I hate mornings

[Randy Seltzer]

So I started my day today by falling out of bed. Not normally, you would think, such a big deal. But my bed is a 5' 6" lofted affair. After perhaps four hours of sleep, my second alarm clock went off, alerting me to the fact that my first alarm clock was, in fact, going off. (I always set two alarm clocks, or else I'd never make it to work/class/what have you. And the second one is always more than an arm's length away from the bed.) Very groggy, I sat up and swung a leg over the edge to fish around for the ladder. I couldn't find it with my toe, so I kept moving my foot lower and lower, looking for that elusive rung. Suddenly, I was tail-over-teakettle in mid-air. (The ladder, it turns out, was three feet to my left.) I would eventually land on my ass, but not before knocking the shelf holding 1)my pile of change, and 2)my inkwell.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP *WHAM!* *CLINKclinkCLINKclinkCLINK!* BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP...

I really hate mornings. I have always hated mornings, and there's a part of me that hates people who love mornings. Do you love mornings? I hate you.

[Wile E]

This morning I woke up before I needed to get up when I heard my fan stop. I got up to check it and put my foot down on my sandals and right into some fresh cat vomit. I hate mornings, too.

[yojimbo]

This morning I woke up before I needed to get up when I heard my fan stop. I got up to check it and put my foot down on my sandals and right into some fresh cat vomit. I hate mornings, too.Doesn't endear me to cats much either.

[Alice The Goon]

Mornings are evil. When I get old, I will not be one of those geezers that get up at 4 to wait for the paperman. Those people are crazy. After I retire, I'm sleeping until 10! Only 26 more years of mornings. And counting.

[Inner Stickler]

I was gonna come in here and complain about the spate of cold drizzly mornings we've been having lately which are no enticement to getting up, but I think I'll just go make a pot of coffee. I think y'all are gonna need it.

[C3]

I was gonna come in here and complain about the spate of cold drizzly mornings we've been having lately which are no enticement to getting up, but I think I'll just go make a pot of coffee. I think y'all are gonna need it.
Yeah, thanks, that would be great. I didn't have morning this morning because I only got an hour or so of dozing in last night. I was up all night with two kids who have croup, sitting in a steamy bathroom, hoping their breathing would get just a little easier for them so we could avoid the ER (we did). Oh, and it was our wedding anniversary yesterday! We're just skipping it this year.

[Zoe]

Hey! How y'all doin'? Up and at 'em! Rise and shine!

Everybody sing:

Oh what a beautiful mooooorrrrnnnning! Oh what a beautiful daaaaaayy!

Y'all do like ketchup on your scrambled eggs, don't cha? These here are fresh from the hens!

Randy, how'd you get ink all over the back of your butt? Wile E, don't look now, but the dog is licking something off the bottom of your foot. He looks like he's about to toss his cookies. Oops...Sure 'nough. Oh lookie...yojimbo's wearing your sandals. How strange.

Alice, what do you mean when you get old? I wouldn't count on retiring in 26 years if I were you. Oh, good grief! Y'all let Inner Stickler at the coffee pot again? The coffee always tastes just like a roach motel smells. Did you ever notice? More ketchup, Alice? Eeeeww That egg is a little runny.

C3, so why don't you make a date to celebrate your anniversary this time next week? I've got this Ethel Merman recording that is going to cheer you up and get you through the day...Here it is: Ethel Merman Salutes the Southern Baptist Hymnal. Crank it up, Zeldar!

[C3]

C3, so why don't you make a date to celebrate your anniversary this time next week? I've got this Ethel Merman recording that is going to cheer you up and get you through the day...Here it is: Ethel Merman Salutes the Southern Baptist Hymnal. Crank it up, Zeldar!

Duuuude, turn it down! Yeah, we'll reschedule. I just have to get a little more caffeine in me to think about it. The little buggers are both snoring soundly now....after I had two cups of coffee. Gah! At least I'll have a slow day. My poor husband is probably just about dying at work right now.

[OtakuLoki]

psssst... Zoe, I hate to rain on your parade, but these anti-morning people? They have been known to get violent if you try too hard to cheer them up.



Besides, why are you using Ethel Merman? Everyone knows if you really want to wake people up you need bagpipes! I've got my collection of pipe & drum corps CDs with me, fortunately. :D



And my asbestos underwear on, too!

