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Post by brandy327 on Aug 29, 2014 2:23:45 GMT
Since school started on Tuesday, I've been up every day at 5am. Dh and I need to get up and get showered by 5:30 so that the kids can get in the shower and get ready. I am NOT a morning person. My coffee cup says "I Don't Do Perky". LOL It takes me at least an hour to drink a cup of coffee, get my wits about me...but I don't get that before the kids are up. Basically, I come out of my bed/bathroom and one kid is already up. The other two are up within 10-15 mins after that. And they're ALL like their father. Chipper and happy and talking a million miles a minute right from the get go. There's been at least 2 mornings this week where I just want to yell at everyone "SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT PEACE AND QUIET!" LOL Obviously, I don't...I talk and listen to them (well partially listen  ). I can't even go to bed earlier at night because the puppy can only go about 6.5-7 hours without having to go out. So I've been going to bed around 10:30. By that time my eyes are on fire and I can barely keep my eyes open. LOL I sure hope it gets better in a couple of weeks, otherwise it's going to be a long year. And while I know the kids COULD take showers the night before, they prefer to do it in the morning...especially the girls since it's easier to do their hair.  Just whining a bit. Who else is not a morning person? |
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Post by KikiPea on Aug 29, 2014 2:27:00 GMT
ME! I get out of bed between 7:30-8AM and am not fully awake till 9 or after. I HATE it when I am in bed and I can hear DH singing in the shower. Makes me grumpy. LOL |
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Post by twistedscissors on Aug 29, 2014 2:28:11 GMT
Me!!!! I have to get DD up at 6:30 for school BUT my neighbor with the loud truck leaves about 6:10. It drives me nuts that I miss my last 20 minutes that I could sleep. If there's no school, I don't have to get up until 8:15. Mornings suck!
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 29, 2014 2:30:31 GMT
ME! I get out of bed between 7:30-8AM and am not fully awake till 9 or after. I HATE it when I am in bed and I can hear DH singing in the shower. Makes me grumpy. LOL LOLOL Oh I can SO relate. My dh used to have a job where he'd get emergency calls in the middle of the night. I'd wake up to the phone ringing and him answering it by the second ring stating his name and "what's up?" like he hadn't just been asleep 5 seconds prior. He could IMMEDIATELY talk about work stuff like he'd never been asleep. I'd be all like "ummmmmmmm, who is this? WHY? WHY are you calling me in the middle of the F&(*)&ing night?" and promptly get fired. LOL Since getting the puppy I haven't been able to sleep in past 6. Ugh. |
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Post by brandy327 on Aug 29, 2014 2:32:35 GMT
Me!!!! I have to get DD up at 6:30 for school BUT my neighbor with the loud truck leaves about 6:10. It drives me nuts that I miss my last 20 minutes that I could sleep. If there's no school, I don't have to get up until 8:15. Mornings suck! OMG, that was EXACTLY what happened to me for almost 3 years. Our neighbor's driveway is RIGHT beside my bedroom window and he had this loud obnoxious exhaust system that he'd fire up about 30 mins before i had to get up each morning. Thankfully they moved and the new neighbors have nice quiet cars. Doesn't matter much now though since I'm up more than an hour before the old neighbors. LOL |
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Post by Pahina722 on Aug 29, 2014 2:34:24 GMT
Mornings are EVIL. I have to get up at 6:30, which is much better than the 5:15 I did for years to get DS and I to our respective schools by 7:30, but still about two hours earlier than I would wake up naturally. It makes me feel tired for the whole day no matter how early I went to bed the night before.
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Post by myshelly on Aug 29, 2014 2:34:52 GMT
Me!
If I have to get out of bed before 9, it's not going to be a good day.
I just don't function in the morning.
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Post by cakediva on Aug 29, 2014 2:38:55 GMT
I am SO not a morning person!! But after getting up at 6:30 for four years to get our oldest off to carpool for high school (or take my turn driving her there) my internal clock gets me up between 7:00 & 7:30, even if my alarm is set for 8:00 instead.
And I know I'm not a late night gal - by 11:00 I am toast. And some days, I could really use a nap in the afternoon, right around 2:30.
So if I ever figure out what time of day person I am, I'll let you know! LOL
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Post by betsy on Aug 29, 2014 2:39:11 GMT
I have worked nights the past 13+ years. We have two little girls, and DH gets up with them, gets them dressed fed and out the door. He's not *great* with their hair, so on special days or difficult hair days, it's OK for them to wake me up. Generally, I am not out of bed before 10. This has worked well for all involved, and has kept my littles out of daycare. I am naturally a night person. Mornings are overrated!
