working in the night

“Its ok it’s just the alarm I’ve snoozed it!” Were the first words I said this morning after being rudely awaken and then asked what the noise was by Jo? “It’s a different one, it plays a tune now” I continued, but my confidence was waning.

Something was wrong, I was absolutely sure I’d reprogrammed the alarm to play a tune but niggling doubts were starting to set in and Jo’s grunts of disbelief were shaking me. “It can’t be?” Jo moaned, “It’s no way morning – no way!” My head slowly started to work its way through the clouds of doubt. How could my alarm have played a tune? I don’t know how to reprogram an alarm to play tunes, do I?

Eventually I worked it out and a slow look at the alarm, repeated three times just in case I was wrong the first two times confirmed it. It was one o’clock in the morning and the tune had been from my mobile. I climbed out of my bed and made my way downstairs. A search of the lounge failed to locate the phone. The kitchen was no good. My coat pockets were empty. Back upstairs the bathroom shelf had no phones on it and the study was equally phone-less. Just then my phone rang again and so I rushed back into the bedroom to find it sat next to my alarm by the bed.

It was work wanting to know if I was ready; ready for what? The planned works that had been organised is what but now I was really confused. The works had been planned for one o’clock Tuesday night – Tuesday 22nd September. At last the penny dropped – one o’clock AM on Tuesday is actually Monday night – AGGHH!

I woke up immediately and started getting my laptop prepped; I knew we were not ready for the works because I’d foolishly expected it to be the following night. I had to wake someone else up who really did not find the alarm story amusing and get them to help.

The works went ahead only about an hour and a half late and were successful so all was well. But I owe Matt big style now and have had take much abuse from colleagues. It seems I am still rubbish – after all these years. Never mind I have resolved to get over it by learning to reprogram an ordinary beeping alarm to play tunes as I think I quite liked it!