I have my radio alarm set 45 minutes before a different buzzing alarm so that I can lie there and listen to NPR while drifting in and out of sleep. When I get up - I feed the cats and then take a shower. Unless it's the weekend in which case I feed the cats and then putter around the apartment until I feel like showering.

Aimee, I just added spaces between parts of that long hyphenated MM post because ND says it's making the board wide. Could you do the same in yours?

I like the alarm to go off pretty close to when I need to get up. and I like to have the alarm be a CD. I can guess what time it is by listening to the music. Unfortunately DH is a snooze button, lets set the alarm 30 minutes before he has to get up. Shower - for me it depends - I don't like to take one right away - but it depends when I have to go to work. Which might be as early as 9 or as late as 1 ( occasionally 5pm - but that is when I am working extra hours)

I have to go to the store, because the cat wants snacks and we are out.

K-Bug's flight is already delayed. Oh, joy.

K-Bug's flight is already delayed. Oh, joy.

Poor K-Bug. (Maybe you should remind her that if she picks a college close to home she won't have to deal with holiday flight delays/traffic.)

Honeymoon's over. The kitten just peed on the bed. ON. THE. BED. There's not enough ew in the world.

I'm quite capable of driving, and performing physical tasks by rote--even some quite complex ones.

That would be me. Well okay, not driving, because I don't really know how to drive. But I can do my makeup without being really awake. My rule is if I'm not capable of putting on eyeliner and mascara, I am in no condition to be around other humans and should just stay home.

snooze button is needed, as if there is no snooze, when craxy alarm goes off, I slap the button and fall back to sleep. If it's an OFF button, I keep sleeping. That said, as mentioned way up thread in the insomnia section, I have a TON of alarms of varying things to coax me out of sleep. Tho, since my trip back east, the sleep clock has been reset a bit, and I've been tired sooner, and waking up easier (except when asshat from work calls at 2am to ask a question he answered in the voicemail...asshole).

That said, once I'm up, I am in the shower and out the door. Shower for me is what coffee seems to be for other folks. And, I duck as I say this, I'm one of those freaky folk who doesn't drink coffee (or anything caffeinated in the AM). I know, crazy, huh?

with that, I am working crazy today. Too many projects, not enough time. Yikes! I hate this time of year, mostly due to A CHRISTMAS CAROL. Love seeing ND in the building, really hate the show.

Snooze buttons are horrid. My college roomate would go through 7 or 8 cycles, while i wake up to the click before the alarm goes off. I loved her dearly, and nearly killed her each and every morning.

Kristin, is the kitten not feeling well? Maybe it's time for plastic sheets ;P

Need being able to get to work today car~ma. The thing is not getting enough juice to start. It's happened a couple times before, and Daniel solved it by cleaning the battery posts and cables a bit. Thing is, I don't even know how to get the cable terminals off on this side-post dealie. If it was a top-post battery, I'd have no trouble. Heck in a pinch I could replace the terminals. But I haven't seen this configuration before, and don't even know how to get the cables to budge.

I've got a bottle of Coke soaking into 'em now.... and about twenty minutes before I have to leave for work.

I'd planned to leave early so I could pick up something for Daniel from the pharmacy before it closes for lunch, and then grab some lunch somewhere.