Morning routine? - mine:

[UTUSN]

* (moot) - all night urine runs/sorry!

* Finally, up by Lucky the dog, him his treat breakfast & outside run, then back.

* So we doze with the morning "news" shows.

* Me, take my glucose sticker thing ("alternate" location, not finger)

* Me, face wash.

* Me, mug of vegetable juice with apple cider vinegar.

* Me, micro instant coffee with whatever breakfast (cereal/craisins/nuts, or frozen pancakes, seldom eggs frozen sausages)

* 'course, constant dabbling on DU + other.

* Finally day begins -

* Some kind of lunch

* Nap

* Depends (not much)

[msongs]

1. like this

wake up
get out of bed
drag a comb across my head
etc

[UTUSN]

3. Wow, I feel so complicated!

[Bristlecone]

26. Do you find your way downstairs and have a cup?

[msongs]

28. as a matter of fact I did : -) nt

[UTUSN]

2. O.K., might as well: The P.M. - when it's all over:

* Greet the dog.

* Take the nite pills. (Medicinal, not recreational)

* More dabbling on DU, explains a lot.

* YouTube vids (history, origins, gossip)

* Wordle, Connections.

* Drop off, always podcasts all nite/sleep.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Ok, here goes.

5:00 am, up, fill water bowls. I have four downstairs.
Take pills 💊 for me. Give Scout, dog, Gallipant for her arthritis.
Take dogs outside, fill two water bowls and water roses. 🌹
Back inside, clean three litter boxes.
Fill three water bowls upstairs for two dogs, two cats, and a cockatiel. Feed cats, dogs, cockatiel, and me.
Check DU for news, pets, and food.
Turn on Andrea Mitchell so I can then turn her off. Feeling of satisfaction. 😌
Looking forward to lunch. 🥗

[Elessar Zappa]

5. Get up at 4 am,

dress, feed the cats, get a cup of coffee and watch YouTube crime videos, wake and feed the dog, take her outside and fill the water bowl, eat breakfast.

[Marthe48]

6. Mine

Up at various times, but usually by 8. I try not to have anything planned for the morning and stretch out my idleness as long as I can.

Coffee with cinnamon, bp mds

Text hello to my morning circle and then play word games

Eat breakfast, alternates between cheese omelete and toast, and cereal with almond milk

On days I go add to my booth, I pack a box of stuff to take and leave between 10 and 11.

I put food and water out for the wild critters in the evening and enjoy their company as I drink coffee.

It is as laid back as I can make it

[10 Turtle Day]

7. My morning routine is very mundane, and well, routine

Get up and pee
Turn off ceiling BR fan AC (I sleep so hot I run the AC overnight more than during the day)
Take thyroid pill with full glass water with fiber powder
Turn on kettle
Feed cats- sheesh you’d think they’re starving
Pour hot water into French press
Wash face, brush hair
Clean out CPAP tube and reservoir
By now my coffee has steeped - yay!
Sit and enjoy coffee while playing wordle and checking email and DU
Breakfast followed by more pills
Clean out litter boxes
outside flowers may need watering depending on expected heat and rain
Go to gym (3x week) and/or water aerobics (5x week)
Read newspaper

[UTUSN]

14. Over the past ten years have been paring down non-essential activities & plants *went*

The previous 20 years had planted bushes and trees, meaning extra cutting around with the mower, plus raking, the watering being the least of the problems. Now am down to a few cannas at the curb view, and mowing being about the only activity and only when the grass grows after rain, which is not that often.

[TommieMommy]

8. Little Tommie wakes me around 3:30 am

He's hungry, feed him. I go pee then fix food for outside cats who are waiting for me. Take my morning pills and make coffee and oatmeal. Clean Tommie's litter box. Then I can relax for a bit watching some TV before cat playtime. 😁

[XanaDUer2]

9. Wake up around 845

Pull out rinse night orthotic
Turn on tv
Check emails
Feed cat
Make instant coffee
Check du ( all day)
Play nyt games
Flip channels
Sit on my ass waiting meals on wheels

Basically, sitting arnd. Its pathetic

[UTUSN]

15. Not pathetic. All things being equal, lives of running around "busy work" are not "better."

[XanaDUer2]

17. Thanks

I retired disabled 3 yrs ago. The days run together. Sometimes i mix up days. I feel sluglike. I'm pretty home bound.

[AllaN01Bear]

10. heres mine

usually
up @ 0600
normaly morning devotionals
breakfast .
on tue and wed . bath . dress . meet worker and go do various things including or exlcuding drs appts .
tuesday and wed eat out w worker . my only entertainment outside the apartment.
if home , eat lunch . noonday devotionals . nap
dinner monday with longtime friend .
dinner @ 1500 . close of day devotional
or if in mood like this week , sleep in.
work out and thence bed
am routine and overnight see posters first bullet.
lots of messing around on du and tubi
got kicked off youtube for using an adblocker . boycotting them.
also checking weather.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. i also do the lancet (finger poker too also) as well.

