Awake and up all night

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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."
Community member, ‘Pancreatic cancer’ group

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  • Glad you got there safely H! Have a great time xxx

  • Thanks so much Ray. Hugging I did make an attempt to capture some gulls on camera to send to our new gull group.

    Three of the big blighters were beadily watching from the esplanade wall, but as I approached they flew off. The resulting snap was a black image as in my fumbling haste to immortalise them here, the cover on my phone flapped over the screen. Rubbish!

     No point trying to send hugs and love back by Redcar Gully post, so you'll have to make do with it like this xxx

  • Awe I am so thrilled that... well that you are both thrilled Joy

    Sounds absolutely fabulous and you've done so much already!

    Ah bless OH... you think it's a good thing that the floodgates of emotion that he can articulate are open ?

    Cheers me right up to know that normal service is resuming and that the bloke notion of a whole minute of romance is more than enough and that it constitutes the reward and rebalancing of a pint is in full operation Thumbsup

    Aaaaargh this just disappeared so better post it quick!

    Cheers

  • Wow you've had a full on day. How are you feeling now?

    Raring to go ... to bed that is Joy

    Cheers

  • Evening Shimmer Wave likewise before this return post has a meltdown. Rewind. That's exactly what just happened but I've got it back in the room. Pfft!

    I'm really unsure about the tears before bedtime. OH seemed almost like his old self for several hours and I didn't even mind when the romance was shelved one min in and he did a Stressy 'I want pub - now.' number.

    Maybe some probing in the morning but that could easily set him off again.

    The delay with this reply will be huge as it took ages to retrieve.

    Grrrrr Rage 

  • Hmmmm so much for the site tweaks! 

    Not sure what has been twiddled with but it's all a bit moot if we can't get here and stay here!

    Cheers

  • Thought it might be my device as was clunky earlier... and suspiciously after what I decided was scam message to say I had been hacked and someone in China was bla bla.

    Err if a program has detected Marko Xiang is bored enough and even poorer than me making it worth his while to entre my system (ooh matron!) then I expect that program to sort it not want me to obtain another program!

    Anyway back to jolly hollies ... should you be resting your fangs err feet ready for the morn?

    Is OH the sort with which you can pick up a point later or who will deny all knowledge or memory of 'what you're going on about'?

    If you can, maybe defer soul searching till home?

    Cheers

  • This massive delay was my fault.

    Well there's 3 bathrooms here so I chose one and then went into the ultra flash kitchen for a glass of water Sweat drops 

    When I got back to the lounge, (being posh to blend in with the place) I immediately knocked the glass over on the unfamiliar table and water sloshed over 2 remotes and my phone. FFS panic stations and frenzied mopping up!

    The telly and phone's still working so huge sigh of relief, as I didn't fancy sheepishly telling my eldest what I'd done. I've already disturbed her when I messed up the telly earlier. This is what happens when you're not on home turf.

    Hugs xxx

  • Joy classic British farce ... especially if you are trying to be QUIET!

    Cheers

  • Right! This is the third attempt to reply and I can't find the second, quite lengthy one about OH being upset, so I'll leave that.

    Ooh yes, I was trying to be as quiet as a cockroach wiping up the water, fearing daughter would come in and catch me in the act. She's a chip off my old block and exudes an aura of menace, even though she's quite lovely normally. Our lack of patience hides under a wafer thin veneer.

    Guess what I've got on a still working telly? Ancient vampire bones found in a Polish field. Bwah ha ha haarrr. Again.

    Don't let me keep you up if you're tired of mine and the site's nonsense hon xxx