Anybody else awake at 3 a.m.

[jblum315]

Isn't anybody up but me?

[Bonanza]

Isn't anybody up but me?

I am!!! :a040:

[Golfingnut]

Just took Mr. Buster out to pee.
Good morning.

[BarryRX]

Good morning fellow early risers. Maybe we should start am"Sunrise Club".

[Golfingnut]

Good morning fellow early risers. Maybe we should start am"Sunrise Club".

There used to be a coffee at 4 AM group. They met at one of the shell gas stations on 466 that had picnic tables.

[archerlc]

Up at 3:45

[Bryant]

Up at 3:15. Hopped on computer. It's 5:27 and still on. Will be going back to bed for sure.

[glgene]

Up at 5:03 a.m. But I didn't hear the rooster (I was raised on a farm).

I don't miss the farm or early-bird rooster. Ahhh-TV!

Gene (and Kathy)
TV frogs

[Madelaine Amee]

Isn't anybody up but me?

I was up at 3:38am, too cold went back to bed.

[rubicon]

I am a daily 4:00 AM riser and love the quiet time in which to read and reflect and then watch the sun rise. Mornings offer more promise in my view

[DougB]

Could y'all keep it down please. I'm trying to sleep!

[redwitch]

Don't look at me. If I'm up at 3:00 am, it usually means I haven't been to sleep yet.

[tainsley]

I am usually up by 5! Love the early morning, great time for a walk!

[Lauren Sweeny]

For some unknown reason I seem to wake at 3-3:30 daily! I am trying to figure out WHY?? I go to bed around 10 and do not take naps. Even have a script for Lunesta. I play on the PC and try to do quiet things so as not to wake hubby. Wish I had a cow to milk to feel useful. :)

[2BNTV]

Usually up at 5 AM. Get maybe 5 hours, if i am lucky. Do a few things around the house, and have breakfast.

Then back to the recliner, for another hour of sleep.

It's great to be retired, as I need my naps. :D

[CFrance]

Don't look at me. If I'm up at 3:00 am, it usually means I haven't been to sleep yet.
Ha ha! I was just gonna ask that... Are these folks just getting up, or haven't they been to bed yet!:icon_wink:

[tippyclubb]

Like Redwitch there are way too many nights I'm still awake at 3:00am. I was lucky last night and was sleeping at 2. I miss the nights of falling asleep around 11 or midnight. I miss a good nights sleep and waking up feeling refreshed. Feeling fatigued all the time is getting old real fast.

[keithwand]

Wow. I thought I was up early at 6 to leave for golf at 6:30.

[keithwand]

Wow. I thought I was up early at 6 to leave for golf at 6:30.
You guys do know you're retired.

[Topspinmo]

In may area I have the permanent ALARM Clock in my head that wakes me up at 4AM, 3AM your time Soon to be my time. Seems that 46 years of work has brainwashed me into WIDE AWAKE AT 4AM even on days I don't have to work...:ohdear: Geezzz, what a BAD habit. :1rotfl:

[cquick]

Oh, Yeah! Lots of times, but I have found BBC radio on my Ipad and I can listen to BBC America or BBC 4 or BBC 4extra (which is radio shows and comedies to listen to). Very soothing if played very low on headphones ( so as not to bother my husband).

[Golfingnut]

Usually up at 5 AM. Get maybe 5 hours, if i am lucky. Do a few things around the house, and have breakfast.

Then back to the recliner, for another hour of sleep.

It's great to be retired, as I need my naps. :D

Hey, that's me to the nines. Love that 5am to 6 am nap.

[rubicon]

For us early birds remember there is a difference between I am awake vis a vis I am up. My wife always claims she is up but she doesn't experience it because she is not awake

[Golfingnut]

For us early birds remember there is a difference between I am awake vis a vis I am up. My wife always claims she is up but she doesn't experience it because she is not awake

LOL I know that well? Mine even says to me not to talk until she is into cup number two.

[DianeM]

This night owl likes the still of the night.

[KittyKat]

Oh how I wish I were an early-bird! I go to bed between 3 & 4am and, if landscapers don't wake me up, wake up around 11am to, you know, use the facilities then try to go back to sleep until 1pm. This schedule does not jive with the rest of TV but can't change my body clock. BTW, don't forget to move your clocks ahead tonight before beddy-bye.

[wendyquat]

Don't look at me. If I'm up at 3:00 am, it usually means I haven't been to sleep yet.

Same here Dee!

[Barefoot]

Isn't anybody up but me?

Don't look at me. If I'm up at 3:00 am, it usually means I haven't been to sleep yet.

Same here Dee!

Same here. No matter how tired I am during the day, once bedtime arrives, I'm wide awake. I've never liked mornings. I've decided it's my body clock and I'm stuck with it!

[redwitch]

And I rest my case. Tis 3/4 am and I'm wide awake and have been. ugh ugh ugh

[asianthree]

Not gone to bed yet morning

[dotti105]

I have worked Shift work as a RN for far too long. My normal "bedtime" is about 0300, and wake about 1000. That is one thing my hubby is determined to change when we get to TV full time. He is gonna be a Drill Sargent, I'm afraid!!

