Having coffee, smth sweet and a followup cigarrete in the morning makes me happy to be awake. Or kiss goodbyes and hellos.
Every morning before I go to the kitchen for breakfast, I call out my bunnies, lie down in my bed, and have them jump on top of my chest to ask for food. I’d give them some pellets for breakfast right there and watch their little moufs chew for 10 minutes, then depending on their mood I’d either pet them for a bit, or watch them jump and zoom around the room.
This is almost always the best part of my day; every day I wake up half an hour before I’m supposed to, just so that I can do this :)
Bunnies are the best. I give mine a kiss everyday before work.
This is so wholesome! What a fun ritual.
This sounds like the best way to wake up, oh my god!
Every morning my cat needs to play follow leader (she’s the leader of course) for a few minutes. She leads me around the house to make sure I see all the things she rubs her face on. Then she’ll jump up on the cat tree for pets and her morning pill. It’s probably close to a 10 minute ritual we go through everyday.
That’s too cute. Sounds awesome.
My nerdy dad liked to tell us to “watch out for orcs!” dropping us off places. I carried on the tradition, and even though he passed a couple years ago I get to enjoy his joke since my SO and I say it to each other all the time, or variations of it. If its a water related destination I like to evolve it to “watch out for orcas!”
We’ve been playing Baldurs Gate 3 lately so its been “watch out for mind flayers!” a couple times, but the point is just a silly reference to something we love, just to add some goofy fantasy to an otherwise normal day. I like to imagine Orcs popping up irl in goofy ways when I hear it, like one charging the car while I wait for the atm thinking its some great metal beast. Or taking all yhe ground beef at the grocery store for a “great feast!” Plus one box of twinkies. Dumb shit like that :)
You just reminded me. My dad used to say “Don’t take any wooden nickels!” Had to get him to explain this, the first time he said it to me.
visiting a nearby cat colony every single day before work. The cats have gotten used to me and I get to play with a lot of them everyday
EVERY day? What a way to start your day. Sounds awesome!
Damn, I wish this was mine
I leave food and water out for the local birds, and sit outside under a beautiful big tree, and birds come up, eat the food, have a drink and a bath/splash around, then some of them land on me and we have a chat. I actually get a lot more sense out of those interactions than I do with any human where I am, so it really helps. One little goober gets a crazy look in the eye, then (most of the time) gently bites my finger and half rolls over. So I roll him/her over and tickle the belly. It’s hard to stay grumpy when you start your day like that!
That’s sweet. Don’t birds relieve themselves in the vicinity due to this?
Love Mr Little Goober
I trained most of them to aim their tail feathers away before they do, but yes, sometimes it just gushes out when it gushes out. They’re wild birds, it’s part of the package. But I do put a towel on my lap, so that makes things easier. Also no scratches on the legs if the birds decide to fight each other on my lap. They do that especially in spring, when the hormones are fluctuating.
I call all of them goobers, so “Mr Goober” is called Derfred. It is the goofiest bird I have ever seen. I suspect it might’ve hit a window or car or something at some stage and stayed a bit silly. Derfred even bites and climbs on other birds, just playing. But the other birds aren’t always prepared to put up with it haha. Poor thing. But Derfred is healthy and happy.
Here are names I’ve given to some of the other birds:
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Signore Salieri (has an unusually large beak and high “hair line”)
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Mr Faith No More (actually a girl, but looks a lot like Mike Patton. Sounds dumb but I swear it’s true).
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Mr Roy (has a rainbow-ish pattern on the head. Full name is Roy G. Biv).
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Cleopatra (a lady bird who gets a lot of attention from the boys, and takes no prisoners. She’s always very nice to me, though)
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Mr Blackbottom (he has a large black patch on his lower beak - completely harmless. Beaks are black as juveniles, then the black gradually fades as they get older).
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The Scream (a girl bird who enjoys landing on my arm, staring me square in the eye, flapping her wings and screeching at me. No other reason than to chat/play. Weirdo).
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John Deere (when I sing or talk, this goober stares at me like a deer in the headlights. As if I am threatening it. It knows full well I’m not threatening it, just a bit of a drama queen).
There are more but I can’t remember them right now.
Oh my god youre the bird whisperer. Love your naming capabilities.
Aww, I love this!! & I love that one of them looks like Mike Patton! I wish I could see that for myself, lol! I’m so glad you and the birdies have each other :)
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No matter how hectic her morning, if I make myself a coffee, i bring it over so my SO can have a sip.
She loves coffee but can’t deal with too much caffeine.
When I get home from work, I ask my dogs about their day and they freak tf out. I love it. My beagle gets especially wound up over it.
Getting home to dogs and feeling their attention and unconditional love must be great!
It is! They get so wound up. My beagle is so g-dang affectionate. My puppy isn’t as cuddly, but likes to wrestle me gently.
When giving hugs, I never let go first. Though I let go promptly when the other person does. You never know much of a hug the other person needs.
Imagine another person like you, just 2 people stuck in an endless hug waiting for the other to let go first
Don’t act like that wouldn’t make you happy.
🤣🤣
A nice manly bubble bath lol
Oh, I sometimes make my bathroom into sort of a sauna… I turn the heater, put a really scalding hot bath and just stay there, sweating my ass off, for like 2h. It’s great.
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Morning hugs with my partner, very first thing when I wake up. I tend to curl up to them and stay there for at least 5 - 10 minutes before starting my day.
