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Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

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.

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Hey @Adge, I just barely pip you at the post. I turned 49 a few months ago.
Whew, half century approaches... hard to believe.

Part of me still feels "spring chicken", but the crinkle lines are trying to call me a liar.

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I have crinkle lines too @Smc I'm not sure how I can hide those...

It's nice to think that you're just a little ahead of me, showing the way...

Yes, I certainly missed out on the spring chicken phase (or time).

Apparently a mid-life "Rebellious phase" can double for it, but I'm not so sure.

I've hardly got a rebelious bone in my body - so that would be too far a stretch (I think).

Adge

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Ha ! You’re both spring chickens .... lol .....

(says one of the Old Duck clan)

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@Shaz51Happy Birthday to your husband 🙂

@Anna88 lol you are too younge to have aches lol you are still a young spring chicken 🙂

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@soul it is a nice country 🙂 so diverse! it's different wherever you go. We went to Ho Chi Minh City and Hoi An, I'd love to go to Hanoi !

I did bring prescription anti vomiting and gastro stop, my son just vomited them right back up. The pharmacist there have great stuff, they gave me anti vomiting, diarrhoea, anti spasmodic for bowels, charcoal and lactobacillus.

I'm cured of the travel bug at the moment. lol I told my husband that and he rolled his eyes and said that I've said that before after a trip....

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@soul
I am not really a movie buff but we have been a few times of late to get Mr D out the house, it was something enjoyable he could do as he had difficulty walking, still should not over do things.

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Good morning Hot Chocolateirs ......

and to @BlueBells if you’re around ....

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Hot chocolate anyone? I need to vent. I think I finally get how this works. 😀

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Vent away @Sonny1 .....

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Cheers. I just called my mum to ask her what she eats for breakfast, lunch and dinner as I was going to start meal prepping for her and walked into a mood swing. She’d just been arguing with my dad about donating too much to charities as my dad found a letter on the table. She’s a bit of a compulsive spender, creates hoarding and fights. Anyway I walked into that then she takes it out on me and becomes an absolute bitch if I agree with my dad. It’s hard as you can’t have a logical conversation with her. I got hooked on a bit but after a while said “this is my Sunday, I have things I want to do. I don’t want to have this conversation with you now. I’ll talk to you later. Goodbye”. This is one of the first times I have successfully done this but I sit here now with unsettled feeling of anxiety and unresolved stuff and my family stuff is so big. I’m proud of myself but get frustrated with the anxiety as my head gets fuzzy and I can’t think and carry on with what I want to do. I think I’m not going to go there tomorrow and meal prep as a consequence for poor behaviour as it’s my time and energy and I think I need to continue with these boundaries. She can become so nasty. And I realise how often she did it to me as a kid.
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