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So, I am lying here in bed, just woke up, totally unmotivated, my dog lyin on me and whimperin because he knows we will soon be headed to the coffee shop together.

It got me wondering what people do first thing each day when they wake up. Sadly, my computer is usually in arm's reach, so I fire it up and come to a site like this to procrastinate.

I lie in bed still to procastinate about going to work.

I set my coffee maker so that a pot is ready to go when I wake up. There's nothing better than waking up to the smell of fresh-brewed coffee.

So it's coffee and the computer.

Got to the bathroom and pee.

So that's how you get to 1,000+ posts, caffeine and computer first thing in the morning.

Not quite. He only asked about the morning. Now that I'm not working, here's my routine:

Morning: drink coffee, sit at computer
Afternoon: drink coffee, sit at computer
Evening: drink coffee, sit at computer
Right before going to bed: sit at computer, can't wait to get up in the morning to have coffee

I heard you were a live one in bed, but I never imagined it was because your coffee soaked brain can't get to sleep.

It's not the effects of coffee that keeps me awake at night. It's trying to decide which brand to brew in the morning that keeps me up.

You can't take these life decisions lightly, you know.

Well - nobody in my bed with me right now - nothing to stay in bed for, so -
I grab shorts and shoes and take the dogs for a run,
Come back - drink o.j. and eat oatmeal - steel cut oats sometimes,
Check out RJ and CEO Express.com - while eating,
Shower and get going!
It's almost always sunny in Arizona so that makes it good to get up & get rolling.

You losers need to get a life yo. Totally kidding.

Me? I roll out of bed, stumble blindly into the shower, and emerge fifteen minutes so later somewhat awake. Then I get dressed, downing my first cup of coffee then. Like Shawn, my pretty shiny coffeemaker has the stuff all ready for me when I wake up.

Then I jump in the car and use the forty minute commute to wake up and drink another few cups of coffee. By the time I get to the office, I'm awake, caffeinated, and ready to spend a rigorous day on RealJock...er...working.

And Shawn - aren't those mornings when you pour a big cup of hot coffee-flavored water because you had a Newfie moment and forgot to prep the machine the night before the worst???

Funny you should say that zdrew, I actually did that yesterday evening. Of course that was after I brewed coffee forgetting to put the pot in the machine yesterday afternoon. Coffee and grounds everywhere...it was fun.

And you call me Newfie.

What can I say? I have my moments. But when you're this pretty you don't have to be bright all the time!

Let's see, I usually JUMP out of bed because I slept through my alarm again, stand there for a second because I got up too fast, grab underwear and head to the shower to scub all the product out of my hair (so I can put more in), get dressed, if I'm lucky grab a to-go cup of coffee, and speed the whole way to school/work.

ShawnTO saidWhat can I say? I have my moments. But when you're this pretty you don't have to be bright all the time!

Oh, good. All that being bright was getting sooo taxing. I like, had to think a few minutes ago. And I think I almost had an aneur....anuer...aner....ummm...brain clot after it.

zdrew said[quote]

Oh, good. All that being bright was getting sooo taxing. I like, had to think a few minutes ago. And I think I almost had an aneur....anuer...aner....ummm...brain clot after it.

Don't sweat it...it's practically an accessory.

usually, i swear because my roommate is knocking on the door because yet another one of "his"(my) pens has exploded in his mouth from chewing on it and he needs to borrow one.

did you guys know that in Newfoundland, instead of saying "OPEN HERE" on the milk carton spout it says "OPEN AT HOME".... crazy newfies.

Well its stretch, crawl out of bed, pet the beagles, visit the bathroom, fix breakfast, turn on TODAY and do cardio...

That is if I don't have other things on my mind

Roll out of bed, have a huge glass of warm water, and turn on the TV.

go back to bed and rationalize how close I can cut it getting into work on time.

Rinse. repeat.

My morning routine starts at 7:00am;
1-throw on fresh shorts,
2-make coffee, brush teeth,
3-shower,
4-pour coffee,
5-get dressed,
6-drink coffee and maybe read,
7-15 min of yoga,
8-go to work at 8:00.

got up late this morning, so I missed my yoga.

