Waking up!
By jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
United States
May 17, 2008 6:20am CST
When you first wake up in the morning does it take you a long time to shake off sleep or are you ready to go in just a few minutes. If I sleep really hard sometimes it takes longer to shake off the sleep. But most of the time I can hear the alarm and be up and ready to go in just a few minutes. How about you?
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42 responses
@minnie_98214 (10557)
• United States
17 May 08
Well I dont even have to get up but when my hubbys alarm goes off I usually am up and moving right away too. Like now its 7 am i have no kids I should be sleeping in but no I cant lol. Why did I have to be a norning person.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
18 May 08
Oh come on. Once you wake up you take forever to get moving to go out anywhere. 
J/K
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM DADDY !!~
J/K
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM DADDY !!~
@bongkarpasang (1377)
• Indonesia
20 May 08
To be honest, I set up the alarm daily. But the bad habit just remains unchanged. Help! LOL.
So when the alarm rings, I would always find my hands reaching out and turn it off. LOL. Then I continue in sleeping. I know I need some self discipline and I wonder if I would be able to shake off the sleep easily in the future.
@bongkarpasang (1377)
• Indonesia
2 Jun 08
LOL. I remember a certain Japanese J-Rock singer said in an interview that he placed the alarm clock (and telephone with highest ring volume) at the opposite corner of his bedroom [his bed was at another corner].
He said sometimes he could ‘cheat’ by not setting the alarm clock on, so then it would be the manager’s turn to make a morning wake up call. LOL.
Later he did wake up and went to bath, but because of being still in the middle of half awaken state, he drifted off to sleep in the bathtub and it was near ... LOL. he woke up after being drown in the bathtub. And he told the magazine journalist that he had to change the bathing way into shower and no longer using the bathtub.
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
7 Jul 08
It depends. I don't know on what. But sometimes it takes me about an hour to come out of a stupor, so to speak. I can't function or don't function too well. Not being able to think of things for anything. Many times I just get up and go and do many things no problem. I think these are times when before going to bed I know I have to do something the next morning. It could be other times as well, I just don't know.
@szechow_ong (149)
• Malaysia
18 May 08
it takes me quite a while to get up. im always reluctant to get up.. hehe.. lazy me.. when the alarm rings, i'll always snooze it like twice..its really a bad habit.. but if im already late i'll definitely jump off the bed right away..
@szechow_ong (149)
• Malaysia
18 May 08
haha.. there was once i couldn't save myself. i didn't hear my alram (i use my mobile phone for it) ringing because my blanket was covering it and my friend called me several times as i was supposed to fetch her to college. she ended up calling my house early in the morning. haha.. and i was so late that i had to skip class because my house is not near college and by the time i get there i would be going for the next class.. hehe :P
@CelticSoulSister (1640)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
17 May 08
It takes me at least an hour, assisted with strong coffee, to really wake up and feel normal first thing in the mornings. The deeper I've slept, the harder it is to become fully conscious. I always hear an alarm clock, but I have to set it to "snooze" and make the first alarm sound at least 45 minutes before it's time to get up, otherwise I just don't make it. I've always been the same.
@CelticSoulSister (1640)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
17 May 08
Thanks for the reply. Yes life would be very boring if we were all the same. I'd love to be able to just bounce awake in the mornings, but I suppose I have to accept that it's just not for me LOL.
Have a good day!!!!
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
19 May 08
oh yes... it takes some times for me to get up from my bed every morning... i need at least another 5 minutes... especially now the weather is getting really cold here... it is harder for me to wake up in the morning as i just want to keep on snuggling inside my quilt to keep warm... take care and have a nice day...
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
2 Jun 08
After I am awakened by the alarm of my cellphone it usually takes me quite some time to shake off from the sleep. I would get up from the bed very fast if there are some excited affairs waiting for me to do that day like my son will back to home and I have to prepare his favorite dishes or have appointment with friend.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
26 Jun 08
it depends jill. during weekdays i don't have the time to stay in bed for a few minutes after waking up. i would have to get up immediately and get ready for office. but during weekends, if i'm having a hard time waking up, then i can indulge and sleep more. 
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
7 Jul 08
I am up and ready to begin my day most of the time. But sometimes I don't get enough sleep and I don't want to wake up when the alarm goes off.
So I guess it all depends on if I've had enough sleep the night before.
@mishastar (734)
• United States
1 Jun 08
It takes me a few minute to wake up and get started in the morning. If my alarm clock goes off, I go back to sleep for another 30 minutes before I can start my day.
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
5 Jun 08
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like my mind is ready to go but my body isn't! My husband just jumps right up and gets moving, I'm quite a bit more sluggish when I first wake up.
I do shut the alarm off right away, although I might lay in bed a few more minutes. I guess you could say it takes me awhile to get moving, but once I do, I'm on the go.
PearlGrace
@LovingIt (5396)
• United States
18 May 08
See my icon??? That really IS me in the mornings. It takes me forever to get up. I don't want to get out of bed at all and it usually takes me at least an hour to make myself take that step -- doesn't matter if I've slept 4 hours or 14 hours. Then once I'm up, I just want to sit and stare. LOL. I need to allow myself 2 hours to get ready to leave the house and 1 hour of it is just sitting and staring and drinking caffeine.
@danishcanadian (28953)
• Canada
18 May 08
I have absolutely no problem getting up the moment I wake up. It doesn't take me long to get up at all. This morning, for example, I was awake, out of bed, dressed, and out the door to church in abou five minute!!! I can get dressed even faster than my husband. LOL
@AmbiePam (85496)
• United States
19 May 08
Most of the time I can get up and go. That is one reason why I hardly ever take the sleeping pills the doctor has prescribed me. If I take one of the pills, I have a hard getting up. I might only get 2 or 3 hours of sleep without a pill, but I prefer it to something making me go to sleep. Usually though I can summon up about 4 hours of sleep a night and get up quickly and in a good mood the next morning.
@mrbranan (1012)
• United States
19 May 08
Every now and then it will take me a few minutes to wake up and get going. Most of the time I am up and getting my kids ready for school in just a few minutes. It takes my husband a little longer. Our two daughters are like my husband. They have to be called several times but our son is like me and is up and going as soon as he is called.
@b1jah2 (31)
• United States
18 May 08
When I wake up, I am basically a zombie for a few minutes, but once I get into the shower I am usually ready to go! If I didn't sleep well in the night, sometimes I lay down right after my shower for a few more minutes (basically because I haven't gotten out of zombie mode yet!).
