Scariest moment I've had in a while

After an awesome but exhausting weekend (including two nights of travelling where I arrived at my destination after midnight) and one of my crazy over-10-hours-of-classes-and-activities Mondays, I throw myself onto my bed to unwind. I was hoping to just lie down for a couple minutes before getting up and preparing for the next day - setting my alarm, putting stuff in my shoulder bag, taking a shower, etc. I was looking forward to the next day (Tuesday); in addition to a few classes in the morning, I had my FIRST TA SESSIONS at 4:00 and 5:00! Cannot wait. Quite nervous, but looking forward to it too.

So I'm in my bed, hoping to get right out after a couple minutes, but then before long, I'm dreaming. And then I realize I'm awake, and suddenly remember all the things I had been thinking about last night. I check my watch...

It's 5:21. On Tuesday.

I freak out. I had TA sessions at 4 and 5, and I've missed them both! What do I do? Who am I supposed to contact? What do I say? How did I sleep that long? What did my students do for an hour when they expected to be able to come and get their questions answered? Why didn't I set my alarm earlier? Should I still attempt to make the last twenty minutes of my second session? Will this affect my reputation with both the professor and the students for the rest of the semester?

I jump out of bed (Briefly noticing that I have on all the same clothes as I was wearing the day before, and that the sky is quite dark) and rush to the computer, wondering what to do.

But then I notice: it's actually 5:21 AM on Tuesday.

Biggest. Sigh. Of. Relief. Ever.

The pieces begin to fit together as my conscious, reasoning mind starts to wake up - it's completely dark out, but it doesn't get dark until 7 PM here, so it couldn't possibly be 5 PM. My watch didn't show the "PM" light, which is its way of saying "it's AM." I have a natural circadian rhythm that would have woken me up by noon at the latest, no matter how exhausting my weekend has been.

Anyways, at least I still have an exciting day ahead of me... so I'll just post this on the internet (why? I'm actually not sure. My mind is still too sleepy and stress-relieved to want to do any work coming up with good reasons), do a little bit more prep for the day, and then try to get back to sleep. But after that adrenaline rush, I'm not sure I'll be able to get any more sleep in.

In conclusion, those of you who know where I wear my watch must be imagining some hilarious images of me trying to check the time after just waking up.