Night Shift

Thanks for your honest response @Decadian I really believe this forum is about being human and honest and therefore should have all our moods and colours scattered throughout. Trying to be happy 24/7 is not real and is for the fake world out there somewhere. Unfortunately I wear my heart on my sleeve so most people see my moods 24/7.

You made me laugh about your life not being that bad because you don't have to watch sport😄

I hope your respite person comes today to help bring cheer.

And as for winter I have struggled so much more this year and I think it has affected my mood more than ever before. My dog insists in being under my doona and in bed with me, he won't go outside either. I miss having my coffee outside every morning but it has just been too cold and wet. Never mind it will all change for us soon enough and then I'll whinge about the heat 😬

I wish you well @Decadian💜😊

Good to hear all is going well with your dad @Faith-and-Hope. I hope your day goes smoothly and hopefully you'll see some dolphins if you go for a walk. Catch ya soon💜😊

PS I'm confused which ones of your kids are twins. I just realised I'm not sure.

So am I right in thinking the order is S1, (D1 & D2), S2, D3. @Faith-and-Hope. Please don't reply if I'm crossing boundaries. It's ok even to be vague and answer 'something like that' or 'close but no cigar'😝😜

PS. I don't have many options S1, S2, S3, S4😊

Man, I wish I'd known you 15 years ago @Faith-and-Hope it may have made my ride through parenting children a little less stressful. Teachers have always said my boys walk to the beat of a different drum. One of mine was really born into the wrong culture, I think he would have faired much better living in an indigenous culture. Thanks for being here for the ride through this part. I still have much to work out and as you know not a lot of role models to look back on and doing it by myself is really challenging. Hoping D3 extracts the digit soon and goes to school. 💜😊

Hi @Former-Member - and thanks

I am sometimes a cheerful person with dark moments - and sometimes a rather unhappy person with a sense of humour - but I like to be honest

Wearing our hearts on our sleeves may be okay - probably okay for people who are honest about the way they feel - if people are open about the way they feel at least we know when people love us

Too often I think people can cast us away by keeping their love for us to themselves - this is unkind - people can feel okay about a bad temper but keep their heart hidden - not good at all

And yes - my cat wants to get under the doona too - and seeing as she is a cat I don't mind at all - she likes my body heat and I like her being there

Winter is the pits - I like having my coffee outside too but not lately - people warned me it would be cold in Canberra - but it was wonderful -

But wait - it will soon be different - the weather has been beastly most of this winter - we have to get a break soon by the law of averages

Decadian

Oi @Kurra

I get the seized up back and my hips can hurt - you are not whinging - pain like that is rotten and can really make life hard - I know this right to the core of my L4/L5 disc

Whatever you do to help - do it - I imagine you have a regimin and other things you do to help so I won't bother suggesting anything except to do whatever helps

I don't know where you live but if you are in the South then you know winter is giving us it's best by being horrible - I am totally over it but it keeps happening

[counting the days until it is at least Spring on the calendar]

All the best @Kurra - I hope something works for you

Decadian

Hi @Appleblossom

I am sorry about Little Miss Bossy Know-it-all - she seems the kind of person to really set to make people unravell

I think it is far better to keep ourselves far from vexatious spirits but this is easy to say and hard to carry out - vexatious spirits have a habit of not getting the hint

So - I really hope that your anxiety levels are dropping - what a pity someone can have so much power over us to really overturn the apple-cart etc - and make life hell for however long

All the best with that - we get them in the family - I have a toxic sister who can really darken my week with very little effort

I get it

Decadian