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Night Shift

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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It will be good to see your brother before he goes tomorrow @Former-Member. I just heard from my son a couple of hours ago that he is back in Prague safe and sound staying with his friend, YAY. He has run out of money and hopefully he'll stay put until his money comes through. He comes home next February after being OS a year.

I bet kira loves the beach. My dog 💜 water. He would swim and chase his floating toy for hours.

I'm not looking forward to our summer either. I normally don't whinge about winter but this year has been much colder and more miserable with the weather. I'm not sure how the new house will cope in the heat, we'll find out soon enough I guess. Did you live in north Qld as a child?

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Yes I am looking forward to seeing my brother tomorrow. Glad to hear your boy is okay and you will get to see him next year @Former-Member

No I didn't grow up in Nth Qld, I grew up in NSW, on the Central Coast but I have lived up in Nth Qld- I lived in Nth Qld twice. The last time I was up there I could see myself living there permantely. I came back to the Gold Coast in 2009. The first time I went up to Nth Qld I lived up there from 1998 to 2001. My last stint was 2006 to 2009. I got Kira when I was living in Townsville but she was born in Sydney and I had her fly up to me.

Kira loves beach walks but doesn't like swimming but she loves water, in that she loves chasing water from the hose- she would do that all day and night if I let her. She as quite a high prey drive, and I put the hose water just in front of her paws.

Where did you grow up @Former-Member ?

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Hi @TAB and @Former-Member,

happy your day was ok @TAB and that you didn't miss you either 😝.

@Former-Member Crossing my fingers for you that you don't get sick. It sounds like you're struggling with quite a bit a the moment. Feel free to share but only if you want and it helps. Otherwise I'm sending my best wishes to you💜😊

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I enjoy chatting to you too @Decadian You are are very kind and caring.

I read somewhere that you are a believer, me too, but my faith is not so good lately. I used to have such strong faith. I'm sure it will come back.

How was your day today? Mine was very quiet and I was in and out of bed all day today. I needed the rest, but it feels quite depressing, being in bed so much and not getting much done. I don't think I'll do that often.

I managed to do the usual chores, cleaning, 2 loads of washing and cooked a bit pot of beef and vegie soup. I forgot to have lunch, haha! I had carrot cake for breakfast.

New day tomorrow and I will make sure it is a better one.

Very quiet here tonight, nothing on TV and my daughter is still away. Nice to have people to chat to on here. I am guessing that someone is around. Hehe!

That' good that you met up with a friend last night @TAB. Sounds like you had a good night. How was your day?

@Former-Member Has your day been ok today? Been up to much today?

@Faith-and-Hope Did you have a busy day? I remembered this morning that grade 12 finishes in November, not long now. I hope your daughter will be able to get through all her ups and downs, must be so hard for her and you also.

@Former-Member How was your day? You have 3 boys, is that correct? They would keep you busy.

@Shaz51 How was your day out with hubby? I hope that you were able to drive to the lovely place you were planning to go to.

@Decadian I found out yesterday that I have to wait 10 to 14 days for my mammogram results. If I had known I would have gone privately. Such a long wait.

Hello to anyone else who is around on here tonight, sorry if I missed your name.

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..hardy ha @Former-Member ..yeah I didn't miss being silly me today lol

ha, re other post about going out, just went to supermarket for a pie lol

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Hi Ms B lol @Former-Member yeah only choc cake beats carrot cake bkfst lol.

Yeah, was interesting re outing, got me outdoors anyways lol just having nice pie w mash gravy and peas for tea here

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Hi to @Former-Member and @Former-Member

I've been planning to visit the Gold Coast for a while now. Every time I look for accommodation on the internet I get stressed, lol. So, hasn't happened yet. I have a couple of friends who live there and I'm hoping to visit them soon, for a few days. Haven't been there for a couple of years, time flies. They are in Surfers too, @Former-Member

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Sounds good @TAB I'm still hungry, probably because I missed lunch, too busy catching up on sleep, lol. Such a boring day, sleeping, lol.

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Not sure if anyone else does this but I so often look at my posts and wonder how I wrote what I did. I think I need a 2 min delay to recheck things a lot before I post. Sometimes you guys must get so confused. I think I confuse myself re reading them. Agghhhh.

Anyway

@Former-Member I have lived in SA all my life except for two years where I lived on the Sunshine Coast. My ex husband and I moved up there for a sea change when the kids were 3, 2 and 1. It ended up being way more than a sea change as we had another child and then he left me for someone else and let me bring the kids back to SA where I had more support.

My dog was a rescue dog. Apparently born in NSW transferred to Vic to a foster home and then I drove half way to Melbourne to pick him up. He is my complete shadow. He goes with me everywhere. He loves the car and if the weather is cool even comes for a ride to the shops. He comes for the drive to take my son to school everyday, to pick him up from sport and pretty much every drive I can. He is so alert he watches everything in the car which helps him from getting too bored at home. Being a kelpie he craves stimulation. He is definately the smartest and sookiest dog I've owned. He is my 4th dog. I left two with my ex partner a few years ago when we split which is why I got this one.

where would you chose to live if you could?

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there's worse things than sleeping all day @Former-Member yeah just tv most of day here, got paper, fed self, showered etc bout it lol .. I'll call it resting, or time out from time out lol.. probably necessary.

@Faith-and-Hope I see you in background 'liking' away lol yeah, had half can spag today, re baked beans pic yest, really hit the spot, don't have it often, really really enjoyed it. Weird.

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