Why are you up?

[BaronessOrczy]

Jet lag plus mosquito bites driving me crazy. Got back from the US yesterday late morning. Am being tortured by my 48 bites, the itching woke me up. Damn s’mores round the firepit on the last night of hols.

Now I’m in an oatmeal bath fully antihistamined up but still SO itchy I can’t sleep.

why are you up? And what’s your top mosquito bite cure <scratches>

Honest truth? I’m on holiday in the Dominican Republic, just had sex with hubby who is now asleep and I’m laying here frustrated as hell cos it was rubbish!

Your reply made me laugh @Dreamingofretirement - wake him back up! We got back from holiday yesterday but landed at 7am so very little sleep over night. I crashed and went to bed about 8pm so now I’m wide awake worrying about real life now we are home.

No point lol it’ll be just as bad again even if he could manage round 2. Any men that want to pm me pls do lol

@BaronessOrczy mosquitos are devils spawn. I’ve not found a cure yet, I’ve been slathering myself in the bite cream but it does bog all. Stay in the bath!

Oh op you poor thing
I have been awake overthinking due to new role in my job ! Dh is snoring beside me (not too bad - heavy breathing)

Drunk teenager just woke me up. He's living his best life before going to uni in two weeks. He's also making mine torture. Can't wait until he heads off into the next stage of his life.

You have my sympathies, @Dreamingofretirement! How’s the holiday otherwise - I’ve always wanted to go there

Still itching. Now contemplating getting out of the bath to make a cuppa. Like you @Ladybughoping real life now needs to come back into play.

Good luck with the new role @Royalshyness - just think, they wouldn’t have given you the responsibility if they didn’t think you were able for it. Keep the faith!

I've got Covid and feel like crap! Just woken up from a snooze! Can only seem to sleep in small amounts!

It’s amazing, we’re in a very expensive resort and worth every penny, amazing beaches and pools, private butler etc. will definitely be back one day but lots of other places to go first

I’m starting the blood sugar diet tomorrow because I’m fat and have been drinking too much and need a reset and I woke up an hour ago panicking about both those things.

Jet lag
COVID
Slept in the day
Got hungry late
But stressed as didn't plan on being ill this week and have nothing to return to school with yet
Plus COVID, can i go in shops?
H has COVID
We have teens

Pick a reason

I can't sleep because my leg aches.
I drank too much which doesn't help.
Also worried about how much we spent.
So now I'm bloody thinking, not conducive to sleep.

My Dad has dementia and often wakes in middle of the night and gets dressed.

He needs my help so at some point calls me but I'm usually awake by then anyway due to clattering or noise. I've just helped him, made him a cup of tea, and put his radio on.

Back to bed now, if I can

Itchy heel and dreamt that husband was cheating on me. It doesn't take much to keep me up.

18 yr old DD out clubbing for the first time - the club is well over 1 hour 30 mins walk away. It finished at 3:00. DH agreed in advance that he would pick them up, rather than them wait for an Uber, and told then to start walking a certain way so he could pick them up. However, they took a wrong turn and ended up walking a different way but couldn't get in touch with DH because he didn't have his phone with him! So he's just come back home in a right mood and has headed back out again to find them. Honestly, I know it's good of him to pick them up, but why oh why do so many middle-aged men just not take their phones with them! I despair - plus I've got to get up for work in 2 hours!

I’m in a tent at a campsite in the Cotswolds and had to get up for a wee, trudged across the site to the loos, beautiful clear sky. But then I was awake and now listening to DH snore and can’t sleep!

Feeding my 5 months old for the 3rd time tonight. Sleep regressions are hell

Ive given up on sleep after being woken all night by various children, 2 of them are Autistic and have sleep problems, the 3rd had a nightmare.

Oh and vinegar stops bites itching

Too much pain and multiple worries tbh, but trying to find something more positive to focus on.

@smilingthroughgrittedteeth Do you drink it? Apply it? I think I’ve got some malt vinegar in the cupboard- it’s either that or balsamic!

sympathies to all awake ones. Drunk / clubbing teenagers especially-those years aren’t far off for me, I’d better get some serious training in to be up for a 3am pick up!

I also had wine last night which didn’t help.

Two cats fighting on my drive just woke me up!

Snap!
Sleep is impossible. Made it till 2 lying in bed and thought 'fuck it, I'm going to pretend it's morning' as it was doing my head in waiting for sleep.
This is the most pants covid has been so far, and I've had it a few times.
Worrying that I've possibly given it to my Mum too.
Reading MN is taking my mind off things - you know when you wake up in the night and all the difficult/heavy/worrying stuff just crowds in so you need to get up and distract yourself...
Sympathies about the mozzy bites OP, I've got quite a few on my seemingly juicy and irresistible cankles from the weekend, but 48 sounds unbearable 😮 Mosquitos are such little bastards!

Dab it on the bites