I’m Turning Into My Dad!
Yeah, you read that right. I’ve transformed into my dad. As my dad is a self-admitted crazy man, as Rachel (and countless others who have met him in real life) can vouch for, this distresses me greatly. :P
However, thankfully, the particular issue that has forced me to utter this haunting phrase, is just that I can hit my snooze button for hours.
My mom and I used to mock my dad because his alarm will start going off at 5AM and he would still be laying in bed at 9AM! Worst part: He doesn’t even hit the snooze. He will just let his alarm clock go off for four goddamn hours.
I UNDERSTAND NOW, DAD. I apologize.
At the beginning of this quarter, I was waking up around 7AM every day, no problems, and getting extra work done in the morning. I thought not having class until 11AM (although that means I have to catch my bus at 9:45AM because I live so far from school) meant I’d have more time to be productive in the morning!
Yeah, no. I apparently don’t know myself at all. Alarm starts going off at 7AM. I set three separate alarms1 on my phone and it generally goes off every 3-5 minutes. By the time 9AM, I’ve probably hit snooze about 30-40 times. Perhaps choosing the Firefly theme song, “Piazza, New York Catcher” by Belle & Sebastian, and “Willkommen” from Cabaret as my alarm clock tones wasn’t the wisest idea I’ve ever had.
So I just purchased the world’s most annoying alarm clock, except I purchased it from Amazon despite my love for ThinkGeek. Saving $15USD, plus free shipping demolishes all brand loyalty.
Am I the only one who cannot force themselves to get up? Also, for those of you who can’t get your asses out of bed, are you also severe procrastinators like I am? I think there’s a correlation there. ;)
- Mostly because I can do that weird iPhone swipey motion in my sleep and turn off my alarm entirely without actually opening my eyes. *facepalm* ↩
Posted by Donna on 19 November 2009 at 22:19
Filed Under: Life, Rambling
Tagged: annoyances, family, lazy, procrastination, school
12 Comments
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Naaah, you’re not the only one. Just that you have too much time before leaving so you can keep thinking “5 more minutes” :P
See I just hit cancel alarm and then… somehow sleep for another hour :P
That clock is hilarious.
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Lool :P Your dad would just let it ring xP?
I admit, sometimes I just wanna press snooze and go back to sleep, but even if I do someone will come to my bed after ten minutes and physically push me and get me up.
Usually though I’m pretty good and MAKING myself get up :/ There was only one time my alarm went off and I was like: “I don’t care. I’m going to sleep.” < turns out my alarm went off three hours early lol xD
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I am so bad at getting out of bed… I have a loft bed, so to turn my alarm off, I would have to get up and climb down my little stairs. So I just lay in bed, two-thirds sleeping and one third listening to the radio. I make deals with myself like, “Get up at the end of this commercial break!” :P
My dad usually stays in bed after waking up, too.
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Ah, I do the exact same thing. I always think “Just five more minutes …”. I hate getting up in the morning. It’s awful. I also tend to procrastinate as well.
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I don’t think I could ever do that! I wake up so early anyway, that usually my alarm is pointless. I think waking up later than 7 is a waste of my time, I’d much rather be doing something, even if that something is just surfing the ‘net. :D
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You’re not the only one. Well, if I’ve woken up naturally as I currently have the luxury of doing, I have no problem getting up, but being forced into waking up and getting out of bed is a completely different story.
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I’m terrible with getting about of bed… especially on the weekend. On weekdays I set my alarm clock 20 minutes before I absolutely have to get up, which helps a lot. :P
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I turned my alarm clock on snooze four times this morning, and my alarm has a 30 minute snooze time. ;) Work from home is God – I started at 1:30pm. Granted I have to work ’til 10pm now, but that’s OK. :P
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In 5 or 10 years you’ll look back and say you’re like your dad again ;P But maybe even worse… Or is it a good thing… who knows…
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