hoot hoot...lol

i wasn't sure about posting this under sleep disorders, since many might just be on different time zones.

ok mr incognito....come out...come out...wherever you are....

can't you smell the choccy chip cookies?

I just follow my nose. It always knows. The smell of choccy and brownies is such a wonderful thing!

Hoot! Hoot! Hey, night owl! Imagine you being up this late. Do you never sleep? I was up until 10:00 a.m. this morning, then slept on the couch 'til four. It's been that way lately.

How's the exercise business doing? Still washing all those towels at home?

It's nice to find this cool new branch to roost on! Roost? Maybe I'm a rooster instead of an owl!

the new club is doing great! so great that i have atleast 4 loads of towels everyday. hmmm...heavy wet towels...bend and twist to put them in the dryer... sheesh...

ok...i wanna trade sleep patterns with you for just 1 day. lol. i get the 2 hours of sleep and wake up with a screaming back. wide awake again for a few hours. i'm averaging about 4 hours.

it's just all so odd. i have had sore..torn..hurt muscles for years and years. no biggy. apply heat, then cold, then rest it, stretch it and it heals. but this bone stuff...it's so different. nothing makes the pain go away. ok...so a brownie and nice mug of hazelnut coffee do.

so you the head rooster now huh? keep all us chickens in line? wait...i'm a monkey.

i think this is going to be a very nice branch to hang out on.

It's tomorrow now, Curious. You're supposed to be feeling better! What's causing your bone pain? I don't like the sound of that...

Sounds to me like you're pretty stubborn about overdoing it a lot! And maybe just a tad bit hyper-active? You gotta sit down while you drink that cup of hazelnut. Didn't you know that?

What I hate is being up all night, and then sleeping all day. It's hard to play incognito when there's nobody else around. Then I can't fool anyone but myself, and that's never been a challenge.

Did you finally get the move completely finished? And the computer? As I remember it, that was giving you a bit of a fit for a while. Now that you're growing cocoa (it ain't coca is it? ) in your back yard, and teaching grandmonkeys how to roll, you gotta slack off a little at work. I know, it's hard to do when your the boss of a small business, but hey! Give it a try!

I've been going through a whole pee-pot full of medical tests over the last few months, but they still ain't diagnosed me yet. They're gonna cut me open in a few weeks for a look-see, and if that doesn't pan gold I'll be SOL for another year. Insurance will start refusing to pay for any more tests until then.

Guess what? Our local PBS station starting showing a new Curious George series last week! Is that you running around with that man in the yellow raincoat?

i thought i'd wait to post back...make sure you were awake.

i have spondylolisthesis from an injury. (age 12... 30 years ago) the slippage has progressed. i'm sure from working at home and not working out as much as i always have. beleive me...i'm a disciplined person when it comes to working out, but doing it at home is not the same as going to the club.

could this be like the mechanic who fixes others cars and his wifes makes a noise? hehehe

what tests are they going to do? oh man...look at your innards? well, they are going to find out you are wonderful inside and out! howz that for being a friend? i really really hope that non-invasive test will find your answer.

well of course that is me on pbs! every afternoon at 4pm and sometimes in the morning. grandmonkey is 4. the episode where cg ate the puzzle piece nd had to go to the hospital really hit home with him. guess what my little monkey pulled out of his mouth while we were watching?

Make sure I was awake? Shoot, Curious, you know me better than that. I was dead on the couch at 12:37 PM. I'm a Night Owl, remember?!? I fell asleep at about nine-thirty this morning and woke up around four.

What is spondylolisthesis? Boy what a word! I've heard you mention it before, but I never really understood it much. You say it comes from an old injury? Is the pain like inside the bone, or more in the joints and cartilege?

My condition, whatever it is, causes me sharp pain in the left side of my abdomen. It feels like somebody stabbed me in the left side and the knife blade broke off in there. Then of course after years of pain the fibro and other stuff sets in, and I'm just SOL. But thanks for that wonderful compliment! You really are a good friend.

