Alarm Clocks: Do You Need One?

[MichelleVW]

OP, you have house cats AND you need an alarm clock? At our house, the kitties wake up up at 6:30 to be fed. No way to sleep through having your hair pulled, while another jumps from the floor and lands solidly on your tummy.

I guess we are just lucky with our animals. We have 2 dogs and 3 cats and if we sleep till noon, they will sleep till noon with us! Now the second we are up the cats run towards the feed bowl, but the cats (and sometimes one dog) sleep in the bed with us and seriously will stay in bed until we get up.

In our house we need an alarm clock, no way could either one of us wake up that early without an alarm. I am usually up by 8 at the latest during the week (I'm a stay at home mom) but on Sunday I have to set the alarm for 8:20 to get up for church or I will oversleep!!

 

[fall08CP]

I have class at a different time every morning so I definitely need one... no rhyme or rhythem to it. On the weekend I get up even later (no alarm).

 

[TomLovesBecky]

I am so amazed that my husband doesn't need an alarm clock in the dead of winter. He wakes up without fail at 5:30 each morning. Even though I am usually awake before mine goes off, I could never take the chance that I would sleep through it and mess up my day. It is there as a safety net.
What about you, do you use your alarm clock, and do you need it?

I own an alarm clock but never use it. What's weirder is that I can get up within 5 minutes of ANY time. My body clock is very good. I just tell myself, it's midnight now, and I need to be up by 7:30, and I will wake up within a few minutes of 7:30. I used to do a backup alarm but I gave that up years ago, I have never been late for anything or overslept, not even once! It's a hidden talent or "stupid human trick" as my husband would say. So no, I don't need or use an alarm clock, even though I don't get up at the same time every morning.