[UTUSN]

13. OWww. I do it on the forearm, topside, not where veins are.

Many years ago at a health fair, I asked the nurse to pick a different finger because I had done it on the one and it was sore. She said, "Oh, I can use blood from *ANYWHERE*!"

That stayed with me and at some point I started using the forearm/alternate site. And there are lancets labeled "Alternate" (location). Barely any pain, plus my device works on very small droplet.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. good to knowo . ive seen my diabetic team member do the inside arm manuver.

[LudwigPastorius]

12. Wake up at 9AM.

Bathroom and pills & vitamins

Feed and water cats

Get mom up, clean her up, get her dressed, give her medications to take, fix her breakfast.

Clean dishes/load dishwasher from breakfast

Check the news/DU, if I have a free moment

Start a load of laundry/Fold a load from the dryer

Then it's usually check for outstanding bills/ schedule doctor or physical therapy appointments...something along those lines

Maybe eat something

[UTUSN]

16. I have 7 "real" pills in the A.M. plus an adult aspirin & 2 plus D3 & B Complex at night.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. hmm

4 heart rythem meds.
1 anti stroke med
one thyroid med
congestive heart failure med .
so on .. and this is after my ablation which failed . had a larger bag of meds ,
hem.

[GenThePerservering]

20. Espresso, please!

Get up @ 8:30
Plug in my old espresso machine (it's a 50 year old lever machine and takes a while to warm up)
Turn on computers
Wash up and brush teeth.
Check my work computer for sales/questions
Do short yoga routine (7 minutes)
Fix breakfast (egg and some veg)
Grind coffee and make espresso
Go to work.

I usually do the gym/running/bike ride after work, but sometimes I'll sneak out at lunchtime.

I miss having pets to care for since we lost our pair of kittehs.

[Kali]

21. oh man

if I haven't had a call from DPS about livestock out...~ 4:30-5 get up to pee, back to bed after thyroid pill. go back to sleep or play on tablet for 30 minutes. take blood pressure meds (2) get up, put on clothes do a 5 minute habit (can be a walk around house, down to barn, start a load of laundry, empty dishwasher) get a cup of coffee, sit at desk or on porch depending on weather/insects. enjoy for a while then get to work or screw around all day on computer.

on cattle work days this is totally different and involves packing coolers with beverages for humans, vaccines for livestock, loading truck grabbing a coffee and SOMETHING to eat (leftover pizza is the best) drive down to the site we will be working if not here at HQ.

[UTUSN]

23. Much admiration to you, but I refuse to feel inadequate.

[Kali]

27. !

[bif]

22. Mine

Get up and put the coffee on.
Have a cup while I do the crossword puzzle.
Do the NYT Spelling Bee.
Row from 30 to 40 minutes, every day.
Lift weights on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Tai Chi on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Take my vitamins.
Carry on with the rest of my day which usually involves working on a painting or two.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. I'll Play

1. Wake around 5am.
2. Make coffee.
3. Take meds.
4. Take puppy out.
5. Feed puppy & fill his water bowl.
6. Drink coffee & watch ESPN.
7. 6:40 go to golf course. Play golf. Get home around 10:30.
8. Take puppy to park.
9. Play guitar or piano.
10. Watch TV.
Repeat 9 & 10.
11. Cook dinner & eat. (Might include store run)
12. Take puppy to park again.
Then repeat 9 & 10 a few more times.
Pretty much the only thing that changes it are days I go to the dispensary, doctor appointments (for me or my wife, or beasties) or to cut the grass.
Obviously, steps 7 to 10 are eliminated on days I substitute teach.

[Niagara]

25. Monday through Friday

Alarm goes off at 5:30am on my phone


I swipe left to snooze for another 10 minutes


Alarm goes off again...I'm really trying not to swipe left to reset the snooze


I struggle to get out of bed because 1. I'm tired, 2. I'm rolled up in sheets/blankets


Head to bathroom and piss like a racehorse. Wash my hands


Head to the coffee maker. Sometimes the coffee is already made. Yah, pour a cup!
OR
Sometimes no one else is up already and I have to make coffee. Ugh!


Head to the bathroom to take a shower


Head to the bedroom to dry off and get dressed


Check to see how the coffee situation is, grab another cup


Plug in flat iron


Put face on (lady code for makeup)


Get all my hair products out


Check coffee maker again. Start another 12 cup carafe of coffee. There's two of getting ready for work, I didn't consume the entire 12 cup carafe of coffee by myself


Start applying hair products to hair. Start styling my crazy hair


Pour coffee into my travel coffee tumbler, grab a bottle of water, my caregiver bag and battle idiot Buffalonian drivers


Arrive at work. Sometimes I can take a sneak peak on DU and leave a reply here and there


Leave from work


Get home . Actually eat breakfast between 1pm to 3pm


That's my Monday through Friday morning rat race schedule