[Mr. Grampi II]

I normally get up at 4:00 am in the Villages and 6:00 up north(Ohio, currently there). Last night I set my alarm clock ahead an hour and I forgot it also has the feature to advance it self... I was up walking around at 4:30 and my half asleep wife asked me " do you think you are in the Villages?"

[senior citizen]

Isn't anybody up but me?


Ever since we retired, we are both up early.....between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Obviously, beginning the day so early leads to an early bedtime as well. Truthfully though, mornings are a beautiful and peaceful time.

I think naps become common at our age also........although we used to get a kick out of our elderly neighbors "napping" at barbecues, etc. or at parties........now we know why.

We had one sweetheart of an elderly neighbor who , I swear, would nap while driving us to the airport for our trip to Disney World each spring school vacation.........he'd laugh and say it was because he was up so early at 3 a.m. each morning........and he was a farm boy who had to feed the chickens when younger.

What is nice about retirement is that it doesn't matter what time schedule one keeps.

[Barefoot]

Isn't anybody up but me?

It's 2:20 AM. Am I the only one awake?

[DougB]

It's 2:20 AM. Am I the only one awake?

Nope

[MikeV]

It's 2:20 AM. Am I the only one awake?

Nope, I'm wide awake. :cus:

[Golfingnut]

Buster let me sleep in today. Very unusual.

Have a blessed day.

Lou

[Lpierleo]

:laugh:If I am up at three, it is usually just to pee.


Linda

[doccrocker]

For all those people who wake up to start their day at 4-5 am, With therapy, we can help you. For the rest of us , my legislative petition states that all hours before 10:00am are to be declared illegal, and for those who are not yet retired but still working, Mondays are to be eliminated.
:spoken:

[mac9]

So where is everybody?

[CFrance]

For all those people who wake up to start their day at 4-5 am, With therapy, we can help you. For the rest of us , my legislative petition states that all hours before 10:00am are to be declared illegal, and for those who are not yet retired but still working, Mondays are to be eliminated.
:spoken:
:BigApplause::BigApplause:

[mixsonci]

Oh how I wish I were an early-bird! I go to bed between 3 & 4am and, if landscapers don't wake me up, wake up around 11am to, you know, use the facilities then try to go back to sleep until 1pm. This schedule does not jive with the rest of TV but can't change my body clock. BTW, don't forget to move your clocks ahead tonight before beddy-bye.

Looks like there are quite a few of us night owls. I have always been this way. Even on work days, I am up until 1:00 am and up at 7:00 to get ready for work. 3 or 4 on weekends. Sometimes I wish I were more of a morning person, but at this stage of my life, don't think I can change now.

[ssmith]

Love the early morning hours but not 3:00 am....I am blessed to be a great sleeper. However I don't think I ever switched over in the fall at daylight savings so I was getting up at 5:00 now it is more like 5:30 or 6:00.

Mornings are full of possibility, quiet time for me....not my husband tho. My mind is totally awake when I wake up!!!!

[Barefoot]

Looks like there are quite a few of us night owls. I have always been this way. ..... Sometimes I wish I were more of a morning person, but at this stage of my life, don't think I can change now.

I'm exactly the same way, a night owl with a wonky Circadian Rhythm. I've tried to reset my internal clock, to no avail. I've tried Melatonin, naps, magnesium, :blahblahblah:. Now I just accept the way I am. I find that as I age, I need less sleep, and I'm rarely tired.

The Bubble is definitely a morning community, with many exercise classes happening at (yikes) 7 AM in the morning. :mornincoffee: I do enjoy my late night walks when all the houses are dark and everyone is tucked into bed. And it's fun to visit TOTV in the middle of the night to check which of my fellow night owls are logged on.

[mixsonci]

I'm exactly the same way, a night owl with a wonky Circadian Rhythm. I've tried to reset my internal clock, to no avail. I've tried Melatonin, naps, magnesium, :blahblahblah:. Now I just accept the way I am. I find that as I age, I need less sleep, and I'm rarely tired.

The Bubble is definitely a morning community, with many exercise classes happening at (yikes) 7 AM in the morning. :mornincoffee: I do enjoy my late night walks when all the houses are dark and everyone is tucked into bed. And it's fun to visit TOTV in the middle of the night to check which of my fellow night owls are logged on.

Late night walking sounds like a great idea, I think I would love to do that, but don't know if I would ever be brave enough to go out walking in the wee hours of the morning, interesting idea though. I know TV is probably very safe, but it still sounds scary.

[buggyone]

Late night walking sounds like a great idea, I think I would love to do that, but don't know if I would ever be brave enough to go out walking in the wee hours of the morning, interesting idea though. I know TV is probably very safe, but it still sounds scary.

The Villages is definitely safe to go walking at the very early hours of the day. Wear a reflective vest for safety! Use common sense and carry a can of wasp spray in the unlikely event of trouble from a person or animal. There have been bear sightings and coyote sightings (yes, cougars around Katie Belle's).

[Barefoot]

Late night walking sounds like a great idea, I think I would love to do that, but don't know if I would ever be brave enough to go out walking in the wee hours of the morning, interesting idea though. I know TV is probably very safe, but it still sounds scary.

