waking up

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:21 pm

MTGuru wrote:
emmline wrote:There's a cat walking around on me and a dog staring at me from beside the bed. Occasionally saying "rerf."
Your cat says "rerf"?? Hairballs, maybe. A cat sitting on my chest chucking hairballs would probably get me up. Lord knows, not much else does.

No. The cat says "brrrah! Then it says it again in a peeved tone because my husband pulled its tail.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:22 pm

My cat says "Merle! Merle!"

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:36 pm

my cat starts walking heavy on me about 7:30, you cat people know a cat can walk soft or heavy footed. If it's earlier than that I use my cell phone clock alarm with the "Bullfrog" tone increasing in volume with infinite snooze pushings

chrisoff · Post by **chrisoff** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:38 pm

emmline wrote:If I sleep late I get a headache.

My girlfriend's the same. I find it strange as I could happily stay in bed all day.

Anyway, with regards to the original question my mortgage makes me get up instead of launching the alarm clock out the door and going back to sleep.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:16 pm

I have to orient myself every morning that I get up. What I dream, if I'm sleeping in my own bed, and how hectic my life is are all things that matter about how much orienting I have to do. Who am I, How old am I, Where am I, What day/month/year is it, What is my schedule for today....

And let me tell you, if I get one of those things wrong, my whole day is a mess. There is no greater joy than thinking that I have to go to grade school only to figure out while I am in the bathroom that I really have to go to work.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:38 pm

mutepointe wrote:I have to orient myself every morning that I get up. What I dream, if I'm sleeping in my own bed, and how hectic my life is are all things that matter about how much orienting I have to do. Who am I, How old am I, Where am I, What day/month/year is it, What is my schedule for today....

And let me tell you, if I get one of those things wrong, my whole day is a mess. There is no greater joy than thinking that I have to go to grade school only to figure out while I am in the bathroom that I really have to go to work.

I have to orient myself, too.

Aanvil · Post by **Aanvil** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:47 pm

A good book.

I have a habit of reading in the early morning.

I pop up, put on the kettle for my french press, grind some beans and crack open my current book.

I actually get a little cross in the A.M. if I don't have something fun to read.

sbfluter · Post by **sbfluter** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:47 pm

Jack wrote:When you wake up in the morning and just want to curl up and go back to sleep, what makes you stay awake?

:yawn:

Birds.

At home, the birds in my house squawk and cheep, demanding attention and breakfast.

In the wilderness the birds outside chirp and I feel like I've got to get up, too.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:15 pm

Coffee.

The hope of coffee.

The hunger for coffee.

Did I mention, coffee?

--James

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:48 pm

Yes, Where there's coffee, there is hope.

CHasR · Post by **CHasR** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:50 pm

Jack wrote:When you wake up in the morning and just want to curl up and go back to sleep, what makes you stay awake?

:yawn:

Sorry, I wake up screaming daily.

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cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:10 pm

What makes me stay awake? I HAVE TO. I have a family counting on me.
I use to set three alarms all around the room so I'd have to get up. As I've gotten older I don't have to do that anymore.

I never get to sleep late now that I'm working six days a week. Sunday I have to be at church by 8 so that's out too.

All my dogs, down through the years, have always learned- you don't wake her up.

Em said it best- "like ripping off a bandaid." One second I'm sound asleep, the next I'm on my feet (usually groaning).

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:17 pm

CHasR wrote:
Jack wrote:When you wake up in the morning and just want to curl up and go back to sleep, what makes you stay awake?

:yawn:
Sorry, I wake up screaming daily.

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Are you an adult survivor? I am, and I do that sometimes, too. I also wake up barely able to breathe, and crying. It's a common part of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

feadogin · Post by **feadogin** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:30 pm

I have a little boy who tries to push me out of bed while he yells, "Out! Out!"

BillChin · Post by **BillChin** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:37 am

I am able to set an internal alarm by telling myself to wake up at a certain time. I will set a backup electronic alarm but maybe one out of a hundred times do I have to rely on that. I usually turn off the alarm before it goes off, a few minutes early.

I do need sleep though, preferably seven or eight hours of down time. I can get by on short sleep for a day, two days at the outside, after that it gets dicey. Naps are a good thing. If I run a serious sleep deficit for a while, I might take a whole day mostly catching up on sleep, maybe sleeping 16 or 18 hours in one 24 hour period.

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