  The cause of my embarassment for the day - my alarm clock. It rang at 7:00 AM, as planned. I hit the snooze, as planned. Zzzz... The next time I looked up, the clock read 10:30 AM. I freaked out, literally jumped out of bed, and without another thought reached for the phone and called in to work. "Sorry to ring so late. I'm running really late today and won't be in for another half hour or so" "Late? You're not late..." "I'm not late? " (sneaks a look at my other clock sitting next to the phone) "OH! It's EIGHT! I'm not LATE! " "There is something seriously wrong with my alarm clock..." "HAHAHAHAHA" 
