The World's Best Alarm Clock

 Recently I have been sleeping in later and later. Who wants to get up when it is cold and there is a cute, snuggly cat on the bed? This isn't really a problem except when you need to actually do something in the morning. Today we need to go into the Japanese Embassy so Matt can get his second Police Certificate to prove that he wasn't convicted of any crimes in Japan and is therefore a safe person to be a teacher.

I informed Matt that I should really get up by 9 at the latest so that the errand didn't take up the core part of the day. Getting something done before lunch makes the day seem longer and gives you a sense being productive in some small way.

However, when in holiday mode, I seem to be immune to alarm clocks and the sound of morning news on TV. I can blissfully sleep right through them. I have vague memories of Matt say "Time to wake up" and the radio or TV making noise but I wasn't fully awake.

Then Matt discovered the ULTIMATE WAKE-UP DEBBIE WEAPON. Sesame Street. Some incredibly loud muppet called 'Stinky' lamenting that fact that he could not write and thus would not be able to write a story. Then he was helped by Gordon (is it the same Gordon? The bald African-American guy? He was on it when I was a wee nipper. Either Sesame Street has some secret anti-aging serum or the 'humans' are actually muppets too. Scary). Gordon offered to write the words as Stinky said them. Needless to say, there was some very loud, slow repetition of EVERY SINGLE WORD in the dictation process.

I was up braving the cold and mooching about for coffee before they got past "Once upon a time". Powerful stuff.