up early?...... or up late?

[eldubb440]

Are you posting breakfast pics too?







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Have a great day!!
Now get to work.

my phone is in the shop.... I think

no food, but currently drinking coffee from my favorite mug

 

[QuickBpBp]

My sleeping habits are horrible… up late up early that depends on the which day!! Some nights I get 2-3 hours other nights 8 straight… I had chronic lymes really bad a few years ago and ever since I have had bouts with insomnia.

 

[multimopes]

My sleeping habits are horrible… up late up early that depends on the which day!! Some nights I get 2-3 hours other nights 8 straight… I had chronic lymes really bad a few years ago and ever since I have had bouts with insomnia.

What the hell is sleep? I'm just trying to shake off the groggies after my 7 midnight shifts. Rotating shifts suck & I have been doing it for over 35 years. It takes 3 to 4 nights before I can actually sleep at night without waking up half of the time. I love stories from "real people" about what normal used to be as I actually did have a "real" job of 7 to 3 with weekends & holidays off for 11 years and damn, I can almost recall being happy, healthy and a part of the living. That was 23 years ago now and it was like heaven. I know some other folks on here who do this **** too and most of us hate it. It pays the bills & that's all it does. I wrote a poem about it last year and posted it here somewhere. Sorry to blemish this thread; if I was cognizant I wouldn't have posted it! For those "real" folks out there; relish what you have and never take it for granted! God Bless normalcy! May your way be pleasant!

 

[eldubb440]

Sorry to blemish this thread;

really?

 

[GetX'd]

Going to bed early for me is before 1am. Often up til 2:30 am. I’ll sleep as long as I can but once awaken no matter the time I get up can’t just lay in bed hoping to go back to sleep. Usually up between 7:00- 8:00am. But if 5 or 6am comes around and I’m awake I’ll get up. I always use a little help from a non-habit forming or heavy sleep aid. Helps me get between 5 - 7 hrs. When I worked I was as irregular as a women w/PMS… I’ve only had one cup of coffee in my life when in Italy just to try it…. Nah…..

 

[polywideblock]

up at 3 am every day

 

[Kern Dog]

36 years of construction where I had to be up as early as 3:30 meant early bedtimes for work.
This was in direct opposition to my natural body clock that wants to stay awake until well past midnight and sleep until 10:00 AM.
It was like I was going against the grain for all those years, a guy eating vegan when I wanted steak, chicken and pork to eat.
Weekends, I was always up late.
During layoffs, same thing. Now that I'm retired, if I'm in bed before 1:00 AM, it is ONLY because I have to be up early so I force myself to conk out earlier.
Friends know to NOT expect me to answer the phone before 10:00 AM.
I hear other guys talk about how they slept in until 7:00 and I make this face....

90% of the men I know have sleep habits opposite of me. SOME (Even retired FBBO members) I see clicking a LIKE on something of mine at 2:00 AM my time, which is 5:00 east coast time. I haven't been up at 5:00 since my sleep patterns were disrupted when I fell from my roof in June.
When I was between wives, I spent time at night clubs and was often up until almost sunrise on weekends trying to work some chick I met at the bar, sometimes with total failure...(Not always though)

 

[moparwacko]

Youse guys, didn't your Mother ever tell you that nothing good happens after 11pm?

 

[dadsbee]

Been going to bed at midnight or 1AM since before I was 23, but 23 was my age when we started the Plastics plant and I was in the plant for 6:30 so I could give the night shift **** and greet the day shift. Left about 7pm so I could do the same to the day shift and afternoon shift.

Been a lot of years since I had to do that, but we still go to bed about midnight after the crappy 11PM news and try to get as much sleep as we can. Wife doesn't sleep well anymore, nor do I. We have too much **** rolling around in our heads with the road we've been down the past 14 years and my brain never shuts off. I generally make it to about 2:30 before I'm up the first time. Then wake damn near exactly every 50 minutes until I finally give in about 7AM and get up, get dressed and leave the bedroom.

Last night was probably the first time I slept "good" in 5 years. Bed at 11PM, woke up at 5:50. Wife took use of what I was offering at 6 and then we went back to bed until 9. Hopefully that's the program again for the rest of the week... lol

 

[Richard Cranium]

36 years of construction where I had to be up as early as 3:30 meant early bedtimes for work.
This was in direct opposition to my natural body clock that wants to stay awake until well past midnight and sleep until 10:00 AM.
It was like I was going against the grain for all those years, a guy eating vegan when I wanted steak, chicken and pork to eat.
Weekends, I was always up late.
During layoffs, same thing. Now that I'm retired, if I'm in bed before 1:00 AM, it is ONLY because I have to be up early so I force myself to conk out earlier.
Friends know to NOT expect me to answer the phone before 10:00 AM.
I hear other guys talk about how they slept in until 7:00 and I make this face....

