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Ah, well, 'Ello 'Ello then! 😉
Maybe the script writers were insomniacs too?
I'm now in bed, with a doggy curled up tight next to me. We are looking after a friend's dog for a week and she is THE MOST gorgeous dog ever… Seeing as she's very clean – she has a really short, incredibly shiny black coat (we always compare her with a seal!) and is washed every week and she's been a “bed dog” all her life… we let her hop in bed here too, when she visits… Just bung the sheets etc in the washing machine when she leaves and voila.
She's such a funny dog. She ADORES cuddling!! The first time she ever slept here, she woke me up every HOUR during the night to ask “Are you awake?! Shall we have a cuddle?!” Haha…! :wub:
I'm curious to see what effect the presence of a snoozing pooch will have on my insomnia?
Hope you're doing well… Crossing my fingers for you that you either find a great new creative project for the wee hours or that you don't end up needing one…
Sweet dreams
Groggy
Ahh, just worked out how to use the message thingee in my sleep-addled state… I sent you one.. (tis boring tho – so don't get excited!!) Haha
Okay Sunday, watch out, here I come…!
Ah, Teddy, I'm trying to plan my hourly ANTI-NAP activities as I have my morning coffee at a totally wrong time of day…
Hey, do you get the impression that we're the only 2 people in this forum at the moment? It's a good thing we get along, huh?!?!? 😆
I understand your concerns re a Menohpawsal Forum – but maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised… maybe they are all crotchety women, grumbling away with a black sense of humour and telling the world to go stuff itself?!?! Haha, times change you know, so I assume menohpawsal women do too! (And I don't mean that description to sound negative – I think women should be much more crotchety about all sorts of stuff!! Girl power!!!!)
Hey, wanna do menohpaws products in our Etsy shop too? Cos I don't think we have to limit ourselves to insomnia products — I think the products just have to be produced by bleary, red-eyed insomniacs in the wee hours of the morning…. 😛
Right… gonna try and do my hourly plan and check in here again in a bit…
G
Hey Teddy,
Aw, I can see you now, icing that cake – I bet it turned out completely lovely!!
I'm too *groggy* to write much right now, just gonna update my sleep journal and check in again later…
Fell asleep around 6am and then didn't hear the alarm so my brain and body have sneakily taken their 9 hours of sleep and I woke up at 3:00 in the afternoon.
I guess I am a little disappointed, but that's silly really. I'm moving in the right direction with this, so I just need to approach the rest of the day and tonight as well as I can.
Catch you later Funny Teddy (love that sense of humour!)
Groggggggy
Pooper scooper… It's 4:40am and sleep still not in sight.
I was so sure I was going to sleep earlier today, since I felt so sleepy.
But I will be patient. I will try and get through tomorrow without any naps again and then give things a new try tomorrow night.
I feel like I'm on the right track with it now, which feels like a great relief compared to feeling helpless and not knowing what to do…
Well, right now I'm trying to work out what time to set my alarm clock for… on a Sunday. Don't want to leave it too late, but too early would seem cruel and mean too! How about 9:30? I think that that sounds like a very good compromise…
Gah – no such luck… I *am* actually sleepy – but nope, still not falling asleep. My insomnia monster being unpredictable, yet again.
Ach, Teddy, you're up too!
Poor you with your Entrapment! Bloody Gyn conditions, ey? I get menstrual migraine (and may have endometriosis – tho I'm trying not to think about that…) and my best friend has PCOS… I mean, who needs this stuff??? I'm going to google your thing, cos I've not heard of it before… Hm, actually google is not very forthcoming on this!
So are you in a menopause forum?
Ach, I can't be bothered doing any more on my purse sewing tonight… I'm just a little too sleepy to do stuff, and just not quite sleepy enough to nod off… I may watch a bit more TV and wait for the sleepiness proper to kick in…
Thinking of ya!
Bye from Groggy and Scrumble…
Well, I finally made the lengthy journey over to the bed.
I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched, but I *think* I may be feeling genuine “evening tiredness” for the first time in a fortnight…
So – JUST IN CASE – I don't post here anymore tonight – who knows??? – have a good start to your Sunday, Teddy!
XXX
Still on the sofa, at quarter to midnight… I am determined to get up – any moment now… Pffffft! <_<
Yeah, nah, I meant that more as a precaution… sometimes tiredness makes me miss things, ignore things, word things wrong, be self-centred… Just wanted to clarify 🙂
Ach, I'm now so tired that I can't motivate myself to get up off the sofa and into bed! I'm STUCK on the sofa – heeeeeeelp!!! Haha 😮
Well, I didn't have any naps today (well done, me) unless I did but I dreamt that I was awake?? I guess I'll never know!
Very curious as to whether Scrumble the Insomnia Monster will let me sleep tonight. She is so unpredictable!! Whenever I think I know what she's gonna do, she goes and does something else entirely… So, anything is possible! 😉
Sweet dreams Teddy
XXX
Groggy
Aargh, I just realised that sounded really rude saying “Not sure what the use of that article was?” – I meant what use of the journalist having written it! Sorry… if I start writing things here that sound FULL RUDE, it's my insomnia making me express myself REALLY BADLY. I'm a pretty polite person, really, so if anything I write sounds offensive, just check with me instead of being offended, yeah?! 😆
Haha, yes…
Ooh, yeah, I think my brain is starting to slllllloooowwww doooowwwwn too!
I'm gonna try and be on full NAP-ALERT now… 😮
But you enjoy yours, you hear!! 🙂
Oh, I think for jaw-clenching, a normal pacifier might work. But the snoring one is special in that it holds your tongue up front via suction/ a little vaccuum – in your sleep-deprived state, you may have missed that paragraph of the article… So I doubt a conventional one would help with snoring… And I dunno if I understood the article right, but it seemed like they're not actually for sale YET?? Like they need further testing before they go on the market?? So not really sure what the use of that article was…?
Not sure how good the combination of insomnia and power tools are… These shelves are mighty crooked… Well, not so much crooked, as higgeldy-piggeldy… A good thing they're just for the cellar…! I'm not sure they would pass muster otherwise… They truly look as if an insomniac has made them… So full points for “authenticity”, Groggy!!
Ah, here we go:
I'm having a (legitimate) break to do some back strengthening exercises…
i'm having a power-tool day (building some desperately needed shelves) so I need to look after my back…
Only potential “problem” is that you do most of them lying down on your back and they have all these relaxation techniques built in, so that the muscles you are strengthening also stay un-tense… and the whole thing is sooo relaxing, it could send me off to sleep. So I'm putting on a timer too, for 30 mins… Really hope that that will do the trick!!!!!!
Haha, you're cool!
Hey can you ask hubby-to-be which newspaper it was re that pacifier article and the approx date (ie the month) cause I like having research to back this kind of stuff up. It sounds sort of like a cheap and easy version of this product, which also helps stop jaw clenching at night, which can help to prevent migraines: “NTI–tss Mouthguard”…
So, do you think that we're just brilliantly creative entrepreneurs, or has our insomnia made us be manic??
My day is going well by the way – I have split it into hourly sections and put nap-preventing activities in each of the hour slots, so I'm just focussing on nap-avoidance 1 hour at a time and so far it's working very well (today, at least) – there's not a nap in sight… Woohoo!!
Can't wait to see your cake and icing! When is this fantastsic wedding going to take place, then?
Well, I must get off the laptop and sofa – NAP-AVOIDANCE ALARM 😮
XXX Groggy
