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Crepe Oddity

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MrsSchadenfreude · 17/01/2016 19:59

Sorry. GrinGrinGrin

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GiddyGiddyGoat · 31/01/2016 21:38

Huge sympathy to a fellow sufferer Molly. You know we will all hold hands with you when your dd heads off don't you? Ds2 will most likely be gone the year after . I'm not even thinking about that yet, just encouraging him to think about options not to far away with short terms Wink.
be kind to yourself. X

Collymollypuff · 31/01/2016 21:42

Thank you so much! She's going inter-railing straight after exams, so it really does feel like she is half-way out of the door.

MI, you are bound to feel knackered. You did well to get dp and dds over to see your mum. Thanks

GiddyGiddyGoat · 31/01/2016 21:59

It's so bittersweet isn't it - you are so proud of them that they want and are able to launch themselves into the world - but want them to stay at home with you forever too! (Or is that just me?!).

Cremo · 31/01/2016 22:03

Oh you poor pair GGG and Molly. Vice like head pain is horrendous never mind the ensuing wipe out.
Awfully sorry you feel wretched. I am looking forward to staying in March Molly, but a hotel can quite easily be arranged if you simply don't feel up to it.Sad take care, both of you.

Ok now for a restorative photo op. All afternoon on the beach. Sat in crashing Caribbean waves ( bikini bottoms full of grit) Duh Crem! Even Dh, a beachaphobic loved lolling under a mangrove tree with his improving book. Just finished slow sunset walk back.

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Collymollypuff · 31/01/2016 22:18

Wow, that looks lovely, Crem. You deserve it. I will deffo be up for you coming to stay, and bring your Caribbean pics.

Yes, GGG, I feel like the old woman tossed up in a blanket - delighted she's able to go off on her own; devastated that she'll be gone; worried sick she won't be safe; happy my parenting job is nearly done; at a loss what to do with myself, even though I do know what to do with myself; distraught that all her things and her very scent will be gone from the house; delighted that I'll have tons more space, and whole cupboards to myself in the kitchen...

Lalsy · 31/01/2016 22:32

Yep, GGG and Molly, that's it with the empty nesting. You poor things with the migraines.

Yep, crem, that will do nicely, keep em coming.

GiddyGiddyGoat · 31/01/2016 22:36

Wow Crem! Enjoy. X

Auriga · 31/01/2016 23:09

Sorry about the migraines, Molly and GGG. Mine got much worse after menopause, better on HRT, worse when I stopped it again. But now better than they've ever been, thanks to the London Migraine Clinic 'shed-loads of anti-inflammatories' approach (don't think that's the official name). The aftermath is shorter as well, hours rather than days.

GiddyGiddyGoat · 31/01/2016 23:20

Interesting Auriga... what does "shed loads of anti inflammatories" involve - necking ibuprofen every day? Details please! Smile

motherinferior · 01/02/2016 06:45

Oh yes, I interviewed that bloke. Neck down enough NSAIDSs to fell a horse, along with an anti-emetic.

Auriga · 01/02/2016 08:02

And soluble aspirin, MI. I'm not recommending it for other people because only your own doctor should do that. You have to be able to tolerate the high doses (not suitable if you get bad indigestion, for example). But i've had no side-effects at all.

motherinferior · 01/02/2016 08:09

Yes, I was just repeating what he said, obvs...

Have conducted first Ladyjog in nearly a week and feel considerably better.

Auriga · 01/02/2016 08:17

www.nationalmigrainecentre.org.uk

NUFC69 · 01/02/2016 13:15

I hope you're both feeling better today, Molly and GGG? I used to have the occasional debilitating migraines, but since the menopause I haven't had one, so I hope yours dry up, too.

I have swum 42 lengths and done an hour's Aquafit this morning (which means that I can have a cake when we meet some friends this afternoon). The wind is really bad again- DH took NDN to the airport for her flight to Thailand, but I think they are still stuck there because of the gales.

