I don't think i've ever shit in the morning lol.

I have to. My day just doesn’t feel right unless I do.
Plus once I start work I might not get a chance for another 10 hours if things go really bad

Yay, Rap Game was fun

I like the idea of two teas

What do you do Moot?

If I have a long project on, the rare type where I am just left to get on with it for a few days or weeks I dont set an alarm at all and it is fucking bliss.

Waking up naturally is infinitely better than being woken up. Might even go back to sleep to catch the next episode of that dream I just had.

Bob wrote:

I like the idea of two teas

What do you do Moot?

I slice magazines and newspapers in half and feed them into a scanner.

I've done it for 16 now. I fucking love it.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Bob wrote:

I like the idea of two teas

What do you do Moot?

I slice magazines and newspapers in half and feed them into a scanner.

I still dont understand what moot does. Why do you slice mags and papetsin half and scan them?

Dinostar77 wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Bob wrote:

I like the idea of two teas

What do you do Moot?

I slice magazines and newspapers in half and feed them into a scanner.

I still dont understand what moot does. Why do you slice mags and papetsin half and scan them?

I work for what used to be known as a press cutting agency. Now that part of the business is so minor I'm amazed we've still got jobs (most of that side of production is gone to outsourcing and whatnot, but the scanning room clings on like a limpet). There are a surprising amount of publications that don't offer digital content, so we physically scan them and send any mentions to clients - via India - while waiting for redundancy.

I'm the complete opposite Liv, it's great sometimes but I crave routine and lack discipline in so many ways. having a location to go to and work from is near on essential

My days vary, depending on my shift, and what’s happening at work, but let’s take a day-shift, and an uneventful day.

0530hrs
The light for my first alarm begins it’s gradual creep from darkness to light, reaching its full brightness at

0600hrs
When it also plays birdsong. I may or may not waken enough to remember this moment later. Usually not.

0605hrs
0610hrs
0615hrs
0620hrs
0625hrs
Alarms will go off on my phone. I’m usually awake enough to remember the last one or two later.

0630hrs
Having been creeping up to full brightness again, the second alarm begins its birdsong. Depending on how alert I am, I might look at the forum or twitter, or set a countdown timer on my phone.

0645hrs
Ideally, get up. (Sometimes that goes wrong.) Before I do anything else, I go through the flat, Candy greets me at the living room door, then follows me to the front door, where I let her out to pee. In summer it’s light, in winter it’s bitterly cold, so either way the fresh air wakens me fully. I grab Candy’s food bowl from the vestibule, and take it to the kitchen. She gets a can of wet food in the morning, with a food supplement for her arthritis and meds for her leaks, and I have an Actimel, vitamins, minerals and omega 3. While she eats, I shit, shower, dress, and clean my teeth.

0710-0725hrs
Depending on how long it took me to get up, and get ready. I take my bag and jacket out to the car. I take Candy, and she does her second pee and, hopefully, a shit. Take her back inside, lock up, jump in the car and go. I listen to podcasts while I’m driving. I park an 8-12 minute walk from work, depending where on the street I can find a spot. That’s the closest I can get without paying ridiculous amounts to park. If I’m super early, I sometimes have a 5-10 minute snooze. I continue listening to podcasts while I walk.

0740-0755hrs
Arrive at work, log on, open up Oulook, and the two other bits of software that I use for work. Make a coffee (I have a Nespresso machine on my desk) and maybe get a sausage or egg softie from the canteen, which is about thirty seconds from our office.

0800hrs
Briefing. My supervisor seems to forget what the first five letters of that word mean. So, we make up for it by giving her a three word description of our plans for the day: ‘visits and admin’. Once the briefing is over, I’ll have a second coffee, and something to eat if I didn’t manage it before / during. I’ll get on with admin, to save fighting through morning traffic (unless I need to get someone early doors). I’ll go for a second shit, too.

0900hrs
Head out and do visits.

1200hrs
Lunch. Probably a tin of soup or beans, with flatbreads. Depending on how things are, I’ll either look at my phone, or work. Even if I’m looking at my phone, lunch break will be twenty minutes, tops. Depending on how the morning went, or how the month is going, it’s back out for more visits, or admin. But not before another shit.

