Oh well, it was a nice idea while it lasted. I think I got maybe an hour of sleep here and now I’m back up. Dammit.
@ChocolateDigestivesMmmm As always with the thread, glad to see you back and sorry to see you back! I’ve said this to someone else on the thread but… your worries are your worries, and you’re ALLOWED to have them. Don’t compound them by feeling guilty about them (that they’re first world problems, that others have it worse, etc). Because someone else can’t afford a house doesn’t make you awful for worrying about your current house or for feeling sad you didn’t make different decisions about buying a house; we all have feelings, and if yours are currently about your house, that’s where you are. On a stress inventory, buying a house is considered a life event that can cause “huge” stress, on the list with a divorce, a job change, loss of a family member, experiencing an illness, and several other things (obviously they all cause different stresses, but the point of the inventory is just to ascertain all the major stress points that the person has gone through in the last year).So it’s not surprising AND you’re not alone for feeling like this. While yes, it’s good to realize you were fortunate you could buy, don’t use it as a stick to beat yourself with, and to make it so you can’t feel your feelings. You’ll get through them naturally, when you’re ready, when the house isn’t looking quite so large in your stress. Good luck!
@hairymuffet Oh gosh, I know UTIs can be so painful and uncomfortable. No great words of advice; just solidarity, and I’ve been awake with one before. I hope the hot water bottle at least helps with the discomfort a little bit!
@MostIneptThatEverStepped Well… you can’t win them all? Though I do hope they at least help with your ADHD!! If they don’t AND they keep you awake, I think I’d probably be a bit angry, ha.
@Wallywobbles I see some lambs in there! Too cute. But also a bit funny because for a second I just went, “How many legs am I looking at??”
@autienotnaughty Oh no. As always, glad to see you here and sorry to see you up. Sorry to hear about the fight with your OH. It can make sleep feel so elusive, especially if you end up thinking about it, trying to figure out either how it happened or how to fix it. And it can be impossible to figure either one of those out when you’re running on no sleep at 4am. And that doesn’t sound great about DS either; I have NO idea how you tell him to go back to bed without risking him really needing a wee, but maybe someone else does. Or maybe if it’s been less than an hour, you can just assume he doesn’t need it?? I honestly don’t know for certain. What a palaver! Good luck!
@Alleycat1 Of course they are. It’s a well known fact that once you reach the 4am hour, if you’re still awake, that your partner and cat have probably sucked the sleep right out of you and are using it for themselves. Ha! The selfish wankers. I do hope they give it back, as it’s an annoying time to be awake; feels too late sometimes to get properly back to sleep but too early to be up. All my fingers crossed that maybe you’re still able to get a few hours of sleep, though that might be VERY wishful thinking.