Mornings shouldn't be this difficult (780 hits)
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Submitted by Nicole <nakita963.at.yahoo.com> (View user info) at 2004-11-23 13:29:12 EST
This morning was one of the most asanine I've had in a long, long time. It was the first morning I have attempted to go to the gym in about 4 weeks due to an injury. I have been going to the gym just about every morning for the past 3 years so this shouldn't have been the ordeal that it was. It only requires that I get up a bit early and function mentally. This morning I could handle the getting up physically, but the mental was beyond my capabilities. When I arrived at the gym I get to the locker room and realize that along with my gym bag, I have brought in my lunch and my purse and my briefcase. Hey, maybe I was just being prepared in case I got stuck in the gym for hours due to a freak blizzard and needed something to munch on and felt like doing some work while waiting to be dug out.
After I was done with my mindless workout I took a shower and started getting ready for the day. It is now time to put in my contacts. I open my contact case and empty it into the sink, wash and dry my hands and then go to put my contacts in but I'm shocked to find an empty contact case even though I HAD JUST EMPTIED IT AND WASHED MY CONTACTS DOWN THE SINK. The only thing I can come up with here is that in the evenings I usually open the case, throw out the old saline and put in fresh. Only it wasn't evening and I wasn't taking my contacts OUT. Luckily it is just about time to switch to a new pair (I get 4 pair a year).
As I was driving out of the parking lot I remind myself that I needed to stop for bagels on the way for a group meeting at work. I proceeded to forget about the bagels in the next 30 seconds and I made a right turn (to work) instead of a left (to bagels) out of the parking lot. It was only when I stepped into my office that I realized my mistake and turned around and headed back outside to go get the bagels and a coffee. I day started to brighten once I had my Dunkin' Donuts coffee.
Until I get back in the habit, maybe I need to have a cup of coffee before leaving for the gym in the morning every day. Make that a large.
User Reviews
Submitted by creep_firebombing (user info) at 2004-11-23 22:46:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I slept in.
Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2004-11-23 22:19:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
loki, the fridge is a great place to keep things... like car keys. Now THAT was quite a search.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-11-23 17:19:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Just last night, I flipped the stove from "preheat" to "off" and then was confused half an hour later about why the chicken wasn't cooking.
cooking + stonned = big trouble
I also found the tv remote in the fridge once. I'd blame Sam, but he wasn't home at the time.
Submitted by JMG114 (user info) at 2004-11-23 16:27:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Speaking of coffee, is Juan Valdez still around? That friendly Colombian fellow who hid in your cupboard with fresh roasted coffee each morning? I miss those commercials.
Submitted by 1Point21Gigawatts (user info) at 2004-11-23 16:23:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2, mostly for McGinny's taste in music though
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2004-11-23 15:44:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
lagwagon- mr. coffee
Morning has broken
MR. Coffee has spoken
The familiar wake-up call
sings to my ears
I wake up with a shrug
To the floor with a thud
Where in this hellhole is my coffee mug?
I can now face the day
on legal speed (The American way)
I'm sketching
I'm seizing
I'm spazing
I'm shaking
I can not stop spilling on my brand new shirt
I-I-I'm wired
I'm so inspired
I drank the entire pot
so off to work
Here I come to save the day
on legal speed (The American way)
Drinking coffee
I drink coffee
Drinking coffee everyday
Submitted by polyamorousaj (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:51:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Coffee is the devil.
Just give me three cherry cokes and a chocolate bar.
Submitted by whataefag (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:39:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
NOW that's a bad morning. I thought my dog pissing on my rug was going to ruin mine. But looks like it's not so bad afterall ...
Submitted by Loren1 (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:36:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I can't even speak in the morning until there's a hot cup of coffee in my face.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:15:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by JohnGalt (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:11:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I was just calling Dori a moron for rushing to school on Sunday when I remembered something. I'm not always very bright in the mornings either. I'm not retyping the whole example. Instead I'll linkwhore:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/41593
Submitted by GoodInTheSac (user info) at 2004-11-23 14:09:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Hope your day gets better.
Submitted by lojope (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:57:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I have a tendancy to "run late" most mornings. And by "run late" I mean leave the house a good hour later than I should. When I was in highschool I woke up one Monday morning at 7:55, the exact time the warning bell was ringing for first period, indicating everyone had 4 minutes to clear the halls and get to class. After uttering a few explicatives, I leapt in and out of the shower, got dressed, ran (read: tumbled head over heals) down the stairs Yelled "Bye mom!" ran out the door into my car and drove to school trying to think of a good excuse to avoid the detention for the fifth late offense. The school was empty. It was Sunday.
My face was burning red when I got back home.
Submitted by thaumaturge (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:52:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've recently found myself staring at clouds before i make my way to down the street to the office, usually resulting in lateness... W is making a visit to my work next week and every day has been getting more and more frazzled. I just can't seem focus on walking in the building. coffee seems to lighten that mood [somewhat] for me as well. I feel your pain.
Submitted by Jack_Laridian (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:50:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Contacts are such a hassle. Someday (hopefully soon) Lasek will be a lot cheaper.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:49:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
After reading that post, complete with horrible grammar and typos, maybe I should have another coffee.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:44:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I've had mornings like that.
A few weeks ago, on my way to work
I drove 20 minutes in the wrong direction
before I pulled my head out of my ass.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:43:55 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Drink more water.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:43:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I lost a contact on Sunday. Long story.
Submitted by Feijuada (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:38:20 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
When you drink coffee regularly, it makes mornings even more difficult until the caffene kicks in. I rely of adrenaline from screaming parents.
Submitted by tidalfae (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:37:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I hear ya.
I've gotten to the gym with everything EXCEPT my tennis shoes. I'd be prepared for a snowstorm, a drought, my big meeting that day - everything except working out.
Submitted by Nicole3 (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:36:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
The sad thing is that I never really drank coffee until a couple weeks ago.
Submitted by Insanethemind (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:35:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
maybe you shouldnt party so hard during your nights
;)
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2004-11-23 13:34:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I also do not function in the morning without coffee.
-Davros