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90% of the men I know have sleep habits opposite of me. SOME (Even retired FBBO members) I see clicking a LIKE on something of mine at 2:00 AM my time, which is 5:00 east coast time. I haven't been up at 5:00 since my sleep patterns were disrupted when I fell from my roof in June.
When I was between wives, I spent time at night clubs and was often up until almost sunrise on weekends trying to work some chick I met at the bar, sometimes with total failure...(Not always though)

When does your wife go to bed?

 

[multimopes]

I apologize for whining. I have always said that sleep is my favorite sport! And if I overindulge occasionally, it is my internal clock preparing for the "Big Sleep", lol. I don't know if anyone else has this condition that I have which is that I am completely immune to caffeine! I can drink 3 cups of coffee & take no-doze & still nod right off. It has happened many times over the years. I have been accused of partying all night while attending required training classes. It was embarrassing in front of an entire class. I did however, eventually get tested for it at a sleep center which confirmed that I have a condition somewhat like narcolepsy which I had to fight for years and still do. I was put on Ritalin for years which "really" helped. It was like being reborn! Speaking of which, I have a theory, or maybe a brain fart, that a persons awake state may be influenced from the time you were born, at least for some of us. I was born approximately 11 am, so it seems that even when overtired, it seems to lessen a tad approaching noon. Unfortunately, trying to sleep at night again after 7 midnight shifts causes problems trying to sleep at night. Sooooo, I have sleeping pills to use occasionally. The thing is, that when I had that lovely 7 to 3 job for 11 years, I didn't really need anything. That said, I am sorry to sort of hijack this thread Mark!

 

[64BEL]

Mopes - am I understanding correctly that you're working graveyard shifts at age 71? If so that's amazing to me. At 61, the occasional night shift I work is a real challenge. My people work 6-6 nights or days, and I definitely think the night shift is a young person's sport. I'll work 1/2 a night shift from time to time - which is 6p-12a or 12a-6a (usually the first half). Once in awhile I'll pull a full night shift - I have a full one tomorrow night. We've been short handed for the past several years, so I'm usually working 12 hour day shifts to fill gaps. That means getting up at 4:30am, and I try to get to bed by 9:30pm the night before. I've found that if I go to bed earlier than that, I'm up earlier. I rarely get woken up by my alarm. I'm usually up by 4:00am, but more often than not, I'm awake around 1:30 or 2:00 to take a leak. I'm often not able to get back to sleep after that. Can't shut the brain back off. Then I struggle not to nod off at work. The funny thing is, the nights when I get only a couple of hours of sleep, I end up not being as sleepy at work. I feel like crap at the beginning of the day, but I don't seem to have as much trouble staying awake. 6 hours is a good night's sleep for me. The only time I sleep longer is on vacation - out of town. On days off, I'm up by 4:30am. 6:00am if I sleep in. Then I like a little nap around 8:00am. I feel chronically tired most of the time.

 

[Budnicks]

I go to bed an hour or so after my dad does,
he's usually 10:30-11:00pm, after his several 1/2 hr naps here & there
right after he goes to bed
I take the dog out to the mailbox, (he) sniffs & pees etc.
comeback in maybe watch some drag racing vintage stuff
on youtube on my TV now, nice 55" big screen
instead of the lil' 17" computer screne
I'll wonder off to bed at anytime between 11:00pm to 1:00am or so...

I'm on retirement time now took a couple years but used to it now...

I still wake up when the sun or light shines thru my glass back door
or the dog has to go pee, or I can't sleep or have to go pee too
like 6:00am-ish...
Except now I get up when I feel like it, not cause I have to
It seems winter time, as I get older, I like to stay in the warm bed longer,
then I did when I was still working...
I was up at 4:30am most days, in the office by 5:30, work by 7:00am
every day, for 35-40 years...
Even weekends if I needed to go to my warehouse/shop...
Now get dressed maybe 8:00am-ish, give or take a 1/2 hr in the winter..
I'm awake, when light come in, I'm just not out of bed...
I get up do hygiene stuff, then go in make coffee...
I sit down watch the ladies on Fox news... Harris, then Katie & Emily

Summer it gets light way, way earlier, I am awake,
but lay there or watch some oldies Tv, Antenna TV or MeTv etc.
& I get out of bed at like maybe 7:00-7:30-8:00am, depending on my day...
I can't sleep or stay in bed when it's bright & sunny out, or hot already...
I still go to bed at 11:00pm-1:00am, time depending if I'm tired or not...
I need like 5 - 5 1/2 hrs of good sleep...

Dad (87) crawls out of bed 'rarely at 8:30-9:00am' more so usually 9:30-10:30am
give or take, the later usually, especially winter time
unless we have company or my dog goes & wakes him up...

So I have a lil' alone, quiet time with the dog & a 'cup of Joe'
in the mornings before he gets up, makes noises
he's not a morning person, he doesn't do any caffeine either...
He does do breakfast, anything with eggs & 2 pcs of bread/toast
I don't or rarely do...
Lunch is my 1st meal I'm hungry..

People talk about 'old people up at the crack of dawn',
that's not him, not now, he used to when he was driving bus...
25 years ago now...

 

[Kern Dog]

When does your wife go to bed?

It has shifted a bit. I used to go to bed before her. I was in bed sometimes as early as 8:30 or as late as 10:00. She had an easygoing boss that didn’t think he had to set the world on fire.
Not long after I retired, her boss got reassigned and the NEW boss is compelled to change everything, have conference calls often and it has changed her work hours. What used to be 7-3 is sometimes 5:00 AM to 6:00 PM so she has to go to bed earlier than ever. She works remote so at least her commute is under 30 feet.
We get along great, the offset sleep schedule doesn’t cause any trouble.

 

[multimopes]

am I understanding correctly that you're working graveyard shifts at age 71? If so that's amazing to me.

Yes sir, that is correct, and rotating! It has been worse. I got divorced in 1995 which screwed me forever! This past year, (I work at a hospital in the boiler room), we had a fellow guy who was 82 years old & couldn't afford to retire because of his 4 divorces & his diabetic meds cost him more than he could afford. On one day, when he was on alone on the day shift with his cognitive issues, he had to not only answer the maintenance phone on top of ours as our boss was on vacation as well, but also had to interface with contractors taking down our fire systems & shutting off other systems as well as operating all the other stuff we control which is damn near everything. Well, the poor old guy got confused due to multitasking to the 4th level & screwed up something. (We have only one per diem guy who is divorced with 3 little kids and works full time on another job), so not available often. Well, when the upper a-holes found out his true age, they threw him out on his *** the next day! That left us short handed causing us 3 guys to work 10 & 11 days/night straight with 12 hours & short swings thrown in on top of it for 3 months. At that point, I was ready to OD on drugs & lay down on a gurney by the morgue, (always right next to the boiler room), and let myself expire! I was & am to the point where if I got sick, I am considering going down the street to the veterinary hospital and putting it in the news paper because I can't trust the S.O.B.s I work for! Well, long story short, finally back to regular 7 days in a row, (no overtime) with one weekend off a month. Thirty five years of this **** with no end in site! Don't feel sorry, I made my own bed & I have to lie in it. After the 7 midnights, it takes me 3 to 4 days to be able to sleep again at night! Oh well, it's a living, although not much of one. By the way, I can't shut off the phone during the day when sleeping for a midnight shift, as I could be called in early to split a shift due to emergency. The telemarketers just love to interrupt people who are half in the bag to try to trick us in to some bullshit. Also, my son who is classified & may need me for something, needs to be able to reach me. My cell phone must be on also. Sooooo, on top of sleep deprivation & senility, please excuse my lack of ability to comprehend stuff which ordinarily wouldn't be as confusing to an old goat under normal circumstances; thank you!

 

[33 IMP]

I apologize for whining. I have always said that sleep is my favorite sport! And if I overindulge occasionally, it is my internal clock preparing for the "Big Sleep", lol. I don't know if anyone else has this condition that I have which is that I am completely immune to caffeine! I can drink 3 cups of coffee & take no-doze & still nod right off. It has happened many times over the years. I have been accused of partying all night while attending required training classes. It was embarrassing in front of an entire class. I did however, eventually get tested for it at a sleep center which confirmed that I have a condition somewhat like narcolepsy which I had to fight for years and still do. I was put on Ritalin for years which "really" helped. It was like being reborn! Speaking of which, I have a theory, or maybe a brain fart, that a persons awake state may be influenced from the time you were born, at least for some of us. I was born approximately 11 am, so it seems that even when overtired, it seems to lessen a tad approaching noon. Unfortunately, trying to sleep at night again after 7 midnight shifts causes problems trying to sleep at night. Sooooo, I have sleeping pills to use occasionally. The thing is, that when I had that lovely 7 to 3 job for 11 years, I didn't really need anything. That said, I am sorry to sort of hijack this thread Mark!

I have to have a certain amount of caffeine, or I get headaches. I guess I'm an addict.
When the dogs wake me up at 2 a.m. to go potty, I can down a full caffeine and "sugar" soda..... and go right back to sleep
Then four or five cups of folgers and Baileys in the morning when I get up. Matter of fact, I think I'll have one right now.....

 

[eldubb440]

3:08....... I managed to get in a full work day

 

[Islandkent]

Shift work screws me up I figure. Before that semi driver. That didn't help either. And before that commercial fisherman. My whole adult life I've been working around the clock. Went to bed at midnight local time after the hockey game , up this morning at 4am. Tonight more than likely hit the sheets around 9pm (toss and turn after 4-5 hours) then up again in the morning around 5am to return to work.
Sleeping doesn't come easy???

 

[Richard Cranium]

I’m up early again with this head/chest cold hacking away for a half an hour clearing my nose and throat. I’ll fall asleep on the couch for a half hour or so sometime after 7:00 am.

 

[Islandkent]

I'm with you on that one Mark. The sinus wheezing keeps me awake. Dam congestion!