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Post by PLurker on Aug 29, 2014 2:40:08 GMT
Me, me, me! If not for obligations and the rest of the world.... on my own I could stay up 'til wee hours of the morning and sleep in until goodness knows when. Maybe that's why I understand my teenage DS and his need to stay up late and sleep in even later. I'm a perpetual teenager!  |
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 29, 2014 2:40:49 GMT
That is me. I don't sleep well at all (there are some nights I literally don't sleep). DH is a morning person, even on weekends. He was asleep early last night though and takes naps on weekends when he can. For me? Sleeping until 10 a.m. is preferable! I wake up around 6 with the kids or earlier if I took a middle of the night bath. I pack lunches while they get ready (teens). Yes, they could pack them for themselves, but I find it helps everyone if I do it.
DH was so chipper this morning that I did ask nicely for him to chill. I just want to get done what needs to get done and not be talkative so darn early.
We went on vacation recently and DH was ready to go in the mornings super early. Of course, with teen DD and DS plus myself, we weren't ready to go until late morning at the earliest. However, DH would then be the first asleep and sometimes he acts like we're slackers. We're up about the same amount of time, just different hours.
My perfect job would be graveyard shift. Mornings are of the devil. If I can, I prefer to be up an hour earlier than everyone else just to have time to wake up quietly.
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Post by kelkel on Aug 29, 2014 2:41:10 GMT
<<<<--------This girl! I HATE mornings! It didn't take long for my DH to figure out that it's best NOT to talk to me until I'm at least 1/2 way through a cup of coffee.
I've tried to become a morning person and decided it's simply not possible for me.
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Post by Jili on Aug 29, 2014 2:45:06 GMT
Me! I'd like to be, in theory, but it's just never going to happen. I've tried, but there's no use fighting it. I'm a night owl by nature--all of us are, luckily. That makes for a better morning in some ways. We all go about our business with not too much interaction, because we're all cranky and don't like to be chatty in the AM. LOL.
I sympathize, I really do.
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Post by creative*moma on Aug 29, 2014 2:47:48 GMT
ME! I get out of bed between 7:30-8AM and am not fully awake till 9 or after. I HATE it when I am in bed and I can hear DH singing in the shower. Makes me grumpy. LOL LOLOL Oh I can SO relate. My dh used to have a job where he'd get emergency calls in the middle of the night. I'd wake up to the phone ringing and him answering it by the second ring stating his name and "what's up?" like he hadn't just been asleep 5 seconds prior. He could IMMEDIATELY talk about work stuff like he'd never been asleep. I'd be all like "ummmmmmmm, who is this? WHY? WHY are you calling me in the middle of the F&(*)&ing night?" and promptly get fired. LOL Since getting the puppy I haven't been able to sleep in past 6. Ugh. I can so relate to the husband answering the phone at odd hours and answering it like he's wide awake! And then it takes me forever to get back to sleep, while he starts to snore a minute after hanging up  I'm getting better at being a morning person, I still need a shower and caffeine before I can function though  |
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 29, 2014 2:54:06 GMT
I'm a total night owl. I hate mornings. I get up at 5:45 ( well I start hitting snooze at 5:45 lol and get kids up at 6. DH has to be up by 6:30 and I usually fix his coffee and bring it to him at 6:15. We then sit in bed drinking coffee while the kids get ready. After they catch the bus I lay around until 12 or so working from home answering work emails etc. then I nap until 1:30 or so and then clean up etc until the kids get home at 4. From 4-8 I'm busy with homework dinner and activities. At 9:30 kids go to bed and I stay up w/ DH until he goes to bed at 11 then I'm up til 2 am reading or on here.
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Post by whipea on Aug 29, 2014 2:55:08 GMT
Morning hater here. Due to my work I no longer have a natural sleep wake rhythm. Every month for the past five years I work a different schedule and travel too so there is absolutely no consistency when I have to get up or go to sleep.
Ideally I would like to sleep until 10AM, that is a lovely time to wake up. I cannot talk and distain any noise for the first hour I am awake. This was one of the many reasons I decided not to have children. Hearing them yammer away at the crack of dawn may bring out homicidal thoughts.
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Post by PLurker on Aug 29, 2014 2:59:30 GMT
That is me. I don't sleep well at all (there are some nights I literally don't sleep). DH is a morning person, even on weekends. He was asleep early last night though and takes naps on weekends when he can. For me? Sleeping until 10 a.m. is preferable! I wake up around 6 with the kids or earlier if I took a middle of the night bath. I pack lunches while they get ready (teens). Yes, they could pack them for themselves, but I find it helps everyone if I do it. DH was so chipper this morning that I did ask nicely for him to chill. I just want to get done what needs to get done and not be talkative so darn early. We went on vacation recently and DH was ready to go in the mornings super early. Of course, with teen DD and DS plus myself, we weren't ready to go until late morning at the earliest. However, DH would then be the first asleep and sometimes he acts like we're slackers. We're up about the same amount of time, just different hours.
