Connect with people who understand what you are going through, seek advice and surround yourself with support. We're free, anonymous, and professionally moderated 24/7.

47,612Members
1,358,869Posts
1,400,000Visitors

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor25 May 2016, 9:48 pm AEST

Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi All

There is a thread operating on the Lived Experience Forum under Night Shift where members who are having trouble sleeping for any reason give a bit of a shout-out, to see if there is anyone else sleepless and looking for company. It's been such a great thing, I thought I would start one over here too.

I have had the odd few nights where I have woken up on and off, and my kids have been having a bit of trouble some nights too, depending on what has happened during the day.

Being a carer can be lonely too, so if you are making an after-midnight cup of something hot, and wonder who else might be doing that too, maybe have a look-in here and see if anyone else is about.

☕️

21372 replies

14,681 - 14,690 of 21,372

1...1,468 1,469 1,470...2,138

In response to: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

JanieeSenior Contributor01 Nov 2018, 10:26 pm AEDT

Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Loving the photos @Former-Member !! I'll have to see if I can find some now, don't think they will be as good a@Shaz51 though. Very nice!!

Hmm, I love camping, fishing, travel, reading, crosswords, crochet, music

In response to: Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

SmcSenior Contributor02 Nov 2018, 10:40 am AEDT

Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi all- am back from my trip to the parents' place. 🙂

Hi @Janiee, nice to meet you. We've got a few here keen on music. @Appleblossom is a singer. I play violin, viola and sing... not professionally, but competently enough. I enjoy camping, crosswords and reading, but don't get to doing any of them often enough nowadays.

@Faith-and-Hope, glad to hear that the art course is doing you so much good. I started doing my ceramics study as "self care", but found I had enough passion and skill that it was worth considering it a career option. Maybe one day it will be so again.

I was never much good at keeping up with the visual diary side of things. 😛 But then, most of the class would be playing catchup with their diaries in the week before assesment. I think that may have been partially because ceramics is a 3D artform, and while being competent in 2D art does benefit the general artistic quality of 3D work, it's harder to make it connect directly to it. Most of my development work was more in the form of the little "kiln fillers" that I'd make to try out new ideas- forms, textures, glazes. Oooh, I had fun with those!

Things like this little bowl. It's maybe 3-4 cms across. Doll house sized. 😄 Fits in any tiny leftover corner in the kiln, and I got to try out a glaze and texture combination that worked very nicely on a full sized piece at a later date.

In response to: Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

JanieeSenior Contributor02 Nov 2018, 11:11 am AEDT

Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Hi @Smc. I'd love to be able to play an instrument or sing, but unfortunately I have absolutely no talent lol. I just have to listen, enjoy and sing very loudly and badly lol.

We are hoping to get away camping soon, so fingers crossed.

In response to: Re: Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

Shaz51Senior Contributor02 Nov 2018, 5:11 pm AEDT