Sleepless at SOS, Part 3
 

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Good evening or good morning depending where you live!

For a little while now I've been getting requests to re-open the Sleepless thread, so what better place to do that than right here in the new social thread?

In honor of the new forum....... this is the Koala signing in for any sleepy heads at SOS who just can't sleep, and would like some company to help shorten those long and lonely nights.

For all our new members.... welcome to Sleepless at SOS!

To members who've been to the thread before.....welcome back!

Hope to catch up with everyone soon.

Koala how is your day going so far?
I am about to call it a day and go hunt some zzzs
but it is nice to see this thread up and going again.
hugs on you.
night.

So nice to have you visit the thread BMW, and I'm glad to know that you're finally over that horrible illness.

I'm doing OK, and thank you for the kind words you had to say in the wonder thread.

* It's nice to be back. :hug:

hooroo!! It's back!!! :D :Excited: :yahoo:

my meds are kicking in and tomorrow is going to be a long day. But it's good to know the thread is back!!

:D :D :D

:hug:
:grouphug:

The koala bows graciously then inconspicuosly backs out of the room........:o

:hug: cant chat but wanted to leave you a hug!!!!!! YAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I took a night time sinus med so i could sleep to night. LOL... i do have sinus drainage too LOL

Good to catch up with you Goofy. Sleep well and we'll chat another time.

Thanks for dropping by. :hug:

*waves. :) it's almost 2am thus 3am...:thud:

*waves back*

It's 5:30pm here and dinner is starting to smell mighty good.

what's cookin' doc? ;)

did ya spring foward already? Then it would be 6pm?? LOL

Roast pork!

Spare a thought for our Lara tonight as she lives in an area that may get buffetted by a cyclone (hurricane) tonight. It's a biggie, and is already a category 5. It's called Cyclone Hamish and it looks like it will be packing a punch when it crosses.

My sister lives in an area expected to be in it's path, and Lara lives south of where it's expected to cross..... but she will still get some pretty bad weather from the rain and winds. It's travelling down the east coast of Oz, so it may even hit lower than expected.

Praying that Lara stays safe. :smileypray:

oh no!

Will keep positive prayers for dear Lara...

Category 5???? Yikes...

hope she'll check in when she's safe....

:grouphug:

I remember as a kid, we get typhoons...my mom would just throw a blanket against the glass doors and my brother and I and her would put chairs against it and hold it if it shook very badly. As kids, we thought it was fun plus we know there's be no school the next day.

There was never water the next day nor electricity. And I can remember the three of us going down to the local well and there would be a line rationing out water...

I don't know why, but the memory is actually kinda bitter sweet cause I remember I would always run into my friends and we'd end up chatting and playing never noticed the worries on the adults' faces...

Yep. It's a biggie.

We don't change our clocks until the end of the month and then we go back for Autumn. Winter is definitely on it's way, and I'm certainly not looking forward to the cold days and nights.

I have to go see to dinner now, but will be back later. :hug:

enjoy the pork roast Anne, sounds great. :hug:

well, it's 3am but really 2am...

I am off to bed...

((((hugs for the broom))))

aaarrrrggghhhhh....insomnia sucks!! *bangshead...

it's almost 5am but really 4am...but was it really 5am to start with? Which came first, spring forward or fall back...:thud:

Not good Moi.

Sounds like me when I was still working shift work. If there was one night of the year that I couldn't sleep, it was always the shortest night of the year. :(

hi Anne,

my mind's just racing back and forth lately...

I guess I am just very anxious about the future...there are a lot of layoffs and business is slower than the tortoise...

I guess I'll now post it in the open but the grandkids are coming for good in a month and there's so much to do around the house...

but my pain levels have really risen and just got out of being sick and still not back to 100%...

sorry about the whine...been trying to keep it light but feel really anxious...guess I will have to start taking some kinda anti-anxiety meds..have been fighting them....*sigh...

how was dinner??

And also thinking about Lara...

Dinner was yum thank you, and congratulations about your news! How exciting!

That cyclone is scary as they were saying on the news that it has the potential to be almost as destructive as Katrina!

