The power went out in my house at some point yesterday so when I got home from work all of the clocks were blinking and my computer was off. Not a big deal. Right? Wrong!

I didn’t get around to setting my alarm clock until after midnight because I didn’t have a need to use it until I was setting the alarm. No matter how many times I’ve set a clock in my life, I always go right past 12 a couple of times before realizing that it comes after 11. I don’t know what it is. Maybe I’m just too quick on the buttons. So I finally settled on 12, set the minutes, and set the alarm time. Time to get some sleep.

In the morning I rolled over at about 6:50 and noticed that I still had another 10-15 minutes to sleep. Always a welcome fact. So I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep. I roll over again and the clock now shows 7:42! WHAT THE FUCK! I quickly notice a dot in the corner of the display, which means the time is set for 7:42 PM. This is where I start to feel like a complete dumb ass…as I should. It’s not the first time that something like this has happened, but usually it’s the alarm time that I’ve set incorrectly.

So I end up 30 minutes late for work and I feel stupid. I can’t even tell time correctly. Maybe I should convert to military time.