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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
I wonder what dark and twisty paths you've been wandering on the web, @CheerBear. Sometimes I love a good net wander.
I've pretty much just stepped out of bed, had a smoke, checked out the moon setting over the rooftop from the courtyard again, just as the sky is getting lighter. So quiet this morning, I could hear the waves on high tide at the beach. Usually that gets drowned out by traffic on the highway. All in all, another lovely morning, and even better because you are here for a chat too. 
Yesterday was a really good day, but I'll save that story and just post this one now. Want to first hear how you are this morning, and gather my sleepy brain. Will read back a bit more over the posts from yesterday too, so I'm more up to speed.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
Yes, so lucky, @CheerBear, the beach is just across the highway from here, and we live just far enough down a side street from the highway that the traffic is not too bothersome. More troubling are the aircraft that fly over very regularly all day, as they come in to land. I've found there's always something difficult about every place I've lived in, even when I've loved being there in other ways, as I do here. Getting better at ignoring the jets as time goes by though, even though it is like living in 'The Castle' sometimes, lol.
Love it when I hear you have had some good sleep. You are probably right about the night sweat being related to meds withdrawal.
Sounds like a reasonable thing to be doing with researching the abortion issue. Both of my experiences were in Queensland, the first during the really repressive days of Joh Bjelke-Petersen, around the time he was threatening to stop all women at the border to make sure they weren't 'escaping' to another state for an abortion! Regardless of the very repressive times back then (not that much better now), I still managed to get through it okay.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
Yesterday was really good, as I mentioned, @CheerBear. Didn't get started out of bed until midday though. 
Close to first thing, I did some video editing and felt some small progress on this difficult project. Still don't know if it's going to be finished to my satisfaction yet, but pressing on in the hopes of something clicking into place as I go. In any case, I am enjoying the process of it more as I am going along. I don't mind experimenting even if nothing of it is shared in the end. Mostly I trust that it gives me more experience and ideas for next time. 
After I'd finished that, I started thinking about a beach walk. It was touch and go pretty much to the final second, but I got myself out there and had my first walk for quite some time. So good to have my bare feet in the salt water where the waves lap the shore. A beautiful cloudless day, gorgeous blue green colours in a calm ocean.
Then when I got home I felt even better. Talked to mum on the phone again. I'm ringing her every couple of days lately since she's been struggling with depression. She was upbeat yesterday and seems really happy to be hearing from me more regularly, and I'm liking the more contact too.
Then various home jobs, can't remember them now, but helped me feel more positive too.
Later C went out to a mate's place and I took the opportunity to redye my hair (long overdue), shower (first in a week!) and give myself a foot treatment. The self care was lovely, as was the jazz music I had playing throughout. Then some more video editing and other good stuff.
A really good day.
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
Thanks, @CheerBear. It's so nice to get support for the good times too.
Is it another quiet day where you are (well as quiet as it can be with three children)?
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CheerBearSenior Contributor
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MazaritaSenior Contributor
Sounds like a nice, practical day ahead, @CheerBear, with no pressure, and the chance to just enjoy having your house be your own again.
Yes, book launch today. Looking forward to it. Will be a challenge on the social level, glad to be stretching myself more in that way, even if I need some recovery time afterwards.
I think I'd better get some more sleep before getting up to get ready for that a bit later. Relatively early leaving time to get down there to the country town from here.
Thanks for another lovely chat. Love and good vibes for your day. 
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