Are you the first person to wake up in your house every morning?
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
United States
July 16, 2009 11:49am CST
No matter how late I go to bed, I'm
always the first person to wake up every morning.
Usually my cats wake me up early, wanting food
or entertainment.
Today the new kitten woke me up complaining
about her litter box and food.
She was in my bedroom and unable to get out to
get food.
Once she had food she settled down for a nap.
Unfortunately, it was too late to go back to sleep,
as I'd already had my cup of morning tea.
Anyway, I like being the first to wake up,
cause it gives me so much extra time for working online
or house work or chores or just watching movies online.
It's nice to have a minute to myself.
Are you the first person to wake up in the morning?
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127 responses
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Wish I could be the last to wake up but
then my daughter would simply be wondering
around the house by herself trying to boot up
my computer to run her cartoons.
@nancyrowina (3850)
•
16 Jul 09
Sadly not though last week I kept waking up at 9am on the dot which is unusual for me, I have insomnia you see so when I do sleep I stay asleep for along time. I'd like to get up earlier as it gives me time to post on all my ptp sites, and because of the time zones early in the morning here the Americans aren't up yet so the sites are much faster. My cats don't wake me but as soon as they notice I'm awake they don't leave me alone until I get up and fill the food bowl lol.
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@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Awww! You're a lucky ducky to have
cooperative cats.
I don't want to leave the kitten outside
my room most of the night cause she might
get in a fight with the bigger cats.
She is a fluffball and thinks she is
a giant! She flattens her ears back and hisses
at every other cat.
I have four cats. The kitten has been in the house
for two days and thinks she owns the place!
At least she is people friendly.
Think she likes spending more time around us, than her
own kind!
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@rockydam83 (846)
• Italy
1 Aug 09
Well i am not the first person to wake up in my home but i wake up much early morning. I am the 2nd one first my father wakes up about 4:00am and then i wake up about 5:00 to 5:30am. It really gives a a healthy and quick start for the whole day.
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@snowy22315 (179715)
• United States
1 Aug 09
No acutally my roomate is the one who gets up first. He makes coffee fror everybody which is sweet of him to do. I like to drink the coffee and wake up slowly with my breakfast including the coffee that I am really happy with. It is a nice way to start the day.
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@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
7 Aug 09
No usually my mom is the first person to wake up in my house because she usually leaves for work around six or seven in the morning. She has to do a lot of driving so she tries to leave earlier so she's not gone all day. My girlfriend also wakes up early to sometimes depending on when she has to go to work because sometimes she has to open at six thirty. Soon I might be the earliest to wake up because I might have to be at work at four thirty or four forty five in the morning.
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@nrn2003 (661)
• United States
22 Jul 09
I am not the first person to wake up in my house. My dad is always up before me. He is a weird sleeper, so he is always up before me, but then again he is always in bed before me as well. so I guess it probably is around the same sleep schedule.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
16 Jul 09
There are three of us living together. Two of my adult grandkids ages 22 and 20. I'm always the first one up every morning starting at 4:00 I have to get up and go to the bathroom and then it is every hour on he hour until 6:00 then I just get up and stay up because It would be redundant to try to go back to sleep after that. I like you it doesn't matter how late I go to bed and feel lucky if I sleep until 5:00. I wish I could sleep until at least 7:00. The granddaughter get up at 8:00 to get ready for work and the grandson depends on when he has to go to work.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Yep! I hear you. Same here.
Any little thing wakes me up.
I have to darken the windows with drapes
or blankets in the middle of summer to get
a little extra sleep on Saturdays or else first
light wakes me up.
It's better here in this house cause the sun doesn't
come right through the window.
But in our other house, the bedroom was situated
so that the sun rose directly into the bedroom window.
It was like living on the sun!
So bright in the mornings. Many mornings, I woke up
with burning eyes until I learned to darken the windows.
Some days I use ear plugs and that drowns out cat/car noises
that would otherwise wake me up.
Thanks for your response. Nice talkign to you.
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@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
21 Jul 09
Most of the time I am. The only time that I am not is when my husband is on day shift. He has to be at work for 6am so I'm still in bed. I'm sure next year I will be waking up pretty early trying to get my daughter ready for school. I am so not ready for it.
