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How do you wake up?

It takes me about an hour.

i sit with a coffee in hand trying to get over the fact that i have to be awake.

Imagine if we had to ride horses to get to work?

What would the parking lot look like?

After a certain number of days of going to the same place at the same time over and over you could just get on the horse, go back to sleep and say. "Work". Then wake up when the horse got you there.

I'd like that.

with a 3 & 5 year old I never have to worry about having an alarm...:wah:

but I am SO not a morning person.

I get up and get myself a diet cola, come here and check my email.

I may be up early but I'm not officially "up" until about noon.

RedGlitter;483687 wrote: I get up and get myself a diet cola, come here and check my email.

I may be up early but I'm not officially "up" until about noon.


Replace the cola with a coffee and that's me too. I function in the morning but I'm still sleeping.

Hit snooze, think of excuses for 'pulling a sickie' whilst cuddling up to partner & duvet, then alarm goes again, swing legs out & sit on edge of bed in a complete daze for 10 mins or so, that usually renders me last in line for the bathroom :rolleyes: wander downstairs still in a daze, if anyone talks to me at this point i have absolutely no idea what they are going on about, coffee & 2 ciggies, watch a bit news, shower then im what i class 'awake'

buttercup;483716 wrote: Hit snooze, think of excuses for 'pulling a sickie' whilst cuddling up to partner & duvet, then alarm goes again, swing legs out & sit on edge of bed in a complete daze for 10 mins or so, that usually renders me last in line for the bathroom :rolleyes: wander downstairs still in a daze, if anyone talks to me at this point i have absolutely no idea what they are going on about, coffee & 2 ciggies, watch a bit news, shower then im what i class 'awake'


Hit Snooze??

What did she do??

sunny104;483726 wrote: Hit Snooze??



What did she do??




I can beat that, I hit Snooze at least three times

I'm not officially awake until after the school run, on weekends you're lucky to see me 'up' before 9am!

Wendybird;483551 wrote: I go downstairs and pour a glass or water and sit and watch the news for half hour. Then I go for a shower, get dressed, sit for another 10 minutes then head off to work.


You forgot to have breakfast.

Wendybird;483551 wrote: Sometimes I forget where I parked my car coz I was still half asleep when I parked it -3


Another good reason to have breakfast. Have a nip of orange juice, and a

lrage cup of coffee, too. You shouldn't drive whilst half asleep.

I get up, and do alot of stuff in the 1 1/2 hours I alot myself before leaving for work:

shower and dress

nursing chores

take bunnies out for a run

cook breakfast

clean up/wash clothes/dishes

nursing chores

put bunnies back in :wah:

warm up car for 10 minutes

toot toot to work

I get up at 5 am every weekday, 5:30 on the weekends. I do not get to sleep in ever past 6 am.

buttercup;483716 wrote: coffee & 2 ciggies


Bleargh. First thing in the morning! I've never been able to do that, or drink,

either, except when on a real bender. If you must smoke, try to leave at least

11 hours smoking-free per day, preferably more. Not *too* hard, and does

have benefits.

chonsigirl;483988 wrote: warm up car for 10 minutes


Consider getting an electric engine-warmer. It'll use less energy, and won't

knacker your engine like warming it up for 10 minutes will!

Nice, we've got the breakfast watch people out.

I almost never eat breakfast.

I used to get up about 5:30 am every day but after I had a back injury I've never got the early morning thing back on track. I did notice though that I still don't wake up until 11am whether I get up at 5 or 10.

I never eat breakfast either, coke and a smoke does it for me!

i get up at six am. let the dogs out. feed the critters. do a load of clothes , get the kids up....empty the dishwasher. let the critters back in, fix breakfast....kids leave, guppy crashes.........

chonsigirl;483988 wrote: I get up, and do alot of stuff in the 1 1/2 hours I alot myself before leaving for work:

cook breakfast


I missed that. Porridge? Eggs? Meat pies? Toast and marmalade? FEB??

koan;484013 wrote: Nice, we've got the breakfast watch people out.


You should go to bed earlier if you find it hard to get up in the morning. Then

you can have a really nice and relaxed breakfast.

sunny104;484024 wrote: I never eat breakfast either, coke and a smoke does it for me! D


What! Try a nice mug of cocoa, you may find, given time, that it affords as much

enjoyment as illegal drugs, and is healthier, and very unlikely to get you arrested.

Bill Sikes;484037 wrote: What! Try a nice mug of cocoa, you may find, given time, that it affords as much

enjoyment as illegal drugs, and is healthier, and very unlikely to get you arrested.


how about black coffee?? I don't like sweet stuff...

and I don't do drugs...I was just kidding about the crack...really...

Bill Sikes;484031 wrote: You should go to bed earlier if you find it hard to get up in the morning. Then

you can have a really nice and relaxed breakfast.


