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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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KurraSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 6:53 pm AEST

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Thanks @Decadian

I managed to have quite an enjoyable evening last night until I went to bed and got agitated. Fortunately I had the medication to get that under control fairly quickly but it was well past 2am before I slept. Yep - I was rather late for work today.

I had a misery me, grumblebum day. I was way off my mark and it's continued that way. I've contacted my psychologist and he will get back to me as soon as he can.

So all in all I've indulged in a day of presenteeism. Not good eh but I'm looking after Kurra right now. If I don't, who will. Hopefully I can get that real smile back on my dial tomorrow.

I should be vacuuming my floors tonight but I'm not going to. I'm going to be totally self indulgent!

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Unknown userMember07 Sept 2016, 7:05 pm AEST

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Reading that post @Kurra put a smile on my dial not because you've had a crap day but because of your attitude to getting back on the horse again when you can and for taking time for you. You go @Kurra , hopefully you'll kick tomorrow's ass! 💜😊

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AppleblossomSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 7:12 pm AEST

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presenteeism .... what a great word ... I have seen a bit of that around.

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TABSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 7:14 pm AEST

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presenteeism beats absenteeism lol @Kurra have been known to indulge in both lol if I dont get at least 4hrs I rarely go to work. Getting there's the main part.. I was at library doing paperwork for new job, bumped into guy known for years at old work he'd just got ongoing roster job with them. They told me a week ago they had nothing one. Well they didnt ring me and too late now, have another job lol. He said to ring them, I just mumbled something about 'might have work'..

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DecadianSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 8:06 pm AEST

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Hi again @Kurra

I like that word too @Appleblossom - presenteeism - I am sure most of us have done a bit of that at times

Yes - Kurra - take care of yourself tonight - sleeping late after feeling agitated and taking medication would make for a restless night - I take medication for pain at 2.00 am from time to time - or something for the back spasms - I will end up sleeping late then - aw - I hate that - but at the time I want to sleep - but I can if I want to -

I am waking up ealier though - it does make a difference if I go to bed earlier

Sleep well tonight

Dec

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KurraSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 9:32 pm AEST

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It's pretty common @Appleblossom

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KurraSenior Contributor07 Sept 2016, 9:34 pm AEST

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It's bed time in another 20 mins!

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SilenusSenior Contributor08 Sept 2016, 9:52 am AEST

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Hiya peeps... [waves jauntily...]

Hello to @Appleblossom @Former-Member @Kurra @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member @eth @Mazarita @plasmo @Shaz51 @Decadian @BlueBay @GonePirate and probably a whole bunch of people I've missed...