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Work Foo - Bah!
Dec. 5th, 2004 06:45 amWork itself wasn't too bad, but there was a nasty surprise beforehand.
As I do many times during the night, I woke up, turned over and looked at the clock on my VCR.
Except this time it was 6:07am.
On Sundays, when I get up for work, I get up at 5:30am.
Now, it wasn't _too_ horrible, because I normally spend half an hour or so waking up and getting ready. I just woke up quickly (wrenching my arm slightly in the process), dressed, brushed my teeth and combed my hair slightly, and rushed out the door. It's about a 45 minute walk, if I'm walking, but I usually run part of the way (extending how much of it I run slightly by each week), so I ran a little more than I otherwise would have, and managed to get there at 6:45. About 7-8 minutes later than I usually get there. Luckily, the truck was just showing up (and the other guy who works doesn't start till 7 anyway) so I didn't keep anyone waiting.
Still, annoyed me. Especially because... I set my alarm (which makes my TV turn on to the news channel). And, from what I can tell, my alarm went off - when I turned on the TV at 6:07, it was on the correct channel. So, either a) Without being at all aware of it, I reached over and turned off the TV when it first came on, or b) I slept long enough through the TV being on that my TV shut off by itself. I don't know if this TV does that (my old TV does, but only if it turns on by alarm and no buttons are pressed on the controller for two hours).
Either option is a bit unnerving, as it's never happened to me before.
As I do many times during the night, I woke up, turned over and looked at the clock on my VCR.
Except this time it was 6:07am.
On Sundays, when I get up for work, I get up at 5:30am.
Now, it wasn't _too_ horrible, because I normally spend half an hour or so waking up and getting ready. I just woke up quickly (wrenching my arm slightly in the process), dressed, brushed my teeth and combed my hair slightly, and rushed out the door. It's about a 45 minute walk, if I'm walking, but I usually run part of the way (extending how much of it I run slightly by each week), so I ran a little more than I otherwise would have, and managed to get there at 6:45. About 7-8 minutes later than I usually get there. Luckily, the truck was just showing up (and the other guy who works doesn't start till 7 anyway) so I didn't keep anyone waiting.
Still, annoyed me. Especially because... I set my alarm (which makes my TV turn on to the news channel). And, from what I can tell, my alarm went off - when I turned on the TV at 6:07, it was on the correct channel. So, either a) Without being at all aware of it, I reached over and turned off the TV when it first came on, or b) I slept long enough through the TV being on that my TV shut off by itself. I don't know if this TV does that (my old TV does, but only if it turns on by alarm and no buttons are pressed on the controller for two hours).
Either option is a bit unnerving, as it's never happened to me before.
