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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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Hi @Former-Member , I'm feeling a little exhausted. I went all day with my head convinced I wanted part time work.Take away for dinner..I'm looking forward to chill once I get kiddies in bed...oooh teenagers, man I have all that to come in time.😱 I hope they make u dinner in bed 👍😜

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..hearing that @Former-Member.. convinced myself of many things recently, and not just briefly, re 'all day' then same day, or couple days later, it's ..like what the .. was I thinking? seemed real at time tho

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Ha! Nice one @TAB! By the time I finally woke up this morning I decided my balaklava might look suspiciously out of place in the bright sunlight. So I did a dash and...voila! Tell me your mouth's not watering! 🙂

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@TAB, I must be tired, sorry you lost me in translation there? 😱

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I do that all the time @Former-Member, think that I'm ready to work or that I could do something and then the next day when I crash I realise that I'm trying to run again😜 But you may be different. Maybe it is possible. It seems so far away with the constant exhaustion for me. Still not moved from my bed. About to though. There's plenty of time before your kids get to stress you out driving, enjoy them now. Never thought I'd be one to say this but time does go too fast with them. I was the one always trying to make the clock go faster. Really hoping you have a peaceful night. Take care💜😊

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Thanks @@Teej! 😄 Love that you even get my humour. Lol

Yep, doing the driving lessons. Today's ventures took her over the 90 hour mark - hoorah! Now she just has to wait till she turns 17 in Christmas week. And for the testing centre to reopen. Haha. I can imagine it would be pretty nerve wracking, but she's probably already a better driver than me! Really took to it from the start. I think it must be something to do with her years of practice in attending to so many screens at once!

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Hi @Former-Member! Sorry I disappeared earlier. My mum rang and talked for an hour. 😜

Yep, I'm pretty new. Only came on board a week or two back. Weirdly, though, my profile already promoted me to Senior Contributor! Crikey!! Not sure I'm ready for the extra responsibility! Lol

Hey, really sorry to hear the troubling news about your two friends. You managing ok?

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Oh you mean work @TAB?? 😱

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Sounds like your at the finishing line with the hours and the driving skills @Former-Member. Well done. I think I'll get my third son to help me teach this one as he is a really good driver as in skills ( he drives too fast 😁) He can help with the teaching the gears part as I have a manual and he said I didn't explain it well so I figure he'll be better at explaining it because that was the only bit he struggled with...taking off in first gear.

Anyway im heading off for a bit, might catch everyone a bit later💜😊

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Nice when you can recoup your investment by getting th older one to teach the younger one. Now that's forward planning! 😉

look after yourself till next @Former-Member

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