# Arghh!! With a decent recovery. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535 "2002-05-17T12:52:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535/1 "2002-05-17T12:52:37Z")
Somehow I managed to shut off the alarm at 6:00 this morning thinking it Saturday. Sleepily I caught a glimpse of the clock as it edged past 7:00 and thought, “Well, I’ll probably rejoin the world around 9:00.” As I drifted off, thoughts wandered to how my Friday lunch plans had worked out…! They had’nt happened yet! It’s Friday!!! I rocketed out of bed at 7:10 and arrived, shaved, showered and (thankfully) dressed at 7:40 (the office opens at 7:30). Heh. Nobody else is here yet. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535/2 "2002-05-17T14:37:01Z")
Yesterday afternoon at the Y, my kid and I were on the treadmills. I asked her “What are your work hours tomorrow?” meaning Saturday. Then the horrible realization hit that I still had to make it thru Friday. What a let-down feeling that was… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535/3 "2002-05-17T14:54:23Z")
In reverse . . . One dark winter morning when I was in college I heard my alarm go off. I stumbled groggily down the dorm hall to the bathroom, which was strangely empty. I showered and did the rest of my stuff, then returned to my room, where I noticed that the clock read something like 2:30 am. Don’t know why I thought my alarm had gone off – it was set for the correct time of 6:30 or whatever. I sheepishly climbed back into bed and didn’t tell my roommate or friends about it for a loooong time. However, I used to be the QUEEN of oversleeping. Nowadays, with me self-employed and Mr. S working a screwy rotating schedule, I never know what the hell day it is anyway. I might take Tuesday off instead of Saturday, or work 13 days in a row. “Hump day” and TGIF lost their meaning a long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535/4 "2002-05-17T19:32:47Z")
See! You’re using the wrong alarm. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![slackergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@slackergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slackergirl)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arghh-with-a-decent-recovery/109535/5 "2002-05-18T02:11:47Z")
I do that all the time. I work from home primarily, but go into the office on Mondays and Thursdays. I love my schedule but it make me nuts when I first wake up. I usually end up looking at my birth control pills to see what day it is.