My (morning) afternoon ritual is:
1) Turn off the alarm at noon.
2) Get a shower.
3) Get dressed.
4) Gather keys, wallet, employee badge.
5) Make sure lights, pump, etc are in the panner that's already on the bike.
6) Take bike outside and lock up the house.
7) Envision the panning camera effect at the beginning of an F-Zero race. (Like 0:15 - 0:35 on this vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYtN4poigAs ) Dunno why but that's what I'm always thinking when I hop on the bike. Mainly the 3-2-1-go count down part.
8) Start peddeling to work.