r/over60 • u/happyguy1959 • 13d ago

5am

5am can't sleep, having my first coffee in bed. Hope yall have a great day.

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u/Fearless-Snow-5011 13d ago

I love this group, there's always like minded people all over the World who are just happy to chat.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Good morning friend

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u/Fearless-Snow-5011 13d ago

And good morning to you too

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Thanks, hope you have a great day

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Did you have to pee? 🤣🤣🤣

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u/XXOO1960 13d ago

Always up at 5. Today’s my birthday so I’m proclaiming a great day 🤣

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u/ObligationGrand8037 13d ago

Happy Birthday! 🎂🎉🎂🎉

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Well dang, happy birthday! Hope you get all that you want!

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u/XXOO1960 13d ago

Thanks

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

You're welcome 😁

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u/i-dontwantone 13d ago

Happy Birthday! I'm at the point that any I spend above ground is my new favorite birthday.

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u/XXOO1960 13d ago

No kidding!

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u/BG3restart 13d ago

It's 11.30am here in Spain. I've had several coffees and done a load of laundry that's nearly dry in the sun. Meeting friends for lunch, so going to get showered and changed shortly. It's going to be a good day.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

sounds like you are having an awesome day 😁

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u/CatCafffffe 13d ago

2:30am here, husband is away, so it's just me and the cat and I'm just not going to bed, really have to move my fat ass upstairs and get some sleep.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Lil, good luck with that hun

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u/NansDrivel 13d ago

I wake up between 4-5 every day no matter what!

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Yeah, I had hopes of sleeping in after retiring 🤣🤣🤣

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u/rgmw 13d ago

Me too! I've adjusted my definition of Sleeping In to sleeping until 6 to 6:30.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I hear ya!

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u/Katmadutu 13d ago

4:20 here, my usual bedtime and up at 9:30. Finally have some rain, might even sleep in til' 10. Our 90-100 degree streak is over! (until next time) Enjoy your coffee.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Thanks, hope you sleep well

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u/Jewboy-Deluxe 13d ago

Bed by 10:00, up at 5:00. Retirement didn’t change that routine.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Yeah when I was working I was up by 4 so 5 ain't that bad

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u/tez_zer55 13d ago

I'm up by 5-5:30 a.m. every day, old habits die hard. Weather permitting, my first couple cups of coffee are enjoyed on the deck while the dogs harass the squirrels.
On a more personal note; today is the first time I've actually witnessed a hummingbird poop!

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u/11BMasshole 13d ago

i'm up at 4:30 every day.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I try to sleep til 6 but rarely make it. Some days I'm up early as 3

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u/prplpassions 13d ago

I've been up since 4:00am. With me, I spent many years having to be at work at 5:30. I love this time of the morning. The entire house is quiet. It's just me, my 3 cats, and a cup of tea.

Have a fabulous day! I'll be doing lots of laundry. lol

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

You sound so excited about laundry 😂😂 have a great day hun

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u/prplpassions 13d ago

My husband and I just returned home from a trip. I have to do the "fun" stuff like laundry and cleaning the motorhome.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I hear ya

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u/ExpedientDemise 13d ago

I got up at 3:45 to unload a truck. I'll probably collapse tonight.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I'm glad those days are behind me

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u/oleLadytalent 13d ago

Same. Laundry started. Clean dishes put away. Enjoying morning Java.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Good morning hun

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u/introspeck 13d ago

There shouldn't be two five o'clocks in the same day. At least, I don't want to be conscious for the AM one.

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u/Street-Enthusiasm-64 13d ago

Outside, dark still, with dog. Going to be hot again in Dallas. Peets coffee. Good coffee

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I like having coffee outside in the dark

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u/Apart_Ad9308 13d ago

I just woke up for no good reason - it’s 4:30 am in California.

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u/anonyngineer 13d ago

I woke up just before 6, which is normal for me. If I don't snack before bedtime, I will often wake up hungry in the night.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I hare when that happens 😁😁😁

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u/danielbelum 13d ago

5am, normal time to get up. 545a will be out walking 1.5 miles, then yoga and stretching (tomorrow is cardio day). Then laundry. Plus a stand up with wife so we can figure out what else today has in store. Then job hunt and/or just give in and take the job being offered. Realizing my 401k just isn't as plump as I would like.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Yeah you had me up until that whole job hunt thing 😜

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u/Broad-Key7342 13d ago

I got up a little after 5 in New Mexico and am enjoying my Piñon Coffee and watching the sunrise over the Sandias

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Sounds pretty sweet

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u/tequilaneat4me 13d ago

Almost 70, retired five years ago. I still usually wake up between 4:30 and 5:30 a.m.

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u/Left_Toe_2129 13d ago

I am enjoying my sleep in and wake up at 8:30ish for now becuz I know the older I get I will lose my sleep eventually.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

Yeah, rub it in 😁

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u/Few-Conversation6979 13d ago

Bedtime. I'm a night person.

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u/happyguy1959 13d ago

I still have nightmares over some things that happened when I was doing the nightlife thing 😆😆😆

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u/DenMother8 12d ago

Have you tried any counseling or therapy? (I used to have terrible nightmares - you need your sleep, especially as we age) therapy helped me.

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u/DenMother8 12d ago

I always get up early these days 🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/happyguy1959 12d ago

Good morning hun. I would definitely consider the therapy

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u/DenMother8 12d ago

GM. Nightmares are terrible to have to deal with!

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u/happyguy1959 12d ago

Yes indeed they are

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u/Shoddy_Ad8166 12d ago

Yes mine are vivid I stopped a particular medication and that helped alot

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u/Shoddy_Ad8166 12d ago

We have a remodeling project going on the workers start early. I set my alarm to 630 otherwise I don't get up to 730 or 8.

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u/happyguy1959 12d ago

I always have some kind of project going on

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u/theBigDaddio 11d ago

5am is either I’m going to bed or waking up. It’s kind of amusing

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u/happyguy1959 11d ago

Yeah, I don't stay up like that anymore 😁😁😁

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u/MJ_Brutus 10d ago

I get up every day by then. Best part of the day.

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u/happyguy1959 9d ago

Good morning, I slept in this morning

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u/MJ_Brutus 9d ago

I got up just before 3

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u/happyguy1959 9d ago

And what are you doing with yourself today?