enough room? Sheesh.
I figure to get up, get dressed*, eat, drive to the courthouse, get the shuttle bus from the parking lot to the courthouse**, and be at the jury duty room by 7:30, I'll need to set my alarm for about 5:30. That's oh dark thirty. I don't like getting up in the dark. I don't think well then. I don't drive well then. I will definitely be grumpy.
I'll have to drive significantly farther than I do on a normal morning. In heavier traffic. Grumpity.
Given that I'm getting over a cold, I will also be coughing a lot. Maybe they'll excuse me on the grounds that my cough is annoying.
*You have to dress "professionally". Yeah, I'm a UNIX sysadmin. Professional for me is a tshirt with something rude on it, and jeans. Or sweats. Or, whatever. You know. Stuff. Usually but not always with no extraneous holes.
**The courthouse is in a tiny, tiny town. The building was greatly expanded a few years back. The town is so tiny that there isn't room any more to park at the dang courthouse. You have to park at a nearby large parking lot and get a shuttle over. The courthouse has been rebuilt twice after fires. They couldn't have decided to bag it and rebuild somewhere with enough room? Sheesh.
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| This IS my professional attire! |
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