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For the past two weeks I've had a good roll of my alarm being on for 9.30 and getting to bed by 12 or 1, and waking up just short of it. A regular schedule (though not as regular as it could be) definitely feels good -- it took one week, mon to fri to get going.

This morning, however, after staying up till 2.00 playing bridge and until 4.00 fiddling with adventure games, I turned off my alarm. I woke up at 7.36. I put my alarm back on for late, so I could sleep in but not worry about missing the whole day. I went back to sleep. I woke up, and it was 7.36. I wandered round the whole house, and every single clock was showing that time. I even waited one minute to make sure they were progressing.

* Had I imagined the earlier getting up?
* Had I fallen into a eerie time warp? If they'd all struck midnight, that would have been more appropriately Gothic.
* Had I got up, but not really remembered the time, and my brain filled it in retrospectively?
* What was my body doing waking up now anyway? Being caught up on sleep means one short night doesn't matter (especially when eager to get on with things) but I know it, it'll be all excited from 7.37 till about 8.15, and then want to sleep till 11.00, so I should go and *do* anything.

Date: 2007-09-07 07:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com
> Had I fallen into a eerie time warp?

Today's xkcd is for you.

Date: 2007-09-07 09:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com
ROFL. Yes, I saw that as soon as I got up for real. It made me wonder, had I psychically browsed it during the night, or what? At least they were different times.

Date: 2007-09-07 07:06 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] mair_in_grenderich
quick! quick! go for a swim!

Date: 2007-09-07 09:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com
ROFL. That would have been good actually. Dad goes swimming every morning. But I decided I needed to try and get a bit more than 3-4 hours of sleep.

Date: 2007-09-07 12:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minipoppy.livejournal.com
I had something similar once at school. I woke up at 6.30 and thought I'll just close my eyes for 2 minutes. I did, opened them and it was 6.32. The bed seemed so comfy that I closed my eyes for 10 minutes but when I woke only 2 had passed. I tried this about five times and no matter how long I closed my eyes for (even if I counted to 500) each time exactly 2 minutes had passd. I thought marvellous, I've fallen down the rabbit hole and my life can't go faster than 2 minute intervals. So I rolled over and went to sleep. And woke up at 8.30.
Actually, there is no mystery here, is there?

Date: 2007-09-07 05:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rochvelleth.livejournal.com
Did anyone ever tell you that Cambridge is a weird space/time anomaly...? ;)

(OMG, that would make such a good FB group!)