My perfect job would be graveyard shift. Mornings are of the devil. If I can, I prefer to be up an hour earlier than everyone else just to have time to wake up quietly. mine, too! Relax, dude, your way is not the only way! And don't complain that you "have" to get up so early. You don't HAVE to get up THAT early. You get up 2+ hours before you have to leave to read news, shower, eat, coffee, and putz around... that's YOUR CHOICE. Do like the rest of us "slackers". Get things ready the night before, get up with just enough time to do what really has to be done, jump in clothes and go.! |
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Post by linda~lou on Aug 29, 2014 3:04:26 GMT
Raising hand. I'm retired and after 32 years of getting up at 6am everyday, I have now gotten into the habit of staying up till 3am and sleeping till noon.
No kids, no SO, just my pups and they don't get up until I do! I have a doggie door so if they have to potty, they go and jump back in bed.
I swear I should have been a bat, I love the night.
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 29, 2014 3:05:21 GMT
I'm not either! I love to sleep in! Usually Saturday is my only sleep-in morning and it's not uncommon for me to be in bed till 10am.
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Post by my3freaks on Aug 29, 2014 3:07:31 GMT
Me! If I have to get out of bed before 9, it's not going to be a good day. I just don't function in the morning. This is me!! I'm usually awake until 2-3am playing games on my tablet or reading in bed, and will sleep til 11 or so. I get up earlier only if I have to! My husband gets our daughter going and drives her to school in the morning. They leave around 7. YUCK! |
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Post by polz on Aug 29, 2014 3:09:48 GMT
Me. I get up at 7am. If I could get up at 701 and have all my stuff done, I would. I get up and rush around before work. Sleep is precious to me. DH usually goes to work at 4am. He was off sick one day last week and was trying to have a conversation with me in the morning. He said 'Why don't you relax?' and I told him I don't relax in the morning. If I wanted to relax, I'd have to get up earlier and that aint happening!
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Post by ~KellyAnn~ on Aug 29, 2014 3:18:24 GMT
I've been a night owl since the day I was born. Unfortunately,I have to be up at 4:30am during the school year, but during the summer/weekends I have no problems sleeping in. The later the better.
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Post by Why on Aug 29, 2014 3:25:24 GMT
"If God had wanted me to see the sunrise he would have scheduled it for later in the day"
I had a aunt-in- law that said that and I agree wholeheartedly.  |
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Post by cherrie on Aug 29, 2014 3:35:20 GMT
I hate mornings.....especially in the winter when it is dark. I force myself to go to bed at 1:30 a.m. and sleep until 9-9:30
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Post by Scrappea on Aug 29, 2014 3:56:00 GMT
I have sleep issues and I am just generally not a morning person at all. Sometimes I feel like a slacker when everyone else is coming in to work at 7 an I'm lucky to get there at 9. I hate mornings. I'd give anything to be a morning person!
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Post by lovemy4js on Aug 29, 2014 4:07:37 GMT
I am soooo not a morning person. Never have been. I'm a teacher so I have just a few short days left of sleeping past 6:20 a.m. I'm DREADING having to set my alarm every weekday. I love my job and love working with the kids...but dang...my life would be so much easier if school didn't start until 10 in the morning!
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Post by smokey2471 on Aug 29, 2014 4:12:51 GMT
I am soooo not a morning person. Never have been. I'm a teacher so I have just a few short days left of sleeping past 6:20 a.m. I'm DREADING having to set my alarm every weekday. I love my job and love working with the kids...but dang...my life would be so much easier if school didn't start until 10 in the morning! I agree I hate school hours. 10-4 would be a perfect school day! |
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Post by NanaKate on Aug 29, 2014 4:40:48 GMT
I am NOT a morning person. That's why I work 3-11!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2014 5:13:54 GMT
Me, that is why I work 2nd shift and just got done with my shift right now. I will be up for an hour or so and then will get up at 10-ish. I will never be a morning person.
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Post by alexa11 on Aug 29, 2014 6:22:18 GMT
Another night owl here! I have always HATED to get up early & it didn't matter what time I went to bed. I have been retired 9 yrs and absolutely love going to bed around 2:30 and getting up at 10:30. I try to schedule all of my appointments in the afternoon!
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