I planned to go to church this morning. I was going to leave at about 9:40 in order to be there at 10:00. And I was going to try my very hardest to break my recent streak of COMPLETELY sleeping through my alarm.
So you can imagine my disappointment when I rolled over this morning and read “9:30″ on the bright display of my alarm clock this morning. Goshdarnit, I thought to myself, not again. I rolled over and went back to sleep, feeling slightly defeated.
I was planning to go to my parents’ house after church, which usually ends at 11:30. So when I finally got up just after 12:00, I felt I should call them to let them know I was still coming.
First I called my Mom’s phone: no answer. Then I called my Dad’s phone: no answer. Two minutes later, My phone rang. It was dad.
“Erin! Did you just call me?” He sounded slightly alarmed.
“Yes, I did. Is your phone off? It went straight to voicemail!”
“That’s because I hung up on you.”
“Why?!”
“Because you called me in the middle of church!!”
…
“WHAT?! But, it’s after noon!”
“No, Erin, it’s 11:15!”
…
And that is when I remembered that my alarm clock is not a normal alarm clock. It is a super fancy, sort of expensive alarm clock that adjusts itself automatically for Daylight Savings Time. But you see—my super fancy, sort of expensive alarm clock was not notified that Daylight Savings Time changed this year… that it, in fact, happened three weeks ago. It thought that Daylight Savings Time began last night, and moved itself one hour forward accordingly.
After cursing my alarm clock, apologizing to my Dad for interrupting church, and having a good laugh at the whole ridiculous situation, I realized what a feeling of freedom that extra hour gave me—I could actually be on time to my parents’ house. I could be early, even. Amazing! Apparently, a firm belief in an incorrect time is the only way to get me up on time.
Maybe I should set my clock an hour ahead more often. 
April 2nd, 2007 at 10:01 am
I’m in favor of you hiking the butte next week… just so you know
April 3rd, 2007 at 11:45 pm
I could actually be on time to my parents’ house. I could be early, even.
But then something happened on the highway on your way there, right?
April 8th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
You autta link to a picture of it
Just found your blog. How I found it: I was using stumbleupon and came across Waiter Rant. I ended up not liking waiter rant but noticed that it won the ‘best writing’ bloggie awards this year. Since I didn’t like it I decided to go see the rest of the winners in different categories and found yours. I like yours so far - I appreciate that you’re christian because I don’t find many active christian bloggers. Anyway, ttyl
April 8th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
woops (sorry), didn’t notice that exclusion that caused the stumbleupon link to break, lol. i do that once in a while. sigh.