What Wakes You Up in the Morning?
November 25th 2007 21:14
I don't mean just getting out of bed - I mean really wake you up!
Throughout my formative years - dad thought it hilarious that in order to teach his teenage son the value of making the most of daylight hours - he would come in each morning with a spray bottle of water and simply 'hose me down'.
That stigma has never left me.
I don't hate him for it or anything - but to this day - I still find it impossible to not to wake before 6am at the latest - and be up and about going about my daily business.
For the rest of us - perhaps it's that first coffee that makes you fully conversant with the day and the rest of civilisation.
Maybe it's not til you hit the shower, or hit the street (for those out there who enjoy an early fit hit).
Is the morning news the fix you need or does 15 mins on the computer get your mind focussed on the day ahead.
. . . and dare I suggest it - perhaps there's even some out there who get out of bed so bright and cheery - that people simply want to punch you!
So folks . . . rise and shine - wake and smell the coffee.
The birds are singing, the sun is shining and all is welzzz wizzzzz thzzzzzzzz worzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzz
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Comment by Tracy
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Good morning!
I'm afraid I was weaned off coffee very earlier in the piece when I was doing morning shifts - and was 'forced ' to have upwards of 6-8 cups as a part of my rounds with various depts within the NSW Police.
Never touched the stuff again until I journeyed to Canada and the Rockies last year.
Then, having spend three days on horseback traipsing through some of the most wonderful vista's imaginable - I was treated to the best camp-fire coffee you could get your hands on.
Needless to say - great coffee - little sleep.
Always a pleasure.
MNG
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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The whole shower thing does it for me too - though given the opportunity, inclination and time - a surf or a quick dip certainly gets the blood flowing and the mind active.
Thanks for stopping by.
MNG
Comment by Aimzster
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Dad's a good like that.
With three daughters of my own - I think I'm a little too lenient. Ah the fear of reprisal in my old age - it grips us all - huh?
Thanks for dropping by.
MNG
Comment by KylieW
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When I lived at home. Every morning at 6am my Dad would come past my bedroom on his way to the bathroom and stand at my door and yell "Good Morning" at me until I would eventually yell at him to "F**k Off". Then he would happily continue to the bathroom and hop in the shower (singing loudly enough to wake the whole neighbourhood).
I really hate people who wake up chirpy and happy in the mornings!!
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Don't you love dad's.
. . . as for those who rise and shine - I'm sure they do it just to annoy the be-jingoes out of the rest of humanity.
Perhaps there should be a whole album of morning songs compiled - like Wham's Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, and Juice Newton's Angel of the Morning.
But that - I fear - is another post altogether.
MNG
Comment by What's Your Story?
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The way your Dad woke you up is cute! I remember an episode of Frasier wherein a butler would spray the air with lavender-scented water until the drops would gently wake up his master. I was reminded of that scene by your story.
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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If only it was that gentlemanly.
Alas - not too many airs and graces about Mr Nice Guy Snr.
A working man who believed daylight hours were meant to be used to the fullest.
Oops - think I got off the track there for a moment - yep - the mandatory morning refresher seems to be the order of the day as far as coherantly greeting the world.
Thanks for stopping by.
MNG
Comment by Tracy
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I agree:
I like peace and quiet...no incessant chatter, loud noises or decisions...
What a chirpy soul I am
PS Gosh, 6-8 coffees, MNG? I can see why though, I love the taste, holding it and knowing it's there, it's such a comfort. Now I'm not sounding unchirpy (I know that's not a word), but loopy. There's something about your blog that brings out that side of me, MNG
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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I'm pleased its only a sense of loopyness (that ain't a word either) that my blog brings out in you - I can live with that.
Fun people are fun to be around.
LYW
MNG
Comment by Michaelie
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Now, I am just as reluctant to rise. Usually it takes the shock of realising I'm running extremely late to get me to wake up, after which I run around like a headless chook, and end up doing my makeup at traffic lights.
Michaelie
Comment by Tracy
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I like the term 'loopyness'. I'm feeling a bit of that now...
