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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor

Night Shift

Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.

To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.

Edited June 2016 and February 2017: Night Shift is now open 24 hours a day. To join in, just click through to the last page of the thread at the top right of this post to get to the latest message.

Edited April 2017 and June 2017: For the sake of better communications between members here, I am adding that this thread is meant to be a caring, kind and gentle place of sharing. Humour is welcome, as long as its not unkindly directed towards other members. Hope your time in this chat thread is rewarding.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Ha Ha @TAB

I have been here for a year now , here, there and everywhere --

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TABSenior Contributor

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.. meant I was here there and everywhere re outside this place, well lately. yes, been here a week ..or so ..re moi @Shaz51

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hello @Former-Member

I feel like I have a new strength -- this is great @Former-Member xx

I totally agree @Former-Member,-- @Faith-and-Hope is a wonderful friend

thank you for Sending healing vibes, yes we visited my mum today , helped her

tomorrow i will be visiting my mother in law

yesterday we visited my sister in law and our daughter xx

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Unknown userMember

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Thanks @Former-Member. I'm very tired at the moment. I'm having few trust issues. I find this aspect of my life hard.I keep stuff close to my chest, always. I learnt that young. In the end it kind of goes full circle. I trust but it happens again...humiliation, hurt.It's a bit like reverting back to being a girl. everyone is laughing at me, but I didn't hear why I was the joke!
I completely hear what @utopia says. I'll be less sensitive, hopefully less anxious tomorrow about other crap & be normal me again. Anxiety ruins n rules me. Every time!! Now that I can laugh at!

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Unknown userMember

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@Shaz51 Glad your hair cut and foils worked out nice for you. Pity we can't share photos.

Had my foils and cut today, she cut it shorter than I wanted, disappointed, but it will grow. The foils are good though.

Wow! @Former-Member Going home tomorrow. Keep chatting on here, hope it helps you. Sounds like you've had some success in your stay there.

@TAB What sort of work did you used to do? If you don't mind me asking. 84 hour week is long. No wonder you need a break.

Hoping to get an earlier night tonight. Didn't sleep well at all last night. Had sugar yesterday, Not good for me.

Looks like another chilly night again tonight. I'm loving being able to use our fire. We have such a long, hot, humid summer, I forget what it feels like to be cold.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hey @Former-Member

she cut my hair short too , she said it needed a good trim but hey , not that much

But it will grow

they say the difference between a bad haircut and a good one is one week -- so we willbe right next week xx

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Unknown userMember

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Hugs @Former-Member

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TABSenior Contributor

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oh, ha @Former-Member .. by sugar, when I mentioned it previously meant ..sugar...

Boilermaker/Welder in the mines dirty hot cold etc and they all crying broke now re mines, plus lots desperate south africans, philipinos, kiwis, etc, pay going down to levels of 9 years ago .. worked sometimes, re felt ok with it, but not anymore. time to dig brain up. not minerals if they want to get the whip out now, they are welcome.. bye mines .. yeah prob be back, but 6 million dollar TAB .. harder, stronger, faster.. hahaha ok yeh, time out, use as last option, skills upgrades etc...

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Unknown userMember

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@Shaz51 First time ever, I rang the hairdresser (anxiously, hehe!) and politely asked if she could fix my hair a bit, because I actually showed her a photo of how I wanted my hair and even my daughter was surprised how different my hair looks to the photo. She's happy to fix it tomorrow afternoon. I hate asking, but glad I did. She normally does a really good cut.

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TABSenior Contributor

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..yeah,' she's' the cat's mother .. lol but yes a week will fix it

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