Inner,

During the week, I hit the snooze bar once before getting up. On the weekend it's probably at least twice. But, since you have a dog you understand that I do need to attend to her needs. So we go outside for a short walk. Then I make our breakfasts and my coffee. I read (more like skim) the paper and watch a bit of the Today Show M-F, then it's time to hop in the shower, get ready, take Ripley for a longer walk, give her a treat, then off to work.

During the weekends I'm far more lazy. I probably watch a bit more TV, and like you I turn on my computer and start surfing the net. I try to get out the door by late morning to run errands like doing my recycling, going to the supermarket and then the gym.

ShawnTO saidNot quite. He only asked about the morning. Now that I'm not working, here's my routine:

Morning: drink coffee, sit at computer
Afternoon: drink coffee, sit at computer
Evening: drink coffee, sit at computer
Right before going to bed: sit at computer, can't wait to get up in the morning to have coffee

man I hope there's a pee break in there somewhere! LOL

zdrew saidMe? I roll out of bed, stumble blindly into the shower, and emerge fifteen minutes so later somewhat awake. Then I get dressed.

Same here but I don't get that cup of joe until I get to the office (except on the weekends).

I find something to eat!
Like i just did now

I work early in the morning (usually around 6am), so the first thing I do is jump into the shower, get dressed and head to work. I have my tea and breakfast at work before I start my day.

Respectyourself saidI find something to eat!
Like i just did now

Wow...and you're just getting up? It's 9:56 am here...and that's west coast time! Ah, the leisurely life of the Rockie Mountaineers!

15 min. jog around the neighborhood (I've fallen off lately though).

I wake up by six.
Get out of bed and to the kitchen to get cold drinking water.
Log on to check Salon.com and huffingtonpost.com to make sure the world didn't end overnight.
then I go to get an iced soy latte at the coffee shop in my building or starbucks a couple blocks away, then walk about 7 blocks to the gym.
I pick up fresh orange juice and nuts at Au Bon Pain after my work out.
Then I am at my desk by 930.

repeat one million times and now I realize where my life went...

I used to wank first thing. I am surprised that isnt on anybody's list above. No way I could go to work without release.

Now I go to the kitchen put on the water for coffee and turn on my computers...work and personal.

eb925guy said[quote][cite]zdrew said[/cite]Me? I roll out of bed, stumble blindly into the shower, and emerge fifteen minutes so later somewhat awake. Then I get dressed.

Same here but I don't get that cup of joe until I get to the office (except on the weekends).[/quote]

My day starts at 5am. I roll into work by 7. I could not make it to work at all if I had to wait til then to start caffeinating myself.

Wait for the morning wood to subside so I can pee without blinding myself.

Caslon: I tought of that, but if I wanked first I'd just want to go back to bed. Maybe most guys can relate.

mnjockI pick up fresh orange juice and nuts at Au Bon Pain after my work out.

Sigh, the luxury of not having to force feed yourself thousands of calories to achieve muscle mass (grumble, grumble)...

CaslonI used to wank first thing. I am surprised that isnt in anybody's list above. No way I could go to work without release.

Doesn't that deplete your energy first thing?

Another crucial part of my morning routine is to watch TiVo'd episode of "Judge Judy" while I am eating my breakfast of 8 egg whites, 2 whole eggs, 1 cup of OJ, slice of whole wheat toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter. Nothing better than starting your day with a dose of Judge Judy...

"I'M SPEAKING!!!!"

innerathlete said

[cite]Caslon[/cite]I used to wank first thing. I am surprised that isnt in anybody's list above. No way I could go to work without release.

Doesn't that deplete your energy first thing?

NO WAY! It releases the sexual urge so I can give attention to other things....well, at least, it used to. Now I just wake up with raging boners and wonder what this will all turn into by the end.

[quote][cite]zdrew said
My day starts at 5am. I roll into work by 7. I could [i]not make it to work at all if I had to wait til then to start caffeinating myself.[/quote][/i]

I get to sleep until 6 and then I"m in the office by 7 am. Short commute FINALLY! Loving that, then it's a single cup coffee pot with my favorite Peet's Coffee... Quality SF coffee, oh yeah baby!

