Have you ever slept through your alarm?
By Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
Centralia, Missouri
November 21, 2015 6:33am CST
The alarm, what we love to hate, and hate to love, failed me this morning....or I failed it. See, I am not a morning person. Yet I work a 6 am shift. This morning I slept right though my alarm. I only work up to my backup alarm. I don't use an actual alarm clock. I don't trust one's that plug in, what if the power went out. And why by a battery powered one when I have a perfectly good cell phone with alarms (I do however plug it in at night to top off the charge).
I set two alarms so if I get busy, or doze off getting ready (sitting down to put on shoes, and zzzzz, totally done that before), I have a warning to get moving. That last alarm should be me walking out the door. I will arrive at work 15 -30 min early, depending on red lights, if I am moving around the time of that alarm.
This morning that alarm woke me up. I don't remember hitting snooze. I don't remember turning off the first one....
I am so blasted groggy. Have my caffeine, remembered both pants and matching shoes....forgot breakfast, had no time to get any as I had to fly low to get here on time....
Have you ever slept through your alarm?
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28 responses
@suzzy3 (8341)
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21 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt He gets up at midnight or early hours , i feel really guilty especially when it is really cold. Poor man.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
I've had to do that a time or two
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
21 Nov 15
I can't remember the last time I set one. Even when I worked I never set the alarm. I'm up with the chickens every day.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
21 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt You gotta be in it to win it!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
It would be nice to not have to do this, gotta get on that whole winning the lotto thing!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
@AbbyGreenhill PCH, so I can but be cheap! lol
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Nov 15
@Susan2015
Oh that is funny as she doesn't want you to go back to sleep so she feels if she barks you will stay awake with her.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
@Susan2015 hubby has to carry them outside sometimes, cause if I am home, I have to be the one that takes them out.
@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt I know what you mean. Even coffee doesn't help.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Nov 15
@simone10 my morning brought a muddled head, I have slowly gotten a few things done, but I am all out of sorts
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
Exactly! It took forever for my brain to get into gear
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
I guess i did that today, or turned the alarm off in my sleep or something
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
lol done that, but caught it in time to not miss things
@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
22 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt,I don't need an alarm to wake up at 5 in the morning no matter I went to bed the previous night.I get up just around 5 and begin preparing.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
22 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt Mornings are chilly here too,but what to do.My workplace calls me and I can't help leaving my bed.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
@else34 I am thinking I need a small heater that kicks on 30 min b4 my alarm, to get the room warm b4 I wake up!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
so chilly this morning, had a horrid time getting up.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
so far no public transit scares, but we really don't have that here anyways
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@wetnosedogs (1533)
• United States
21 Nov 15
Poor you. No, usually when I set my alarm, I get up just before it. Are you okay?
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
yeah, just super muddle headed, hope I am not getting sick
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
13 Mar 16
my dogs actually dont get up until my alarm goes off or someone gets up, unless I really slept in, and i mean 4+ hours later than normal
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
13 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt Cats never fail to wake us up - they have overactive batteries
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
Breaks and such yes. I lot on my cell on breaks.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
@JudyEv this is very true, can set alarms, use the net, get directions, I can even talk to mine to tell it to do some things!
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@JudyEv (342670)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt It's great that people are able to use their cell phones to carry on MyLotting. It seems these phones can do anything these days.
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@dorianna (509)
• United States
22 Nov 15
I nearly always sleep thru the alarm unless it has a very loud ring like the old telephone rings and at full volume. The phone I have now is better, with a really loud mambo song so I can wake up with it most times, tho not always.
I am slightly hard of hearing in my left ear. If I am sleeping on my right ear when the alarm goes off, there is a good possibility I will sleep right through it.
Ironically, the little bleeps from a text arriving wakes me nearly every time to my dismay when someone texts me early in the morning.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
perhaps you need a text message alarm setting!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
@dorianna I dream of those days now and then!
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@dorianna (509)
• United States
22 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt Lol..perhaps. Fortunately, I am retired so I do not have to set it very often and it is not a primary concern since I rarely have to be anywhere at a certain time. Usually, I only set it now if I want to get to the store early or some such nonsense.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
usually this is me, I almost always wake up before. This time though.... just right on through it.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Nov 15
No, I haven't slept through an alarm in a lot time as now I just wake up at the same time just about every morning. I have a radio alarm clock but have yet to use it also I have never needed to use the alarm on my cell phone. Guess I'm just lucky since I am now retired.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
22 Nov 15
@Jessicalynnt
It definitely will be easier to get up in the morning when you are retired.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
I have a feeling once I retired getting up will get easier too!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
would be a good idea, but hubby and each have ours, so we know which ones we can ignore
@rebelann (113071)
• El Paso, Texas
21 Nov 15
And yet another reason I love retirement, I never set alarms clocks but now I'm up right on Q, 5am and have to coax myself to go back to sleep cuz I really don't need to be up that early, even Ally isn't awake that early now, it's too dark out for her too.
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@rebelann (113071)
• El Paso, Texas
22 Nov 15
Well, one bit of advice, take really good care of your health @Jessicalynnt then retirement will be exactly what you'd really want.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
22 Nov 15
I look forward do the day I can never set an alarm! lol
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@Marilynda1225 (83234)
• United States
22 Nov 15
That's happened to me a few times when I was working. Now that I'm retired it doesn't matter much if I set the alarm or not
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
22 Nov 15
yes i done it lots time while in school because i also not like to wake up early in the morning so even there is my exam i wake up late but then my mom push me and said its your exam time after exam you sleep.thank god study over and my job time is 10 am so no early wake up but i wake up early in 4 am where cricket match at that time i wake up with alarm and my mom said which kind of person you are when you have to study then cant get up but when match you get up.ha ha but that time is great.
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but i know next month, have to really get myself out of bed when clock have alarmed@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Nov 15
yeah I know I need to get up and usually am awake before or when it goes off!
