Saturday: sat on my own day

[wakemalcolm]

Of the many annoying inabilities the second half of life has bestowed on me, an inability to lie in one of the most striking. Frustratingly it hasn't afflicted Mrs Wakemalcolm so I'll be alone downstairs for the next 2 hours. Used to think it was alcohol related: I'm pretty much dry these days. Maybe it's caffeine: I rarely gave coffee after midday. Perhaps, as my Dad used to delight in telling me: I'm just getting old.

Anyhow, rain, breakfast, coffee, ParkRun, teenage admin, snooze.

 

[gbb]

Of the many annoying inabilities the second half of life has bestowed on me, an inability to lie in one of the most striking. Frustratingly it hasn't afflicted Mrs Wakemalcolm so I'll be alone downstairs for the next 2 hours. Used to think it was alcohol related: I'm pretty much dry these days. Maybe it's caffeine: I rarely gave coffee after midday. Perhaps, as my Dad used to delight in telling me: I'm just getting old.

Anyhow, rain, breakfast, coffee, ParkRun, teenage admin, snooze.

Hmmm, likewise .
I do wonder if its lifetime habit, particually as I worked shifts for many years and never had a problem getting up at 5am.
This morning, classic example, the two girls are at their mums for last night, bed around 11 for me, awake at 5ish, snoozed till around 6.30,, up walk dog, have some breakfast, so now im off out to the local country park in the bike, camera and binos in hand.
But the thought of a proper lie in seems a long long time ago.

 

[sungod]

'ning

no lie-in here, pleasant sunny sunrise ride, two cafe stops, more coffee next, perhaps a bask later if it warms up

 

[VinSumRox]

Morning

Usual 0800 ish start, no chance of sun related skin damage here today. Coffee then meet offspring for lunch near town.
Never been an early riser , but also rarely slept in really late, irritating when been up very late!

 

[Stevo 666]

Only up at 7.30am because junior was upmearly some Pilates class and making a noise. Quick tip trip, then a sunny 60k followed by procurement of supplies before the visitors arrive tomorrow. I'll see how much time is left after that.

 

[Homers Double]

At the moment I’m actively trying to shift my sleep pattern to wake up earlier. And it’s working as the last three days I’ve been awake before my alarm which varies depending on what I’m doing.
Mrs HD is in Spain so I’m outreaching the Giro highlights and then pup walking.
Maybe via a drinking establishment? Who knows…

 

[Webbo2]

Morning
I usually wake up several times during the early hours before waking properly around 6:30 then it’s go let Bertie out then make brew for myself and Mrs W which is taken back to bed. Read till about 7:45 then up.
So today it will finish coffee, walk Bertie, climb then its out to a friends 70th birthday party.

 

[Pinno718]

Morning

Looking like summer out there but not feeling it.
If you are really frikkin knackered (5 and a half hours pressure washing the drive me, yesterday), you can sleep through the bloody alarm.
Anyhoo, pulled the trigger on a brand new ride on mower 2 weeks ago and i've yet to hear from the courier so threatened the b*stards with refund demand and purchase of an identical mower from a different company for £200 less and save some money in the process. Which is what I suggested in an email.
I guess I will be strimming a lot today as local mechanic bloke just down the road closed earylish yesterday and f*cked off fishing for the weekend so I couldn't get hold of him and use his. He switches his mobile off. I can get access to his yard as I have a key but then I have to run the gauntlet of his sister who puts the fear of God into anyone who comes near her. I don't think I would survive the apparent theft of a garden mower. She's like a gravestone with teeth. Granite crossed with a Rottweiler; cold and replete with a fine layer of condensation. And to think she was a centre fold! I'm not joking; in the Doomsday book.
Her mother is in her early nineties and still shepherding. They say that in a nuclear holocaust, there will only be cockroach's and Scorpions left. That's wrong, there will be cockroach's, Scorpions and mechanic bloke's mum stood there shouting "Where's ma bloody sheep gaan?"

Soz rant over.

Coffee in plurality.