Caslon said[quote][cite]innerathlete said[/cite]

[cite]Caslon[/cite]I used to wank first thing. I am surprised that isnt in anybody's list above. No way I could go to work without release.

Doesn't that deplete your energy first thing?

NO WAY! It releases the sexual urge so I can give attention to other things....well, at least, it used to. Now I just wake up with raging boners and wonder what this will all turn into by the end.[/quote]

Oh but it's all coming back, you can now awake, have a cup of java and think about how it's going to be back wanking first thing in the morning soon

eb925guy said[quote][cite]zdrew said
My day starts at 5am. I roll into work by 7. I could [i]not make it to work at all if I had to wait til then to start caffeinating myself.

[/i]

I get to sleep until 6 and then I"m in the office by 7 am. Short commute FINALLY! Loving that, then it's a single cup coffee pot with my favorite Peet's Coffee... Quality SF coffee, oh yeah baby![/quote]

Sadly, the four days a week I get up that early ruin me for sleeping in the other three...most weekends I'm still awake by 7 or so. That's when I can be found puttering around in my underwear and slippers, a cup of coffee in hand, browsing the news, checking email (now that I have wireless at home - woohoo!), catching up on iTunes-ded TV shows, and/or playing with the animals.

The absolute first thing I do when I wake up is brush my teeth. I cannot stand morning breath, so I always get out of bed and brush my teeth first!

There you go. Killer smile explained. :-D

[quote][cite]zdrew said Sadly, the four days a week I get up that early ruin me for sleeping in the other three...most weekends I'm still awake by 7 or so. That's when I can be found puttering around in my underwear and slippers, a cup of coffee in hand, browsing the news, checking email (now that I have wireless at home - woohoo!), catching up on iTunes-ded TV shows, and/or playing with the animals.[/quote]

Sure can relate there. I'm the same on the w/e, except don't play with the damn cats. Unless kicking them out the door counts as play (don't call PETA, kicking is only in the sense of booting them, I mean holding the door for them while they decide to walk out our not!)

Like Timberoo, after that first pee..it's coffee and the paper, computer and RJ on the weekends.

zdrew That's when I can be found puttering around in my underwear and slippers, a cup of coffee in hand, browsing the news, checking email (now that I have wireless at home - woohoo!), catching up on iTunes-ded TV shows, and/or playing with the animals.

"The animals"...so that's what you're calling your gonads these days?

Ask the guy next to me where I am...

JK

I do at least one of the following 4 things:

pee (most frequent)
jack off (least frequent)
drink a large gas of water
turn on CNN or Y&R if I missed it the day before

shit, shower and shave

Hmmm - usually this is how things go:

5:45 Mumble goodbye to husband and go back to sleep

6:30 Listen to NPR for 30 minutes and realize that whether I get up or not, the place is going to hell.

7:00 Wander into kitchen, read note left behind by husband detailing the 'chores' I have for the day and prepare breakfast: fruit, cereal, oj and coffee.

7:30 Curl up on the sofa with the cat and flip channels while eating breakfast.

8:30 Realize I'd better either shower or turn on the computer to start the day.

9:00 Having opted to start the computer first instead, skimming Facebook, RJ, Email, etc, head for shower.

9:20 Start another glorious day, serving my client, the U.S. Government and giving the taxpayer his money's worth!

I get out of bed because of bladder urgency, wait for the woody to go down, pee, wash hands, then get a cup of coffee, then watch the news a bit, eat breakfast, and then get ready for work, before I leave I take my dog Taco out so he can pee on the neighborhood. He loves it.

Hmm ...

6:00: alarm sounds, press the snooze button a few times and then roll around in bed to develop some motivation to get up.

6:30: finally up, answer nature's calling, do the morning routine (shower, brush my teeth, the works)

7:00: explore the kitchen for breakfast ideas

7:30: I should be all good to go ...

I just got back from the grocery store (yes, I left the house). Put groceries away and am now brewing my second pot of coffee.

Life is good.

ShawnTO saidI just got back from the grocery store (yes, I left the house). Put groceries away and am now brewing my second pot of coffee.

Life is good.

