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can't sleep won't sleep 3

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KittyAndTheFontanelles · 24/03/2013 01:45

over hear night owls Grin. Unless we are somewhere else Grin

OP posts:
cafecito · 01/04/2013 01:51

these are the same outlaws who changed their will, when I had DD, to exclude 'iilegitimate grandchildren'

how are the holidays going with nocturnal offspring, themidwife? and how are you MrsShrek?

SummerDad I'm quite jealous of your fat fingers being somewhere hot and sunny under the guise of work

cafecito · 01/04/2013 01:55

oh stars, I am in one of those hiding from the world moods too. I was meant to go to a party tonight but I slept through it Shock and then had a *cough friend ask me over... who I have been avoiding since ... er.... December... which is a long time, and I totally lied just so I could come home by myself Smile

I have to be on my best sociable behaviour tomorrow too, working for friend, really dreading the small talk and permasmiling...

I'm not this grouchy in RL honest Grin

cafecito · 01/04/2013 01:58

2 shifts on same day stars! in words of outlaw do you take pills [snigger]

my 4od is broken somehow, frozen on adverts- will that send me to sleep? hypnosis?

starsandunicorns · 01/04/2013 02:03

Oh cafe the small talk is a killer. Think beacause we dont soicalise much you get used to chilling in the same company and my dp is fab company if it was my ex and me i would of climbed the walls way before now.

We havent gone and seen anyone for 5weeks. We work sleep watch telly have sexy time and i watch dp blow shit up on his fb game. We are simple folk

starsandunicorns · 01/04/2013 02:12

Yes cafe on tues doing 9-1 but have leave at 7:30 get home 1:45pm have a bath food then leave at 4:15pm to work 5-10 home by 10:20 then bath bed then up at 06:45.

No pills but if staying awake after night shift i have one of those engry drinks. With lots of postive thinking

i am on of those mad anouyying people on a night shift at around 5am that acts like she has tons of engry it has been known that i have skipped across a warehouse before singing loudly to whatever smooth radio is dishing it

its amuses the managers no end

cafecito · 01/04/2013 02:24

I get hyper on nights too... but daren't go near the energy drinks. I once had an addiction to red bull. 8 x day (my freshers days circa 2004) - sugarfree- +++ palpitations. I lived for a while near a 24 hour Tesco where I bought masses of red bull and krispy kreme donuts, and nothing else ever, except rum

I'm really very bad at combining nights/days though - hat off to stars! I need to master the art.

cafecito · 01/04/2013 02:25

I'm not painting myself in the best light at the minute am I- classy !

starsandunicorns · 01/04/2013 02:36

Nothing wrong with doughnuts and engry drinks cafe but dont do what i did a month or so back not much food in house only had toast all weekend suppose to do a 5-10 got called in at 4 so rushed around had a codine and a engry drink dp drove in me good job as i got to the gates puked up began shaking lost my balance dp bunged me back in car had to phone in sick got home flakked out on the sofa for rest of night

starsandunicorns · 01/04/2013 02:57

The best one I have done since post dc was the dc were going to gps for a week.

Wasnt to get to dm till sat morning 8am at ealirest

So up fri morning sorting out packing etc dd1 complaining not wanting to go etc me getting stressed by the hour. Dd2 said at 22:00 we might as well go now cos she dd1 will be worst in morning. So packed car dragged dd2 downstairs who was hanging onto the bannister having a mega meltdown at 15 got in car by giving her a wegdey had to put child car locks on ffs. So drove at 55mph so it took longer got to home town at 2am then realised clocks were going back. Due to my dm intrustions we sat in car in there drive till 7:45am i didnt get any sleep had to keep turning engine on for warmth.

Dm opened front door dd2 proudly says we got here at 1am but cos you didnt want to be distrubed we sat in the car ALL night!!

Dm promtly bursts into tears ( no idea why she didnt have a teenager yapping at her all night)

I left 20 mins later drove home 3 1/2 hour journey. Speak to friend to say i need to get away now!! Says lets get the overnight ferry at 5pm which we did drank beer pissed as a fart but slept well so up fri 8am till sat 10pm

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 03:28

anybody home ? just woke up now catching up on all the posts. You lot has been too chatty lately Smile

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 04:08

I'm up... no good reason but having a rubbish night for sleep Hmm

jynier · 01/04/2013 04:19

Hi Dad! Problems with my laptop! Read all the posts now; feeling a bit uncomfortable as my feet have inexplicably decided to swell up! Feels very peculiar ... !

cafe - best wishes!

