Oops? I spent the last two days retroactively adding those codes to each one.

Good man!

When I was finally able to get back into the house (when hubs got home from work) I had three messages on my phone from the school asking where I was. They had also called ALL of the emergency contacts trying to find my daughter a ride.

That day deserves a definite do-over, lol=)

Great post, as always, Kristen, and thanks so much for letting the rest of us contribute to the cone of shame.
Karen

So after a full, busy day, I had a nasty migraine that would not go away and also plagued me with insomnia. I drank more decaf tea than I can remember that night, walking the halls, trying to wear myself out enough I’d just pass out. When I finally got back to my room, I set the alarm on my phone for 30 minutes or so before someone was supposed to come down the hall with a bell waking us all up, to give me more time because I’m slow in the morning.

Next morning, I woke up and checked the time, and it was only 4:30. I went back to sleep and got up later when my alarm went off at the time I expected. I got up, showered, packed to go home, and stripped the bed and gathered the towels as we’d been asked to, put them in the hallway hampers that were already overflowing with linens. I found this strange, as only I and one other gal had been asked to get our rooms ready early so other guests could check in, and the halls were so very quiet as if no one was even up yet. I shrugged it off and went downstairs. The room we were to gather in was completely dark, so I went to get some tea again, and as I came back, I realized everyone had already gathered AND BEGUN what was actually a very important part of the retreat. After a bit of panic wondering whether I should risk the humiliation of coming in late or be questioned repeatedly later about why I had missed it altogether, I slinked in through the door and found my cushions, my ears burning and hoping no one noticed me. They did, of course. They couldn’t NOT notice for the way the room was arranged. And naturally, there were questions afterward. Some people thought I’d decided to go home or that I had something retreat-related I was supposed to be doing instead that morning. Others, my friends mostly, were concerned because they knew how bad my headache had been.

It was incredibly embarrassing to admit that I, whom they all thought was a genius with technology for some reason (*L*), had overslept because my cell phone not only made the time “fall back”, but pushed my time zone back an hour as well. The first time I woke up had actually been the ‘wakeup call’ at 6:30.

It turned out not to be a big deal, of course. And I had really just needed the extra sleep. Plus, the teacher leading the retreat had ALSO been late. Someone had to go and fetch him when they were ready to start. LOL

When I went on the same retreat again a year later, I made sure to pack a travel alarm clock with working batteries that wouldn’t be subject to a time change like my phone. Plus I shared a room with a friend. 😉 I did not oversleep again. hehe.