Not sure how you make it through the day ShawnTO. You'd better slip a nap in there somewhere, oh wait, no, you're so wired you'd never be able to nap. OK, have another cup of cofee and maybe some chocolate to calm you down .

Coffee doesn't make me wired. I think the addiction and endorphin release has taken over because coffee relaxes me. After a few cups in the afternoon I'm ready for a nap.

And I wasn't joking when I said at bedtime I can't wait to wake up the next morning so I can have more coffee.

Let's see...

Monday - Friday:

4:40am alarm goes off, get out of bed, throw my gym clothes on, eat some cottage cheese and head to the gym for cardio.

6am I'm making my eggs (3/4c egg white with 1/4c egg substitute)

7am at work, making my oatmeal and eating that along with some fruit/berries

And the rest of the day goes on from there really.

Weekends suck, because of the early schedule during the week, it's hard to sleep in. Weekends are more of a free for all though =)

Scramble out of bed and try to catch the bus before I'm late to the class I teach.

4:40am alarm goes off,

Well, I was going to ask you to marry me, but...nevermind.

What I do every morning... TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! j/k... nothing special, just eat breakfast, get dressed and out to work.

ides saidRoll out of bed, have a huge glass of warm water, and turn on the TV.

I hope it is not warm water from the tap. Do not drink warm water from the tap! It is bad for you.

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/water/colder.htm

Get back to sleep for another 5 minutes... then another... then finally get up coz I REALLY gotta pee.

[quote]zdrew said
That's when I can be found puttering around in my underwear and slippers, a cup of coffee in hand, browsing the news, checking email (now that I have wireless at home - woohoo!), catching up on iTunes-ded TV shows, and/or playing with the animals.[/quote]


ohh to be your neighbor on weekends!

I crawl out of bed, find the bathroom, try to get certain parts of my body to mellow out so I can pee... Put on some shorts and a shirt then walk the dog. Come back inside, pour a cup of coffee and start checking email. Kind of boring but it's my routine.

SockMonkey said[quote][cite]ides said[/cite]Roll out of bed, have a huge glass of warm water, and turn on the TV.

I hope it is not warm water from the tap. Do not drink warm water from the tap! It is bad for you.

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/water/colder.htm[/quote]

Newer homes should be using PEX piping. In this case, no problems!

I fill a pitcher with cold water and let it set out at room temp before drinking it. allowing any chemicals or impurities to evaporate or settle.

alarm goes off.... stick my hand inside my pjs mmmmm
fruit juice ....... back inside pjs .. sorry to sound so crude. but thats the usual! shower ,,,,into smart clothes after coffee and toast .... nic eespresso coffee mmmmm

some mornings might think about whatis to be done that day. but usually frut juice back to bed hand inside pjs..... at 56 its nice to be still woken by him lol...... only joking. makes me sound pervy... Im not at all i just like jerking off first thing. am i the only one ????

SockMonkey said

I hope it is not warm water from the tap. Do not drink warm water from the tap! It is bad for you.

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/water/colder.htm

'Course not. Hot Water from the tap is nasty. Filtered cold water, nuked in microwave for 45 sec.

Hit the snooze button.

ShawnTO saidI set my coffee maker so that a pot is ready to go when I wake up. There's nothing better than waking up to the smell of fresh-brewed coffee.

So it's coffee and the computer.

Exactly the same here :-)

I have to have a routine in the morning or I would never get going!

5:45 - the alarm goes off, listen to the news for 15 mins. Hubby demanding that he wants coffee (he's still in bed).
6:30 - I finally get-up, pee and go downstairs to let the dogs out. Turn-on the TV for the local news, make coffee, remember to let the dogs back-in and feed them. By now I'm starting to wake-up.
6:45 - get the newspaper from the front porch (check to see that I'm not still in my underwear as the neighbor ladies walk by doing their daily walk).
7:00 - make breakfast and read the paper. Good Morning America is on Yeaahhh!
7:20 - finally get in the shower after the hubby is done.
8:00 - I'm in the office.

when the bf doesnt sleep over, wake up at 6:40, eat some cottage cheese, grab a red bull and walk to the gym, come back, get ready and leave for work around uhmmm 9:30am... when he stays the night, well, lets say i dont have to walk for a work out

innerathlete said[quote][cite]zdrew[/cite] That's when I can be found puttering around in my underwear and slippers, a cup of coffee in hand, browsing the news, checking email (now that I have wireless at home - woohoo!), catching up on iTunes-ded TV shows, and/or playing with the animals.

