Who sleeps in on the weekends?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Monday through Friday, I am dragged out of bed at the ungodly hour of 6am to begin my workday.

I long for the weekends, when I can loll in bed, sleeping in past dawn.

I even tease my children about it on Friday night, with the Woe Warning.

I raise my finger in their direction and intone, “Woe to you if you wake me up before I’m ready! Woe to you!” They giggle appreciatively.

Since they’re 11 and almost 14, it’s been a while since I’ve had to get up with them. They’re usually up, watching tv and eating cereal when I stumble to the coffeemaker.

And yet, I’m afraid I’m losing my sleeping-in ability.

Last weekend I woke at seven on both Sat and Sunday. Still later than I normally do, but still early enough that if it were a workday, I could make it to work only a few minutes late, especially if I skipped breakfast.

This morning was the worst.

I turned over, peered at the clock, and it was 5:55am.

In the morning.

I fell back on my pillow, feeling lost and defeated. It was Saturday, for God’s sake. It wasn’t payday, I didn’t have to go to the grocery store or run errands. Why couldn’t I sleep in?

I sulked out to the living room, where Ivylad was watching some pre-season football in Japan. We talked for a bit, and then I decided I was going back to bed.

Dammit.

So I did, and wonder of wonders, I fell back asleep and awoke at the lovely hour of 10:22am.

But it worries me.

What if I’ve lost it? What if I’m doomed to wake up at the same time every day, regardless of work and alarm, for the rest of my life?

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Time to somehow take a bat to the damned internal clock.

I’ve noticed that as time goes by, I get up earlier and earlier, even on weekends. Which is fine by me; there’s always something that needs to be done.

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During the week, I am at work by 7:30. Today I opened my eyes at 11:17, which is typical for a not-going-anywhere weekend.

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I waken at about the same time everyday. However, I am quite adept at falling back to sleep for another hour or two (or three) on the weekends.

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(((sigh)))

Remember how we’d hear “old” people say how they get up at 530 am no matter what (or whatever early time they chose) and you shook your head thinking “that’s just not right” ?

Well, now we’re “old” … it’s a pity.

This thread should be entitled “who would like to sleep in but can’t because they wake up anyway eitherduetothekidsoryoujustwakeupanccan’tfallasleep”

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*Ivy Lass never fear, the monkymule is here

 Being  a profestional SOB, I can tell you this "pre awakening" is quite normal.  The Work-a-day world forces your body out of it's nautral cycle, therefore you awake on god awful hours everyday. The weak give in to this first salvo, lose heart and go mow the lawn at illegal times of the morning.  The Trooper, The future ladd asses of america, and current slackers and layabouts know better. 

 The Pre-awakening leads right into the Deathwalk phase if you aren't careful.  The deathwalk is the lifeless half awake-Half alseep state of being that last from the pre-awakining to the what would be the normal awakening time (any time after 10, but before dusk, casue if you sleep in after sundown you are gonna start get some serious bedsores so get up you lazy bastard.) This deathwalk must be aviod at all cost, it is an extremely dangerous state.  For example this morning my aim was a bit off and I filled up the wastebasket, and not the toliet as they were both white.  See, dangerous.  Not to mention it ruined my otherwise uneventful day (I saw old school and ate chese).  

To aviod the dreded Deathwalk, one must do this very simple thing: GO BACK TO SLEEP.  Roll over, and pretend that nothing ever happened.  it's just that simple
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*Ivy Lass never fear, the monkymule is here

 Being  a profestional SOB, I can tell you this "pre awakening" is quite normal.  The Work-a-day world forces your body out of it's nautral cycle, therefore you awake on god awful hours everyday. The weak give in to this first salvo, lose heart and go mow the lawn at illegal times of the morning.  The Trooper, The future ladd asses of america, and current slackers and layabouts know better. 

