Sleeping in..

[crazycanuck]

Does anyone else have a problem with being able to sleep in on a Saturday??

I don't normally sleep in during the week. I'm up at 415am or so on M & Thurs for swim practice & 5am T/W (F?) to bike in to the city. If i'm training for an event, Saturdays are again 5am days. Sundays can be early days if it's going to be hot & we need to do dirt time early.

I have never been able to get over feeling bad about sleeping in. I feel half the day is over by 8am..

Are you like this & what do you do to not feel funny about it?

[Pax]

I've never been a "good" sleeper so not sleeping in is pretty normal for me. I'm up at 5am each day and on the weekends it's nice to sleep until 6:00 or so if I can. I don't feel bad about it at all...if I manage another hour or two of sleep I'm tickled pink!

[shootingstar]

Does anyone else have a problem with being able to sleep in on a Saturday?? ....................................................

I have never been able to get over feeling bad about sleeping in. I feel half the day is over by 8am..

Are you like this & what do you do to not feel funny about it?

Have to say I do tend to feel the same. But unlike you, I have to get up at 4:30 am during the week, to get to work..cycling is only a small part of my long commute.

So weekends I do allow myself to sleep in..an acceptable sleep-in is 7:00-7:30 am ...which right now I've gone overtime!

But in the past few months, I realize I've been sleep-deprived and I don't realize this until I do allow myself to sleep in abit longer...and feel more refreshed because I allowed myself to sleep abit more.

But yea, in warmer seasons, I get there on the bike earlier on weekends. Shopping is also more enjoyable during earlier part of morning which is how I plan my ride on Sat. after 2 hrs. of riding or so.

[buddha_bellies]

Thank goodness for daylight saving time tomorrow. I ususally get up around 6 am so waking at 8 am is sleeping in. And man! that extra 2 hours of sleep do make a difference... though in the middle of the day I still get tired and need to either go for a refreshing walk around (outside work) or a cup of coffee.

[Velobambina]

I love sleeping. That said, it's more difficult--physically and mentally--if I sleep in on the weekends/holidays/vacation. Going back to work is bad enough. Having to get up early AND going to work would make me desolate. Therefore, I split the difference, get up at my usual time when I don't have to work, and take an afternoon nap if I feel like it.

[RoadRaven]

I haven't been able to sleep in for years - I attribute that to kids... As infants they disrupted my "sleep til 11am/ingrained while a teenager" patterns

Then they started school and I started work... so up early to check emails and forums - like TE - makes lunches and drive them/me into town (we live 1/2 hour out in the country)

Now, with youngest aged 13, I have no need to get up and monitor at the weekedn, but I still wake early.
Sometimes this last winter, I slept til 8am - unheard of for years

In summer though its different. We have a huge number of birds around our place which is fantastic - but the compromise is having to put up with their noise. So in spring, the tui begins a day's break - very loud and pretty "bing-bong-bing" call from about 5:30-6:15. Its 6:15 now, and already I have burnt the rubbish, put in a load of washing and begun marking assessments (for my students). As pages load here (dial-up), I read and/or reply to posts.

Over Summer, the tui will have foregone its early announcement, but then we have the babies of numerous garden birds scrabbling around in their nests which their parents have kindly built in nooks and crannies around the eaves... sigh...

Ah well, this time of day is stunning and so many sleep through the glorious sun-rises, or misty ethereal mornings I witness.

CC - now, like you, if the day gets to 8-9, and I have done "nothing" I feel like so much of the day is gone and it feels more crammed to try and "fit" things in.

An early start actually makes my day feel relaxed and less hurried, and I usually get an hour (or more at weekends) to myself in the quiet, which I relish.

[Flur]

When I was getting up for work at 5:30 every day, I would sleep in until 7 on the weekends and it felt so luxurious! I loved it. But when my contract ended at the end of July, I got a chance to catch up on sleep and go back to my "natural" sleep habits of 9+ hours a night. So I go to bed at the same time (between 10 and 11) and now I don't wake up until 8. I'll be up at 7 at the earliest and that can be a struggle for me. I feel horrible when I sleep past 8 as it really does seem like a waste. To be honest, I like the guilt as it gets me motivated to get up and get on with my day. With daylight savings happening here tomorrow, I'll hopefully get back to getting up at 7am on a regular basis.

[Cataboo]

I feel bad about sleeping in on a Saturday - but I do tend to do it to try to catch up on sleep. I'm a night owl, usually go to bed at 2-3 am, and have to be up by 7 or 8 on weekdays... Friday nights, I'm usually up later. I think I went to bed at 5 or 6 am last night?

So I woke up at noon this "morning"...