"The animals"...so that's what you're calling your gonads these days?[/quote]

Goodness no. That's PeeWee.

These are the honest-to-goodness critters...the parrot that decides to serenade me until I let her out and the cat who simply knows that I missed her sooo much all week at work that I want nothing more than to carry her around all morning.

Well, the first thing I do in the morning is- zZzZzZz...

HndsmKansan saidWell its stretch, crawl out of bed, pet the beagles, visit the bathroom, fix breakfast, turn on TODAY and do cardio...

Unless its one of those "bed pounding" mornings.....

HndsmKansan said[quote][cite]HndsmKansan said[/cite]Well its stretch, crawl out of bed, pet the beagles, visit the bathroom, fix breakfast, turn on TODAY and do cardio...

Unless its one of those "bed pounding" mornings.....[/quote]

Gee, it sounds like cardio's still getting done, though. Well, if it's a two-person bed-pounding, that is.

Ok, time to put on another pot of coffee.

Timberoo saidGot to the bathroom and pee.

x2 LOL

Get dressed to take roommates dogs out Dachounds only think smaller than their legs are their Bladders. Before walk throw on coffee and pop the vitamins and supplements. Then gym. back home do chores or errands. Work in afternoon Rather have a muscle hunk to play with when we wake up.

0430h: Alarm goes off. Stumble to alarm clock across room and hit snooze. Start shower water. Piss. Fall back in bed.

0445h: 2nd alarm goes off. Turn off clock. Turn on radio (NPR). Turn on bathroom light. Shower and shave.

You asked for the first thing. thats the first two.

One thing about having a dog that is 11 years old is that he is in no hurry to go outside in the morning. He'd rather stay in bed.

Mondays & Wednesday:
6:05 - TV turns on to the morning local news. I usually wake up a few minutes after and just lay there with eyes closed listening and paying most attention to the weather forecast.
6:30 - Get off to shower.
6:45 - Prepare nice hearty breakfast that includes 2 eggs plus an extra egg white, a peanut butter + jelly sandwich, a banana or orange, and some Lactaid milk.
6:55 - Back to my room and turn on computer, the TV moves on to Today on NBC. I eat my breakfast, watch some Today, and check email, realjock, Google news.
7:30 - Out the door to go to my university campus.

Tuesdays & Thursdays:
(Same as Mondays & Wednesdays except times are shifted an hour later)

Fridays:
(Same as Mondays & Wednesdays except times are shifted two hours later)

Saturdays & Sundays:
10:00 - later: Wake up, and then it varies between preparing breakfast (which is usually just cereal), turning on the TV manually, going on the computer, so forth.

6am... stumble to bathroom

Start Coffee - Hope I plugged it in

Wake up squirrel inside computer

Turn on Television to make sure world hasn't ended
yet

Check emails.... Spam spam spam spam

Pick out clothes to wear to work... it's no easy
alright? I'm Gay

Sing Mariah Carey songs in the shower

Dress, eat breakfast and was dishes in the last ten mins I have left before I have to go to work

muttskins saidWell, the first thing I do in the morning is- zZzZzZz...

MUTTSKINS!!!!!


I bet your a secret bed pounder... I was at 18...

Well and the inflatable Dole banana....

I turn on my computer..thats the first thin i do whenever im in my room

Moudi saidI turn on my computer..thats the first thin i do whenever im in my room

It's about time you showed up.

I translate the collected works of Proust into Urdu.

Then I take the doggies for a run.

Then I formulate a plan to end world hunger.

Then shower.

Cure all known diseases.

Then it's time for work.

Usually I would oversleep because my alarm would never work properly. The workload was too much. I ran on 3 hrs sleep per night. Jump out of bed in a heightened state of panic when I saw that class would start in 20 mins or less, then rush to the bathroom then rush out of the dorm and sprint cross campus. My first bite of the day was never accomplished until 2 pm in the afternoon because eating wasn't important to me. I did that for 3 years.

