Here's the scene: it's not nice outside. It's bleary, cloudy, and miserable outside.
You're pretty sure the sun took a day off.
You, though? You can't take the day off. You have to go to work.
Read on to see how that usually goes. In 13 miserable stages, of course.
1. You sit up, and panic. You overslept and you're missing work.
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You check your phone. It's 5 a.m. Phew.
You have to haul yourself out of bed to use the bathroom, of course, and you catch a glimpse of the sun rise through the window. The entire sky is pink. Maybe it'll be a beautiful day.
You sink back to sleep, entirely grateful you still have hours to sleep.
2. Your first alarm goes off
Like a zombie emerging from a tomb, you shut that sh*t off. This is the alarm you set just in case you had the energy to go to the gym.
You pull back the curtain and see that the world is a foggy, dark mess. There's no way you're going to the gym. You roll back over onto your stomach.
3. Your second alarm goes off
You press snooze, of course. In fact, you press snooze over and over again every eight minutes for the next hour. Your bed is a heavenly palace. Why would you ever leave?
Every time your alarm goes off, you pull the covers over your head, appreciating every sacred minute you get to spend in your cozy bed.
4. You seriously contemplate calling out sick
They could handle it without you, couldn't they? You consider the lie you'd make up. You're sick, or you have a "family emergency." You remember how disappointed your parents would be if they could see you now.
Also, you can't call out sick because then you won't have a sick day when you need one. You really, really need to get up. Still, you can't make yourself care. You roll over.
5. It's the time you were supposed to leave
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In a flash of panic, you check your phone and realize it's the time you were supposed to leave your apartment, and you're still in bed.
You're going to have to rock into work like Beyoncé. You woke up like this. Except, for real this time.
In a flurry of rushing madness, you brush your teeth, pull your hair in a ponytail, and throw on the comfiest pair of pants and sweater you can find. You want your clothes to as much resemble your bed as possible.
6. You run out the door
There's no time for making yourself lunch, even though you went grocery shopping yesterday for this express purpose.
You don't even have time to make yourself breakfast.
7. The walk to the subway
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The entire walk to the subway you're wondering why you've done this to yourself. Why did you ever move to this harried city? Why would the sun abandon us like this?
What are you, a hiker?
It's freezing, it's dark, and the clouds have completely obscured the sun. You miss your bed with an intensity you didn't know you were capable of. Also, you get whacked with like six umbrellas.
,8. Waiting for the subway
You have to wait six minutes for the train. Six minutes you do not have.
If you could punch the person in charge of MTA in the face, you probably would.
9. The subway ride
The subway is crowded and miserable. Several people run into you and you hate them all. You don't check your phone the whole ride. You don't even want to know how late you are.
10. The walk to work
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This is a miserable trudge, and you contemplate turning back the whole time. Is it too late to call out sick?
You stop at a coffee cart to buy some coffee, and the guy makes a sex joke at you. You don't think you'll get the image of his manically grinning face out of your head all day.
11. Drinking coffee
You chug your coffee and for about ten minutes, you feel like a total rockstar.
In a highly-caffeinated haze, you decide you can handle this.
12. The elevator ride in
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#Acceptance.
You've finally just succumbed to the fact that you're going to be late, in trouble, and away from your bed for a very long time.
13. You're not even late
You walk into your office, and you're the second one there.
Did the rest of your co-workers have a similar morning as you? For the first time, that seems like a likely possibility.
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[Feature Image Courtesy Eye Heart New York]