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@fwidman (11514)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Usually I am the last person to get out of bed I wake up a lot during the course of a night with my bad back so, most days, I sleep later than Shelly and (sometimes) Esmeralda, although Esme has been the last one to go to bed lately so I sometimes get up before her 
It is nice when you have some time to yourself though, I agree. Usually once I am on the computer the girls go elsewhere so I can read my emails in peace
I wake up a lot during the course of a night with my bad back so, most days, I sleep later than Shelly and (sometimes) Esmeralda, although Esme has been the last one to go to bed lately so I sometimes get up before her
It is nice when you have some time to yourself though, I agree. Usually once I am on the computer the girls go elsewhere so I can read my emails in peace @beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Getting a little time alone on the computer
always makes my day.
Without at least a few minutes online,
I don't feel normal.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Oh! So it's that kind of email!
Maybe I shouldn't be looking either.
Maybe I shouldn't be looking either.
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@morgan123 (1)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Me neither i am always the last person to wake up, and last to go to sleep.
@jayrene (2708)
• Philippines
16 Jul 09
i am the first person that wakes up here everyday. because i have to prepare things for my kids before they go to school and have to wake them up too so they will not be late.
sometimes i dont go to sleep at all in the evening and would stay awake till i have finished fixing my kids breakfast and packed lunch for school. and when they are gone, that's the time i go to sleep.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
17 Jul 09
Wow! I have done things like that before, just stay up
from the night before and push on through all day
till around four pm and then collapse till four am
the next morning.
@basireddi (42)
• India
22 Jul 09
I am the first person in my house to wake up in the every morning. First i will wake up in the early morning and i would like to do my office work.
Then i will attend the family work i.e. house work.
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@bookfreak24 (88)
• India
16 Jul 09
Nah..no way!My mum usually pushes me off the bed at noon.. =] Violent mums *sigh*
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
You're lucky to have a mom that lets you sleep so
late. Enjoy your break!
@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
16 Jul 09
I am after my husband get up and leaves for work. I am also the last to bed. My husband gets up at 4 and leaves at 5. It is peaceful until everyone gets up and rolling.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Wish I could go back to sleep after
waking up. Any little thing wakes me up
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 09
I am always the last to wake up in the morning. Since I run a pub, my night is more alive and I'll only sleep in the wee hours of the morning. I seldom meet breakfast but it will always be brunch. I try to reschedule my sleeping time to catch the early worms but I will end up drowsy the whole day. So to complete my sleeping hours I wake up in mid morning when everyone else has settled for their day's activities.
@megumiart (3771)
• United States
16 Jul 09
My mom's usually the first to wake up- she always gets up around 6 or 7, even on weekends. Sometimes I just wake up early to go to the bathroom or something, andcan't get back to sleep.
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
I have that problem too,
but usually it's the cats for me.
They just won't leave mommy alone!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Jul 09
Not if I can help it. I'd stay up as late as I like and sleep in until at least noon if I could get away with it!
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Noon is not so bad!
Gotta give the body a rest or you'll end
up snoozing on the job.
Gotta give the body a rest or you'll end
up snoozing on the job.@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Just as well.
I've heard that having fruit for breakfast
just sets you up for low blood sugar and sweets
cravings in the afternoon.
Better to start your first meal with a good protein.
@happyness3 (394)
• United States
16 Jul 09
nope...I am however, the last person to go to bed at night. And as soon as my man gets up at 5:30 every morning, he is nice enough to wake me up so he has some company before he leaves for work at 6:15. I don't fall asleep until midnight, one am because I am at that stage in my pregnancy where my legs jerk around, and I can't fall asleep. Its miserable. But, I do love our time in the morning, him drinking coffee and me grumbling that its to early :-)
@beautyqueen26 (16030)
• United States
16 Jul 09
Awww! That's love for ya!
I remember that stage of pregnancy.
Though I don't think I had restless legs,
but I was so horribly bent over when I got
out of bed cause my hips would go out of
alignment every time I laid down.
I was in such constant pain from the baby
poking me with her big toe in the back rib.
It was awful.
Know what you mean about waking up early and not
being able to go back to sleep.
I have days like that.
Sometimes, I get a nap though.
It's a nice thing to look forward to.
