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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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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:08 am AEDT

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Good Morning All

My shout for bacon and eggs @Former-Member lol

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utopiaSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:11 am AEDT

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Good morning @Former-Member @BlueBay @Former-Member @TAB. The sun is shining here after a night of heavy rain. My plans for the day. Use that high water pressurd thingamdjig and clean the rest of the weather boards. Then shower and go and pay some bills for my best friend (her money - not mine) - she's working on her day off today. Then visit my mum.
@TAB - what @Former-Member said makes perfect sense. Yes you may ewant and need to work - but realistically - can you do that when your health is fragile. A cheaper - more affordable town - close to better and bigger health support. But only you can decide. Only you can make this move. Is it something you would consider?

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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:18 am AEDT

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Thanks @utopia pretty much, and yes, nothing tying me here, except inertia and kidding self re work, will see what comes my way re medical stuff. Have an appointment tomorrow, next one TBA, have been through all this in my head, it's just getting to me obv lol .. thankyou Hope you have a good day and yeah, cant beat 'thingamagigs' ..lol

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DecadianSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:27 am AEDT

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I understand about work @Former-Member

It is the hardest part about having chronic pain - I miss the routine, I miss the social contact, I miss the income and I miss using my skills

So I get it @TAB - work is more than just going somewhere everyday and getting paid - it's a structured pattern we all need

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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:27 am AEDT

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..done with stressing for today am having breakfast with Jimi Hendrix lol

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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:30 am AEDT

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@Decadianwell in the absence of any other form of occuaption, yes, true, damn it Janet lol

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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:35 am AEDT

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re missing work, I thought you once said in a post months ago that you were born before Hiroshima??.. @Decadian yet other things made you sound younger, notso much asking, just wondering ..apologies in advance if put my foot in it

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DecadianSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:35 am AEDT

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Hi @Former-Member

I slept straight through last night - but I am not excited about today - I will have to find out when the funeral is happening and get new clothes - and find a grief councellor - and as ever when something happens - it all feels too much

I hope I feel more like it later - as the day passes

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DecadianSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:48 am AEDT

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Yes @TAB

I was born before HIroshima - I always pronounce it Hirosheema

People are always telling me I look, sound and seem much younger than someone born during WW2 - but I was and remember odd and unrelated parts of it - esp what things were like after the war - food shortages and rationing - also the dark street lit by tiny lights that shed a small pool of safety beneath them - leaving long blank and therefore dangerous spaces between.

And those were the so-called good-old days - ah - I think these are the good-old days

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TABSenior Contributor17 Oct 2016, 9:53 am AEDT

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where were you, might I ask? yeah I'd take 60s, 70s, 80s ..even 90s over these days lol ..think tide turned irreversibly last 6-10 years for 'Once Was Australia' to whatever it is now, ..a global corporate colony without the pretense anymore .. glad you like it though @Decadian

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