Thanks mom :rolleyes:

do you all eat traditional breakfast foods? i would rather have pizza, chili, spagetti, something out of the refrigerator. ......

WonderWendy3;484039 wrote: Okay Ready?



Get up at 6:30

Wake the first kid up at 6:35

Pack 2 lunches

wake kid up again to take shower

feed 5 hungry animals (1 cat usually biting my foot while I'm making lunches)

7am, wake up 2nd kid, get the 1st kid out the door

meanwhile doing laundry and usually checking email in between

7:05 2nd kid runs out the door (sometimes screaming at me, cause I didn't wake him up on time, and friend is waiting in driveway to drive him to school).

7:20 take shower, get dressed

7:40 wake kid 3 up and argue with him that he's not taking the "day off from school"

8:00 walk out the door, usually with kid 3 mad at me cause I make him wear a coat.

8:05 out driveway to go to work...about 10 am I wake up!!





Yes, this was the condensed version... your mornings sound alot like mine.....esp the shower line..........

If I had three kids I'd probably wake the first one up and tell them to get everyone else ready.

If I'd raised the kids right. The first kid would wake the second kid up and tell them to get the other one ready.

The second kid would wake the third kid and tell them to feed all the pets.

I'd sit there and have my coffee.

koan;484048 wrote: If I had three kids I'd probably wake the first one up and tell them to get everyone else ready.



If I'd raised the kids right. The first kid would wake the second kid up and tell them to get the other one ready.



The second kid would wake the third kid and tell them to feed all the pets.



I'd sit there and have my coffee.


i admit there are some morning they do that.......... and i dont even get up

guppy;484051 wrote: i admit there are some morning they do that.......... and i dont even get up


the sign of a pro

guppy;484045 wrote: do you all eat traditional breakfast foods? i would rather have pizza, chili, spagetti, something out of the refrigerator. ......


ME TOOOOO!! cold spagetti...yummm. I had cold pizza in the fridge this morning, but didn't have time to even grab on way out...lucky I have clothes on!!

guppy;484045 wrote: do you all eat traditional breakfast foods? i would rather have pizza, chili, spagetti, something out of the refrigerator. ......
My favorite breakfast is a chili cheese dog with onions and jalapenos.

5:45-Alarm #1 goes off. I reach over and turn it off, go back to sleep.



5:50-Alarm #2 goes off. I slide out of bed and turn it off, go back to sleep



5:55-Alarm #3 goes off. Its my stereo at full volume. LOUD!!! I leap out of bed, scramble across the room, turn it off. Can't go back to sleep.



6:00-Feel around in the dark for TV remote. Find It. Flip through the Morning News stations



6:20-Remember I have a job to go to. Turn TV off get in shower.



6:30-Get dressed.



6:35 to 645-Feed my dogs, eat some cereal, and trudge off to work.

Fibonacci;484085 wrote: 5:45-Alarm #1 goes off. I reach over and turn it off, go back to sleep.



5:50-Alarm #2 goes off. I slide out of bed and turn it off, go back to sleep



5:55-Alarm #3 goes off. Its my stereo at full volume. LOUD!!! I leap out of bed, scramble across the room, turn it off. Can't go back to sleep.



6:00-Feel around in the dark for TV remote. Find It. Flip through the Morning News stations



6:20-Remember I have a job to go to. Turn TV off get in shower.



6:30-Get dressed.



6:35 to 645-Feed my dogs, eat some cereal, and trudge off to work.


Except for Sunday mornings when you suddenly find yourself in mass before the first alarm goes off. :wah:

YZGI;484073 wrote: My favorite breakfast is a chili cheese dog with onions and jalapenos.


i bet you dont get a lot of morning kisses......:wah:

guppy;484137 wrote: i bet you dont get a lot of morning kisses......:wah:
Of course I do. But I gotta pay for them.

koan;484133 wrote: Except for Sunday mornings when you suddenly find yourself in mass before the first alarm goes off. :wah:


Ugh! Dont remind me!:D

Up and at em. Sleeping is for lazy people. Even on my weekend Im usually up by 4 am. Love the morning, love the night. Gimee more hrs in the day !

Nomad;484198 wrote: Up and at em. Sleeping is for lazy people. Even on my weekend Im usually up by 4 am. Love the morning, love the night. Gimee more hrs in the day !


um.... no.

Nomad;484198 wrote: Up and at em. Sleeping is for lazy people. Even on my weekend Im usually up by 4 am. Love the morning, love the night. Gimee more hrs in the day !


uuugghhh. one of those...........happy morning people..............

My eyes need to be open and the smell of potential coffee in my brain before I get up. It could be 6 am.........it could be Noon. My bed sucks on me everyday since winter hit. Warm and snuggly is far better than the cold cruel world.........HAHAHA