Morning rituals

[wart57]

One of my main rituals every morning is to stop and get a Mt. Dew at either the Circle K or the Quick Trip, lately I have been going to the QT, I can get the 44 oz. for 75 cents on a re-fill. I know I drink too much soda, but I have been maintaining my weight at just about 206 lbs, and have not budged from my 36 inch waist, but I only average about 4 hrs of sleep per night so I need the caffeine to wake my ass up. Well, this morning the MT. Dew was out at the QT, so I had to go with the Code red dew. I was all set to be out of sorts today, but it hasn't been that bad, baby Rose is teething and had a very rough night last night, I probably only slept about 3 hrs last night. So today was not a good day to have a Dew shortage. While the Code Red is ok, I was really looking forward to my Dew fix this morning. I am not out of sorts as much as I was expecting.

Anyway, what ritual would throw you folks out of sorts in the morning if you didn't get it done?

[Jocephus]

not too much for me really. although if i dont have a good morning BM i'm usually bothered.

[stlouie_lipp]

The WGN morning news show lost their audio feed for about half hour this morning. I didn't know what to do with myself.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Coffee. But, Wart, why didn't you just get a bottle or two of Mt. Dew?

[wart57]

Coffee. But, Wart, why didn't you just get a bottle or two of Mt. Dew?

The bottle or 2 costs about $3.00 - I ain't paying an extra $2.25 for bottles. The Code Red isn't that bad....not my Normal Dew, but not bad.

I know $2.25 doesn't sound like much, but with a family of 6 on a single income, every cent counts.

I wish I liked coffee, we get it free at work.

[jim]

Coffee. I'm such an addict that I actually do some exercise with coffee. My health club has free coffee, and on days I lift (Mon/Wed/Fri) I get a cup of coffee and drink that. All of these younger guys are drinking god knows what kind of sports drink, or water, but I'm chugging down freaking coffee. It's a small cup and by the time I finish warming up I'm done and switch over to water, but I start with coffee. I then grab a big mug of it after I workout, and then of course numerous cups at work.

[thrill]

I walk my dog every morning, take a shower, make coffee and and listen to podcasts during those rituals. I used to turn on Sports Center but I found myself running around 10 minutes late every day eventually because I'd sit on the couch to watch and doze off.

[StL Dan]

I like to get to work at least 15 mins early, if not 30, so I can have a coffee or two and catch up on news. Feeling rushed in the morning really gets me off my game.

[heyzeus]

Morning is my time with my son. I get up when he gets up. Sometimes that's 5:30, sometimes it's 7. I like the latter.

I make him breakfast. Usually some whole wheat pancakes or waffles and always a banana. He talks to his breakfast while I put away some dishes. Afterwards, we play with legos til it's time that I must get in the shower and dressed.

I like NPR in the car in the mornings, because I'm an upper middle class, college educated, left-leaning anglo. Unless it's another story about the strife and bloodshed in Syria, et al. I feel some guilt changing the channel, but it's too early in the day to have my [expletive] ruined by awful things I can't change.

[Arthur Dent]

One of my main rituals every morning is to stop and get a Mt. Dew

How can you drink soda in the morning? If I do that, pretty much without fail, my digestive system produces an explosive reaction.