Changing digs and coming out of my cave... for a wee while atleast :)

tattycath

Hi El, sorry I haven't been around lately.
Sorry you seem to be having work related problems
Well done on going back to uni!
Pleased you had a good holiday-well needed/deserved by the sounds of things.
I am up at this ungodly hour coz I can't sleep!
Been struggling to get to sleep for several months, but once I am asleep I'm fine!
Need to learn to clear my mind before bed me thinks!

elantan

hey Tatty was missing ya

have you tried meditation and maybe a pen and paper beside the bed?

drug wise i have found magnesium and melotonin to be effective ( magnesium the supplement and melotonin the hormone) not telling you to try them honestly, just telling you what has worked for me

ohhh and i also use my blue blockers which i think can help a wee bit ...

i find with working night shifts it can be so hard to fall asleep sometimes, my mind is racing and it isn't racing about anything interesting ... just random rubbish ...

mizmir

I used to have serious trouble sleeping - heart and mind racing. Cut out caffeine after about 6pm and sugar after 8pm and it really helped. Also have a lavendar pillow or lavendar essential oil spray under/on my pillow if I'm restless but I now generally drop right off without anything. If I don't I can almost always trace it to having too much sugar that evening!

Good luck - not being able to get to sleep is no fun!

mizmir

Oh and Andrew Johnson's relaxation mp3s are wonderful. I've rarely heard one all the way through.

beanielou

Hope Mr El feels a wee bit more like himself soon.
Haave a good weekend both of you xx

Karmacat

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake! Its lovely - very dramatic, and just enough off the conventional path, by using male dancers, that you see the story in a completely new way. Wonderful. I love ballet, did it for years, and went along to performances for years, I'd go that often again in a heartbeat if I had the dosh ...

And I like the sound of small bites of proper discussion with OH on finances, not a full overview constantly - thats a really good idea.

Butti

elantan wrote: »

hey handsome was thinking of texting you ... but didnt want to appear like a stalker lol

If you ever get Stalked Zed and you wonder who it is......:D

tattycath

mizmir wrote: »

I used to have serious trouble sleeping - heart and mind racing. Cut out caffeine after about 6pm and sugar after 8pm and it really helped. Also have a lavendar pillow or lavendar essential oil spray under/on my pillow if I'm restless but I now generally drop right off without anything. If I don't I can almost always trace it to having too much sugar that evening!

Good luck - not being able to get to sleep is no fun!

Thanks for this. I shall try it tonight, I have some lavender sachet things, I might try one of them too.
It was nearly 4am this morning by the time I dropped off.

elantan

Hope you managed to get a sleep tatty

Kc yep it really was a great ballet, glad we chose it for our first

Well it's been yet another busy weekend, I have been night shift all weekend walked into work place politics on Saturday, I need to learn to step away from them, but when they are directed partly at me I find it hard ... Sigh

We now have two complete new wood stores taking our total to 3, we have a tidyish garden and a tidy garage, we just have to get the gas fire disconnected and the lights moved and we are good to go for the fires looking forward to getting them in and the rest of the walls etc stripped so that we can get the decorating done

This Friday were off to watch a friend play in her brass band, that will be a great way to relax after a hard week spent in the house, then Saturday were off tattie shopping

I'm all excited about getting started in the garden again this year and I'm itching to start planting but it's too early yet so I need to be patient that little bit longer, I'm thinking of maybe getting some sweet tatties this year to try so will see if I can pick some up on Saturday

Money wise, well no real unplanned spends which is important but it isn't a cheap process as I'm sure you can imagine

elantan

Well that's us on day two of the fires being fitted... I have lifted the money .... OUCH that was painful seeing out savings disappear I can tell you, had a couple of Tilly tidies and now I'm off to spend some time in the garden, exactly what I need to de stress