Loud music, or get out and walk around for 5-10mins getting fresh air. Keep your window down and take off your jumper if you have one on. Worst case scenario pull over and have a kip, at the end of the day being a bit late for work is better than not showing up at all due to being dead n all...

Do you eat breakkie Jane? I find if I don't have a decent breakfast I get sleepy too - lots of fresh fruit and grains, orange juice and coffee are a great start to the day. Never mind, only 4 hours till you can go home and have an early night :)

Im feeling a bit like a bicycle today as well (2 tyred) largely due to the neighbours (whose driveway is outside our bedroom window ) yelling for the kids to help them bring in the shopping then proceeding to do so in loud fashion Sat 6:30am and then loud music and singing Sun 7:00am no sleep ins for me.

Best Ideas for waking up, never ever snooze and have a loud alarm! Shower start off cold then gradually warm it up.

I'm not even partially awake unless i down a can of energy drink before 10am. Was driving to work one morning with a complete struggle to keep my eyes open and stopped at some traffic lights which were on a hill. I though i'd put the handbrake on so took my foot of the break only to roll slowly forward into the flash 4wd's tow ball in front of me. It didn't damage his car at all, it put a small dint in my front bumper, but being the typical arrogant 4wd driver he proceeded to abuse the s*** out of me for doing it and all i could do was blankly look and try to apologise, while attempting to stay awake. Mornings are not my thing.

Im tired too, and i also had strange dreams of my family and I walking around on Rangitoto. Ive never been. Mind you Im always tired on a Monday. If i wasnt I didnt have a good enough weekend.

Sip ice cold water constantly, not sure if it's the water or the fact you need to pee every ten minutes but it surely does work....back when I was a raver and simultaneously trying to hold down a 9-5, memories aye

sorry can't help ya there- I find my brain function only really starts to spark up around midday, and am often surprised to find myself showered, dressed, and sitting at my desk at work when this happens. I must have good internal auto-pilot or something.

Going to get myself a tall glass of ice cold water...

Avoid caffiene, drink lots of water and get some fresh air if you can.

Seems like you earned a bleary eyed Monday though - busy weekend all round. Happy Birthday to Joel too.

I'm with you, I don't know if I could ever cope with having children. That said, I can't remember the last time I slept right through the night without being woken up by the cat or my husband so maybe I'd do ok. I second the "drink lots of cold water" option. I also recommend keeping yourself busy at work - there's nothing to make me almost fall asleep like not having anything to do. Today I'm light on work so I'm doing all my filing. Otherwise I'd be asleep at my desk!

For life in general, I recommend routine. Go to bed at the same time each night, get up at the same time each morning, eat regularly (and good food). If you have too much to do, write a list and prioritise things. Don't stress about the stuff that isn't really important and don't stress yourself out doing stuff that others could do, or isn't going to be noticed (eg making a flash dinner when you have no energy, when you and Joel would probably enjoy meat and 3 veg just as much).

A bucket of coffee and walk around for several minutes to get the blood moving again. Then have a nice nap at your desk afterwards.

I'm currently in a semi coma state from getting very dehydrated in the warm weather yesterday, then having a sleep with multiple interuptions.