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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor23 Sept 2015, 4:13 am AEST

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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TABSenior Contributor05 Aug 2016, 11:33 pm AEST

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@Kurrayou be right, ..mate .. you got a lot done sounds.. am about to crash here; wondering what today was all about.. it's fine here.. just feels different somehow..

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor05 Aug 2016, 11:57 pm AEST

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@Kurra I still appreciate when you post a little or a lot.

@TAB droll humour keeps us moving along.

@Former-Member I often wondered how those care teams worked. From my little experience (with my son) people often kept changing so it was more about just bringing the group up to speed ... rather than actually being any team work ... hmmm ... glad your lot are actually working together ... its not just families that have difficulty with that ... workplace meetings can be just as fractured.

@Mazarita How are you going? Its been a while ... you are just in my thoughts ...

@Decadian Hi

I am not a big fan of biopsies either ... grin and bear it stuff.

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TABSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 12:10 am AEST

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haha yeah lots drolleries on here lol @Appleblossom ..it's in eye of beholder maybe lol

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Unknown userMember06 Aug 2016, 12:16 am AEST

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Thanks for your message @Decadian. 😊
Sounds like you've had lots of fun with biopsies as well. 😯 Not pleasant, that's for sure.
I'll do my best to make an appointment next week. 💜

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 12:20 am AEST

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Good Luck with it @Former-Member

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Unknown userMember06 Aug 2016, 12:22 am AEST

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Thanks @Appleblossom 😊💜
Looks like everyone's gone to beddy byes. 😀

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Unknown userMember06 Aug 2016, 11:20 am AEST

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Hehe! @Faith-and-Hope I re-read your message and realized that you were talking about your children when they were little. I thought you were talking about now, changing nappies etc.,

You sound busy enough without working, that's for sure.

How are you today?

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 11:45 am AEST

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Hi @Former-Member 😊

I have been running for the last couple of days, so picking up the email notifications on my phone, reading them, then filing them to answer later in the evening.

Thanks for the call-outs you have been sending me .... it's lovely to open emails and find them there .... 💕

I had a good day yesterday. For my D3 to school by (only) 9:15am, and she put in a solid effort for the day, although I think she still didn't go to class. She has been doing back-work on assignments in the school counsellor's office.

My S2 started back in a new course at uni and loved his first day - yay !! - after being quite depressed and dropping all his life management skills and commitments a few weeks ago, getting back into uni seems to have pressed his reset button - thank God
.... that's something / someone else who is back in working order !!

D1 and I were running around with wedding stuff and ticked a lot of boxes yesterday ✅

She and SIL don't have anywhere to live when they marry in a couple of months cos their plans have fallen through, and now furniture and wedding gifts are coming their way ..,, this is a big problem in the scheme of a Greek wedding cos there are associated pre-wedding events that are supposed to be held at their home-to-be .... and there are always differences in ideas and family ways to sort out ..,, but a Plan B is emerging this week, so the stress levels will start coming under better control soon .... hopefully.

My hubby and his Regimen are away, so I am sleeping a bit more soundly .... you picked up my burnt-at-both-ends-candle situation the other day ..... 😊

Off and running again now. I'll be back later.

Any weekend plans ? Mine is fairly quiet ... for us !!

❤

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Unknown userMember06 Aug 2016, 1:08 pm AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope That's great that your daughter was able to spend the day at school and fantastic news that your son enjoyed his first day at university. A relief for you.

I hope the back-up plan works for your other daughter and son-in-law. Sounds like alot of planning involved in "Greek Weddings"

Sounds like you recovered from your burn-out day/days, I hope. Maybe a bit more restful on the weekend, if you're lucky.

I'm still home, lol. Not easy for me to get out and have a bit of fun these days, but this will pass. I go out when I have to, but look forward to being able to get out for some fun as well.

Just the usual chores at home so far.

It's ok if you reply later, when you have time. I know how busy you get.

The sun doesn't know if it wants to be out or not today. I hope I manage to get myself out of the house today, besides just hanging the washing.

Anyway, I'll be off for now. Nice to hear from you.

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ethSenior Contributor06 Aug 2016, 3:40 pm AEST

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Hi @Former-Member I just saw that you tagged me in your post yesterday. Sounds like a lot has happened for you since I last caught up on posts. Wonderful to hear that you are feeling so much more confident and determined. I'm sorry I wasn't around recently to offer more support. I've been off-line most of the time recently as you know.

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