Now, I roll out of bed at noon and turn on the computer immediately afterwards.

Jockbod48 saidWell - nobody in my bed with me right now - nothing to stay in bed for, so -
I grab shorts and shoes and take the dogs for a run,
Come back - drink o.j. and eat oatmeal - steel cut oats sometimes,
Check out RJ and CEO Express.com - while eating,
Shower and get going!
It's almost always sunny in Arizona so that makes it good to get up & get rolling.

O.K., O.K. I've had six E-mails today from some of you wanting to know whether or not I incorporate any bed pounding before I get up and get rolling. O.K guys - for those who want to know: I admit it - either bed pounding or shower beating!

I never wake up with morning wood anymore.

ides said[quote]


'Course not. Hot Water from the tap is nasty. Filtered cold water, nuked in microwave for 45 sec.

Careful with that nuked water. A friend of mine did an experiment: He got two pots with soil and seeded them. He then watered one with regular filtered water and the other with nuked water. The plant given the nuked water did not grow while the other flourished. There are, of course, lots of variables with this, but I wouldn't take any chances.

KansanWell and the inflatable Dole banana...

???

Timberoo saidI never wake up with morning wood anymore.

I try to brush after meals.

Timberoo saidI never wake up with morning wood anymore.

Really? Even I wake up with morning wood...and as far as I can tell have a stiffy often during the night.

I can attest to that!

Caslon said[quote][cite]Timberoo said[/cite]I never wake up with morning wood anymore.

Really? Even I wake up with morning wood...and as far as I can tell have a stiffy often during the night.[/quote]

I never really did. Mine usually shows up in the middle of the night, a few times.

1234 I put my feet dawn on the floor, as soon as I awaken. Go have a slash, let the dogs out, and go make a coffee.

But now One works afternoons. Unless it is one of my personal training mornings. Breakfast is now my main meal. So One then goes has a big cook up, and takes my time to eat, and read and have a leisurely breakfast.

[quote]
Wow...and you're just getting up? It's 9:56 am here...and that's west coast time! Ah, the leisurely life of the Rockie Mountaineers! [/quote]

Not even. I went to bed at 5am and got up at 10:45 am. not so leisurely. I hit the gym last night at midnight till 2am.

Jockbod48 said[quote]

O.K guys - for those who want to know: I admit it - either bed pounding or shower beating!

I wonder how you learned this bed pounding? Tell us about it.....

Kansan, I am still waiting for an explanation of this "inflatable" Dole banana!

innerathlete saidKansan, I am still waiting for an explanation of this "inflatable" Dole banana!

It was just the "forerunner" to bed pounding for a 15 year old......

But what is an inflatable banana? Is it different than a regular banana? Is this something everyone knows about that I missed out on? Does it have to be a Dole banana or will any banana do?

innerathlete saidBut what is an inflatable banana? Is it different than a regular banana? Is this something everyone knows about that I missed out on? Does it have to be a Dole banana or will any banana do?

You could send so many "Dole banana emblems" and they would send you a free 4 foot inflatable Dole banana for pool or whatever. I chose "whatever"....

HndsmKansan said[quote][cite]Jockbod48 said[/cite][quote]

O.K guys - for those who want to know: I admit it - either bed pounding or shower beating!

I wonder how you learned this bed pounding? Tell us about it.....[/quote]


I wonder if you wonder.............. credit where credit is due - a debt of gratitude!

I feel like a fog that has plagued me all my life has just lifted...

When I get up I lie there for a couple of minutes and try to convince myself its the weekend. Im fine with getting up but I am usually cursing how early I have to get up and how tired I am.

innerathlete saidI feel like a fog that has plagued me all my life has just lifted...

I'm so glad could be your "light"....

::scurries off to collect his Dole emblems::

What's a Dole emblem? Is it like the sticker on a can of pineapple or something?

ShawnTO said[quote][cite]Moudi said[/cite]I turn on my computer..thats the first thin i do whenever im in my room

It's about time you showed up.[/quote]

oh, i was being timed? damn it! ill be here earlier next time...

i also say "fucking hell" alot, when i wake up...because its soo damn early

1)Roll over to avoid the cat drool dribbling on my face, since the cat thinks that it's breakfast time, and is perched on my chest.

