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Tobin S.

(10,418 posts) Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:00 AM Jul 2015

Up at five in the morning on Sunday. Yesterday I got up at six.

My wife always asks me why I get up so early on the weekends. I tell her that I do not know why. I just wake up and can't get back to sleep, so I get up.

It takes about a twelve pack of beer the night before to get me to sleep past eight, but I don't drink anymore. I was still usually up before my wife when I did.

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Up at five in the morning on Sunday. Yesterday I got up at six. (Original Post) Tobin S. Jul 2015 OP

so do you bring her coffee and the paper in bed? irisblue Jul 2015 #1

Negatory Tobin S. Jul 2015 #4

I have been getting up equally early on weekends, though I do take a nap in the pm... hlthe2b Jul 2015 #2

I get up at about 4:30 every morning to milk cows ... Scuba Jul 2015 #3

I haven't slept good for YEARS blueknight Jul 2015 #5

I'm up by 5 just about every day. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #6

I have found it easier to just get up @ the same time every day rurallib Jul 2015 #7

this time of year I wake up around 4:30 Kali Jul 2015 #8

irisblue

(32,974 posts)

1. so do you bring her coffee and the paper in bed?

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 06:15 AM

Jul 2015

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

4. Negatory

Reply to irisblue (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 08:03 AM

Jul 2015

I have brought her breakfast in bed a few times, but I don't want to do that too often and spoil her.

hlthe2b

(102,276 posts)

2. I have been getting up equally early on weekends, though I do take a nap in the pm...

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 07:31 AM

Jul 2015

I go out and do a 4.5 mile fitness walk with my pup before it gets too hot.
But, while it sounds like a good idea to sleep in, I find it is much easier to get up during the week when I stay on schedule

And, I don't feel at all guilty about turning up the AC in my bedroom and taking a short nap late morning or after lunch.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. I get up at about 4:30 every morning to milk cows ...

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 07:36 AM

Jul 2015

... despite the fact that I haven't milked a cow in 45 years. It's one of the benefits of growing up on a dairy farm.

blueknight

(2,831 posts)

5. I haven't slept good for YEARS

Reply to Tobin S. (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 04:17 PM

Jul 2015

I'm sure it is from 30 years of making my living by telephone as a railroad engineer. You learn to sleep lightly so you dont miss your call. Now I am retired, and still cant sleep