I’m an early bird, but they’re a heavy sleeper so usually they don’t mind :)This is honestly goals. I don’t have a partner but I dream of this. This is better than sex in my opinion.
I agree. If I had to choose between one or the other, I would choose hugs and cuddles without hesitation.
I hope you’ll find your special someone soon.I’m the opposite. If we haven’t had sex in a while cuddling is like hanging a big juicy steak in front of a starving person. It’s just frustrating as hell. I guess I’m an all or nothing kind of guy when it comes to physical intimacy.
I like my morning ritual a lot. After I brush my teeth, I shave, and then I have a coffee before I get dressed.
I used to hate shaving, just an annoying chore that gave me razor burn and bumps, that I had to do because I can’t grow a beard. So I switched to an old style double sided blade safety razor. Yup, like your grandpa. Yes, they still make those. I also got a badger brush for lathering, and I make a ritual of it. When I start, it’s like “ok, it’s time for something pleasant that I can’t rush, and I will do it, and I will enjoy it”. And you know what? I do enjoy it. The old timey razor irritates my skin a lot less, the result is better and smoother, and I like how the brush feels on my face. I feel like I look good when I’m done.
And I got a nice coffee machine, and good coffee, and I take the time to enjoy it before I leave for work.
Safety razors are great. One time purchase of a good quality one with very cheap blades that come in the hundreds. No stupid disposable plastic sticks.
Would they work on legs or would my knees get cut to ribbons?
I don’t see why it would be any different, but you should stretch the skin you shave anyway. You can also buy a stiptic pencil if you’re worried about knicks.
on her legs.
This is my answer too. Wet shaving is very relaxing to me. Side benefit is it’s also cheaper as long as you restrain yourself when buying new soaps and gear.
I haven’t bought anything else since I bought the razor, but I do want to get a shaving cream or something else that smells nicer than the basic foam. That’s… whenever I run out of my current stuff.
Several places online sell sample packs of soap for like 20ish bucks so you can get some different ones to try out without too much cost. Even these go pretty far. I also bought a box of Arko sticks like 10 years ago and have only gone through 2.5 out of 12… I don’t use that one every day but they last a long time and it lathers up really well when I’m in a hurry. Nothing special as far as scent goes though.
Any idea how they fare for head shaving?
Sorry, no idea. I can imagine it being a little harder if you’ve been using the pivoting style razors. You have to keep the safety razor at the correct angle yourself or you don’t get shaved.
Ah, makes sense. I use one that can pivot, but also has the single blade on the back. Maybe I’ll try it out. Thanks for the info.
When we drive over train tracks, we have to lift our feet so we won’t get caught on the tracks. We’ll be mid conversation and then both of us are lifting our feet all silly like.
Note the driver only does this when it’s safe to do so. If traffic is slow or stopped on the other side, we’re not just going to rear end anyone.
I has a friend once who would press his hands to the roof of the car when crossing tracks. It got to be a thing in the circle of friends, and eventually it got so he’d get irate if someone in the car didn’t do it. I was sure he’d gotten it from a movie.
I’ve read about a variation of this and do it faithfully! Except you have to be driving under an overpass with train tracks, and there has to be a (preferably moving) train on the tracks above you. The idea is that when you press your hand to the car’s ceiling, you get to send a wish to hitch a ride on the train going by above you. The moving train takes your wish along with it, giving it quicker travels, more exposure to the world, and thus more opportunities to be fulfilled.
Wow! Do you remember where you read that? That’s pretty cool.
Sorry, absolutely no clue—like at least 30-40 years ago.
Hah thats fun. Didn’t know people drove over train tracks, never lived in a country with trains as a common method of transportation.
Where do you live, OP?
Middle east now, but within asia my entire life.
Every now and then streets and train lines intersect, just out of necessity :) no wya around it
What about ducking when passing under a bridge?
I’ve been in a bad place lately and I kind of needed this. Thank you… At first I didn’t know how to answer this question.
Going to bed and calling the cats in to sleep with us. Some one always goes in the ‘leg basket’. When I wake up I pet anyone around, kiss the S.O. and start my day.
It’s not everyday but I leave sticky notes around with sayings or love notes for the S.O. I enjoy everything about this.
That’s beautiful, keep spreading the love and hope you do better ❤️.
Thanks. 💛 For the last couple months its just been one thing after another. Hopefully on the other side of this problem is time to relax. Cheers.
Currently have not one but two in the leg basket, lol. They rarely sleep with us and when they do even more rare for them to snuggle together despite being litter mates. I have to pee but i hate to disturb the cuddling. They’re in the early adult years and snuggled as kittens so I hope they’ll eventually return to doing it more often.
That’s why I’m here. I have one in the basket, one at my feet, and the other wrapped around my left arm… Its 4am, I can’t sleep, as soon as one of them moves I’m going to get up ans watch some TV before work.
We have a two 1 year olds from the same litter, they cuddle as kittens but not so much anymore. The male is a bit of a jerk to the female but he’s starting to settle down.
Also, 2 kittens, they were neutered a month or two ago. They’re crazy and cuddle with everyone when they’re not ripping up our toilet paper all over the house or locking themselves in a room (playing behind the door until it closes)
I always make time to sit outside at night during a full moon. It’s one of the most peaceful sights, for me at least.
