One Tool, Two Tasks.

A downside of the job that C has is that he starts at 0500hrs, which means he gets up at 0300hrs, which also means, by 2100hrs Morpheus (the Greek god of Dreams, not the guy from "The Matrix") is calling.

I decided that it only made sense that I get up when he does, so that we could have the same sleep schedule. This doesn’t always work, some nights I want to go to bed early, other nights C heads to bed early.

... like last night.

C had gone to bed early and I stayed up to read for a bit, only to fall asleep on the couch while reading. Having woken up around 2130hrs, I brushed my teeth and headed to bed.

As I crawled into bed I was greeted by the cheery, and oddly, seemingly awake voice of C saying hello, followed by a line of inquiry I really didn’t understand.

"What are you doing here?"

"I sleep here."

"But aren't you getting up?"

"NO, I'm coming to bed!"

"What time is it?"

"Nine-forty."

"Oh. I guess I hung up on S or something. I thought it was the alarm."

Apparently, S had called my cell phone at about 2130hrs, C had been asleep for about an hour (the phone sitting next to him since it acts as our alarm clock) so when he answered he thought it was the morning alarm. C’s sleep addled brain heard a loud noise coming from the “alarm clock” next to the bed, so he merely pressed a few buttons to “snooze” the alarm and then set the phone back on the bedside table.

He passed me my phone and I saw a text message from S.

I sent her a text and then got out of bed to go downstairs and phone her.

I guess that's the down-side of using your cell phone as an alarm clock; when it actually rings, you get confused.

Sometimes multi-function technology has a downside.