[Morgyn]

To paraphrase one of my favourite authors, the only reason morning exists is to keep night from bumping into afternoon.

There's a reason I drink 60+ ounces of Mountain Dew(tm) every day.

[Wile E]

psssst... Zoe, I hate to rain on your parade, but these anti-morning people? They have been known to get violent if you try too hard to cheer them up.



Besides, why are you using Ethel Merman? Everyone knows if you really want to wake people up you need bagpipes! I've got my collection of pipe & drum corps CDs with me, fortunately. :D



And my asbestos underwear on, too!

Ha! *puts hands on hips* You can't hurt me with your bagpipe music, I am immune! I actually like bagpipe music! So there! :p

[furlibusea]

psssst... Zoe, I hate to rain on your parade, but these anti-morning people? They have been known to get violent if you try too hard to cheer them up.



Besides, why are you using Ethel Merman? Everyone knows if you really want to wake people up you need bagpipes! I've got my collection of pipe & drum corps CDs with me, fortunately. :D



And my asbestos underwear on, too!

Two words 1812 Oveture

It was what dad used on Sunday mornings.

[Fiveyearlurker]

Mornings are evil. When I get old, I will not be one of those geezers that get up at 4 to wait for the paperman. Those people are crazy. After I retire, I'm sleeping until 10! Only 26 more years of mornings. And counting.

I've complained numerous times over the past year that my paper doesn't arrive before 5. Freaking ridiculous. Even the Sunday Times doesn't come until freaking 6:30. What's the point? Days half over at that point!

And I'm only 31!

(sorry, I hate sleep)

[tdn]

Suddenly, I was tail-over-teakettle in mid-air. (The ladder, it turns out, was three feet to my left.) I would eventually land on my ass
A few years ago, I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Going back to bed, I was already pretty much asleep on my feet. The thought of getting back into bed was just delicious. I didn't crawl back in, I did a full body fling. I flung myself. I was airborne.

During mid-soar, I started reviewing in my head the events of earlier that night. What did I spend the night doing? Oh yeah, I rearranged my bedroom. Where did I move things? Let's see, chest of drawers there, nightstand there, and bed waaaay over there. Interesting.

Stunning, actually.

[Anne Neville]

Grrrrr, cheerful morning people. When I am recognized as rightful ruler of the world, you will all be sorry! Think "It's a Small World After All" blasted at you when you try to go to bed before 11. Maybe I can even find a version of it for bagpipes.

Mornings when I haven't slept well the night before are the worst. Mr. Neville has had a bad cough lately that's worse at night, so I get woken up in the middle of the night. The stress of looking for a job isn't helping, either. Oh, and I'm really hoping that the stuffy nose and vague punk feeling I'm having this morning is just allergies and lack of sleep, not coming down with whatever Mr. Neville had...

I hate sleep

Wanna give me some of yours?

[Plynck]

After I retire, I'm sleeping until 10!Yeah, like that's really gonna happen... :rolleyes:

Every joint in your body will complain when you turn over in bed.

Acid reflux from last night's dinner.

Lying awake thinking about cuts in Social Security and Medicaire.

Not to mention ALL THOSE DAMN KIDS ON YOUR LAWN!!!

[Lady of the Lake]

I hear you! I'm not a morning person either, and my husband is. (Of course we go to bed at the same time, and he gets up 2 hours earlier, so you'd think he'd be the one who's crabby and wants to bite people for waking a person up...but no.)

Also, last night I got less sleep than usual, as the cat (who likes to sleep drapped over me until *I* move to make way for *her* skinny ass) hacked a lung. It sounded like a hairball had a fight with her throat and her throat was determined to win by turning inside out - at 3 in the morning.

But this morning, in the light of day, there was nothing there for me to clean up.

Either I dreamed it...or...

[Tully Mars]

Mornings are evil. When I get old, I will not be one of those geezers that get up at 4 to wait for the paperman. Those people are crazy. After I retire, I'm sleeping until 10! Only 26 more years of mornings. And counting.
Watch out, girl. I said those exact same words (or some other words to that effect) once upon a time. Now, even when I'm on vacation, I'm up by 6:00. The only way I can sleep past 7:00 is if I stay up past midnight.

[tdn]

I go through periods of being a morning person. I just finished one that lasted about six months. I couldn't sleep past 8:00 under any circumstance, but it was usually more like 6:30. One day it was 4:00, and after about an hour, I decided to go for a walk and watch the sky turn from black to blue.

