# The early morning MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204 "2015-02-09T10:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/1 "2015-02-09T10:01:14Z")
“[It’s five o’clock in the morning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-3z2FdJXSo) You’re lying in your bed. You wonder why it’s not morning in your head…” Good morning! Here’s your shiny new MMP. I’m not usually up this early. What time do you usually get up in the morning? Hijack if you like. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/2 "2015-02-09T10:53:19Z")
I don’t usually get up in the morning because I go into work at 9 p.m. And I get off work at 530 in the morning. Also: First! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/3 "2015-02-09T10:57:53Z")
Our alarm is set for 5:15, and it’s a rare occasion that it wakes us. Usually the idiot dog starts fussing long before that. But today was an alarm day. And on weekends when the alarm is off, Higgs will usually wake me around 5 anyway, and I get up because I’m used to being up this early. In fact, as it creeps toward 6, I’ve already fed the dog and the cats, made lunch for my sweetie, and made breakfast for me. Thus beginneth my day! Happy Moanday! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/4 "2015-02-09T11:09:58Z")
(Now that I’ve got a little breathing room) Typically, I roll into the garage at 6 a.m. Then, I fall into bed and sleep for a couple of hours before getting up to feed the critters. This tends to piss them off a little bit, because up until last December I was coming in at 7 a.m. and immediately feeding them. But I’m not going to waste an opportunity to go to sleep while it’s still dark out. So they’re just learning to adjust. On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings I generally get up between seven and eight. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/5 "2015-02-09T11:15:28Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 48 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 70 for the day with rain this afternoon. Right now 'tis also very foggy. **Midget** thanks for startin’ us off today! I am usually up between five and six on irkday mornin’s. Weekends and holidays I tend to be up between six and seven in the a. of m. I’m wired that way. I set an alarm for six fifteen a.m. for irk days but I’m pretty much up before it goes off. This mornin’ I am bein’ a little bit of a bear of leisure. I have to head north this mornin’ and see no sense in goin’ into the orifice just to turn right around and head north. I don’t have to be there until nine this mornin’ but I can leave da cave at eight-thirty and be there (large and in charge Dawson, Jawja to be exact) in twenty minutes so I shall. I also have a couple of places to visit locally which I shall on my way back. That should take care of the mornin’ and have me in the orifice before the alleged rain commences. I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Also, alas and alack, irk purtification must begin at some point. Happy Moanday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/6 "2015-02-09T11:35:48Z")
I have absolutely no sleeping habits worthy of the name. I’m currently mostly waking around 8, but that’s because I had to for irk last week. As I ain’t got no daytime irk this week, it will probably gradually get later until I’m waking at about 10-12, unless I put some serious effort into keeping a regular schedule. I probably should. I’m especially bad at mornings in winter- I could quite happily hibernate for the whole of January and February, waking only for my birthday, then come out with the daffodils in March. Even as a baby I didn’t like mornings. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/7 "2015-02-09T11:51:47Z")
Either 0345 or 0445, dependent on going to the gym that day. I am usually ensconced at my desk at 0600. Hence all the blurfage. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/8 "2015-02-09T12:14:13Z")
My alarm is set optimistically for 6.30am but I’m usually awake long before that because Ophie wants fuss, and Shadow has just come in from his overnight explorations so he’s wandering round the house making sure everything is where he left it. I’m out of the house by 7.30am having showered, made myself as presentable as possible, fed the critters, made lunch for myself, had breakfast, got anything out of the freezer for that night’s dinner, and washed the dishes. Then it’s a quick walk to the bus stop for the beginning of the trek to work. I will be in the orifice by 9am if all goes to plan. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/9 "2015-02-09T12:30:42Z")
When I work from home, I normally get up at 8:30. When I go into the office, I wake up around 5:30 or 6. Happy snowy Monday! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/10 "2015-02-09T12:41:32Z")
My alarm is set for 5:40. I’m usually on my way to work by 6:40. That was the case today however one of the tires decided to go flat so I’m sitting here in the parking lot of Sherwin Williams waiting on AAA. Which brings up something interesting… Who shops for paint before 8 a.m.?? They’ve been open since 7 and I’ve seen at least 5 customers. And they didn’t seem to be dressed like contractors. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/11 "2015-02-09T13:12:24Z")
When I was working I was up by 0615, out the door by 0645, and in the best parking spot in the lot by 0700. My shift didn’t start until 0830, but if I didn’t get in that early, that parking spot and the five next to it were long gone. Now, I wake up when the cat says so, but I often go right back to bed after a visit with nature, a wash up, and a happily fed cat. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/12 "2015-02-09T13:51:03Z")
I try to get up at 6 or 7, but these days, I’ve been getting up later. I got up at 5 today, obviously, but went back to bed for a bit. **swampy** , thanks for thanking me. 🙂 Also, last night or this morning, I think you were in my dream! :eek: Well, not you exactly, but a bear. Or some sort of large animal outside of a house. There is much to do today, so I must get to it. Have a nice day, y’all! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/13 "2015-02-09T14:05:57Z")
My alarm goes off around 5:45am. I am up by 6:30. I like the snooze alarm. I wish I could haul my butt out of bed at 5:45 to meditate, but I just can’t. Other than that, Moanday BLURF. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/14 "2015-02-09T14:25:31Z")
I usually get up around 5:30 on irk days because I have to be in at 7. On off days I get up around 6 or 7. Yesterday I slept in until\* 8:30!!!\* :eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/15 "2015-02-09T14:30:12Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I usually get up around 5:30 on irk days because I have to be in at 7. On off days I get up around 6 or 7. Yesterday I slept in until\* 8:30!!!\* :eek::eek: Sloth, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/16 "2015-02-09T14:42:00Z")
I always feel lazy and unaccomplished if I sleep in until after 9. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/17 "2015-02-09T14:46:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sloth, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. :dubious: It’s an [adorable sin](http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0192aa1c86c1970d-500wi). ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/18 "2015-02-09T14:52:36Z")
I think envy is the deadly sin I’m most guilty of. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/19 "2015-02-09T14:58:50Z")
If I’m working day shift, I’m usually up between 4 and 5. If I closed the night before. I sleep till 8:30-9, since i go to bed around 2 or 3 am. Of couse the one ex-roommate’s dog always got me up at 0530 for a walk(one does not say no to a 150lbs Sheppard with a squeaky toy in his mouth). **spaz** , now I want one so I can put up a “Beware of Sloth” sign on my apartment. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204/20 "2015-02-09T15:03:07Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > It’s an [adorable sin](http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0192aa1c86c1970d-500wi). 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-early-morning-mmp/712204.md?page=2)