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Night Shift

MazaritaSenior Contributor

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 userMember

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Haha, yes it probably would be more sensible to do that.

Oh no! You must be exhausted. Hope you can recover and get enough rest.

My evening has been stressful, I had assessments due and only submitted one, my studies going a lot like last time: constantly interrupted and failing.
Frustrating the hell out of me.

Tomorrow I'm at the dentist, fingers crossed I don't have another cavity... Been too tired to bother brushing my teeth before bed most nights.

What are you up to tomorrow?

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Unknown userMember

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I just want to intercept this conversation to say I find it highly fitting that @Former-Member would make a post in November.

I am doing a reading challenge this year and I don't know when to start Tenth of December... seriously though, good to see you!

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Unknown userMember

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Hi @Former-Member,

Nice to hear from you.

Well if you're looking for books to read might I suggest starting with Morris Gleitzmen's "Once" series? I grew up with it and the main character, so yes it starts out "young". It's about a Jewish boy living through World War II, and you become quite engrossed in the story. I became quite attached to the characters and am desperately waiting for the last book that keeps being delayed.

There are also the classics you probably would have grown up with the movies by Hans Christian Andersen, Grimm's Brothers, Mary Shelley, Oscar Wilde, Homer, etc. I LOVE THE CLASSICS!

I have quite a collection of books so I am than happy to suggest books, though I tend to lean towards historical fiction/non-fiction, crime, classics, and of course I indulge in nostalgia reading Shirley Barbara's fairly; mermaid; and pixie books... If nothing else the illustrations are breathtaking.

Sorry for the long post, as you can see I'm quite passionate about books

Good luck with the reading challenge!

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MazaritaSenior Contributor

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Hi @Former-Member sorry we ended up missing each other last night. I hung around for a while but I see now you had not tagged me in that last post you made so I didn't get notified you were still there. Funny that back and forth across discussion threads and then we missed having an actual chat!

Anyway, I am fairly regularly around late at night at the moment, so maybe we'll run into each other again. I have a deep interest in poetry and sometimes write it as well. In the past I have read masses and masses of novels of all kinds. Hope you enjoy your evening.

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Unknown userMember

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Oh whoops! I'm sorry I completely forgot to tag you! I usually set it to notify me when someone replies and took for granted that others do too.

I've really been getting into poetry lately, though I'll admit I used to think it was overated, I think I can attribute that to teachers wanting us to analyse and scrutinise every word and pattern back in my schooling days.

Please post your poetry sometime! (If you would be so willing) I would love to read it.

How was your day? My evening is going far better than last, I hope yours is going well too.

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Unknown userMember

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@Florence
I just saw this, I am so sorry that you have to put up with that.

I can relate, though it is probably best I do not go into details.

I hope things improve for you.

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TABSenior Contributor

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Okay if going to go dates how bout Bastille Day .. was my maternal grandmother's birthday ok she was born around 120 yrs ago now think dropped off 93 maybe
Am debating not going to father's funeral. Mother went 3 years ago. Father wont give up. Dont want to see rels. Weight was made comment of last time , way worse now

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plasmoSenior Contributor

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hoot
hanging out for cup of tea and nap.

sunday i had the bright idea of sleeping earlier... still,awake at 5 and 6am

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TABSenior Contributor

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Hey. Dentist finally agreed to see me after constant pain fm tooth extraction
Think backing off 14hrs sleep a day now lolo..

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Unknown userMember

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@TAB awesome! I'm glad for you.

I went to mine today, turns out my wisdom tooth is pushing up against other teeth and gums because I don't have another wisdom tooth to push up against. It's a dull ache, but I can deal with it.

Hope they can fix/help you.

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