Listen to that Alarm Clock

Alarm Cocky — By Shopping Blogs on September 16, 2009 6:54 am

I am not a morning person at all. I love sleeping in and it is almost impossible to get myself out of bed in the morning. Even with an alarm clock, I find that waking up is a pretty difficult thing to get myself to do. Throughout my life I have tried various things to work as my alarm clock, but finding the perfect one that can actually get me out of bed in the morning is a challenge.

When I was in school, my mom acted as my personal alarm clock. She would come into my room clapping her hands as loud as she could and screaming that it was time to get up. It was definitely not the most enjoyable wake up call. Looking back on it, I was pretty lucky I had a mom who made sure to get herself up in the morning to make sure her kids got on the bus on time. The reason she did it was probably because she did not want to have to drive us to school. I guess she figured that if she was going to get up in the morning it was better for her to simply wake us up than having to get dressed, get in the car, and drive the ten minutes to school. I took it for granted that she made it her personal business to be our alarm clock in the morning and get us going. All of my friends did not have moms who did that which I thought was pretty weird. But, I suppose it was my mom that was the oddball out. With a kid like me though, if she had been my alarm clock, I never would have made it to school on time and I would have gotten myself into quite a bit of trouble.

The one problem with my mom acting as my personal alarm clock was that she would wake me up about fifteen minutes before the bus would come. In those fifteen minutes I only had enough time to brush my teeth and hair, wash my face, and get dressed. If I was lucky I remembered to grab some breakfast before I ran to the bus. However, I usually liked showering in the morning, so on those mornings I would set an alarm clock for myself so I could get up in time to shower and dry my hair. Of course, the minute my alarm clock would go off I would groan and hit snooze. Some days I actually motivated myself enough to get out of bed, but those days were rare and in between. Usually, my mom would be the alarm clock that would actually work in the morning. Finally I did figure out an alarm clock that worked for me. It was not actually an alarm clock but a spray bottle. I would let my first alarm go off in the morning, but if I did not wake up to it I would spray myself in the face with water the second time it went off. Although this was unpleasant, it definitely woke me up more than a loud ringing noise did.

When I went to college it took a while for me to adjust to not having my mom as my alarm clock. Luckily, I did get myself into the habit of getting out of bed when I needed to (most of the time). Don’t worry, when your college professors are taking attendance which is half of your grade, you make it your business to listen to your alarm clock and wake up.

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