Although I didn't have anyone "get me up" when I got to college, it's a really good thing I had a roommate and was unwilling to subject her to too many snooze-hits. My mother had to coax me out of bed until the day I left home. I'm just a sleepy, sleepy person, no two ways about it. Thank goodness for college schedules.

the guy who place Lucius

Jason Isaacs. Because I am a huge enormous GEEK.

Brendon at 13 would sleep through alarms, squirt guns, etc.

Squirt guns? Really? Oh, I'm going to like this mommy thing.

Oh, and NotEmily's playing "Highway to the Danger Zone" right now.

In college I was the one the roommates hated because I took, and therefore had to get up for, 8 am classes my first two years.

After that I started doing tech theater and staying out until 3 am. That killed the whole awake and aware at 8 am thing right dead.

One of my roommates always took 8 a.m. classes so she would get up and blast my Smiths tape loudly while she got ready. I learned to sleep through it.

She was really sweet and considerate, otherwise.

2) The hurricane stripped many trees bare. It was an ugly debris strewn bleak world for a bit there. Then nature pleasantly surprised me. The bare trees sprouted buds and are now covered with tiny spring green leaves. This is so odd in November. The broken limbs still hang in the trees with their remaining leaves withered, but they lay in the midst of new foliage. It's my favorite green that spring leaf green.

I'm all "Stay gold, Ponyboy" now and its making me teary. Laura, that sounds so beautiful.

I wake up badly. Badly. My Mother did it for me until the day I rolled over and kicked her for her trouble (I was DEAD asleep, mind you, it was a startle thing, I did not assault my mother.) After that if she heard the snooze too many times she'd stand in the doorway and flick my light.

Squirt guns? Really? Oh, I'm going to like this mommy thing.

The latest device is loud Showtunes. Rap boy will get his butt out of bed to turn that off.

Yes, I have used squirt guns since his room is right by the pool and they were handy. He just grumbled and pulled the covers over his head.

I am a day late but hopefully not a dollar short....

Happy bdays Jilli!

The nice thing about college is if you don't want to wake yourself up in the morning, there are usually ways to avoid having early morning classes. I think I had 1 class that started before 11 in my entire 4 years.

You and me both, baby.

When I was a senior in high school and my friend was a freshman in college, I'd call him every morning to wake him up for his 8am French class. I had to be up anyway so it worked out. Sometimes his stoner roommate would answer and be all "He's asleep." I'd say I KNOW! That's why I'm calling. Anyway, it helped him pass the class...but didn't end up keeping him in school.