Dark and Early

My alarm clock seemed to go off too early on Monday morning, but I chalked it up to, you now, Monday morning. Showered and dressed, but with both girls still sleeping, I trundled over to the laptop to take care of my online class. A while later, feeling unusually sluggish, I checked the time in the corner of the screen: 6:02:42 AM - a half hour before my alarm was supposed to ring. What? I hadn't changed my clock back at the daylight saving time switch? No way. I remember changing it. A while later, Shannon laughed at my ineptitude: Had I forgotten how to use the alarm clock after a couple months of Vivi serving as the alarm? She said that maybe one of the girls had messed the clock up, but I scoffed: my clock has a little plastic cover over the time- and alarm-setting buttons.


This evening, I was playing with Vivi when she suddenly toddled away. Catching up, I found her next to my bedside table, holding my clock, easily flipping over the button-cover and madly pressing the buttons. Even when she doesn't wake me up, she gets me up early!

Forecast: Significant blowing and drifting, with the possibility of heavy accumulation in rural areas.