[genghisfawn]

I have an alarm clock that's got to be about 12 years old, and every time I set it I get all paranoid that it won't work. The little Alarm light doesn't always come on when I set the switch, and I can't leave it alone until I can see that it's shining steadily. Then I usually wake up a few minutes before it's due to go off and just watch it until it does, then I wonder, "If I'm waking up this early, anticipating my alarm, am I actually sleeping or is my body ticking away seconds unconsciously until it's sure it'll beat this infernal clock I keep forgetting to replace?"

Sleep is complicated sometimes. A friend said, "Just get an alarm for your phone." Although I've just spent a paragraph describing my distrust of my alarm clock which is so deep that it obviously manifests all the way to the level of subconscious... it's still older than my phone and thus more trustworthy.

I never said I was completely sensible.