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saltandpepperSenior Contributor
Anyone else cracking open a bottle at 3 in the afternoon? Feeling shitty. I don't even know why really, just been feeling shitty alot lately. I shouldn't have started drinking, just one I tell myself, just one because I have to function tonight when my boy comes over... i just want to go to drink and pass out. Anyone around?
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
@saltandpepper wrote:@NatureLover thanks for dropping in. Yeah bit rough. Happens from time to time. Had to go out this morning and just came home and face planted in bed. Caught a couple hours sleep which is fantastic. Though I did wake up in there doing the thing with my teeth where they smash together. Hurt a bit. Probably getting close to the nerve on one of them. How's your day looking @NatureLover?
Just saw this...that's a worry where your tooth is getting close to the nerve! @saltandpepper
My day was OK thanks, it's pretty cold here in Melbourne. I've forgotten (if I knew) what state you are in? Haha - I mean, geographically (but also emotionally if you want!)...
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saltandpepperSenior Contributor
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saltandpepperSenior Contributor
Yea gets damn cold here too @NatureLover in Tassie 🤙 was 10" inside the house a few weeks ago. Have since lived with the heater on 24/7
ah yeah I'm not looking forward to when I'll have to deal with the tooth situation. I haven't been back to the dentist since i got my wisdom teeth pulled
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Oh - Tassie is even colder then Melbourne, @saltandpepper !
Good luck with braving the dentist when you do decide to.
Glad you had a good sleep last night, I think that's rare for you?
I am grateful every morning (and day, and night) for the power, as recently it went out for 2 days with a massive storm here, and 7,000 households are still without power and not expected to be reconnected for another 3 weeks 😞 Am grateful not just for the power but the internet, as that went down too for 48 hours. I felt so cut off from everyone I know. So I'm happy this morning to be sitting in front of the heater, typing to you, with a hot coffee! 🙂
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
Hello @saltandpepper @NatureLover
Thank you NL for your well wishes for myboys support worker. 🙏
Mm maybe I will S&P, Ido like Michael J Fox 🦊. Tazzy! Don't know why but I assumed that you are in NSW. So good you are feeling good this morning 🙂
I'm still half asleep 😸
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Hi @Anastasia ! It's Saturday - you can go back to sleep haha 😄
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AnastasiaSenior Contributor
I think I will. Talk to you later.
Love to you both and thank you for saying hi 💗
@NatureLover @saltandpepper
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saltandpepperSenior Contributor
Ooph @NatureLover that'd be so rough going without power for so long. Think I'd go insane, or freeze to death. Glad the power is back and you can stay toasty with a cuppa 👍
Yeah I don't sleep much and when I do it's usually shite. Last night was pretty close to a perfect nights sleep. Had some shitty dreams re past trauma but didn't leave me feeling distressed like usual so was able to get back to sleep. Im up out of bed at 7am voluntarily for the first time ever haha
I'm hoping I won't need to go to the dentist. Ever. I fell asleep during the wisdom teeth procedure (from anaesthetic apparently) and when I woke up after it was all done I couldn't move. I couldn't talk. It wasn't a good feeling. Wasn't prepared for any of that.
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saltandpepperSenior Contributor
He's a legend hey @Anastasia
No rural af here in tassie @Anastasia have been to NSW though. Went to Nimbin, that was an experience..
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NatureLoverSenior Contributor
Thanks, @saltandpepper !
What were the reasons you had such a good sleep last night? Can you replicate them?
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