Earlier this evening, after first arriving home and realizing that the clock on the oven had not been reset following the power outage of the day before, I set it, using the time on my wife's iPhone, to 6:34.
Then I discarded the bodies of the two goldfish that were found dead in their tank due to the same power outage and the fact that the return of power somehow failed to restarted the filter on their tank. A tank already badly in need of cleaning and now far more so, what with the two dead fish and all.
A short while ago, while in a relatively deep sleep, the light in our bedroom was turned on by my wife, who was awoken by the sound of the timer in the kitchen going off, and upset that the doors I had earlier assured her I had locked were instead, unlocked.
After arriving home, setting the clock and reading to the kids, I asked my son what time it was. From the kitchen, he read off "5-something-something" and I challenged him that was not possible, checking instead the nearby TiVo to learn it was 7:26.
Now, at 1.30am, I understand what happened. I didn't set the oven clock... I started the timer to count down and go off after 6 hours and 34 minutes.
(The doors, well I thought they were locked but I don't fret that stuff. I was wise enough though to not blame the mystery on the spirits of the two dead fish.)
