Life can be a Pain

I love the sound of your puzzle. and having it framed and hung uo sounds soo good @Owlunar, one of our customer has done this with his horse puzzles

sending you tender hugs @Owlunar , will be thinking of you this week

Hi @Shaz51@outlander@utopia@Adge@Faith-and-Hope@Former-Member

Dreams - or nightmares - hauntings - or whatever - it is much harder when there is trauma involved - is gets into an area called revisioning psychology and really hard to talk about here

So sorry - it's really hard to help - but what does happen is normal - ands yes - I have had recurring nightmares and night-terrors in the past - a lot of this has passed in time - I have been very lucky with the people who have helped me across time and growing older is useful too

But now and again I still have a dream now and again - just before waking and very vivid - when my sister seems to be wanting to be friendly and this started after Dad died - and I used to feel in the dream that this was good - but with the passage of time and my sister's narky nature I find I dream it less and don't feel threatened in the dream - just irritated - I seem to know it's a dream and I don't trust it and it's going away

But this probably doesn't help - and why should it - mostly I dream and know I have been and totally forget it - wondering sometimes if the therapy I have had and also having studied something about revisioning psychology helps - I can't tell - but something is working

My jigsaw - yes - I have decided I need a bridge table and I hope to get up to Bunnings tomorrow - there is not enough space on the table I keep my piano keyboard and I need more space - but also - I forget who now but losing one piece of a jigsaw is a frustration - like yes - I have had that happen myself

My hip has been a problem this week - I think I know why - it's because I have been walking properly lately and this is causing the tendons in my hip to be inflamed - I am seeing my doctor this afternoon and I I need something to deal with the inflamation -

Yes - it's the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone and the thigh bone's connected to the hip bone and dem bones dem bones etc - hear the word of the Lord

So I have had trouble getting to sleep this week and the same thing last night and I took medication around 3.00 am and slept and then - early - I had trouble working out what the noise was and there were guys outside my bedroom window taking the roof off my shed - like about time - and as well as all that they had a loud radio - ah - yeah - I am glad to have my shed repaired and now I can clean it out and use it but being woken up so early after another bad night - I guess it's worth it

I feel okay psychologically but physically I am tattered around the edges - I did have brunch with my daughter and grand-daughter yesterday - that was good - but slept in the afternoon and never feel much like dinner after doing that - but I did have a cheese and beetroot sandwich -

Enough griping - really my life isn't too bad - I do have my stuff and when I saw the therapist last week I realised how upset some of my stuff is - but day to day it's okay

I just don't like being woken up by loud music and busy men being noisy right outside my bedroom

I could do without that

Thanks my dear friends - I am so glad you are all there

Dec

I am thinking of you too @Faith-and-Hope - knowing how tough and confusing life is for you right now too - and that your kids are affected by Mr Faith's cryptic disorder

My prayers as always

Dec

I took a look at something simple right -and found stacks and stacks of pink flowers - here's a few

They are bigger than I thought - I always think of you when I see pink flowers Faith

sending you hugs @Owlunar

Hi @Shaz51@Faith-and-Hope

I went to the doctor this afternoon and I was right - I have been walking properly and I probably have bursistis in my hip - I could go to the trouble of an ultrasound and then an antiinflamatory injection into the bursa

I am never in a hurry to have these tests - aw - not just likely to be a waste of money for myself it's a waste in the system too - it took me three months to see a surgeon about the mess in my knee

So I will see what it's like next week - I am looking forward to a good night's sleep and not having to hurry in the morning,

Melbourne News - the weather - hot - over the old century - 38 C I heard

I like lying in or rather on my bed at night with the window open qnd feeling the sea breeze and smelling the salty air - this part of summer could last a long time in my book

Back later friends

Dec

Hi @outlander

Yes - there have been a lot of disconnected things happening in my life lately - I try not to add them up but they are there

As things are with you - I know you have taken the loss of your horse job hard - as would I - well actually - I find cleaning the cat's litter tray enough - mucking out after horses is a matter of taste - as would be pen-pushing and bean counting which is what I used to do most of the time

One man I worked for only asked me for a cup of tea a couple of days before he decided I would be happier elsewhere - which was right - I do not feel as if someone employed as the company accountant needs to know without being told that the boss wants a cup of tea - botheration - if I could get my own coffee he could get his tea

But still - losing a job is painful

January is half over - I left a message at the pain clinic that I would be interested if the new social worker started up the social group again - and I feel like playing cards - I will go up to the local community centre and see what they have happening

But then - I did not know I was socially isolated until someone described me as such - I rarely have time on my hands - I don't get bored by maybe I can go out more

I hope you are okay Outlander - I know you have been watching a series on TV - I actually love doing this - watching a series on TV and going the whole season at once

Thinking of you

Dec