Sleepy Cormac
For the second time in about a week, I have slept in. You may not have noticed any difference at all but it happened and I’m not proud of it.
I generally wake up at 3 a.m. so I can take the dog out, make my lunch, shower, brush my teeth and take off for work around 4 a.m. Technically my shift doesn’t start until 5 a.m. but I usually like to get in a half hour earlier so I am not rushed.
Today I woke up around 20 minutes to 5 and didn’t know how the heck it happened. I have two alarms yet managed to, in a half sleep, turn them both off and continue to sleep. Thanks to my cat clawing at my girlfriend’s face and waking her up, I actually got my story on the air in the nick of time.
I called my editor Radana immediately and asked her what my story was. If I had to head into the station I was going to be late, but if I had to go to a select location, I would be fine to jump in my car and get there as fast as possible.
Thankfully I had to go to a Tim Horton’s for the lawsuit story … its franchisees are suing the company over doughnuts … so I just drove to a Tim’s near my home and talked with coffee addicts.
Everything ended up being fine … just like last week when a similar issue came up … and nobody died. The problem is my whole day gets a little out of whack when I sleep in and I get worried. I lucked out twice but it is evident when I miss a few live hits and tens of thousands can hear. Also if I’m rushed, my reports are lesser quality and the whole station suffers.
Although I’ve dodged the bullet a couple of times, I have to make sure it doesn’t happen again, otherwise I’ll get a talking to from my boss. It’s not a common occurance, just twice or three times in the past couple of years, but it can mean serious problems for the station and I can’t afford to be a problem reporter.
Maybe I should start going to bed at 5 p.m. to make sure I’m up when I’m supposed to be up.