The Alarm Clock

From: cindy clark (david_clark@sympatico.ca)
Story type: Angel
Location: whitby,ontario,canada
Source: Form Submission

It happened on a night like any other night. My husband and I have the same routine every night just before we get ready for bed. I check on our daughter and make sure all the lights are out. My husband makes sure the radio alarm clock is set on the alarm so that we don't sleep in.

Before too long we were almost asleep when all of a sudden the alarm went off and startled us both. My husband turned it off quickly so that it wouldn't wake our daughter. He looked the alarm clock over and reset it.

Once again we were almost asleep and the clock when off again. Annoyed, my husband got out of bed, unplugged the alarm clock, reset the time, reset the wake time and got back into bed. Well wouldn't you know, the alarm went off again but this time while he was resetting the clock for the umpteenth time I heard a hissing sound coming from inside our bedroom.

I did a little investigation and realized that I had left the iron on and it happened to be touching a shirt that I had ironed for work the next morning. I couldn't believe that I overlooked that since I'm paranoid about house fires.

I quickly turned off the iron and removed the shirt from the ironing board. My husband set the alarm clock again and we both got back into bed. Needless to say the alarm did not go off again until the morning long after we had both fallen fast and safely back to sleep.