Setting the alarm for the morning

Having never been particularly good at getting up in the morning, I was hoping to establish some sort of routine that determined a regular arrival time in the "office" in the maths department. The plan was to arrive at around 9:30am, have a cup of tea and catch up on some news and then get down to some serious work.

What has actually happened, however, is that the alarm goes off and I tend to fall back to sleep. Not entirely a new experience, but a little disappointing. It does mean that I have generally been on good form by the time I get in, but that this time is closer to lunch than 9am. It's a three hour window, and that is big enough for me.