Posted by
Dave on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 2:59:18 PM
I used to be one of those people who was always late. I mean ALWAYS! One teacher-workday in high school a group of us planned to go to the beach for the day. We all agreed to meet at someone's house at 8am to get an early start. I somehow managed to show up right around 8 and no one was there. To my embarrassment I learned that only I was told to be there at 8, everyone else was told 9.
Since then I have met a wonderful, punctual woman who has taught me how to better manage my time (I am referring to my wife by the way). I now realize the true cause of my tardiness.
The usual scenario would go something like this: work started at 8am on Monday. Sunday night I would stay up late watching TV or a movie and hit the bed 12:30am. After reading or making a few notes in my journal I'd finally fall asleep around 1am. My alarm would wake me up around 7 at which point I would silence it with the ever-pointless snooze button. A good 15 min later I'd get up, eat breakfast, get ready for work and head out the door about 5 minutes til 8. I'd get stuck at a few lights, end up behind a school bus, and manage to get to my desk by 8:15. I would proceed to tell my boss that I was late because I got stuck behind a school bus.
As you may have guessed, the real reason I was late had nothing to do with the school bus, but was because I stayed up the night before watching TV or a movie instead of getting to bed, getting a decent amount of sleep, and waking up refreshed when my alarm went off for the first time.
If the Republicans lose the House next month, it's not going to be because of a few scandalous emails or the fact that someone used the "N" word 30 years ago.
Ya'll come back now, ya hear!