Today was different.
I woke up at 8:43 and then panicked that my i-Phone alarm had let me down for the first time. The next few minutes could have been a replay of the speeded up portion of the Danny Kaye film The Court Jester. There was no time for the 3 S’s (shower, etc.) or even for combing my hair. I threw a frozen dinner in my bag for lunch and two peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast since I knew waffles would take too long. I also grabbed a bottle of water and my empty coffee mug. Instead of home-brew I would have to settle for cafeteria vending machine brew this morning.
By 8:47 I was at my snow covered car. With several quick sweeps of my arm, I was able to clear off the 6 inches of snow accumulated on the windshield and rear windows. Less than 2 minutes later I was in my cold car work bound with the rear window defogger at full power, my front window defroster at full blast and my windshield fluid and wipers madly scraping away at the layer of ice underneath the snow gradually creating bigger and bigger clear patches for me to peer through and see where I was going.
Upon arrival, I noticed the parking lot was not as full as normal. I didn’t think the storm was that bad, but perhaps there was bad drifting on the major highways into town.
By 8:54 I was in the cafeteria brewing my morning coffee when I noticed my water bottle was missing. I quickly bought another bottle of water and headed upstairs, craving the coffee hit to help wake me up.
I managed to startup my computer at 8:55 and then began to relax and look around. None of my co-workers had made it in, I thought smugly to myself, but at least I was on time. I also noticed that many of the overnight workers were still working and thought that a lot of employees must have called in late for these agents to be asked to work overtime.
As I glanced outside, my foggy brain began to wonder why it was so dark out at this time of morning. The days had been getting brighter and it was strange that now at 9 AM in the morning it was dark again. At 9:00 I signed in right on time, but the computer was still booting up. I grabbed a peanut butter sandwich to try to gulp down a few bites before I took any calls and found my missing water bottle inside my lunch bag. Since my computer was taking longer to startup, I looked at the time on my phone handset so I could report to the supervisor that I would be delayed in taking calls for a few minutes. Then I saw it for the first time. 9:01 PM!
Omigod! I was 12 hours EARLY!
Now things started to make more sense. Wednesday was the day I had booked off for dentist and doctor appointments. I also did a lot of running around to fill prescriptions, do shopping and finally meet with my Financial Advisor to discuss my strategies for RRSP and TFSA this year. After the last two hour meeting, I was exhausted and when I came home I climbed into bed for a nap. Well the nap became a full-blown sleep and when I awoke several hours later it felt as if I had had a full night’s sleep. From that point on it was my barely-awake brain that was in control, not my logical “this can’t be 9 AM” brain.
The managers on duty at work thought my mistake was hilarious. One called it the “funniest work story he had ever heard”. I imagine I will be taking quite a bit of teasing for this one!
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