1500hrs
Wash my plate/bowl/cup, leave them to dry.

1558hrs
One of my colleagues will stand up, pull on her jacket, grab her back, and expect us to be ready to leave within ten seconds, regardless of whether we’re in the middle of something, or packed. Depending on how it’s going, I may or may not try to leave at the same time. Usually not. I’ll finish whatever I’m doing (or get to a more natural break) tidy up my desk, and probably go for another shit before walking back to my car and driving home.

1645-1730hrs
Depending on how quickly I got away from work, how bad traffic was, and whether or not I had to pop to Tesco, I’ll get home. Candy gets out to pee straight away. I might sit down for a minute first, or we might head out for her walk straight away. Once we’re back, she’ll sit on my lap while I catch up with the YouTube channels I subscribe to.

1800-1900hrs
Organise Candy’s dinner (a scoop of dry, plus meds) and my own. I’ll probably snooze for 15-30 minutes. Then TV / videogames.

2130hrs
Reminder on my phone to take my meds.

2200-2330hrs
At some point I’ll remember to take my meds. Depending on how quickly they take effect, and what I’m up to, at some point in this window I’ll actually switch off the telly and go through the routine; let Candy out for her last pee, give her her last meds with a treat, pack my work bag for the next day, head back to the living room where she’s now in bed, and tuck her in. Bathroom, then bed. I’ve gotten into a bad habit of taking my Switch and my iPad, and watching Netflix in the dark before sleep, but for the last couple of weeks I’ve mostly cut that out, to get back to reading.

2330-0030hrs
I’ll get to sleep, hopefully.

0200-0230hrs or 0400-0430hrs
There’s a good chance I’ll wake up, I may or may not know why. I’ll usually get back to sleep fairly quickly.

07:45 Alarm goes off... Repeated alarm snoozing but at some point I'll make a decision to stop and read the Daily Briefing from The Guardian, look at and forget the Dictionary app word of the day and earn MS Reward Points doing the Bing 'Daily set'...

08:08 Finally get out of bed, drink a glass of water, pop to toilet, shower, have breakfast (cereal, juice or smoothie), dress and pack the bicycle pannier.

08:45 Cycle to work via Meadows/Union Canal.

09:00 Possibly stop for a few minutes to admire wildlife and/or talk about films and politics with random guy who walks into town as I cycle out.

09:30 Arrive at work, lock up bike, get changed.

09:40 Sit at desk *.

11:11 Toilet and tea break then return to desk *.

13:00 Lunch and a bit of a walk if weather is ok.

14:00 Return to desk *.

16:00 Toilet and tea break then return to desk *.

17:30 Leave desk, get changed, chat to colleague.

18:00 Escape from colleague and cycle home.

18:45 Some combination of chilling out (gaming, watching TV, music, internet etc.), eating, going to cinema or local meeting (mostly Scottish Greens).

23:45 Head to bed and read for a bit.

00:00 Lights off and attempt to sleep.


* Work takes place at desk (other than meetings), often accompanied by background podcasts and sporadically punctuated by 'brief' internet breaks.

7:00 Alarm if shower needed/7:30 Alarm if shower not needed.
8:00 Walk to work/8:20 bike to work/8:30 Taxi to work
8:45 Get breakfast in canteen. Flirt with Caroline
8:50 Pray there has been an update to the PC's or I forgot I'd powered off.
9:00 Start work. Open can of Monster.
10-12:00 Somewhere in here will be first break. After this pray for sweet release of death
12-14:00 Somewhere in here will be lunch. After this pray for sweet release of death
14:30-16:30 Somewhere in here will be second break. After this pray for sweet release of death
17:25 Get rid of a call in any way possible if on one, go into break.
17:30 Get the fuck out of there, lift 3/4 of the way home with colleague if not come on bike.
17:50 Walk rest of way home if not come on bike. If on bike seen next but now.
18:00 Get back home, collapse onto sofa.
18:10 Depending on the day, watch wrestling or play Destiny. Eat at some undefined point.
23:00 Go to bed.

Diluted Dante wrote:

7:00 Alarm if shower needed/7:30 Alarm if shower not needed.

What determines this?

What I smell like mostly.