On the Proper Maintenance of Clocks

As my regular readers know, I struggle with insomnia from time to time.

A few nights ago, I went to bed very early and managed to escape feline predations until I woke up on my own the next morning. The first thing I do every morning is roll over and peek at the clock. If it's beyond a certain time, I feel like I've managed to get enough sleep. That morning it was right on the threshold, but I felt good because I had fallen asleep earlier.

I got up, made my coffee and then sat down at my computer to blog.

Then I noticed that the actual time was an hour earlier than I thought. I hadn't reset my bedroom clock. I sat there, staring at my screen and my coffee cup with a stupid look on my face, wondering what to do. Dang! Once you make your coffee, the game is pretty much over.

Of course, if I had properly maintained my clocks, none of that would have been necessary.