How long does it take....

[wolflady]

... Look at the clock -- it's 5 o'Dark thirty...

OMG! LOL I thought my family was the only one that used this phrase! O'dark thirty *giggle*

Funny thread. I'm not a morning person, never have been - but work has sort of made me into one. I still don't just pop out of bed in the morning, but I'm getting up a lot later than I used to. On normal days (those with no early morning meetings), I set my alarm for 7:20. I try to squeeze as much sleep time in as possible. Lately though, I've been waking to nature's call around 6:45, but then I get back into bed and sometimes doze back off until my alarm sounds at 7:20. That gives me just enough time to get ready and run out the door. I pee, wash hands and face, brush teeth, apply makeup, do hair then put on clothes and leave. I'm usually out the door by 8:00 and at work by 8:15!

[buckner]

I'm currently in college, so what my routine switches day by day. If I get up super early, I'm more likely going to be moving slowly.

However, I'm in May Term right now, which is one class for 4 weeks, 2 hours a day. It doesn't start until noon.

I set my phone alarm for 9 just so I can get up and look over stuff, have time to laze around, etc etc. Most mornings, though, I wake up way before then. Sometimes, I wake up right before it goes off. If I wake up naturally, then I can pop out of bed within seconds and be ready.

My roommate laughs at me because my morning routine is a short one, even if I have to take a shower. My showers are speedy quick. She hasn't even had time to brush her teeth by the time I'm out of the shower. Hahaha.

I can be ready within minutes of getting up, and I'm never really tired when I get up. It's usually a few hours later that I'm feeling tired. That's what I come back from class and lab and take a nap!

[Alysser]

Depends on the situation..

In the summer and on the weekends, when I am actually going somewhere fun, I wake up early and am fully awake about 20-30 minutes later.

To wake up on a school morning, well that's the opposite..hehe. My sister gets me up at 6:00 and I stay in bed for about 10 more minutes. At 6:10 I get up and get ready. I'd say I'm fully awake at around 11:50 AM when I go to lunch, then I'm fine. Too bad after lunch I only have 2 more periods left of school.

[Taz_Zoee]

My alarm is set for 5:15, but it rarely ever goes off (it's set on radio). Taz usually wakes me up, or I just automatically wake up about 5 minutes before the alarm goes off. (not to mention I usually get up at least once during the night to potty, or let Zoee potty)
I can't snooze. I'm always afraid of falling back to sleep and being late for work. I'm NEVER late...I'm always at least 30 minutes early (mainly just to beat traffic).

But Bruce is just like you and I'm just like your hubby. LOL

[Catty1]

Alarm set for 6:30 am (most days )

Oscar has arrived to occupy most of pillow some time during the wee hours. I lie on my back so he can gauge the best angle to FLOMP down and slam his furry head and bod into my skull and left ear!

Starts purring solid. Throws front leg over my mouth (mrf,mfff) and gives my nose a really serious grooming, followed by a token go-through of my forehead!

Goes back to purring, and puts his paw on my chest, and I put one finger under his toesies and we doze 'holding hands'.

Get out of bed??? How is that POSSIBLE?

But Cole mews for food, and I crawl up by 7 am (most days ), and feed them, surf the net, clean up, have brekkie, and always leave 10 minutes late for work - by quarter to 8 or so.



Great thread Catnapper!

[Lady's Human]

I wake up about 1/2 hours after the first cup of coffee. No sooner.

[crow_noir]

1) 7Am is just too darned early to be awake
2) You may want to talk to your doctor about sleep apnea.

It takes me about 10 minutes after 10AM about 20 minutes if it's before 9AM.

Oh, you said fully functioning... NOT until about 10 minutes after I've had my oatmeal. Sugar balancing takes a few minutes.

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

Some of these are really making me laugh....

0400 - alarm goes off - hit snooze
0410 - hit snooze
0420 - hit snooze
0430 - get out of bed and make Alden a bottle.. put him in his playpen with bottle and take shower
0450 - feet two hungry kitties and get Alden and myself dressed
0515 - *hopefully* leaving the house
0535 - dropping Alden off at babysitter
0600 - arrive to work and *first things first* drink first cup of coffee
0620 - *wake up*

[Glacier]

I'm usually up at about 4am to let Pacer out and reassure Anvik that I am still alive. Back in bed 10 Minutes later.

Alarm goes off at 6:21; I actually get out of bed 9 minutes later when it goes off again!

6;30-6:45...Shower and put contacts in. Since I rarely wear my glasses unless I"m sick, contacts are part of feeling awake! Pop allergy meds

6:45-7:00....Feed cats, scoop litterboxes, clean up any critter related messes that happened overnight.

7:00-7:30....get ready for work, move the dogs to their daytime spots, haul water for the dogs, hand out canine medications as needed, head count to make sure everyone is accounted for. Once a week or so Stuart will call early in the morning.

To be on time for work, I have to be out of the yard by 7:40 at the very latest.

At work by 8am, drink copious amounts of coffee....I don't do anything really complicated until at least 9:30. My office door is usually closed til then and my assistant and my boss have both learned to not ask me much until I reopen the door!

Stuart is a morning person, goes from dead sleep to wide awake in a millisecond and functions quite nicely on less than 5 hours sleep. Last week, he worked 40 hours straight without sleep and didn't miss a beat.

On the weekends routine is the same, critters like routine! Except I usually go back to bed after I've moved all the dogs to their safe spots! Today I didn't actually get up and stay up til 11am.