this is what happens when you "set" your alarm

instructions for setting my alarm clock:

hold down the alarm button while pushing repeatedly on the hour button until you get the time at which you must awake. then flip the switch on the left side of the clock. then push the alarm set button.

i got home from the game near midnight. i chatted with my father for a bit. showed him some pictures (some of which yall will see in the next few days. you're thrilled, i'm sure). went upstairs to shower and tinker on the computer. i played around for about an hour or so, uploading photos from my camera to my mac and surfing the web a bit.

so focused on the photos was i that i hurriedly set my alarm. meaning i did the first of those three steps. and only the first.

at two, i turned out the lights. at six, i woke but managed to get back to sleep fairly quickly. i woke again at twenty-nine minutes past nine.

early, right? no big deal, right?

wrong.

family breakfast at the black walnut cafe was commencing. quality time with my folks, my brother, his wife and our wonder twins. scrambled eggs. sliced fruit. belgian waffles. drenched in maple syrup.

so why didn't i haul my ass up out of bed, throw on some clothes and hightail it to the black walnut? because it would've taken me twenty minutes or so to get the hell out of dodge and another fifteen to get to the cafe. they would've been sitting down with their orders. they would've ended up waiting on me to finish. i hate making people wait. unless it's for work i don't enjoy. then i don't really care.

belgian waffles.

drenched in maple syrup.

the black walnut cafe is my favorite place for breakfast.

this sucks.

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turns out i did do all three of things necessary to make my alarm clock function. when i'd reset it after the power had come back on the other day, i neglected to pay attention to am and pm, and so my clock's been either ahead or behind twelve hours.