Um… I fell asleep 
@catwomando I think just about everyone knows a cat like that! My husband jokes that it’s overstimulation. As in I was petting a cat, it turned around and bit me, I went wtf, and the husband just went, “well… he’s overstimulated!!!” It sounds even more ridiculous in person, bloody cat psychology. Perhaps he’s right though. We won’t know until cats can talk. And I wish you the very best with your work decision! Sometimes even if it leads to lower “things,” it’s still the right decision.
@purpleme12 Excellent, your tabby is doing good work!
@Heisrotten2thecore I’m truly sorry I wasn’t awake for this. I know these are the kinds of thoughts that happen at nights when you can’t sleep sometimes. But whatever is making you think this, I promise, you have MORE time. I imagine the voice that is telling you that you haven’t done enough is wrong anyway, but let’s say that all you’ve done is sit in a chair in a closed room and hum “Jerusalem” for the last 10 years, and I very much doubt that, I’m sure you’ve done lots of things, you still probably have another 10 years minimum that you can use to do all the things you wanted to do in the last ten years. Start today just doing one very small thing you want to do. It can just be VERY small. One tiny 5-minute thing you’ve been thinking about that you wish you’d done. We all have them. Your life can become your own again. I really do wish you the best of luck today.
@sofakingcool It’s tough. A lot of people don’t realize that some of the hardest work of all gets paid the very least. I had a friend who had no idea that many care home workers are still minimum wage! She just assumed since it’s such a difficult, often thankless job that it MUST pay more than that. I hope you can find a way to work it out, or possibly a job that won’t cause you this stress (though I know that’s seldom an option).
@LadyNell It’s work night on the thread! Good luck to you and I hope that the knot (of the problem) untangled so you were able to get some sleep.
@Cupcakesandjam Oh no! Poor thing! I’m sure he IS miserable. Hell, as humans we’re miserable even when we can explain exactly how we feel, and he doesn’t have that luxury. I really hope you figure out what’s going on, and why him and not the other dogs. Good luck!
Well, I took my pill for “special” nights and I slept almost the whole night, and now I’m up for the aquarium! I hope you all are safely asleep by now, if you’re going to get any sleep, and if you’re not… sigh, I know. Sometimes nights are like that.
Also, it looks like @Flashinggreen your new medication is working! If you see this, I’m so glad and happy that we haven’t seen you on the thread!