[SpazCat]

Besides, why are you using Ethel Merman? Everyone knows if you really want to wake people up you need bagpipes! I've got my collection of pipe & drum corps CDs with me, fortunately. :D


I was woken up by bagpipes once. I thought it was Bob Dylan for a good twenty minutes. Then I finished waking up.

[Cat Whisperer]

Morning people can all go to hell. They can go to hell and DIE!!! You know what I hate about not being a morning person (and somehow being expected by every employer to just adjust to their schedule)? The way non-morning people are looked at by the rest of the world. No, I'm not lazy - I get plenty of stuff done every day. I just don't want to start doing it until 9:00 at the earliest. My poor husband is even less of a morning person than I am - his work often starts at 7:00 (but his brain gets up around 10:00).

[Sitnam]

I don't have a job, my girlfriend does. She has to get up in the morning but likes procrastinating so she sets her alarm for an hour before hand so it can go off ever 10 minutes. I'd prefer to avoid the whole morning entirely, but the incessant cell phone alarm going off 6 different times prevents me from doing it. I hate mornings also.

[Cat Whisperer]

I don't have a job, my girlfriend does. She has to get up in the morning but likes procrastinating so she sets her alarm for an hour before hand so it can go off ever 10 minutes. I'd prefer to avoid the whole morning entirely, but the incessant cell phone alarm going off 6 different times prevents me from doing it. I hate mornings also.
Oh, tell me about it! My poor husband also used to hit his snooze alarm about fifteen times every morning. Either he doesn't do it as much, or I just sleep through it now.

[Euryphaessa]

Ugh, yesterday I woke up to my alarm after having fallen asleep about 5 hours earlier. I am not the sort of person that can function well on fewer than 7 hours. I had to be in class at 8, so my alarm was set for 7 with the intention of hitting the snooze button at least twice. After the third snooze button slap, I sat up and turned off the alarm. I said to myself: "Yeah, I guess it's about time I got up... well, surely I can laze around for 5.... more... minutes..... zzzzz...." Ah, well, I was only 45 minutes late for class.

[Randy Seltzer]

Morning people can all go to hell. They can go to hell and DIE!!! You know what I hate about not being a morning person (and somehow being expected by every employer to just adjust to their schedule)? The way non-morning people are looked at by the rest of the world. No, I'm not lazy - I get plenty of stuff done every day.
Yes! Yes! Why do the morning people get to run the world? Why do they get to decide that it's socially unacceptable to start your day at 10? I get more done between midnight and 2am (while they're asleep) than they get done between 7am and 9am (while I wish I were asleep) -- why are they so much better?

My favorite I-hate-morning quote is "Morning is the midnight of the soul." I think it might be Calvin & Hobbes.

Also, Zoe: I hate you.

[cochrane]

You ever hear the difference between an optimist and a pessimist?

The optimist wakes up, looks out the window, and says, "Good morning, Lord!" The pessimist wakes up, looks out the window, and says, "Good Lord! Morning!"

- cochrane the pessimist.

[Lionne]

During mid-soar, I started reviewing in my head the events of earlier that night. What did I spend the night doing? Oh yeah, I rearranged my bedroom. Where did I move things? Let's see, chest of drawers there, nightstand there, and bed waaaay over there. Interesting.

Stunning, actually. :D

I'm not a morning person either, but I've found it easier to wake up early the older I get. One day I'll be like my grandmother, up at 5.30 every morning. Willingly. ~shudder~

[chowder]

Mornings are evil. When I get old, I will not be one of those geezers that get up at 4 to wait for the paperman. Those people are crazy. After I retire, I'm sleeping until 10! Only 26 more years of mornings. And counting.
Now that's where you're wrong my friend.

The older you are the less sleep you need, you'll be up and about beating the early birds to all the pigging worms.

That said you'll enjoy afternoon naps and being able to doze off at any time, think Grandpa Simpson :D

[Antinor01]

Hey! How y'all doin'? Up and at 'em! Rise and shine!

Everybody sing:



Y'all do like ketchup on your scrambled eggs, don't cha? These here are fresh from the hens!

Randy, how'd you get ink all over the back of your butt? Wile E, don't look now, but the dog is licking something off the bottom of your foot. He looks like he's about to toss his cookies. Oops...Sure 'nough. Oh lookie...yojimbo's wearing your sandals. How strange.

