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| Pete on alert. |
Though, blaming the awakening on the cats and by proxy, the pooch who is on instant alert and all too ready to rumble, is a bit unfair. It is really the fullness of a bladder that shakes a body from slumber
Point is, the too early wake-up call is frustrating enough on the weekends where a return to bed until at least an hour past sunrise is in play. The 4:12 AM rousing is beyond frustrating for weekday mornings where rise-and-shine time is no later than 5:30 AM; I am out the door within two hours of rising, and at my desk ready to work within another two hours.
So with all due respect to the forces that are Pete, Buttah, Cinnamon and the offending bladder, the mind and other body parts would appreciate a togetherness of spirit toward saving all antics until, oh, I don't know, 4:45 AM.
That wouldn't be great but it would be very much better.
#microblogging monday
Am I to understand that it takes you 2 hours to get to work !?!?!
ReplyDeleteI often wake in the middle of the night with a full bladder and have this ridiculous conversation with myself that if I get up I will really be wide awake and maybe the feeling will go away. I often waste a whole hour in this mental debate until I resign to the fact that full bladders do not go away like headaches and had I just taken care of it when it first woke me, I would already be back in a sound sleep. But I still try to avoid getting out of bed in the middle of the night. You would think I'd learn, but I don't. *sigh*
Not two full hours but close enough. On average, 90 minutes.
DeleteI have had those same debates. It can be delayed but not willed away. ::sigh::
A 90 minute commute! You have my deepest respect and sympathy. I can't even imagine.
DeleteIt has been an extreme challenge this past year. So extreme I didn't think I'd make it a year. The buses have been . . . well, deserve a stand alone post.
DeleteThat's a loooooong day! I think Cinny & Crew (and bladdy) need to chill.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smile. I'm in agreement!
Absolutely, they all do (need to chill).
DeleteMy pleasure.
Waking up before you need to wake up is painful. Especially when your wake up alarm is that early. The only thing that has been helping me is that it takes me so long to fall asleep that I generally can get up and pee in the middle of the night on last time before I've actually fallen asleep but over an hour after I've gotten into bed. Not really a solution!
ReplyDeleteI tend to stay up or at least, awake very long into the evening as well (Mondays being an exception) and even as I make my last action / activity bathroom needs. I still am awake before 5:30. Sometimes, long before.
DeleteI did the exact same thing I woke up at 4:30am. I sat on the side of my bed and began panicking. I have this whole panic thing over sleep and not sleeping. I was ready just to get up and get on with things but my alarm wouldn't be going off until 5:30am and I would be at school with my butt in a chair before 7am. I decided to lay back down but it was fitful and I never achieved much rest. I wish I could make friends with the sandman but it doesn't look its going to be happening anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteIt is the age, I think, in part. The other part(s) . . . well, so much more, I think. ::sigh::
DeleteThe pets are definitely complicit in this robbery. And yet, we don't banish them from our bedrooms. Yes, I am including myself in this dilemma.
ReplyDeleteMy tactic now is to get up and pee and then lie back down and if I don't drop right off (which almost never happens) sometimes I will put the radio on very quietly, tuned to NPR. Those calm quiet voices sometimes lull me back to sleep. In a good way!
Our geography and other internal factors require that Cinnamon stay with me at night. Works fine until the cats get going or I forget to close my door all the way and one (or both) saunter in.
DeleteUgh, I hate when I wake up and then can't get back to sleep! it's been happening a lot lately. I don't have pets but the bladder experience...yes
ReplyDeleteUgh. Yep, that about sums it up.
DeleteMy brother has a new older kitten and she has taken to middle of the night escapades. He's had her 2 months now and she's better, but it's common enough that I've been asking if he's slept through the night. Sometimes they're just like having toddlers, I think.
ReplyDeleteI think, yes precisely like having toddlers. Which is why I resisted getting pets for such a long time.
Deletecats love 2 am gallops. i have removed all the hard wooden balls from the bedroom just because of that. we are NOT an all night bowling alley, lol
DeleteLOL Not an all night bowling alley! Thank you very much.
DeleteI've been there with our Lucy playing the piano on me before the sun is up. And once I am awake....I might as well rollout and begin the day! Cheers and have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteYes, once the party starts usually no choice but to join in.
DeleteCheers right back at you. Have a lovely rest of the weekend.
We had one cat who designated himself Farmily Alarm Clock. His alarm. Long after my husband retired and I had no need to get up at 4 AM, Shadow picked that one as the wake up call. Every day. He'd dig at the bottom of the bed room door, pluck pluck, pluck, until my bladder (yep) and patience wore out.
ReplyDeleteThen he'd go back to sleep in my nice warn spot.
Oh yes, I am aware of such behavior.
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