why do alarms suck so bad

alarms never wake me up. unless i haven't heard them much before. The one i've been using for the past year or so failed me this morning. As my lovely wife and i were laying in bed, i half remember getting up early in the morning to go to the bathroom or something, but the next thing i remember is waking up at 8 when i had somewhere to be at 9. No big deal right, except the place i had to be was an hour away. Blah. This whole "getting out of bed in the morning" thing is getting on my last nerve.

I think the whole thing started a few nights ago when we decided to stay up til 5 am reading the new harry potter book. Well, actually she read the new one, and i started the first one. Don't tell me, i know i am a bit behind. But i finished the first one just a few hours after she got done with the last one, both of these events happened about 18 hours after we got the books in the first place. So that kinda threw off our sleep schedule. I guess i'm still reeling from that, which might mean that i'm getting old. Of course Colleen and czech are at home right now in bed, catching up on their sleep.

I really enjoyed the first harry potter book. It made me remember how much i love to read, and to imagine the fantastic worlds that writers like that come up with. I have been thinking quite a bit lately about how much i need to read and take time to just sit in quiet. Oddly enough, reading things like that really help me to quiet my spirit, which has been harder to do lately with all the busyness going on work wise and life wise.