What do you do if you wake up earlier than your host?

My problem is not getting out of bed, I can stay in bed, but I have to use the bathroom and that can't wait. I ususally tell my host before I go to bed that I will be up several times during the night so not to worry. Why be uncomfortable, this is a fact of life with older folks.

great it didnt let me freaking post....a long one to. i usually get up later then anyone else but if i did get up earlier, id just go outside and smoke and drink my coffee till they got up. here lately ive been getting up much earlier since sons gf, her 8yr old, and dog are here visiting and they get up early as my kids used to always make me. i know she tries to keep them quiet, but my dog coco wants to go run around with them so wakes me up. so its cocos fault

I would take me time with my 'toilet' and enjoy some alone time. Then if they still aren't up maybe a morning walk or something to occupy yourself. Did you bring a good book? I think that sometimes our idiosincrancies can drive us crazy! If you ever come to my home to stay just know you are welcome to make yourself welcome and even wake me when you get tired of waiting on me to get up. Usually alittle moment in the house does that anyway.

Hi Jenn, you know what, it is like staying in a cell... What I will do is get up and go buy some breakfast. Sandwiches or Fried noodles?

If I wake up before anyone in the house I will usually just go take a quit shower and get dressed. Hopefully by the time I'm done someone will be up. If not then I will be as quiet as can be and make myself a cup of tea and read my book that I would be reading at that time. I usually travel with a book to read in these cases where I have to be quiet or in transient.

I'm hesitant to go ahead but of course its a case to case basis. If the place has a big vacant lot, I'll go ahead and jog or walk around.

I am a lot like you in that respect. I have always been like that. This brings back memories of being a teen and staying at my friends house. I woke up in the night and had to pee and did not want to get up for fear of waking others so I laid there in agony until my friend woke up. I think I dozed in and out of sleep but it was torture. I never really liked staying at other peoples homes and it is rare when I do. I would be ok with quickly using the bathroom but that's about it. I am always afraid of making noise and disturbing others.It would be awkward for me to go in and shower and get some coffee and just be myself.

It's not a silly question as I come from the same place as you on this one. I am an early riser also and I don't like to wake up before my hosts because I don't know what to do till they get up. So I usually end up getting up anyways because I usually have to go to the washroom and then I usually get dressed and go outside to have a smoke. If I am somewhere I feel comfortable enough to make a coffee I will and then go outside again with my coffee and have another smoke. I try to find something to read, like a newspaper or a magazine and sometime drink a whole pot of coffee before someone else gets up. I don't enjoy sleeping away from my home and this is one of the reasons I don't like it. At least at home when I get up early I can go online and do some work.

Good morning Jen, i just always tell them i am an early riser & to not let my being up bother them. U can't break your habits for one visit. As long as i cab get to the coffee pot & my cigs i promise to be quiet, lol. I like being the first up & having that quiet time to myself.

I know exactly what you mean Jen. I have had this exact same issue many times over the years as I am an early riser too. I have never felt comfortable wandering around other peoples homes early in the morning either, unless it is the home of a close family member. I have stayed in the homes of a few people before, when I have only met them for the first time on the evening that I was staying with them and it is at this time that I feel uncomfortable and bored wandering about their home in the mornings. The last time that it happened to me was in late December last year. I woke really early this time and everyone else slept in really late. I wandered around their home for a little bit before deciding to go out for a walk around the local streets. I returned back after about an hour and the house was still all asleep! I did not know what to get myself for breakfast and was really hungry by the time they all woke up.

well, i either go back to the sack and wait or, if i am familiar with my host, i go out and take a walk around the place...

First of all, I want to say that I always envy early risers - good for you, you are able to do much more than other people! Second of all, yes - it's a little bit not comfortable to get up earlier than your host. I find it embarrassing to slip in somebody's house on the first place. And probably this is the reason for me to dislike spending night like this. But if you don't mind, it happens to you often and you get up early, just try to be comfortable, start coffee or tea, begin watching TV, if possible, read a book if any. They will understand, they welcome you and it means that they want you to be there and be comfortable.

well, if I wake up before the host, I either stay in my room, open the window and look around the room and outside, or either go out of the room, stay in the kitchen or living room and wait 'till the host waker up too :D

I'll go back to my bed and sleep again. I just hope that by the time that ill be able to wake up the second time aroung, the host is ready during the day. ^^

Hello JenInTN If I am staying with Family or Friends then yes I would get up make myself a cup of Coffee and just be as quiet as Possible I am also an early Riser and I can not stay in my bed till whoever I am staying with wakes up lol

I hate it too. Fortunately it almost never happens.

What I do depends on with whom I'm staying. If I'm in the home of my children, I get up, make my bed, go in the kitchen and fix myself some breakfast. I may even take my bath and dress for the day. If I'm at anyone else's house, I'll probably stay in my bedroom until someone else gets up. If there is a private bath, I'll bathe and get dressed in whatever outfit I intend to wear that day. Either way I always take a book to read to occupy my time.

If I were to ever sleep over at anyone's house when I'm taking a trip, that person would be someone I'm very close to or my relatives or my parents. I won't sleep over at a house whom I'm not familiar with the host. As such I would know their behavior and their sleeping pattern. Being a Moslem, I have to get up early around five am in the morning to do my morning prayers so I have no problem about waking up early and as do my host who would also be up early for our morning prayers. I guess there will be no problem with me when I sleep over at anyone's house when I'm taking a trip. But it would be a little uncomfortable when you do wake up early than the host. You can't possibly make yourself at home. Should you just sit in your room until the host wakes up or can you explore the house while the host is sleeping? I can understand the situation.

i usally get up and make the coffee and start cleaning up a bit but quitely and then if there still not up i drink my coffee and read a book or the paper if they take one and then it will be 2hours later and everyone is up and happy coffee is made

I just wake-up/get-up and try not to make any noise and just enjoy the silence (I have small kids)before the "RAT RACE" starts!lol