Lazy bones

jimmyj · Jan 17, 2010

Well today I slept in until just before 9:00 am. Man, I have not done that for years and years. Normally I never sleep late, but I have a really awesome new mattress now and the thing is a dream. I can see more of this in the future, time permitting.

Do you sleep in ever?

dave1949 · Jan 17, 2010

The older I get, the less I sleep in. Sleeping in now is 7am, maybe 8am once in a great while.
Dave.

escavader · Jan 17, 2010

IM up at 4.30 for work 6 days a week now ,sleeping in on SUNDAY might be 8 am ,only because im sleep deprived and exhausted.Ihurt too much when i lay in bed too long,i hurt if i sit around inactive all day.Mother was /is a hard worker too all her life ,told me long ago ,best medicine is keep moving ,guess she is right.
ALAN

jinman · Jan 17, 2010

In high school, I started getting up early at 4:00 am so I could go to my janitor/mechanic job at a 24 hour laundromat and dry cleaners. I would clean the dry cleaners first because the owner got there to set up for the day at 6:00 AM. Then I'd clean and work on washing machines until 7:30 AM and run back home to shower and go to school by 8:30 AM. In the military, I felt like I was sleepin' in by not getting up until 6:00 AM. On my last job before I retired, I would get up between 4:30 and 5:00 AM and leave early for my 70 mile one-way commute. Now, my wife can't understand why I can't sleep past 6:00 AM. If I'm not up by 6:00 AM, it's because I'm sick. I just can't sleep later than that and most days I'm up between 5:00 and 5:30. My body won't let me sleep in.

Of course, my wife would say I get plenty of extra sleep on the couch during the day, and that's true. If I get too still and too comfortable, I often doze off.

NSBound · Jan 17, 2010

jimmyj said:
Well today I slept in until just before 9:00 am. ...
Do you sleep in ever?

I'm working on your clock, Jimmy! I woke up around 8 but lazed in bed listening to the radio until around 8:45. It's a clear, cold day here and it felt good!

jimmyj · Jan 17, 2010

I just realized that I was not completely accurate in my post. I woke up at 6am and laid in reading until about 9am. It was still great though. This new mattress is the cats meow.

ToadHill · Jan 17, 2010

Strange things in our house, when in town my wife is up at 6:15 and I get up at around 7:15. She calls this her quiet time.

When we're at the farm I'm up at around 6:00 and she sleeps until around 9:00. I usually make our breakfast and fresh coffee. I take her cup into the bedroom and set it on her night table and the smell of fresh coffee usually wakes her up before I'm out of the room.

seca111 · Jan 17, 2010

sleeping in on the weekend is until 6.
during the week I get up at 4:30

shiftyguy · Jan 17, 2010

I work swing shift (hence shiftyguy) and look at hours of mattress time rather than when I get up. To bed at 9:00 AM and up at 3:00 PM is a good days rest.

mikim · Jan 17, 2010

jimmyj said:
Well today I slept in until just before 9:00 am. Man, I have not done that for years and years. Normally I never sleep late, but I have a really awesome new mattress now and the thing is a dream. I can see more of this in the future, time permitting.

Do you sleep in ever?

Yesterday was 11 hours on the road so was too tired to stay up past 9 -- slept straight 8 hrs (unheard of) stayed in bed til 6:30 -- we're usually up at 5. Daylight is at about 7 right now -- no way I can stay down after that.

CinderSchnauzer · Jan 17, 2010

All the time. Usually 8 - 9 is my wake up / get up period, however, most nights don't go to bed until 11:30 - 12:30 range.

I'm one of those who needs my 8 hours.

Ezlivn · Jan 17, 2010

5:30am is the norm here. Weekends...we sleep in till 6am. All depending on how the 2 dogs and 3 cats behave. NO alarm clock needed here. I haven't set an alarm in YEARS!

dex3361 · Jan 17, 2010

jimmyj said:
I just realized that I was not completely accurate in my post. I woke up at 6am and laid in reading until about 9am. It was still great though. This new mattress is the cats meow.

What kind of mattress is it?

jimmyj · Jan 17, 2010

Funny one Prokop. I don't know how you do it. Sleep is essential for me.

It is a "Sears o pedic". Cost a small fortune but I was having a LOT of trouble sleeping. The top is 4" of memory foam and there are springs of all sorts under that. It's some alleged new type of memory foam that does not get hot or sag (so far the claim is true).

I have not slept like this in at least 10 years. I used to wake up 25 to 30 times a night and have a sore back and so on (old mattress was a King Coil and cost about $800 - it was just too firm).

This bed is amazing. I don't snore harldy at all any more, no more sore back, better deeper sleep, the whole deal. My dog likes it too

czechsonofagun · Jan 18, 2010

Great sales pitch, Jimmy

I am toying with the idea of different bad for a while, the old spring mattress is really old. Maybe it will change my sleeping hours too - even that would be very short of a miracle, IMHO

dave1949 · Jan 18, 2010

czechsonofagun said:
Great sales pitch, Jimmy I am toying with the idea of different bad for a while, the old spring mattress is really old. Maybe it will change my sleeping hours too - even that would be very short of a miracle, IMHO

No wonder you look tired in your avatar

Whether a new mattress helps or not, you might want to improve your sleep habits for your health's sake Prokop.

They tie lack of sleep to several ailments, high blood pressure, obesity, heart health.

Plus, more sleep should make you more creative, not pro-creative mind you

Just junk I have read here and there. But maybe worth consideration. No potions, pills, elixirs, gizmos, or supplements involved, just teach yourself to sleep.
Dave.

czechsonofagun · Jan 18, 2010

3 hours is extreme, I typically average 5 hours of sleep I think. Year ago in the fall I biked a century - 100 miles on bicycle - and slept 4 hours the night after. Family curse, I believe, my grandpa when he was over 65 would sleep only 3 hours and my mom is the same way now when she is 76.

But I am definitely going to check out that Sears mattresse.

jimmyj · Jan 18, 2010

For the record I have no affiliation with Sears

escavader · Jan 18, 2010

Our bed is memory foam[had it several years] There is a hole where i sleep and a hole where she sleeps and a MOUNTAIN in the middle.Told her we should work on packing down the middle some how

Icannot sleep on a hard bed ,without waking up sore.
Im the type of person ,who can fall asleep in the chair,or in the car in the middle of the day.Ican wake up in 15 minutes all refreshed

Wife cant sleep a wink during the day.Dad says its cause im getting old

Kids like to make fun of me snoring in the chair

ALAN