Another long night

Hi @cranky_granny I hope you got some sleep, even if only a couple hours. I find I usually sleep my best just before it is time to get up, and then get cranky because someone wakes me.

Hit snooze several times but got to baby sitting duties on time feel like a worn out dish rag today. 

I hope you can get some longer sleep patterns, @cranky_granny , as lack of sleep is SO debilitating - I find that using a pair of soft Ear Plugs (even just in 1 ear) really helps in cutting out 'background noise' - be it birds singing etc ...... and amd sure it helps!!

This brand is good - you squish them thin & then push them into your ear - they then expand & block most of the sound!:

Thanks @arpie i am very deaf on my left so hearing anything when I’m asleep is not my problem. Thats why my children could sneak out of the house. The foster child discovered too and caused havoc. 

@cranky_granny A diary? Arse. I should keep one but then I spend more time stressing at 2am about something I forgot to put in it. Then I can't find it/don't have it when I need it. Ditto the phone.
 I find sticky notes easier. I stick them to my steering wheel if I wake up worried I'll forget something. Get out of bed, fall over the dog  ,trudge outside in the dark. Yell at the wildlife. Fall over the dog on the way inside. Go back to bed.

Keeping a diary is a discipline or a pleasure, depends on what type of day you've had and if the energy is there!
@cranky_granny best wishes as you tackle this dilemma or perhaps use a suggestion put up earlier, post it notes!

@iserbrown - I've never had the discipline or desire to keep a diary  (I tried a small tapestry on a trip to the UK - but it ended up in the bin on the plane ...... yet I can sit in a kayak & fish for up to 8hrs and remember every minute!!) ......  Weird!

I've kept the odd 'travel notes' when I've been overseas (and read them with amusement, 40 years later!) ....  and I post a lot on my fishing forums, so I guess I consider my posts there to almost be a 'diary' - same as some of my posts here .....

But a daily 'what have I done' today (other than fishing or uke) - it just ain't gonna happen!!  I know me too well!   ;)  

Take care - I hope you can finally sleep well, @cranky_granny  - the 'relaxation' technique works for me sometimes - it is amazing how we clench our teeth, our jaw, our mouth, our neck ...... I consciously try to relax every muscle in my body - and sometimes, it works!  I also put myself into the 'recovery' position - and it seems to be the most comfortable!

Sometimes, we just have to run ourselves almost into the ground to get 'tired enough' to get a good sleep!  I don't think I can do that every day tho!!

Last night, I couldn't fall asleep for love nor money!  Nor even a Temase.  grrrr  Both hubby & I were wide awake at 1.30am - I read til about 2,30am ..... Then, Just as I fell asleep this morning about 6.45am .... the alarm went off at 7am!  grrr

@Zoffiel - there is nothing more annoying than thinking of something VITAL in the wee small hours - and think you'll remember it in the morning - but you never will!!  I've tried scribbling stuff in the dark but that hasn't always worked ...... will put some stickies on the bed side table in case it works!  ;)  

Hi @iserbrown love the diary, as for the post it notes. My boss came up with the same idea Re loosing track of where I’m up to on those wonderful maths tasks I seem to end up with 
I’ve been designing my own.  
Divided into sections

What I’m doing to settle for sleep and how did I sleep 

expectations of myself. Where I’m failing I forget I can’t do that anymore.  I start a task that i was always capable of like cleaning the gutters (I used to own a 2 story house) stupidly tried to do it (only single story now)and couldn’t  finish the job hated it 😞So I’m to list these tasks, then write down the what I think is a realistic accomplishment for the new normal. We will look at it and then adjust it to what is real 

last but but not least what needs to be done and who can I get to help me do it. Including keeping up with regular stuff. 

I’ve created my start day as Friday 

Keeping a diary for appointments is fine however for recording the day and emotions - if it's not something you are used to then not so easy




As to the new normal and the limitations of ability since treatment well I have found I am stronger than I thought but can't go all day. Acceptance is a key that we eventually learn to unlock

Best wishes with your set tasks and more importantly getting stuck into your sewing.

Hugs and I hope your supermarket has good supplies.  At 11am today at my Coles no toilet paper, sugar, pasta and flour!  What the!