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“Getting a cancer diagnosis is extremely stressful, and that brings a whole load of emotions, and lack of sleep certainly does not help. I think many of us have periods of insomnia. I experienced a long period of not sleeping. I could go off to sleep quite quickly, but after an hour I would find myself wide awake again, and would spend the rest of the night getting frustrated because I couldn't sleep."
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Howdy Gill,
I'm definitely getting into it now. Yes, we're staying at the same house here in Tucson that we rented last year, it's in the Catalina Foothills, very scenic, quiet and pitch black at night - never seen such vivid stars since I remember them as a young lad.
We see a roadrunner a couple of times each morning and evening, it can't half shift when getting a move on but doesn't go beep beep! No Wile E. Coyote though - not sure I'd want to though, from what I remember it usually ended in an explosion or something else that's painful.
It's approaching 6pm here now, so time for a couple of very cold ones.
Derek.

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Morning/evening Derek
Ah, that's good you're in the same gaff as you'll know your way around and hopefully how to use the cooker. That's unless you've decided to eat out for all the cooked grub?
I'm liking the sound of pitch black skies and millions of stars as I remember those as a kid, too. But with all the building that's gone on over the decades there's no chance of that round these parts anymore. Shame.
Anyway hon, get those beers down your neck and I'll carry on with the podcasts - I can't shake off this pesky night owl, dammit!
So long, pardner xxx
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