Rosebag · 01/02/2016 13:23

Where is everyone? So sorry for the sadness molly and the migraine suffering endured by you and GGG. I think it's pretty well accepted that depression of one sort or another can be manifest as chronic head pain. They feed off one another, don't they. Sending warm hugs and comfort to you both. I do get three day headaches although I've haven't ever called them migraines as such. The hangover after is awful though Flowers molly do think of things we can do to bring a little ray of sunshine. It's what we're here for after all. And you too MrsS....I hope work gets better. Xx

cremo that photo is the business. You lucky thing. Enjoy every second.

Talking of endurance I have just come out of what I hope is the last dental appointment for a bit. God I hate it. But I am the proud owner of a white filling and a facial droop as the local hasn't worn off yet. Lovely.

I am joining Mi on the insomnia bench, largely because this issue of being under intense pressure to teach for a full day for only two hours pay, is coming to a head. The participants are all emailing me to demand why nothing has been confirmed yet and the annoying trustee who told the board that she and I would underwrite the potential loss, has gone off the radar, as she often does, leaving me to field all the shite. I have to stick to my guns but can see myself walking out of the development team meeting which is tomorrow morning....very, very unlike me. I think my relationship with the organisation is coming to an end. Sad bugger.

Rosebag · 01/02/2016 13:24

Ps where's stropps?

motherinferior · 01/02/2016 14:32

Rose, can you do Broken Record, and/or a bccd group email explaining YOUR position? Huge commiserations.

I’ve just had an email from the Forceful Anaesthetist auntie, asking me to get my mum to email her. Er, no. Mind you the Skype message from my kind uncle saying the Escalatorphobic Auntie had rung him saying my mum wasn’t answering her phone took the biscuit, really.

bigTillyMint · 01/02/2016 14:40

Stropps is having a difficult time with her DD. And working loads.

Don't blame you Rose - it all sounds pretty crap.

Re insomnia, I was awake for 3 hours last night - worry about DM mainly. It all seems so much worse in the night.

Have already had 3 replies to emails I sent last night to Care Homes for DM - all no because not suitable/building work, etc. At least one has replied saying they are sending out a brochure.

CointreauVersial · 01/02/2016 18:01

Such a stress, BTM; sorry it's affecting your sleep. At least she is amenable to going into a home, which isn't always the case. My stubborn GM clung onto her home by her fingernails; DSDad was too soft with her to insist, and it all got very messy in the end.

You poor lot with your headaches. I had one on Saturday, but I know well what was to blame. Wine

motherinferior · 01/02/2016 18:55

And just to vary it all, have spent a productive half hour nit-combing DD2. Angry

Dreamqueen · 01/02/2016 19:09

I've had a frustrating & annoying day Boo Hoo but am glad to be able to voice that on here & put it behind me..
I commiserate with the insomnia sufferers, if I'd known we could have chatted in the middle of the night except they say to stay off electronics & lie in the dark and wait for morning without distraction instead!x

Collymollypuff · 01/02/2016 19:31

Oh, I'm always available in the middle of the night, Dreamqueen. Crepeys are normally completely quiet then. I read the most obscure corners of MN during the small hours - tis fascinating.

Sometimes I get dressed and go to Tesco.

magimedi · 01/02/2016 19:42

Should I ever get insomnia I will S H O U T for you, Colly. Grin

Collymollypuff · 01/02/2016 19:56

Haha, it's a deal, MM. Grin

hattymattie · 01/02/2016 20:45

MI - I cannot emphasize enough how happy I was when my DD's grew old enough to not have nits anymore (it seems to be a mainly primary affliction). I remember actually taking the kitchen scissors and cutting DD2's hair to a shortish bob in desperation - she's got really curly hair so you couldn't see my bad cutting.

I am really lucky in that I sleep reasonably well, especially on school nights. Sometimes I wake really early though. Going to watch Silent Witness tonight which means it normally takes my a while to drop off Wink

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