Lara is probably safe from the worst of it if it continues as predicted, but she's bound to suffer from strong winds and heavy rains just the same.

Prayers going up for Lara that her area is safe.

let's hope so about Lara...

I am getting a bit hungry myself...LOL need to lose some weight though, my pants are getting tighter and tighter...

how's DH going?

you mentioned some health issues in another post but not sure if you want to share that now. It's Ok if you don't.

Weight issues? Me too! I might have to go on a diet for the first time in my life! I have put on around a stone since we moved here 15 months ago, and nothing fits me anymore.

Not a good look.

ahhhh...that term "Stone" LOL

I had forgotten...a Stone is about 5 kilos??

My waist is getting bigger and bigger....*sigh....just bought some new clothes a couple of months ago. Already TIGHT...:thud:

I am not into fad diets but eating healthy and such. (used to be a personal trainer also and actually training someone now).

Just eating too much chips as of late...

I see nik hitting the thanks buttons...

((((BIG HUGS))))) nik...

((Moi)) ((Koala))

Keeping dear ((Lara)) and you sis in my thoughts

Sorry you can't sleep Moi...... wonderful news about the children though!!!

You have Kgs there???

Here's me trying to convert all of our metric weights and temperatures and stuff like that!!

I have put on around 10Kgs..... but I was very underweight to start with.

thanks nik,

how are you (((BIG HUGS)))

heckit no, are you kidding? This remains the ONLY country in the world that still uses the Empirical system. LOL but I know how to do the conversions.

I went from using metric to learning how to use the base 12's...still have problem doing that this day...:thud:

so, 10 kg is one stone...

how many kg is ONE pebble? LOL

Moi, sorry your pain is back so strongly :hug:

If I may put my 2 cents in, don't fight the anxiety meds. Not sure why I fought so long. I guess it makes me feel weak in character. But, perhaps it takes more strength to seek help? Hoping things improve for you:hug:

what about a gravel...I'd like to weigh one gravel...LOL

Depends how big the pebble is, and whether it makes ripples on the water or not!

thanks nik...

I don't like to complain too much. Seeing so many have it worse than I do.

little things have been bugging me lately. I went deaf on my right ear for a few weeks then it came back. LOL

now I am having joint problems. I suspect it's from years of ticcing that's catching up with me. I know that I would have problems down the road wearing them out.

The other thing is I think I am growing spurs in my spine. My right hand gets numb at times and would have this burning feeling from time to time.

I know, I should go see the doctor but I know what they're going to say and right now, just don't have the time and really, the money...

I guess you're right about not fighting the meds...it's just that I have been on all sorts since I was 14 because of my TS and others that I finally got myself off of the meds and I kinda don't want to go back to taking meds....

it's always something...wow, sorry, I just wrote a book...

Ok, a skipping stone then. LOL

how many kilos do you think these 4 stones weigh? (And I know they get STONED also....those are usually pretty light. LOL)

http://www.100xr.com/100_XR/Artists/...ing.Stones.jpg

DH lost weight when he had his op, and I found it. Doesn't quite seem fair, does it? I've never had to worry about weight before.

LOL, it's NOT fair...can you at least charge it to the doctor? LOL ;)

Sorry, I was lost in thought looking at your cloud picture. I really like it.

Sometimes, it helps to get a few things off your chest ((Moi)) takes some of the weight off your shoulders.

I can understand your views on medications. I guess I keep thinking, these meds are out there for a reason. If it could help lesson your load, help you ward off the beasts... perhaps they are worth it?

I am truly sorry to hear about your pain. When you are ready, emotionally and finacially, maybe a good neuro would be able to help you with your pain and the numbness. I take neurontin at high doses, it does help some. Not sure if it could help with your symptoms or not?

Pain is a horrible thing :(

((Anne)) how is your dear husband doing?

He's slowly improving Nikki. He still has a lot of pain in his legs, and they're still quite swollen which hinders his movement, but he goes back to the ortho specialist next week. Hopefully he'll have some answers for us. Also we've arranged to start an extra course of physio. Trouble is it all costs so very much.

But.... his eye sight is almost back to normal so we're really thankful for that.