Alice, what do you mean when you get old? I wouldn't count on retiring in 26 years if I were you. Oh, good grief! Y'all let Inner Stickler at the coffee pot again? The coffee always tastes just like a roach motel smells. Did you ever notice? More ketchup, Alice? Eeeeww That egg is a little runny.

C3, so why don't you make a date to celebrate your anniversary this time next week? I've got this Ethel Merman recording that is going to cheer you up and get you through the day...Here it is: Ethel Merman Salutes the Southern Baptist Hymnal. Crank it up, Zeldar!

**gives Zoe a blank stare**

You realize of course that the only reason you are still alive is because we're not awake enough to figure out a way to correct that situation, right????

[Cat Whisperer]

We could wait until late at night and get her while she's sleeping. :D

[Antinor01]

We could wait until late at night and get her while she's sleeping. :D

But we'll be in better moods then and won't need to get her. That's the thing about those damn perky morning people, when they're pissing us off we're not awake enough and then when we are awake enough they aren't pissing us off anymore. Sneaky bastards.

[Ready_for_my_closeup]

Not only do I despise mornings (at my current job I'd have to get up at 5.30 to be at work at 8, I'm never at work at 8. Thank God for flexible hours.) but I have caffeine intolerance as well. It gives me horrible headaches and vomiting. So when I have to get up in the middle of the night (before 8) I have nothing to help me wake up. :mad:

Oh, and I would just add a hearty fuck you to the people at work who says that once I have children I'll never sleep again. Well, there's a bloody good reason not to have children. And if one more person mentions how I'll get used to getting up at the crack of dawn, I'll start plotting a terrible revenge once I wake up. Yes, there has never been a time in my life where I've had to get up early on a regular basis. :rolleyes: Apparently, they know how my body works better than I do.

The fascinating thing is that the one time I've been at work at 8 nobody did anything. They just wandered about drinking coffee and talking for close to an hour. No one did any work! I might start my day later, but I will actually spend it working so stop bitching. I put in more hours than you do anyway.

[Flutterby]

Oh, and I would just add a hearty fuck you to the people at work who says that once I have children I'll never sleep again. Well, there's a bloody good reason not to have children.

I have a child. I get up early, to go to work.

When I was on vacation my child didn't wake me up until 8. He knew that early would not fly with me unless it was an emergency (I usually woke up slowly to him playing on the floor with his toys next to my bed, happy as a clam).

I despise mornings. The people at work seem to think I'm a morning person but they forget that I have been up for two hours by the time I get to work, because I take the bus and live on the other side of downtown. They never see me before my first cup of coffee (thank goodness for timed pots..). That sucks you can't drink coffee, and actually at times if I drink too much I get the same way so I end up cutting back.

There's some really nice wake up teas..

[gigi]

Oh, tell me about it! My poor husband also used to hit his snooze alarm about fifteen times every morning. Either he doesn't do it as much, or I just sleep through it now.
My roommate in college was deaf in one ear and guess which ear she always happened to be sleeping on when the alarm went off.

[Anne Neville]

Hey! How y'all doin'? Up and at 'em! Rise and shine!

Everybody sing:

Oh, I'll sing, all right. Then you'll be sorry.

[MelCthefirst]

See, I'm wide awake the moment my eyes open. I'll admit to occasionally putting my undies on inside out or putting orange juice in my cereal, but it just doesn't happen that often.....I know you'll all jump on me for saying this, but I can't help but have this sneaking suspicion that you night owls are just not trying hard enough and if you too got to bed around 10pm and had a good night's sleep, you'd all be morning people too!

[adhemar]

Umm, no. If I have a good night's sleep that means I will not be tired at 10pm the next night so when you are blissfully snoozing away I am up. I am 50 years old now and still like to sleep late, In fact there are many days I drag my butt out of bed counting down the days until I CAN sleep late.


See, I'm wide awake the moment my eyes open. I'll admit to occasionally putting my undies on inside out or putting orange juice in my cereal, but it just doesn't happen that often.....I know you'll all jump on me for saying this, but I can't help but have this sneaking suspicion that you night owls are just not trying hard enough and if you too got to bed around 10pm and had a good night's sleep, you'd all be morning people too!

[Ruby]

I.Hate.Mornings.

