Any night owls?

New here, menopause insomnia and the rest and some side music of snoring

I think it’s better to sit up and do a crossword puzzle or something other than actively trying to sleep.
laying there staring at a blank space (too dark to make out silhouettes), is blooming awful.
i think negative thoughts if I do that.
So that’s why I try to distract myself.
if I’m still awake an hour later, then so be it.
id rather come to your cafe, than lay like a nervous wreck in my bed.

I’m watching Runaway on Netflix but will force myself to sleep at about 2am

Fucking twatting menopause insomnia.

Surviving on very very little sleep. It is utterly utterly crippling and exhausting.

After years and years of coping with zero sleep due to none sleeping children, now this.

I would likely make a very skilled serial killer (if I were so inclined) based on my through the night consumption of true crime programs.
I found myself rolling my eyes and calling a particularly nasty prolific serial killer an amateur for getting caught the other night! Pfffft!

Here I am. I’ve had a grand total of 2.5 hours sleep. I’ve got work tomorrow, school run and cannot foresee sleep coming again for me tonight.
Come 6pm today when I should be helping with homework and cooking dinner, loading the dishwasher and settling down to watch a good telly program, I’ll be a zombie.

I am but usually force myself to bed. Tonight night stayed up organising the living room. Got a fair but done, more to do tomorrow. Shattered now so will go to bed soon ready for the school run and work!

A café sounds good @TheOpalFox , I'll buy the drinks. Hot chocolate for me, extra cream but no marshmallows, what would you like? And you too @Farticus101, @Frog99 and @JanuaryJasmine . A piece of flapjack too?

I am old, and I did laugh when I read recently that "old age is the balance of trying to stay awake during the day and trying to stay asleep at night." So true!

Anything particular worrying any of you that you want to talk about, or do you just want a general chat? I'm listening to a glorious combination of DH snoring gently, and one of our dogs having one of those muffled woofy dreams.

I did actually hear an owl earlier though, a female tawny owl hunting. I love listening to that.

There used to be a thread (or rather series of threads) on here that were a virtual tea/coffee shop/cafe. I don't know if they're still going, I haven't seen one in ages & can't remember what they were called 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

Always a night owl usually down to pain and over thinking same, that's what Internet is for😂

Me too. I can't sleep at all but feeling so tired! Reviewing my unsatisfactory day, thinking about tomorrow's to do list, wondering how to achieve my long term goals,

To top it off, I am co sleeping with a little one who is rotating constantly in their sleep so getting prodded at various intervals.

Lots of coffee tomorrow then.