My Body Clock Forgot I'm On Vacation / myLot

United States

April 17, 2017 7:15am CST

Today is Monday, but I am on break so did not have to get up before the Sun to get to work. I remembered to turn off my alarm clock, but my body clock forgot I'm on vacation. I did sleep in, an hour, and woke up at 6:30. The good thing about that is I will get a lot more done today. I've already scheduled a service appointment for the wife's car tomorrow, responded to all my notifications here on myLot, had breakfast, and will shortly get back to work on formatting the paperback version of The Boy From Buzby Beach. For those of you following Cooper's story on my (non-monetized) blog riversailorliterary.com, I have added a few more installments since I last mentioned him.

I Choose To Be A Soldier

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Serialized draft of upcoming novel by DW Davis.

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amnabas

@amnabas (14877)

• Karachi, Pakistan

17 Apr 17

Yes it happens with me on weekends.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

When you go to be Friday night thinking you can sleep in Saturday morning, and then you're up with the birds, it can be frustrating.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (14592)

• India

17 Apr 17

My body clock shakes me up at 4 in the morning.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

Why so early?

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

17 Apr 17

Sometimes it happens to me too.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

18 Apr 17

@DWDavis I felt disappointed to myself sometimes. I woke up ahead of time to my alarm clock.lol

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

18 Apr 17

@Shavkat I've read that waking up before your alarm clock is a sign of a good night's sleep, so maybe that was a good thing.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

Do you look at the clock and groan, knowing you didn't have to be up so early?

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

17 Apr 17

I have been up since 5:45 for no good reason and have also accomplished quite a lot.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61463)

• United States

17 Apr 17

@DWDavis No me either, was rather disappointed to wake up so early.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

Having more time to get things done is one of the benefits of waking up early. Still, I would not have been upset an another hour or so of sleep.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502343)

• Italy

17 Apr 17

It's a holiday here too today, but I woke up at 5:30 and I was unable to go back to sleep. More time to do several little things around the house.

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Evanson Muhungi

@EMuhungi (1712)

• Nairobi, Kenya

17 Apr 17

Today was still a holiday, tomorrow is back to work. Happy Easter!

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

I hope you had a Happy Easter also.

maezee

@maezee (41985)

• United States

17 Apr 17

I will check out your page! Sorry to hear you couldnt sleep in.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

I don't mind so much in hindsight. I've gotten a lot done this morning as a result.

marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

17 Apr 17

My body often forgets that I don´t have to get up early

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marguicha

@marguicha (230351)

• Chile

17 Apr 17

@DWDavis Very!

But our body is quite stubborn

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

17 Apr 17

Wouldn't it be nice if you could turn off the body clock alarm the way you can the alarm clock?

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45490)

• United States

17 Apr 17

I never used an alarm clock, even when I worked...I just wake up automatically.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

18 Apr 17

I often wake up 15 to 30 minutes before my alarm, sneer at the clock, and try to go back to sleep.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (381953)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Apr 17

The body clock takes a while to adjust doesn't it?

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

18 Apr 17

It will have adjusted to vacation about in time to go back to work. What is really hard is adjusting from summer schedule to school schedule at the end of August.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

18 Apr 17

For the first month or so after I retired my body was still on work time schedule. No matter what I did I woke up the same time I always did for work. Finally my body is getting readjusted.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

18 Apr 17

My father has been retired for years, and he's still on his work schedule for waking up in the morning. My mother, on the other hand, adjusted quickly.

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Susan

@HazySue (39265)

• Gouverneur, New York

19 Apr 17

@DWDavis I guess it all depends on how strong your body clock rings it's little wake up bell.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109841)

• Los Angeles, California

17 Apr 17

After years and years of a work schedule and disturbed sleep, I am regimented to waking up at approximately the same time no matter where I am at.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25797)

• United States

18 Apr 17

When I first got out of the service, I would do the same. I imagine when I retire from teaching it will take me a while to stop waking up in time for school. Then again, I do get to practice every summer for a few weeks.

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