 The Pre-awakening leads right into the Deathwalk phase if you aren't careful.  The deathwalk is the lifeless half awake-Half alseep state of being that last from the pre-awakining to the what would be the normal awakening time (any time after 10, but before dusk, casue if you sleep in after sundown you are gonna start get some serious bedsores so get up you lazy bastard.) This deathwalk must be aviod at all cost, it is an extremely dangerous state.  For example this morning my aim was a bit off and I filled up the wastebasket, and not the toliet as they were both white.  See, dangerous.  Not to mention it ruined my otherwise uneventful day (I saw old school and ate chese).  

To aviod the dreded Deathwalk, one must do this very simple thing: GO BACK TO SLEEP.  Roll over, and pretend that nothing ever happened.  it's just that simple  You might have severel more false awakenings before you break down and get out of bed, but don't let that stop you.  Hang in there, I can see the lardd ass deep inside of you struggling to be free.  Well more like waiting for you to oper then door and cart him out on a wheel barrow, but you get the point
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ARRGH damn the quick finger on the submit reply button. I beg your pardon

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The way to cure this is just to sleep at 2AM… :stuck_out_tongue:

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i hear ya Ivylass. i’m having problems getting enuf sleep. i’m frequently up til 4 am doing stuff like tidying up etc, and then sleep, but only until maybe 9 am…

currently it’s 2 am, and i dont feel tired. but i gotta be up and about to go collect heavy music-related items by 7 am…

i am so screwed…

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Sleeping in an extra hour is the norm for me. Somtimes I can manage two extra hours but there are several mini wake ups along the way. Definately makes me feel like an old man.

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Hang in there Gut! Just from your user name I can see you are on the right path.

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:slight_smile:

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Damn right I sleep late on weekends! Bad enough that (*&^%(&!!)&^&%!! alarm has to go off at 6:15 AM during the work week (and I hit the snooze switch!) and then I have to deal with “morning coma.” My one and only “house rule” (which I stated to my boyfriend the first weekend he spent with me here) is No Alarm Clock Allowed On Weekends. Every once in awhile I get up around “work morning time” on a Sat or Sun morning without the alarm clock – but ONLY because I have to pee. So I pee, then I stumble straight back into bed and sleep until a REASONABLE hour, say 10-11 AM. LOL.

My natural body clock is what I call “rattie hours” – I’m nocturnal and really should be working a second or graveyard shift job, but alas, Mon-Fri I’m forced out into daylight. However, I am NOT going to let that ruin a good weekend of being able to sleep late.

BTW, for those of you who say “getting older” has to do with getting up earlier even when you don’t have to, how old are you people saying this? See, I’m 42 and the only thing that’ll wake me up on less than 9-10 hours of sleep and no alarm clock is a full bladder – and once I empty it, I fall back to sleep the moment I’m back in bed.

:smiley:

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I wish I could.

My tension won’t let me. :frowning:

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I wish to f*ck I were allowed to. I’m living with and caring for my dad, who’s in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. If I’m not up and around by 9 a.m., he comes looking for me. And he always has this worried, hurt expression, so I can’t get cross. Actually, it’s not even sleep I’m missing, that’s the only time in the week when I can have any privacy IYKWIM. I love him dearly, but it’s really starting to wear.

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I do not appear to have the ability to sleep for more than six hours in my own bed. I have been awake for 40 hours straight, gotten home, and still not slept for more than seven hours, and that’s not including the waking up every hour and a half.

At the boyfriend’s place I usually manage to sleep straight through, but it’s rare I’ll sleep more than seven hours.

Believe me, I’d love to sleep in. I just can’t seem to remember how. :frowning:

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I have the opposite problem of the OP. On weekends, if left to my own unconsciousness, I’ll usually sleep until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Getting up at the crack of noon feels early. My sleep cycle usually puts me out around 4.30 a.m., so I’m just getting worse and worse, heh.

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Well, during the week I get up at about 9 AM to be at work at 10, and on weekends I stay up until 3 AM the night before and sleep in until 1 PM. Ahh, the life of a college student…

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If I can, I do it with great pleasure.