2)Roll over the other way to avoid the huge french dog kiss, since she leaps into my bed to cuddle at the first sign that i"m awake.

3)roll back upright from the other dog kiss.

4)get up, stumble to the bath and urinate.

5)go downstairs, dispense various critter foods

6)make coffee

7)scream

Hehe, I think mindgarden wins.

Hmm, first thing, innapropriate to go into detail ;-) But if i had someone in bed with me, I wouldn't.

Wakup...pee...Yell at my dog for howling Take my cat with me into bed...Use my cat as a pillow..Wakup and run to classess.

Coffee, croissants, yoghurt and fruit with a healthy dose of the Guardian, Nature or a novel. *Wholesome*. But I still faff about forever before leaving :-(

HOT SHOWER! Without a hot shower in the morning, I can't function.

The worst days are when the dorms, for some god awful reason, don't have hot water; I stand there and think, "why me, what did I do to deserve this?!?!" I then attempt a cold shower, uugghh...the horror.

My morning ritual:
6:50: Wake up on first alarm, push snooze button on remote

7:00: Wake up to second alarm, hit snooze again

7:10: Wake up to third alarm, hit snooze again

7:20: Wake up to fourth alarm, contemplate getting up, if it's a good song I listen to it and then get up

7:30: If I haven't already gotten out of bed this is my last opportunity to do so before being late for work.

7:35: Finally get out of bed, unplug my iPod from my computer and plug it into the speakers in my bathroom

7:40: Wash hands, floss and brush teeth hop into shower

7:45: Towel off, apply moisturizer, deodorant, cologne, and do my hair, shave every second day

7:55 (if I'm lucky): put on the clothes I prepped the night before

8:00: Leave the apartment and grab a smoothie at the booster juice wannabe place on the corner arrive at work around 8:15 though usually it's more like 8:25

I haven't deviated from this ritual in a year... it's so time to change things up, lol

We have two dogs that leap out of bed the minute I get up, either because they woke up before I did or the alarm goes off. So the very first order of business is let them out to do their morning mother nature call. While they're doing their business, I stumble off to take care of my own.

After I take them back upstairs and get them back into bed, I unplug my iPod. Then I go to the half bathroom downstairs where it's quiet and private and meditate for 20 minutes. After that, it's get dressed, take my morning supplements, and head out to the gym.

Shower
COFFEE!!!!!
Take dogs down to the lake
Feed the puppies and myself
Go out to my studio.

On special days I check out RJ during coffee

After rolling over a couple of times let the dog out between 5:30 and 6 -- okay, he has a small bladder, and gets cursed for it. God back to bed until abnout 7:30 -- 8 and then go for a run avec chien. After run gety ready for work, and leave around 9 in am.

Honestly I'm not a moring person, and shudder at those whose clock is set for before, well say seven or so, despite the dog. But I guess first thing is let the pooch out, followed by peeing, or preferrably back to bed depending on the time, or a run or shower depending on the mood or again time.

Get up make a cup of tea eat some honey and then get the street cat Daisy in for her Feed then switch on pc to check e mail's and you all!

step one: turn the damn alarm off!

step two: pee

step three: feed the pups

first thing i do when i wake up in the morning?....well, i check my fone....my fones right next to me.....so the first thing i do is check if i got any txts.......yes i am very popular....cant help it....lol

Check to see if I have a pulse. Remove the cat from my face. Take pills. Make a quadruple latte. Walk 20 steps to office. Check my email to see if any clients cancelled or if any editor is pissed at me. Shower. Wait for the doorbell to ring. Greet the first client. Halfway through the first client's session, I actually awaken.

Throw myself out of bed, shower, groom (brush teeth, fix hair, etc), get dressed, leave for work.... By lunch time I'm awake and aware of my surroundings.

I think we work too much

ShawnTO saidI set my coffee maker so that a pot is ready to go when I wake up. There's nothing better than waking up to the smell of fresh-brewed coffee.

So it's coffee and the computer.

Me too!!!