It's not just mechanic's wives who have noisy cars. Ever notice that so many mechanics drive the crappiest cars? I've never owned a new car in my life. I always bought them old and broken, then fixed them up in my shop. It has saved me a ton of money over the years, I can tell you.

I watch Curious George with my little girl. She's ten, and it's new to her, but she's starting to really like it. She just thinks it's weird that I get into the show so much. She'd probably flip out if she ever saw me watch George of the Jungle! What is it with these Georges that I find so entertaining?

I hope you're feeling better today. Did ya get any shuteye at all last night? Gotta keep up that energy for the grandmonkeys, right?

Take care Curious...

george...george...george of the jungle...watch out for that TREEEEE! LOL

this link will tell you more about my back....
http://www.spineuniversity.com/publi...esub.asp?id=39

there are different stages. it depends on the amount of slippage. my slippage is at L5-S1. in a nut shell: Importantly, spondylolysis only refers to the separation of the pars interarticularis (a small bony arch in the back of the spine between the facet joints), whereas spondylolisthesis refers to anterior slippage of one vertebra over another (in the front of the spine). Therefore, although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, this is incorrect and the two are technically not interchangeable. ( i copy and pasted that...you think i talk like THAT? )

i'm having my own little pitty party tonight. frustrated i guess. i try to be understanding, but my pain is gettin in the way. do you find that people don't beleive you are in pain because you don't look like you are?

so tomorrow...you take a nap for me ok? i did have a blast watching grandmonkey at the park today. no going down slides for me today. it was relaxing and the weather was beautiful!

hehehe...you save money on cars....i save money never having to buy a gym membership! my car is a 94. hubby has been looking for something for me. not brand new. he doesn't go for that. i had to twist his arm to buy him a new suburban. any advice?

Advice can be a tricky & hazardous business. But my (professional!!!) opinion is that Nissan makes the most dependable cars, with the highest value. I've seen many of them last for over 250k miles and still remain dependable. The real trick (of course!) is having a good mechanic to take proper care of your car, and not sell you a bunch of stuff you don't need.

Sorry you're feeling so frustrated. But I'm sure you have a good reason. You're not the kind of person to get taken down too easily. Unfortunately, I know exactly what you mean about being judged. A lot of people tell me that I look better now than I did when I was well, and say it in a way that almost sounds like an accusation. I don't even speak to my only brother anymore, because he keeps talking about it to other people behind my back, telling them that the only thing wrong with me is I've just "given up on myself", whatever that means. He called me once a year ago and told me that if I'd just forget about the pain and go out more, my problems would all go away. How the heck is that supposed to work?!?

But you know it ain't in your head, and I know it ain't in your head, and so do a lot of other people. IT'S NOT IN YOUR HEAD, CURIOUS!!! Feel better? I hope so. I'll take a long snooze for ya tomorrow so you'll get some good rest.

Sorry I sound so lame. I'm kinda down and out of it myself tonight. Here...(handing Curious a choccy brownie for a change)...eat this. Give yourself a hug, a treat, and a pat on the back. Get a good night's sleep, and we'll see ya all refreshed in da morning.

curious, you gotta lay off the chocolate if you want to sleep

I used to be a night owl until we moved to this 90+ yr old house and I saw a MOUSE in the LR one night I think he came in the vent in the old fireplace. I plugged it up with steel wool "right real quik" :-)

For weeks I wouldn't go in the kitchen without an escort, when I saw our cat parked evil eyeing the stove.

Try to plug up all the points of entry in an old house! omg

so I go nitey nite with a 20 ft earbud watching teevee from the comfort of my bed where my mouse hound boxer sleeps. Nothing gonna get by him!

Hey, dorry! I'll never forget the time at my grandparents' house, when a
black "something" shot across the living room floor and went under the
utility room door (where the water heater was). I told my grandmother
about it and she said it was probably a mouse! Needless to say, I never
went near that door again!

Of course, with Raven (our cat) around, we don't have to worry about
things like that here! She'll eat anything!