Congratulations and Retribution Are In Order

Yes, this actually happened.

There are probably a few students on base who use actual alarm clocks, but the majority of us just use our cell phones. In my barracks, all the racks are loft-style, so that you're six feet off the ground, which will affect the way the light and sound bounce around the room into the faces of your sleeping roommates.

Should you, y'know, be texting after hours, or have different wakeup times. I've taken to setting mine on vibrate and stuffing it somewhere in my pillowcase to try to disturb the 'mates less.

O'-, for some wacky reason, only needs about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. She'll usually wake up around midnight to go chill with some friends on the smoke deck. M- and I both try to get to bed early

0230. Yep, in the morning. M- is in a pretty solid relationship with a gentleman back home in Texas. If he's calling at this hour, it's gotta be important. But, unknown to us, he loses his nerve, and instead focuses the conversation on something else he's stressed over (this we can deduce by her method of beginning or ending every sentence with, "...baby.")

With a relieved air, she wraps up the conversation, and the three of us return to the realm of dreams. Until sometime after 0300, when Texas calls again. Okay, okay, she's a little more irritated now, but

0400. We have to be up in an hour. He knows this, they practically live in each other's cell phones, could you not WAIT an hour? No, evidently not. She said later that he asked, "Hey, um, am I making you mad?" Out loud, she's going, "No, no baby;" in her head, "YES!! What do you WANT already?!!"

0600, after breakfast and quarters (morning muster and instruction). "Sorry about last night, guys."
"Oh yeah. Hey, is he okay? What happened?"
Quiet. "He proposed."

Excitement! Glee! Joy! Celebration!

And sheer bafflement. Because, why in the world would you propose at FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING?!

She doesn't know, either. But, this man is a genius - he has with one move managed to deeply annoy, confuse, and enrapture the three of us. We're still utterly puzzled on why he HAD to call her so early in the morning for this, but annoyance dissipates swiftly, on to celebration!