Badly Timed Phone Call

With my new teaching job has come some sacrifices. The hardest one for me has definitely giving up my anytime rise time. My new school day begins an hour earlier than it did in New York. Therefore, I must get up earlier. In terms of morning hours, quite a bit earlier. Five-thirty a.m. to be exact.

I have always firmly believed that no one should have to wake up prior to 7 a.m. It seems very inhumane to me. So, 5:30 a.m. is absolutely preposterous.

To compensate for my early rise time, I have been trying to go to bed earlier. My nightly goal is to be in bed by 10 p.m. I am sometimes an overachiever and get up there by 9:30, but most nights I make it bed about 10-10:30.

Last night I happened to get there right at my target time. I was blessed with a night where I fall right asleep. Only to be awoken out of a nice slumber to the sound of my cell phone ringing. I could have answered the phone and screamed a mean, inappropriate comment for waking me up. But, I took the high road and ignored the call altogether.

This morning, when 5:30 a.m. rolled around, I remembered what had happened last night. I felt it would only be fair for me to call this person who had woken me up and return the favor. With phone in hand and an evil sneer on my face, I brought up the friend's number that had called me. As I went to push it, I chickened out. It was too mean. I can think of all the mean things in the world to do to people, but I can't actually do them.

At lunch time, I simply texted this person that with my new rise time, phone calls past 9:30 are not appreciated. I warned that next time I would be glad to provide an early morning wake up call. Next time, yes, next time I will be mean!