There is no good reason to get out of bed at those unholy hours.

I've often said that I'm about 4 hours behind the rest of the world. First-and-a-half shift, so to speak. I like to roll out of bed around 9, lunch between 2 and 3, then supper around 10. Unfortunately, most of the restaurants in this two-bit town close at either 10 or 11 which leaves me choices like Taco Bell or Steak 'n Shake....<sigh>

When I get to rule the world, you chipper morning freaks better watch out. (Zoe I'm watching you...o.O)

[Revtim]

I loathe and despise mornings. Every atom of my being is screaming for more sleep. I suppose it's because of my sleep apnea that was diagnosed last week. Once I get my CPAP hopefully it will get better.

[eleanorigby]

Must. kill. Zoe.

Can't. find. Zoe.

Eyes. too. bleary.

Will. kill. later.





I like to wake up at 0900. What is wrong with that? Everything, so my life says. <sigh>

[Millit the Frail]

:D

I'm not a morning person either, but I've found it easier to wake up early the older I get. One day I'll be like my grandmother, up at 5.30 every morning. Willingly. ~shudder~

WHHHYYYY? This is a real question for the Teeming Millions: Why the hell do old people get up so early? My step-grandmother self-righteously tells me, every time I go see her, that she gets up by 5AM every morning. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHAT IS SHE DOING?

She has not worked in many years. She has no grandchildren living nearby. My mom and stepdad go see her and my step-grandfather sometimes, but otherwise, they're not, like, constantly entertaining or getting the house ready for visitors. She only has to cook for herself and her husband. They don't watch much TV or know much about their computer. So why does she getup so early?

And if the reason is just that it's how her internal clock works, then she has absolutely no reason to lord it over everyone else like it's her own moral superiority that wakes her. GRRR!

[Helen's Eidolon]

I'm convinced that my body is on a 25-hour cycle. Namely, if I wake up rested in the morning, I'll want to fall asleep an hour later than I did the night before. What this means is that I am ALWAYS TIRED when I wake up. Thank heavens I rarely have to get myself up before 8 am anymore. There is nothing worse in the whole wide world than waking up and getting out before dawn in the middle of winter.

[Giraffe]

I would eventually land on my ass, but not before knocking the shelf holding 1)my pile of change, and 2)my inkwell.(emphasis mine)

Ah, I see the problem. You fell asleep in the 18th century and just now woke up -- that would disorient anyone. :D

(Seriously, who has an inkwell?)

[Randy Seltzer]

(emphasis mine)

Ah, I see the problem. You fell asleep in the 18th century and just now woke up -- that would disorient anyone. :D

(Seriously, who has an inkwell?) Well I don't know if you'd call it a "well." I write with a fountain pen and need to refill it occasionally. The ink comes in an oddly shaped glass jar-thing.

Lemme find you a picture...

Here (http://www.pens4less.com/INK/default.htm?mgiToken=20HE75JG18609DI5187).

Also, as long as this is bumped: MelCthefirst - I hate you.

[Inner Stickler]

Everyone who hates getting up in the morning should follow my No-Fail 3 Step Plan For Getting Up On Time.

Step 1: Gain some weight. If you already have some, great you were obviously thinking ahead. Reward yourself with calories.

Step 2: Loft your bed. Loft it a good 4.5 feet off the ground. Make it a pain to get into.

Step 3: Put your alarm clock somewhere unreachable from the bed.

Now every morning when you wake up, you have to get out of bed to shut off the alarm and by the time you get out of bed and shut it off, the idea of trying to clamber all the way back up there in your tired and fat body will fill you with horror so you take a shower instead. And this way I won't be the only one staring blearily at the mattress from the floor and thinking rude thoughts at my monkey of a roommate.

[Cat Whisperer]

See, I'm wide awake the moment my eyes open. I'll admit to occasionally putting my undies on inside out or putting orange juice in my cereal, but it just doesn't happen that often.....I know you'll all jump on me for saying this, but I can't help but have this sneaking suspicion that you night owls are just not trying hard enough and if you too got to bed around 10pm and had a good night's sleep, you'd all be morning people too!
But I'm not tired at 10 pm. I'm just getting my second wind at 10 pm. Not to come down on you, Mel, but attitudes like this are what keep us non-morning people from feeling normal and being allowed to be who we are. We're not defective; we're just set in a different time frame than morning people.

