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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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Unknown userMember13 Aug 2016, 2:57 am AEST

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@Faith-and-Hope, love what you said about '*love telepathy' & "a higher state of being", God & spirit. You come across so super wise sometimes 🙂 Thanks for letting your light shine. Hope you get some sleep tonight 🙂 I'll probably nod off soon 🙂

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 3:09 am AEST

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❤️🌹

Yeah ... me too @Former-Member .....

Goodnight .... hope you sleep well .... 💗💤

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KurraSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 7:06 am AEST

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Ah yes @TAB - Lamb fritters or shepherd's pie or real bubble and squeak and of course lamb sambos. Although lamb would always be mutton or hogget. Love my lamb!

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Unknown userMember13 Aug 2016, 7:44 am AEST

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He,he..it was warm from my back porch door, a still night..then rain. Some moments in time are just too pretty @Former-Member...glad you had a lovely night out. Spontaneity always works well for me too. ❤🌛☕

Ooh @Faith-and-Hope..I look forward to your partner's Dx day too. Your poor daughter, growing up is challenging enough...today I hope you find a nice bit of time out for you. Definitely well deserved. Your a tower of strength.

@Decadian..wow you are so lucky to have had experience rich with music. I used to live with a musical family. It was a hard time in my life & passed by, I missed much of really seeing my son grow, but place, time...I hold in my heart forever ❤

@Former-Member..go salt & vinegar chips. My fave ❤...so true in what you say..knowing the problem,just not yet how to fix..it will come.❤

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KurraSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 8:45 am AEST

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Hi @Former-Member
Thanks for the call out. Perhaps we should say I've been a little distracted the last couple of days 😉😈
We're enjoying a delightfully relaxing time together. Celebrations for a couple of those days that apparently irrevocably change a last number each year. Being one week apart we've been doing the joint celebration for a while now.

Had dinner with the family at an Indian restaurant. Yummy! Even my little girls are starting to eat a decently spicy curry.

All is well here I do hope you're going OK 💕

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 9:15 am AEST

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Morning @Former-Member 😊

.... and thank you ..... 🌷 ..... just trying the best way I know how ....

Morning @Kurra 😊

... 🎧 h.bdy.2.u's 🎧 ...... 🎈🎉

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Unknown userMember13 Aug 2016, 9:53 am AEST

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Sounds fabulous @Kurra. Enjoy those celebrations 💜😊🍰🍛🎈really happy for you to have some relaxing and enjoyable time out. 😊💜

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Unknown userMember13 Aug 2016, 10:08 am AEST

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Hey @Former-Member. Sounds like a mystical and beautiful night. I did love those nights when I lived in The Sunshine Coast. Not sure where you are but your description evoked the song ’sounds of then’ but I'm probably showing my age with that 😝I hope today is treating you well.💜😊

i don't know how you survive on such little sleep @Faith-and-Hope. You are definately an enigma

I hope your day is stress free and relaxing.💜😊

hi to everyone else. Hope you are all feeling ok and that today is a good one 💜😊

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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 10:22 am AEST

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Good mornin @Former-Member 😊❤

I am probably getting more sleep than you realise .... by sometimes it's in jigsaw pieces of 1-2 hour blocks across the night and day ....

Had a 2hr sleep in the middle of the day yesterday .... then has an hour's doze early evening .... then a longer stretch through till morning .... and will sleep in the day again today .....

Caught myself snoring last night and woke up giggling .... remember my mum saying the same thing when I was a teen .....

I sleep more heavily when I have taken long walks - got in a 7km walk yesterday afternoon and heading out again on the same track this morning ..... helps me manage the stress which has caused me metabolic syndrome issues .... getting there with that too tho ....

Baby steps .... breathe ..... 😊 sleep .....

💜🌷💕

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DecadianSenior Contributor13 Aug 2016, 1:07 pm AEST

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Morning all - or should I say Good Afternoon since I slept very late - of course - I can accept I will sleep until nearly noon if I am on-line until 3,30.am - wonderful evening last night

@Former-Member - thanks - music has been a huge part of my life - my grandmother taught me to play - at first I didn't want to - I hadn't started school when she insisted on teaching me - telling me that I would be grateful and enjoy the experiece later in life - and I did not have to wait that long

For a while - I don't know how long - I resented learning the notes and keys and tempo etc - but without my noticing it everything made sense - and although for many years I did not have a piano I still would listen to music and imagine the notes etc in my head and my fingers and now I have a piano keyboard - and music does east the soul - it is true

Now I might even invent a piece - maybe never play it again - but what makes music is very deep inside me - and I am lucky - and my Gran died over 50 years ago - and I have her photo on my wall-unit with other family photos and I am like her -

I will catch up with other people as I go - I forget who mentioned the curry - my mother made a wonderful curry - it burned the throat a bit but bread and butter was always part of the meal - and of course rice

I don't have the recipe now - lost it years ago - what a pity - no other curry has every been as good as hers - it had bananas and sultanas in it -

My mouth waters thinking about it

Decadian

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