Morning Routine

I freaking love Cynical C and his morning routine. Here's mine:

5:45: Alarm goes off, beeping quietly at first but gets progressively louder. Pretend to be asleep until the alarm is loud enough to wake Tom so he gets up to turn it off. Tom shuffles off to make coffee. The girl cat sits on me to make me stay in bed until I have to get up to pee.

6-6:10: Roll out of bed, stumble into living room for coffee and local morning TV news, ABC 7. Cardio routine: 15 minutes of vigorous vocal disagreement with what the local news is reporting on instead of actual news.

6:15: Go outside and frown at the yard. Water herb garden that wilts every other day.

6:20: Coffee and Internets: post daily round up, skim NY Times headlines, read Questionable Content O' the Day.

6:30: Shower, contacts, brush teeth.

6:45: Makeup and hair. Get dressed and load purse up with bananas and granola bars, maybe yogurt for breakfast at our desks. Curse when I realize cell phone is dead because I didn't plug it in to charge last night AGAIN.

7-7:30: Watching West Wing rerun on Bravo and more Internets! until Tom is ready to leave for work. Sitting down to work just before 8 AM.