Reply #39: On Fridays, I get up at 5 AM and get to the radio station around 7:20 AM

[Radio_Lady]

I make my bed while watching TV news, scrub my teeth, shower, shampoo and condition my hair, shave legs if I feel I need it, get dressed and downstairs in the kitchen by 6:00 AM, get lunch ready and materials for my radio show, then out the door and in my car at 6:30 AM. It's exactly 12 miles from my house to the station, and I always stop halfway there by the cleaners at 7 AM if picking up clothes (that's when he opens). I do my make-up quickly -- foundation, blush, lipstick, eyebrow pencil -- right there in my car in their parking lot. (The daylight is better in the summer, but the convenience store has outside lights, too, so I can see what I'm doing even in winter.) Driving on, I'm usually at the station around 7:20 AM. First guest recording at 8 AM Pacific Time -- and guest can be either in person or on the telephone.

On other days, it's about 30 minutes from wake-up to gym (no makeup and no need to shower before entering the gym pool for the aerobics class).

Around 45 minutes if we're going out to dinner or a movie or the symphony (I add in 15 minutes for make-up time).

I usually don't do much with my hair -- just comb through wet and put in some barrettes, or slap on a hat. Wet hair keeps me cool in the summer, and dries quickly whatever the weather. A perm helps put in some curls at the ends. I used to do the whole hair roller thing when I was younger, but find that I don't care about doing it now. People always compliment my skin and hair, so I must be doing something right!

I'm rarely late for anything -- if at all, I prefer to be a few minutes early for almost everything.