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beeswing
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Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head...
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Oct 24 04:03 UTC 2003 |
This is from the earlier discussion in the happy item about routines.
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beeswing
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response 1 of 32:
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Oct 24 04:11 UTC 2003 |
Now that I have a job teaching future criminals of America (junior high
kids), I have had to settle in a routine against my will. I like some
stability and order, but I hate when things get TOO structured.
Five days a week, my mornings are predictable as hell:
6:00-- alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
6:10-- alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
6:15-- alarm goes off across the room. Forced to get up.
6:20-- take care of various bodily elimination functions
6:25-- stumble to kitchen, dodging cat underfoot. Fill cat's bowl with
food. Fill cat's bowl with water. Not just any water, but the chilled
and filtered water from the fridge, since his royal heinie won't drink
regular water.
6:30-- Eat either cereal or waffles while watching morning news.
Surprised to learn that only two people were killed overnight.
6:40-- shower time.
6:55-- try to dress myself and mold hair into something that doesn't
look like I cut it with a fork. Fail in this endeavor.
7:00-- get water bottle and requisite Diet Coke. Sprinkle treats on
cat's food.
7:10-- Out the door. Puts on mean teacher face for school.
Oh boring me.
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rcurl
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response 2 of 32:
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Oct 24 05:43 UTC 2003 |
Are you sure you are cut out for this occupation?
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jaklumen
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response 3 of 32:
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Oct 24 06:53 UTC 2003 |
7:40-- Julie gives me a smooch and tells me it's time to get up.
so then I lift the sleep mask from my eyes and go get Sarah from her
crib with a "Hey, baby boo" in a voice that resembles Cookie
Monster's. She usually hands me her blanket, which I'll refuse and
grab her instead, and give her a smooch. I'll let her down to toddle
into the kitchen.
I come in, Julie's usually on the computer and I step on the scales...
it takes my readings and she puts them into the Excel file.
We sit down for breakfast and then I stumble into the shower...
it's 8:10 or so when I'm dressing and off for work.
I come home and have myself a salad, started doing that when
conscience pricked me twice... eating out for lunch was breaking the
budget and the diet. Besides, Julie has been nice to get good
fixings. It's about 1:10 or so. I might sleep, it depends. Damn
sleep disorders-- I'll sleep for hours if I do sometimes.
I may or may not have an afternoon routine, depending, but if I'm on
the 'Net, it's pretty predictable. Check e-mail, start Trillian to
see who's on, check Grex, check IRC for my usual channels.
I might practice the guitar. Need to make that a habit. But I'm
getting a routine there, too. Assasi finger warm-ups, finger
stretches, barre chords, scales, arpeggios, maybe go over the
repetoire.
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gull
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response 4 of 32:
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Oct 24 13:53 UTC 2003 |
Assuming I've showered the night before, my morning goes something like
this:
7:10 Alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
7:20 Alarm goes off. Groan. Hit snooze.
7:30 Alarm goes off. Hit snooze.
7:40 Alarm goes off.
7:50 Look at clock in half awake state. Curse. Finally drag myself out
of bed.
7:51 Go to the bathroom.
7:52 Get dressed. Somewhere around here I usually end up spending a
minute or so just staring at my feet as my sleep-deprived brain shuttles
thoughts around slowly, like supertankers making three-point turns in
the English Channel.
7:55 Comb hair, brush teeth, shave. Realize how shitty I look at this
time of morning.
8:00 Grab Coke and yogurt cup from fridge for breakfast to eat at work.
Get out the door because I'm already late.
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gull
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response 5 of 32:
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Oct 24 13:54 UTC 2003 |
I don't really have an evening routine. By the time I get home from
work I feel too drained for anything very ambitious to seem like a good
idea.
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keesan
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response 6 of 32:
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Oct 24 14:46 UTC 2003 |
Wake up every two hours. Try to get back to sleep until at least 8. Get up.
Wake Jim and think of something for him to make for breakfast. The rest of
the day has no particular routine except for eating every few hours and taking
a walk somewhere in the afternoon. A nap when I need it. Checking email once
in a while. But we never did have much of a routine. I make lists of things
that I ought to do some time in the next week or two such as juice the grapes
and pick apples but these are not repetitive chores therefore not routine.
Nor is work a routine for the self-employed. No pets or kids demanding things
be done at any particular time. One monthly lecture series.
