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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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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Hi @Former-Member 😊

Not bad today ..... but have some relationship sorting to do this evening with D1 and fiancé which I am not looking forward to .... hopefully get them past an impasse they have hit, only a few weeks out from the wedding ....

Other than that, got D3 to school this morning, late but not-bad late and with a heat pack on her neck ..... par for the course for now .... 😏

S2 is up and running with his studies, likin his new course, thinking he can make some friends amongst these class-mates.

Hope your day is going well .... 🌷💜

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Unknown userMember

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Good luck sorting out the impass @Faith-and-Hope. That must be so very stressful. I'm afraid I'd be making the Guinness book for the craziest behaviour if that was me in your situation. I guess you can only affect so much though with the kids having to sort it out. My S4 didn't get to school 😔 My fault. I thought we could go together and have a meeting but that fell through and I lost it a bit. Feeling really frustrated at him right now.😁. I'm trying very hard not to hit distressed. I'm also angry and upset at myself over things from my appointment yesterday. However still trying to find the silver lining. Crossing fingers things work out well, sending loads of hugs, got a feeling you need them 💜💜💜💐💐💐

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Thanks @Former-Member ..... all hugs very welcome ....

I try not to over-think things when they are stressful like this ..... just go in and deal in the truth ..... remind everyone to be kind ..... you can disagree without letting things take a nasty turn .....

Things will either work out, or they won't, and if they don't work out now, well they wouldn't have in the longer term either ..... and there are steps in between that can be taken, like deferring the wedding ...., not ideal but not the end of the world either.

Sometimes it engenders courage to just realise that you have choices, and have the power to call in some changes if you need to.

Baby dragons learning life lessons here .... you're right - there is actually very little I can do other than to walk with them through it all. But that's love for ya ....

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Unknown userMember

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I totally agree @Faith-and-Hope that it's way better to have these conversations now. Better to be brave and confront everything and live with no regrets. Whatever happens it will be the best thing for now. This is something I'm learning very late in life, wish I'd had the support and courage to do when younger. Sounds like a great learning curve for you all - and a few more life stories to throw in your kit bag. 💜😊

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Sending you a silver lining @Former-Member ....... 😊💜

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Unknown userMember

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Census didnt have a spot for our furbaby Dusty!! lol would have made it far more interesting if there'd been a spot for him!

sigh

what a day!

How has everyone's day been?

lj

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor

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Hi @Former-Member 😊

My day wasn't bad ... been working on the census but I'm taking a break for now .... lots of us to fill in details for and I have to chase them all down for specifics ....

How's Dusty ?

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Unknown userMember

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Ahhh... @Faith-and-Hope The benefits of there only being 3 of us i guess 😄

Dusty is being a ratbag! he's decided there are many things that need chewing... things i don't agree with... such as remote controls for the TV, the DVD player... As well as my vacuum cleaner hose doh!

Aside from those things he's gorgeous and i'm sure we'll work through those other things lol.

lj

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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Hello @Former-Member

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Unknown userMember

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Hi @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope,

thanks for the silver lining @Faith-and-Hope💜

Ive been lucky with this kelpie but he throws balls and toys at me all day, literally all day @Former-Member. I'm sure dusty will learn. They are fast learners. As for the census I think I may have made a mistake and put my son as my partner. It kept asking after that if my other kids were children of my son and I. Oops.

I hope you are ok @Former-Member

Big hi to everyone else, also shout out to @PeppiPatty who I haven't seen for a while. I hope @Angels333 is ok too. 💜😊

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