But back to waking up, I'm lucky (in some ways) as I'm working from home, so once my groaning husband has left, I can be as grumpy, happy or whatever mood I like. I don't need to please anyone, apart from Fergal (pooch) who doesn't mind as long as I feed him.
But, conversely having other people around can help with that waking up/socialising/snapping out of the grumps process.
Either way, I'm pretty happy...well, once I'm awake properly
Comment by Lilla
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I wake when I wake, no alarms... and without opening my eyes much... I write down my dream in my dream-journal. By it's completion, my eyes are usually a little more open and I am ready to lie there and do my loosen up exercises. Just some yoga stretches really and about ten minutes meditation.
Then it's usually a warm non-caffy drink, like roasted barley and chicory with soy, followed by the first glass of water for the day.
Then I usually light some incense, give thanks and take a walk around the garden (feed the fish
*sigh*
*stretch*
*yawn*
The children are not allowed to 'jump' me until I am eating...
Comment by Bernadette
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I seldom had a great morning everyday. My dad always had a reason to shout - very annoying.
Bernadette
Comment by Eva W.
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She would barge into my bedroom without warning, switch on the main light (which was a shock to my poor, sleepy eyes) and tug at my foot, telling me to get up.
A few minutes later, while leaving for work, she would walk past my bedroom on her way to the car and knock on my window with full force. This resulted in me swearing and getting angry, which I guess woke me up quite well. Success!
Comment by tlcorbin-raginravensview
When the rooster crows at the crack of noon, I am up and standing, ready to take on the next ten minutes to prepare some butt kicking coffee; when the coffee is down, the day begins to take shape-then it's all downhill form there, life is good.
The first thing I want to do when I wake up is to make my wife, Tisha, smile. That usually sets the tone for the day; then the coffee ritual commences.
When I was growing up, I lived for a time in a foster home, those folks woke us up with an old fire engine siren sounding off in the heating ductwork. That is soooooo special.
The Marines weren't much better, when 5:30AM rolled around bugles sounded; if you weren't on your feet by 5:35AM your bunk was flipped and you were unceremoniously deposited on the floor. Equally special, especially the yelling and berating.
I prefer the blind rooster approach.
Raven
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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There used to be an old TV series (an adjunct to the original cartoon) called the Bumsteads!
The standard joke was that Dagwood - the father - would always be running late for work. He'd down a mouthful of coffee, grab a bite of toast, kiss his wife Blondie and do the bolt for the front door - in the processs knocking over the postman et al and leaving carnage in his wake.
That program aired over 50 years ago - for some reason I get a mental picture of you when I read your response.
Stay well
MNG
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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You amaze me.
MNG
PS: Hope the fish are holding up against your arch enemy - The Herron.
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Yeah - dad's have an occassional habit of doing that.
Puts everyone in such a great mood for the start of the day.
MNG
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Thanks for sharing.
What is it with mum's/dad's and the whole - let's annoy the living daylights out of our kids thing?
Even with two teenagers (and one on the way) - they seem enthused enough with what's going on in their lives that they want to be up and rearin to go . . .
Now - as for Mrs NIce Guy - there's another story altogether zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Thanks for stopping by - hope you find the time to call in again real soon.
MNG
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Glad you found the time to drop by to the Nice Guy Speakeasy.
That siren sounds very special! I had no idea you spent some time with Victor Hugo in and around the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris.
Send my regards to Quasimodo - I understand he still regails in the sound of bells
Now as for putting a smile on Tisha's face - I suggest that's another post for you altogether my friend.
Cheers
MNG
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Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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Yeah - the whole putting food on the table thing is sometimes highly overrated - most of us traipse off to the coal mine each day purely for the love of it - huh?
Hi Ho, Hi Ho . . . .
MNG
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Best we don't go there . . .
MNG
Comment by Miswanderlust
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A shower does the trick. I am an obnoxiously happy sort in the morning!
Mis
Comment by Mr Nice Guy
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It scares me sometimes.
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Mis