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slynne
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response 7 of 32:
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Oct 24 14:51 UTC 2003 |
7a-ish - wake up. no alarm though. I hate those
7:05 - pee
7:07 - let dogs out
7:10 - shower (unless I showered before bed)
7:15 - let dogs in. feed them. give pill to the old one.
7:20 - go back to bed and listen to NPR.
8:00 - wake up and let dogs out and get dressed
8:05 - let dogs back in
8:10 - leave for work
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other
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response 8 of 32:
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Oct 24 15:09 UTC 2003 |
wake up
do stuff
go to bed
repeat
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mynxcat
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response 9 of 32:
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Oct 24 18:22 UTC 2003 |
Hear alarm go off at 6:30 am. Ignore. Go back to sleep
Hear alarm in sleep for another hour. Wake up. Switch off alarm, go
back to sleep.
Wake up at 8:10 am "Shit, I'm late"
Go weigh myself, growl at weighing machine
Go pee, brush, weigh myself, do victory dance at half pound loss after
pee.
Drink tea that fiance has made
Laze in front of TV watching morning programming.
give fiance kiss good bye
Shower
Make cooing noises at cat
Dress
Feed cat
Shutdown laptop and put in bag
Grab laptop and bag and leave for work.
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gull
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response 10 of 32:
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Oct 24 18:54 UTC 2003 |
Re #7: Heh. If I didn't use an alarm I'd never wake up before 10 am.
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sabre
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response 11 of 32:
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Oct 25 02:10 UTC 2003 |
CRY ME A RIVER YOU LOTUS EATING LOSERS...you don't know what it means to
suffer.....yet.
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michaela
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response 12 of 32:
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Oct 26 05:27 UTC 2003 |
Wake up at random time
Go to class
Work
Do homework
Mess around on computer
Work some more
Read
Go to sleep
It's fairly standard stuff, except for dance practices, occasional weekends
with Ken, bowling, dancing, etc.
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happyboy
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response 13 of 32:
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Oct 26 19:00 UTC 2003 |
wake up around 9
say howdy to the baby if she's awake
pee
let the dog out
pour coffee
feed the dog
see if the baby's awake
fix a bottle of formula
put on some oats
let the oats cool
wake up the baby and change the diaper
watch the baby laugh
feed the baby while watching CNN
eat oats
play with the baby
put the baby down for a nap when she's ready
shower
straighten up house
load up the baby and run some errands
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slynne
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response 14 of 32:
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Oct 26 19:04 UTC 2003 |
That sounds really nice, Barry :)
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happyboy
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response 15 of 32:
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Oct 26 19:15 UTC 2003 |
best job ever. :)
she even lets me practice banjo now, but my playing is
so crappy that i'm afraid that my neighbors might
call CPS.
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slynne
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response 16 of 32:
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Oct 26 19:45 UTC 2003 |
CPS *and* the Humane Society! aroooo
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tod
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response 17 of 32:
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Oct 27 13:45 UTC 2003 |
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klg
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response 18 of 32:
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Oct 27 17:51 UTC 2003 |
"Hit the toilet, wash my face"
How disgusting! Do you not have a sink??
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tod
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response 19 of 32:
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Oct 27 18:39 UTC 2003 |
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happyboy
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response 20 of 32:
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Oct 27 18:40 UTC 2003 |
i had a friend like that once...he would smoke pall malls
while brushing his teeth. :)
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tod
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response 21 of 32:
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Oct 27 18:51 UTC 2003 |
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jaklumen
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response 22 of 32:
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Oct 28 03:42 UTC 2003 |
ew. Wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose?
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clees
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response 23 of 32:
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Oct 28 12:26 UTC 2003 |
hmm,
6.30 radio alarm goes
listen to the news at maximun volume
6.35 turn off the radio, get out of bed
do personal hygiene stuff
6.45 walk to kitchen turn on coffee machine,
6.50 watch morning news while eating either oatmeal or two slices of
full corn bread.
7.00 eat some lotus to top things off ;)
7.05 drink a mug of coffee (very strong and hot)
7.10 brush teeth
7.15 put in contacts
7.20 leave for work
17.45 get back home
18.15 start cooking
18.35 - 18.45 have diner
19.30 - relax, read, game, work out, go out or whatever
00.30 get to sleep
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scott
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response 24 of 32:
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Oct 28 13:13 UTC 2003 |
Get up (differs every morning)
Shower, shave, etc.
Breakfast w/ Internet
Go off and do stuff, or stay home and do other stuff
Lunch
Often a short nap
More stuff
Dinner
More stuff
Bed
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