Daylight Savings Time Gone Wrong or Three Cats Are a Charm

So, Sake is my "alarm cat."  Somewhere along the line I "got it" that she did not like the bird noises of my alarm clock, because she would awaken me about 5 minutes before the alarm went off.  Well, for some reason, those noises malfunctioned, and I was left with only the buzzer alarm. After that, Sake was not as consistent or persistent about trying to wake me up before the alarm went off, although, more often than not, that did happen.

But, even when the bird noises were working, I used the snooze feature a lot. I do not think Sake liked it, but what could she do?  Only so much.

For the last couple of years, I have had a regular buzzer for my alarm. Sake has developed great discernment, and has even learned that some mornings, when I shut the alarm off, rather than snooze (holidays, weekends) I am not planning to arise early, and she does not bother me.

Well, with the advent of Daylight Savings Time this spring, something has gone terribly wrong.  For the last three mornings, Sake has taken it upon herself to wake me up an hour early.  I think she got the spring forward, fall back message mixed up, and thinks we need to get up at what is now 4:30 AM but was 3:30 AM.  The bigger problem is, the other cats have gotten involved.  So, after Sake tells me to get up at 4:30 AM, about 30 minutes later, Haiku reminds me it is time to get up.  And 30 minutes later, Taki tells me it is time to get up. As you might imagine, Monday morning, I slogged my way through this and did not get up until much later, about 6 AM DST.  Tuesday morning, I got up earlier than usual, but not so bad. Today, I was wide awake at 4:30 AM and could not go back to sleep.  I tossed, turned, and snuggled, but finally got up earlier than usual.

I will say that the third cat is the charm.  I mean, if you have three cats telling you to get up, sooner or later you have to listen to one of them.  I will admit, sometimes, I do not, but mostly , when the third cat gets involved, I know it is time to get up and face the day. 

I know eventually we will return to a homeostasis regarding alarm clocks, morning risings, and the like. But meanwhile, I hope we can all be tolerant of our understanding of Daylight Savings Time, and what time we need to do to get up to go to work.