Karen... YES! You NEED those extra 9 minutes. I simply cannot jump right out of bed. my body doesn't begin to stir until half and hour after the initial alarm rings.

Sometimes hubby needs help on the computer first thing in the morning and asks me from a sound sleep to help him. So I get up and sit dumbly for ten minutes before my eyes even pretend to focus. He doesn't understand that even though I'm sitting up, talking and cohehrent, that I'm not in any way awake.

He'll hold full conversations with me in this half asleep state and then expect me to remember! He loves to ask me favors during these "discussions."
"But, you said you'd do it when I asked you this morning!"
"Was I awake?"
"Yes"
"No, was I FULLY awake?"
One shold not be held accountable for those early morning promises!

LOL!