Excuses for being late only people in the Quad Cities can use

The day following a holiday and a snow storm is hardly a day anyone wakes up saying, "Wow, I can't wait to work!"

Does anyone wake up this way? Seriously.

It's hard enough finding some motivation to roll out of bed on a Monday morning, nonetheless make it to work on time! I specifically remember a time where it was my second week on the B100 Morning Show and my alarm, set on vibrate, buzzed right off of my nightstand and onto my carpeted room, muffling my alarm for three and a half hours.

When I knew something went terribly wrong? I woke up and it was light outside and I had a billion missed calls from my parents, brothers, friends, aunts, uncles, an Amber Alert (joking), but it was essentially a traumatic experience for everyone involved.

So I can empathize. Sometimes the air in your room is just too cold, your car doesn't start, your dog ate your presentation, or whatever the circumstance may be, that causes you to be late for work.