Good Morning, Friday Five!

1. What time do you wake up on weekday mornings? That depends entirely on what shift I'm working. When I'm on mornings, I have to be up before 7:00, which sucks mightily. On midnight shift, it varies a bit, but generally averages out to around 5:00 or 6:00 PM. When I'm on evenings (4:00-midnight shift), I'm usually up around 10:00 or 11:00 AM, but that varies a lot, too, depending on how much I want to get done before work and how long it's been since I switched off of midnights.

2. Do you sleep in on the weekends? How late? Um, well, when I'm on mornings, I definitely sleep later. E.g., I'm currently in the middle of two weeks of morning shifts, and today (which is a weekend for me), I didn't get out of bed until 9:30. Which is a much more civilized hour than 6:45. When I'm on one of the other two shifts, I usually keep roughly the same schedule on my weekends, except that every other weekend I have to transit from one shift to another, in which case I try to make appropriate changes. Hmm, this all probably sounds a lot more complicated than it really is.

3. Aside from waking up, what is the first thing you do in the morning? Put my glasses on, otherwise I won't be able to see to do anything else.

4. How long does it take to get ready for your day? In a pinch, I can be showered, dressed, and out the door in half an hour. Whether you'd count me as "ready for my day" at that point is highly doubtful, though, especially if I haven't yet consumed my requisite amount of caffeine.

5. When possible, what is your favorite place to go for breakfast? A local 24-hour diner. They serve breakfast all day, so if I want bacon and eggs at 6:00 PM or at 3:00 in the morning, they don't even look at me funny. And the service is way better than Denny's, which is the only other place around here where you can get breakfast at odd hours.