Who is awake?

[tjwmason]

It's 12:30 p.m. here in the U.K. - I'm sort of awake (slowly working towards making some more coffee to have with lunch).

I think (terrible at time-zones), that this makes is 1:30 in Europe, 7:30 Eastern flowing backwards 6:30 Central, 5:30 Mountain, and 4:30 Pacific.

How many DUers are awake and sprightly this fine Monday?

[sniffa]

1. i am

i've been up about 3 hrs now. how you doing? :D

[tjwmason]

8. That sounds very early to me

It's hard enough for me to drag my arse out of bed in order to leave home by 8:30 (that turned into 8:45 this morning).

I'm doing very well for Monday before lunch. I bought a large packet of Haribo this morning, and then ate them all rather quickly giving myself a massive sugar rush (I rarely eat anything sweet), which then faded and made my very dopey. Time for coffee and real food methinks.

How are you, and how is Boston today?

[sniffa]

23. amateur!

i was up a LiL bit before 5.

boston, is shitty - it's been raining, with hurricanish winds for 3 days now. :mad:

haribo?

[tjwmason]

24. I've never got up before 5

Been around then from the night before - but getting up that early :scared:

As for the weather - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - sunny and warm sping days here :D

http://www.haribo.com

They are grotesquely sweet yet adictive children's sweets.

[sniffa]

26. aw, you're missing out

the worLd is different during farmers' hours.

how's the economy over there? i may be adventurous in my impending job search.

[tjwmason]

32. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak

If I try it, it just doesn't work.

The economy's been doing well, but the future is less certain; the biggest problem is high cost of living. That said, we'd all love you to come over here and we're all very nice really (once we know you're not a bushite), so you should at least look into it.

[sniffa]

35. nice!

i've heard that ireLand is the rising economy at the moment (at Least in my area(s)). not sure how true it is, since i'm getting a biased view from my irish coworker.

if i ever take such a big step, i'd prefer it to be a baby one... Like engLand or canada.

[tjwmason]

39. Ireland has been doing very well indeed recently

So much so that Irish people have stopped leaving, and started going back.

This was assisted by some major funding from the E.U., which is likely to be diverted to the central European countries which have just joined.

Also remember the proximity to Europe. From either England or Ireland you could jump on a plane and be in Paris, Florence, Madrid at the drop of a hat. Plus you'll get run-over in the first week as you struggle to get used to people driving on the correct side of the road.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. you are right, it is 1.30pm here

and I just had some home made cake. My colleague had birthday yesterday and brought two very yummy cakes to work today. So we sat together with some other colleagues for some coffee and cake.

Now I need to go back to work (even though I am not in the mood). Good thing I had some coffe which makes me awake (because I barely drink coffee)

[tjwmason]

9. Ahhh kafe und kuchen

An idea which we could do well to import to England - you should try afternoon tea as well - then we can all gain massive ammounts of weight and do passable imitations of beached-whales ;-)

[MissHoneychurch]

10. me thinks I need to go to the gym after work

because there is some cake left which I gonna eat later on

Edit: I take tea anytime over coffee ... and Scones with jelly sounds just too delicious

[tjwmason]

25. Afternoon tea is pure heaven

Though it certainly costs a long trip to the gym afterwards.

[MissHoneychurch]

40. Or morning tea

the first sip of hot tea on a cold morning .... ahhhh bless .....

[Menshevik]

3. me

although I'm in the UK, so I should be awake at this time

[tjwmason]

12. I was about to say "hard at work?"

But then I noticed your profile says you're a student so it's a pretty stupid question :hide:

[Menshevik]

16. lol

and even worse, I don't have finals until June...sooo not motivated

[liberal N proud]

4. I am here but not awake

too hard of a week end too short of a night.

[tjwmason]

14. Sounds familiar

You need the week to recover from the week-end rather than vice-versa.

I'd love to be like that, but work's still back-up a wee bit from the holiday last Monday so I need to keep the nose to the grind-stone.

[NJCher]

5. 7:40 EST here

in New Jersey. Before I signed onto DU I put a load of clothes in to wash, swept the floor, hugged on a kitty and fed the kitties. Oh, also sang to them.

Now, cup of coffee in hand, I am about to check the DU headlines.

Good Morning, everyone. :)


Cher

[tjwmason]

15. Good morning

:hi:

They sound like some very lucky kitties - food, hugs and song all in one go.

[Bronco69]

6. I've been up since 2am

I couldn't sleep.

[tjwmason]

17. Is this a long-term insomnia?

I had that for a while at university (mainly from drinking too much coffee). It's not good at all :scared:

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

7. Good Morning......err afternoon!

630 AM here in Minnesota.......I'm having a cup of coffee and starting my week with The Top Ten Conservative Idiots. Kids all still asleep. Great way to start the day.

[tjwmason]

19. I bet your life will soon become utter chaos

If your offspring are anything like I was.

[Jara sang]

11. I'm up!

Rise and shine!

[tjwmason]

20. I can do the rising bit

Shining is a tad more difficult - I left the white powder which makes me shine at home.

[BlondieK143]

13. *yawn*

:) Hey there! How's your morning going? I've been up since 5:30, so we're working on 3 hours. Share your coffee? :)

[tjwmason]

21. It's not been too bad - for a Monday morning

There was a definite moment of thankfullness for flexi-time when I finally started to crawl along the ground to the shower a good half hour after I should have done.

You're more than welcome to some coffee and a little something to eat is probably a good idea too - be warned I like my coffee resembling road-tar. :donut:

[BlondieK143]

27. Eww.

Road tar? :puke: Guess the thought is what counts. :D hehe

Crawling along the ground to the shower... wow! What a good idea!

[tjwmason]

38. It's the best

Thick, dark, black, bitter YUMMY.

If coffee doesn't make you stomach feel queasy it's just not doing it's job.

[yvr girl]

18. I'm up

Pacific time zone

[tjwmason]

22. Now that's impressive

I'm very definitely an owl rather than a lark - work by 9 a.m. is usually difficult.

[yvr girl]

29. I'm both

When I'm on holiday, I'm usually the last one to bed and the first one up.

Sleep is for the weak.

[In_The_Wind]

28. awake hours ago

And looking forward to a beautiful Spring day !

[tjwmason]

33. In that case - I do hope that the weather lives up to your expectations

Everything becomes so much more wonderful when the sun shines. :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

37. I totally agree

and it's a wonderful day to be alive !

[HEyHEY]

30. I am

It's 5:45... working the morning shift today

[tjwmason]

34. Good luck there

Sounds rather dangerous to me - but then anything before 8 o'clock sounds dangerous to me.

[Huckebein the Raven]

31. I'm awake but barely

I'm going to need some sweet caffeine soon

[tjwmason]

36. A very familiar feeling

I was just like that a few hours ago - though not into the sweet caffeine thing, nice dark black bitter coffee here.