things more important than studying

So, this morning started out like any other day.  My alarm went off at 7AM and I got out of bed about 3 minutes later.  (Correction: this is nothing like a normal day, in which I usually snooze for about 40 minutes).  As soon as I got up, I turned off my alarm, so I was a bit confused when I heard it going off again about 5 minutes later.  I went it there and it was actually someone calling me, a number I didn’t recognize.  This is what followed…

Me: Hello?

Random Dude: Is this Elizabeth? (said very energetically)

Me: (awkward silence)…. Yes?

Random Dude: GOOOOOD MORNING!!

Me: (much longer awkward silence) Thank you?

Random Dude went on to tell me that my friend Allison (LOTT not to be confused with any other Allison I know) had written an email saying I needed a wake up call because I was grouchy in the morning and always late to class.  The only words I was able to get out were awesome, thank you, yes, etc.  I won a CD and a $10 gift certificate to Serda’s.  Allison however, wins a $100 GC to Serda’s.  Does this seem unfair to anyone else?  She spends about 2 minutes writing an email full of deceit and I get embarrassed on the radio?  I’m wondering the impact this will have on my medical career.  I’m sure hundreds of thousands of people across the gulf coast were listening to 92Zew this morning at 7:15, and after hearing that Elizabeth Donahue, who is in med school, is mean and has no concept of time, they’ll probably think I am going to be a terrible doctor.  When in actuality, I am a very nice person and I am never late to class.  That is because I do not go, but that’s irrelevant. 

And apparently this is not the first time they’ve tried to call me.  One morning a couple weeks ago I was still asleep and got a call from a funny number which I did not take.  And I’m glad I didn’t because who knows what I would have said in my half-conscious state.