[Flutterby]

But I'm not tired at 10 pm. I'm just getting my second wind at 10 pm. Not to come down on you, Mel, but attitudes like this are what keep us non-morning people from feeling normal and being allowed to be who we are. We're not defective; we're just set in a different time frame than morning people.


Exactly. 10? 10 is only if I'm so damn beat I can't keep my eyes open (or even 9!).

Actually, I finally managed to train myself. You see, I manage to go to sleep by 11 most nights and am up for 6-ish. I never want to get out of bed though, I'm quite content being up until 1 and sleeping until 8 or 9. It's still almost the same amount of sleep, but the quality difference is amazing.

Even when camping and the birds and fresh air and everything regulates my sleep better, I'm still not up at the first sign of daylight.

Dad used to get pissed at me in the mornings. Now, well.. I deal. I don't like it, but I deal, so just leave me in peace until I've had a mug of coffee and a chance to align myself with the living.

[Merkwurdigliebe]

You know what really pisses me off? I have a friend who not only is a morning person, but has a light schedule at college at the moment. So what does he do? He gets up early and does nothing. He can't help it. That's how much of a morning person he is. In my opinion, morning is for suckers. The only benefit I've ever seen to getting up early is to A) get to work or school or B) make it in time for McDonald's breakfast. And trust me, I'd never set an alarm for the later. It's only something that occurs when I've simply gotten up early enough.

But it's like he lives in another world half the day. He'll talk about morning shows of which I have only the faintest clue. He has opinions about all these morning show people, and I am clueless. I know who Al Roker is, but I don't despise him like he does. I'd like to, but seriously. My friend, does nothing in the morning, but never sleeps late.

[OtakuLoki]

Seriously, there's a reason that I loved working second, or swing, shift. There's just something more comfortable for me to have the workday starting at 4 PM, and then ending at midnight.

(Of course, that was back when I had a circadian cycle.)

[gigi]

Now every morning when you wake up, you have to get out of bed to shut off the alarm and by the time you get out of bed and shut it off, the idea of trying to clamber all the way back up there in your tired and fat body will fill you with horror so you take a shower instead. And this way I won't be the only one staring blearily at the mattress from the floor and thinking rude thoughts at my monkey of a roommate.
Another of my college roommates tried this plan and it was amazing the dexterity with which she could vault herself back up into the top bunk. Of course she wasn't overweight as you suggest.

[eleanorigby]

#1 son takes after me, sadly, in this department. I was never a morning person--I even went to the night shift early on because I couldn't sleep at night UNTIL the alarm went off--then I would fall asleep.

Working nights did a number on me. Kudos to those who can take, but it about killed me. I did it for 5 years--I refer to that time in my life as a black hole. Sadly, it was most of my twenties. Anyway, what I have found is that I am really a mid-morning person. I like to go to bed around midnight and get up at about 9. No job lets me do that (no job that pays me well and gives me bennys). I'd like to start work around 9 or 10, work until 4-5pm, and then go home. Is that so bad? Not at all, if I lived in France....


I, too, hate the smugness of morning people. My husband is a morning person. He is truly baffled by #1 son's difficulties in getting his 15 year old body out of bed every AM. I feel for him, but he has to get up.

I am getting him this for Christmas (I had to drive him to school today because he missed his ride): wakeupalready! (http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74132.asp)

I thought the flying one was just cruel.

[Anaamika]

See, I'm wide awake the moment my eyes open. I'll admit to occasionally putting my undies on inside out or putting orange juice in my cereal, but it just doesn't happen that often.....I know you'll all jump on me for saying this, but I can't help but have this sneaking suspicion that you night owls are just not trying hard enough and if you too got to bed around 10pm and had a good night's sleep, you'd all be morning people too!
My mom says this to me all the time. We're just wired differently, ya know? Even if I go to bed early I still. hate. mornings. Nighttime is the bestest.

[Silver Tyger]

I am getting him this for Christmas (I had to drive him to school today because he missed his ride): wakeupalready! (http://www.hammacher.com/publish/74132.asp)

I thought the flying one was just cruel.

He'll end up sleeping through it. I'd get my sister one of those, but she already sleeps through her alarm. She doesn't notice it until I yell at her. Then she hits snooze. So I'm trying to sleep in and her stupid alarm is beeping.

Mornings SUCK.