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 04:30

Eyes terribly wide open Grin have slept around 12 hours and cant sleep any more, so what are you guys up to at this hour Smile.

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 04:32

ahh well, I'm talking to myself then Grin
stars allnighter plus.... Shock
kitty, that ddi of yours.needs a bfing necklace (or something) to keep her tweaky little hands busy! handcuffs or parcel tape would do nicely Wink

ta for pm sd Smile (wherever have you gone?)

I wanna do that duvet thing too. but no we have to have our smiley lets-go-out face (like the Everything's Fine Face) - is everyone really like this or are we particularly screwed up analytical?
We have two weeks off. I have so much work to do in the time we are "off" that I'll be lucky to get anywhere near it. revision for one (OU) course, start another one (naff and easy but still time-consuming) and a new project at work which comes with heaps of planning and that's what wakes me up atm. just had another crazy dream about it. Hmm I need my brew and toast but not sure if I can get it because I'm staying at the parents' place for the weekend. dc and I here for a holiday, only 3 days, DH working from this morning til Tuesday night, bar going home 10pm Sun til 8am Mon.

I need Brew ....may well risk missing dm off (she has hearing like a feckin meerkat for someone who's unable to hear the telly Hmm ) and going to get one.
Brew

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 04:33

wooo you've all turned up and cross posted... yay chatting time Grin Grin

jynier · 01/04/2013 04:52

... still wondering why I have two swollen feet??? Really uncomfortable! Is there a doctor in the house???

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 04:56

Kitty I work as an IT engineer and have been in the middle east last week. God UK seems soooooooooooo expensive as compared to the middle east, I can't believe sometimes but then UK is all about freedom and all that Grin

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 04:58

jynier did you walk a lot today, try keeping them in luke warm water for a while might be helpful. I am a doctor but not the medical one so won't be much of help, I am afraid Grin

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 05:01

wow... impressive stuff SD. I had no idea the middle east was cheap for cost of living either. Had friends whose families moved there for work, some were military and some engineering. UAE and thereabouts. (hoping my geography is right Grin )

no clue about swollen up feet, jynier... have you been walking a lot or anything?

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 05:06

depends MrsShrek3 really if you are talking about Dubai, it is probably not cheap but the rest of Middle east is quite cheap I would say in terms of higher salaries, almost nil taxes, almost nil price inflation and dirt cheap petrol prices.

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 05:15

bargain petrol would be good (except women aren't allowed to drive are they lol)
so are you awake for the day now SDShock

SummerDad · 01/04/2013 05:24

yes MrsShrek3, you are right thats why I love to be in the free land named UK Smile

I guess I am awake for the day now though I would like to bring my sleep pattern a bit in shape before I go for work on Tuesday what about you MrsShrek?

BlueyDragon · 01/04/2013 05:36

I hear Dubai is pricey too, especially for booze.

Cafe, it's the Oxaliplatin they've stopped; 5FU (metabolised Capcitabine) has gone in but now I have all the toxins coming out via feet and hands and face, which is quite uncomfy, hence I'm awake. Btw, what century were your outlaws born in? "Illegitimate grandchildren" - seriously? Grrrrrrrr on your behalf. It must be so frustrating that they want to be so separate but so involved.

Can't help on the mini kitty sleeping or the swollen feet, sorry folks. But [busmile] at mini kitty's bonnet/walking cuteness.

stars, I can't work out if you are bonkers, amazing, or both! I'd be in a puddle by now doing yours/Cafe's hours. I know what you mean about the duvet day...

Hugs for MrsShrek, some "holiday" for you. What's your OU course btw? I keep thinking about doing some more qualifications, but I'm wondering what's out there.

Just to amuse you all, DS took ages to go to sleep tonight. When he did finally drop off, I had to go back in and replace his pyjama trousers whilst he slumbered on. Not sure why being half-dressed was necessary but it did make me chuckle.

MrsShrek3 · 01/04/2013 05:40

hmm. I like the idea of sleep. the reality is not quite the same unluckily Hmm I'm now mning in the darkWink to try to make myself go to sleep. being away from home means at least I can't get up to do ironing!!

more sleep... asif Grin I kid myself. sigh.