What's the first thing you do when you get out of bed?

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Today, I just walked straight into the shower, half asleep. It was awful.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I turn off the alarm, either if it is ringing or if it hasn't yet, in order to prevent it from ringing.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Piss, obv.

― Broheems (diamond), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Scratch.

― Jeremy the Kingfish (Kingfish), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:21 (twenty-one years ago)

curse the world

― A Girl Named Sam (thatgirl), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

go downstairs and pour a bowl of cereal

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

i listen to stern for a little bit and try to decide what i can cut out of my morning routine in order to get more sleep before work.

― Dean Gulberry (deangulberry), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Turn off the alarm, go to the bathroom, take a shower.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 20:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Generally piss first, or asthma inhalers first if the bathroom is in use by the lodger.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

sit down at my desk and have a cigarette

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Honor the Fire.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

alex i kiss u!

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Go online. About five minutes of this wakes me up.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

sam otm

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:32 (twenty-one years ago)

STay in bed and listen to NPR. Start the bath water. Return to bed while it fills up.

Though, this morning I was awoken instead by a cupfull of water being thrown at my face BY MY CAT?!

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

get back into it.

― typo acapulco (gcannon), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Fall on my ass/face. I wish this was a joke.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I get out of bed and put the TV on, then I just get back into bed and watch TV for 10 minutes or so.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I laugh like Val Kilmer in True Genius. note: this only applies on days when I wake up and realize I don't have to go to work.

― Allyzay, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:49 (twenty-one years ago)

jel yr TV is in yr bredroom? why do you turn it off?

― mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:50 (twenty-one years ago)

you just made my brane hurt by trying to imagine "True Lies" combined with "Real Genius".

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

haha my brane was already broken today, I'm so sorry I did that cos now I'm also imagining Val Kilmer hanging from a cord from a plane, in that Jamie Lee Curtis dress, laughing like a maniac!!

After I do that which I just described, I smoke a cigarette.

― Allyzay, Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

mark, I can't sleep if I think electrical things are plugged in, I'll be worried about them blowing up and stuff! And plus, there was an advert on TV about the amount of power that leaving things on stand-by wastes, and I felt kinda guilty.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I normally wake up about 15 minutes before the alarm is due to go off. I hate the noise it makes, it puts me in a really bad mood.

So the first thing I do is switch off the alarm. Lately I've been having to lie in bed for five minutes or so, doing some stretching exercises for my right ankle - I dislocated it a while back, and it's been hurting quite a lot. The exercises help to get it fully mobile before I leap out of bed.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

call work and tell them i'll be late.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Turn off both alarms (one is just as a backup in case the other doesn't wake me up). Turn on light. Rub eyes. Reach for TV remote. Turn on TV. Reach for glasses. Put glasses on.

That should take care of the first thirty seconds' worth of consciousness for me.

― Pancakes For Breakfast! (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 22:12 (twenty-one years ago)

shower

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 22:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I spend ages figuring out that if I wake up at x hours, I have y minutes to lie in bed for before I have to get up, and z minutes to shower and dress. It's amazing how long the thought processes take at that time, and how many times I have to go over it in my head to be sure.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 20 November 2003 00:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I also spend time in bed listening to public radio, 'though in my case it's the good old CBC.

― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I switch the alarm off (for the 4th time) kiss my boy & then get straight in the shower. *yawns*

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:24 (twenty-one years ago)

bang on the door demanding another phonecall

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:27 (twenty-one years ago)

comb pubic hair for hours

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Take a mexican shower in the sink, dress, eat and draw people for an hour at the mall.

― sucka (sucka), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Head straight for the Harvey. In the grey light of dawn, tea is the apotropaic grail that stands between the relentless onslaught of reality and the splintering of my sanity.

― Alex K (Alex K), Thursday, 20 November 2003 10:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Go to the kitchen to fetch a cup of tea, a glass of orange juice and a glass of water into which I drop a 1000mg vit C, then bring them back to bed where I remain for a further half hour.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 20 November 2003 13:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Get back into bed.

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 20 November 2003 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

"Mexican shower", eh? One of my old bosses called this a hippy bird-bath.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 20 November 2003 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

I have to get in the shower. Am already running late but my legs feel like lead and I don't wanna. WAH! Today is going to be a loooong day. gah.

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 11:30 (sixteen years ago)

brush teeth, wash face, iron shirt, dress, out the door. very boring stuff, but i don't leave myself time to do anything else.

― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 11:36 (sixteen years ago)

iron shirt,

For some reason this detail kills me.

― franny glass, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:09 (sixteen years ago)

I turn off the alarm a good five minutes before I actually get out of bed.

Usually I put my slippers on. If I can find them.

― girls just wanna have mixtapes (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:13 (sixteen years ago)

Regret it.

― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:15 (sixteen years ago)

Get back into bed.

Oh the bliss of having no kids. Now Ophelia crawls into bed with us and then I get up and rush to get everything ready for school 'n' work. LE SIGH

― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:15 (sixteen years ago)

i left out shave, but they are honestly the 4/5 things i do before i step outside the door. i r terry gilliam's protagonist

― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:16 (sixteen years ago)

I have to get in the shower. Am already running late but my legs feel like lead and I don't wanna. WAH! Today is going to be a loooong day. gah.

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:30 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

gahh i felt like this today too. ur in boston right? maybe it's the weather here today

― mark cl, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:18 (sixteen years ago)

Steps to get out the door:

1. Turn off alarm
2. Step into bathroom to shave
3. Open up the bathroom door to let the cat in
4. Shave
5. Feed cat
6. Take vitamins
7. Dress
8. Make lunch
9. Kiss my girlfriend goodbye

Occassionally there are other things, but it's usually pretty generic.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:22 (sixteen years ago)

x-post I am, yeah. I finally managed to peel myself off the couch but man was that tough. Sipping on some VERY strong coffee right now. I think you might be right re the weather. There's not other way I should feel like this right now.

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:22 (sixteen years ago)

That last sentence didn't make sense. Should have been "there's no other reason I should feel this way right now". See? I'm still mostly asleep!

― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:23 (sixteen years ago)

Generally I lay in bed and daydream as long as I can until something desperate in my brain snaps and goes COFFEE.

― a porterhouse steak three times a day-ay! (╓abies), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:32 (sixteen years ago)

Variations depend on work schedule, what time I woke up, if gf is there w/ me, etc. But that's the routine.

― a porterhouse steak three times a day-ay! (╓abies), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:33 (sixteen years ago)

Put on my Crocs so standing up and taking those first steps hurts less. Pee. Go back to bed until roommate finishes her shower since somehow she has "first-sies" on the bathroom.

― that stupid-ass cannibal pen-pal of yours (Laurel), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 13:39 (sixteen years ago)

Good days--first thing I do is turn off the alarm, throw some water in my face, and put on some form of pants. then put on some energetic music, text my girl good morning.

bad days, like today--turn off alarm. stare at the ceiling and try to think of something witty to text the girl. fall asleep again. wake up again. start texting, doze off halfway. wake up, send message. fall asleep. wake up with response. fall asleep. then its 1pm and i have to leave for work in an hour.

― both HOOSlarious and truthful (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

shitty gray drizzly day today, i blame that

― both HOOSlarious and truthful (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 18:33 (sixteen years ago)

Coffee. If I've got time to read, it's my favorite time to do so. Bathroom at some point, then breakfast. SHOWER TIME.

― CharlieS, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 21:51 (sixteen years ago)

Hit the snooze button and fall back into bed. (I am SO not a morning person.)

After a few cycles of this, stagger into the kitchen and start the coffee.

― Anna Nicole Smite (j.lu), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

Roll out, put on yesterday's clothes, go to the bathroom, take the dog out to piss/shit, come in and make coffee, shower + clean clothes. If I skipped showering the day before, I might clean up pre-coffee.

― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:00 (sixteen years ago)

Hear alarm. Get husband to hit snooze. Nap.
(Alarm clock is on his side of bed...he mandated that I would be first to get up in the morning so him being my snooze button is his penance.)
Hear alarm. Get husband to hit snooze. Nap.
Hear alarm. Get husband to hit snooze. Nap.
Hear alarm. Groan. Get out of bed. Find appropriate clothes for day, stumble into shower. Get out. Turn on morning news or sportscenter, make coffee while hub showers. Car pool to work with hub. Rinse. Repeat.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:18 (sixteen years ago)

Check work email.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:47 (sixteen years ago)

even before you pee?!?!

― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

think about breakfast

― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 22 September 2009 22:51 (sixteen years ago)

play a round of my absolute favorite entertainment game, Did The Dog Shit In The House Last Night Or Not

― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:23 (sixteen years ago)

I usually do a mix between the Lunge and the Strong Arm.

seriously though, on work days the first thing I do is feed my cats and give them water, then put my contact (singular) in, start making coffee, get dressed, brush teeth, grab coffee and go to catch the bus. On the weekend I almost always read a magazine in bed for about an hour after waking up, squinting because I'm too lazy to put my contact in.

― Z S, Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:27 (sixteen years ago)

Pop my knees.

― ice cr?m paint job (milo z), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:29 (sixteen years ago)

xp if you feel too lazy to put your contact in you should think about getting a glass, I have one and it's great

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― baout.com (dyao), Wednesday, 23 September 2009 00:31 (sixteen years ago)

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