We live in an area about ten years old. It is mature and quiet in our 'hood. I'm certainly not recommending it to others, but I feel quite safe when I walk late at night. Of course, I take my 70 lb dog and my pistol. (Just kidding about the pistol). It's very quiet and peaceful ... I rarely see another human, everyone is tucked into bed.

I have seen coyotes, foxes, bunnies and feral cats on the golf course in back of our house. The only creatures I'm wary of are gators. They seem grouchy and unpredictable to me. Coyotes are usually shy unless you get between mom and her cubs.

[CFrance]

I'm exactly the same way, a night owl with a wonky Circadian Rhythm. I've tried to reset my internal clock, to no avail. I've tried Melatonin, naps, magnesium, :blahblahblah:. Now I just accept the way I am. I find that as I age, I need less sleep, and I'm rarely tired.

The Bubble is definitely a morning community, with many exercise classes happening at (yikes) 7 AM in the morning. :mornincoffee: I do enjoy my late night walks when all the houses are dark and everyone is tucked into bed. And it's fun to visit TOTV in the middle of the night to check which of my fellow night owls are logged on.
I wish we lived closer together, Bare. Late night walks with Crosby are the bomb. I'd love to have the company of you and doggies.

[Barefoot]

It's 1:30 AM. The Main Page shows there are 419 people logged on ... 30 members and 389 guests.
It seems odd there are 389 guests logged on. :confused:

[JaniceOhio]

It's 1:30 AM. The Main Page shows there are 419 people logged on ... 30 members and 389 guests.
It seems odd there are 389 guests logged on. :confused:

Wow.. it's really good to see other night owls! Feels lonely until you realize others are also awake.... Love it! I do early mornings if I have to but it's painful! I'm still working but when I'm retired I hope to try to work on the body clock...but if I can't so be it! :pepper2:

[Barefoot]

Wow.. it's really good to see other night owls! Feels lonely until you realize others are also awake.... Love it! I do early mornings if I have to but it's painful! I'm still working but when I'm retired I hope to try to work on the body clock...but if I can't so be it! :pepper2:

Early mornings are painful for me also. :mornincoffee: And I've had no success changing my Circadian Rhythm. I'm almost always up early, but I actually start functioning properly about noon.

Janice, you're going to love retirement. I haven't set an alarm clock in years.

[JaniceOhio]

This night owl likes the still of the night.

Hey Diane M....You're a night owl too? How cool is that! Hope all is well!

I have a wedding in Cabo in April and then I'll be down.. Janice

[k2at]

I only get about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. I take ambien every other night like candy but it does no gud. Would sure like to get a full nights sleep once in a while to see what it feels like.

[JaniceOhio]

Hey Barefoot and K2at...nice to meet you.. Because of the peace and quiet I work this late. Normally just me, CNN and sometimes FaceBook so this is nice! I could have retired after this year... but I bought in Gilchrist (greatest decision I ever made) so I have to work a bit longer.. Retirement sounds so wonderful...

People were telling me that I belonged in TV before I knew what TV were... It's nice when you know where you belong.. I'm a career coach and have seen many who never figure it out..

[kittygilchrist]

Hi Neighbor, I don't think we have met....good morning!
Kitty

[BarryRX]

I only get about 4-5 hours of sleep a night. I take ambien every other night like candy but it does no gud. Would sure like to get a full nights sleep once in a while to see what it feels like.

Please talk to your doctor. Taking Ambien every other night like candy is not recommended, especially since you say it does no good anyway. Perhaps your doctor will recommend something else.

[CFrance]

There are some people--like myself--who are always logged on. I'm too lazy to enter the info every time I check out TOTV (several times a day), so I never log off. I would show up as being up 24 hours a day!

[JaniceOhio]

Hi Neighbor, I don't think we have met....good morning!
Kitty

Hi Kitty:

Good morning from Ohio! Would love to meet you! I'm a Gilchrist single too! :crap2:

[JaniceOhio]

There are some people--like myself--who are always logged on. I'm too lazy to enter the info every time I check out TOTV (several times a day), so I never log off. I would show up as being up 24 hours a day!

Hi CFrance! ! I'm a fam member of Bernard Baruch by marriage. I have wedding gifts from his sister (to my aunt) in my house. Great quote and feels nice whenever I see it!

[Trish Crocker]

Just took Mr. Buster out to pee.
Good morning.

I really hope Mr Buster is your dog!

[CFrance]

Hi CFrance! ! I'm a fam member of Bernard Baruch by marriage. I have wedding gifts from his sister (to my aunt) in my house. Great quote and feels nice whenever I see it!
Wow! I am impressed. How neat to have someone so famous in your family. :eclipsee_gold_cup:

[CFrance]

I really hope Mr Buster is your dog!:a20: That's funny!

[Barefoot]

I really hope Mr Buster is your dog!

:eclipsee_gold_cup:

[jhrc4]

Isn't anybody up but me?

NOT ME>>>I'm a 4:30 AM person then walk 3 miles ...Yawn, best time of day.:wine::wine: