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« Reply #6315 on: 20:59:22, 17-06-2008 » |
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« Reply #6316 on: 21:01:58, 17-06-2008 » |
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I think you must be troubled by the wedding, but weddings are fun, you always think the worst but in general they pan out OK with no GBH. In most cases. Is it that you are going as a singleton? No-one to hold your hand so to speak?
I think it doesn't help that there's only one of me, and Katherine has two parents (though I'm told they are in a heck of a state too). It's not a thing I normally worry about at all, but I do feel a bit conspicuous in this case. My other son is a great support, but it's not really fair to rely on him too much. I didn't worry about my own wedding at all - it was small, and there really wasn't anything to go wrong. This is a different kettle of fish altogether, so I've never experienced Wedding Panic before, though I gather from friends that it's very common indeed. One good thing - the fuel strike seems to be off  . |
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« Reply #6317 on: 21:26:39, 17-06-2008 » |
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I agree about the hops Anna, six pints of Old Speckled Hen certainly puts me to sleep For all of three hours until they begin to congregate at their interim destination, anyway...  |
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« Reply #6318 on: 21:55:39, 17-06-2008 » |
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Mary, the Wedding will be great. You'll be made a huge fuss over, your son is getting hitched to someone he wants to make babies with (I assume), the food will be fab, you've already sorted the music (good!), the vicar will say nice things as will loads of other people, you'll have a night or two away in I trust splendid surroundings, you'll see many young people enjoying themselves and looking to the future, there's a part of you, I'm sure, that will feel proud and fulfilled beyond the immediate satisfaction of seeing your son happily married. And, best of all, http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml |
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« Reply #6319 on: 22:07:19, 17-06-2008 » |
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Thanks, Martle, I'm sure you're right. That link gives me the weather in Liverpool, though. The wedding's in London . (The forecast's good for there too.) |
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« Reply #6320 on: 22:09:43, 17-06-2008 » |
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Sorry, Mary! I'd posted the weather for Norwich, I thought. Never mind, it's looking good either way!  |
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« Reply #6321 on: 22:17:22, 17-06-2008 » |
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Without the hops, seriousy though, I too have sleep problems but they are often more physical than mental or worry. I get a lot of wind/reflux if I eat too late, so I keep sitting up in beed trying to breathe, and at other times I seem to suffer from something akin to swallowing my tongue and jump out of my sleep like I'm choking. Scares the hell out of my wife! But I have to say there are nights when for whatever reason my mind seems to be over-active, thoughts racing around prevent me from falling asleep and I look at the clock every half-hour, 3 o'clock and I haven't been to sleep yet, oh lord, and times when I am dreaming yet still really awake, what my missus calls my flinch-dreams when I'm continually jumping in my sleep having the most absurd dreams yet I feel I wasn't really sleeping as there wasn't the sensation of waking up, but of course every jump I make wakes up my wife. Miserable nights. Now we have a spare room (with a small hi-fi in it) maybe it's time to try the Radio 3 Through The Night treatment, they usually play music that doesn't need to be loud. Yes I will try that. The spare bedroom is the escape-from-snoring room, that's another story |
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« Reply #6322 on: 09:45:37, 18-06-2008 » |
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How did everyone sleep last night?
I was thinking about everyone's insomnia when I switched the light off but didn't have a chance to finish the thought before dropping off.
I suppose that's not grumpy is it?
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« Reply #6324 on: 10:02:14, 18-06-2008 » |
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I was thinking about everyone's insomnia when I switched the light off but didn't have a chance to finish the thought before dropping off. Who knows, perhaps that might be the breakthrough we've all been looking for... |
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« Reply #6325 on: 11:52:15, 18-06-2008 » |
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I find I sleep better when I'm being disciplined about taking regular exercise. It doesn't have to be anything strenuous - just a brisk walk in the open air will do it, as long as it's frequent (4-5 days a week preferably). The effect on sleep isn't always immediate, but makes a real difference in the long run. It's good for one's mental health, too - helps with that tendency to turn things over obsessively.
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« Reply #6326 on: 11:56:05, 18-06-2008 » |
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I slept better last night, thank you. I think I had reached such a pitch of panic that the only way to go was in the opposite direction. I still woke up early but managed to get back to sleep till about 6.15, which is fine by me, though I know a lot of people would think that's early. Not compared with 4-15 it isn't.
I don't really believe all these things about lavender and so on - if they really worked there wouldn't be an insomnia problem - but I was inspired to go into the garden last night and pick some, and I put it inside the pillow case. Perhaps it did help - who knows? It smelt nice, anyway.
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« Reply #6327 on: 13:16:51, 18-06-2008 » |
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Awful night. We were late getting to bed as Mrs W had been visiting and got home 1.00am. Think we got to sleep by 2.00am but by 3.10am I was awake again and I'd had enough of Mrs W's snoring. I crawled into the spare bedroom, didn't sleep immediately and at soime point switched on the hi-fi for a quiet R3 TIN, volume low, but it was Sibelius' 1st Symphony, hardly lullaby music, a work that I like but don't know really well so, yep, listened attentatively to the end Can't remember what came on afterwards, or what time that was, so fell asleep eventually. Woke at 7.10am and got up same time as Mrs W at 7.30. Not much sleep eh? Been OK at work, so far. Today is a gym day (6.30pm) hopefully that will encourage good sleep tonight.  |
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« Reply #6328 on: 13:19:56, 18-06-2008 » |
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it was Sibelius' 1st Symphony, hardly lullaby music, a work that I like but don't know really well so, yep, listened attentatively to the end Rather like when you can't put a book down... I don't so much mind nights like that! It's those hours of feeling so bloody tired but you can't sleep and you get anxious about the fact that you can't sleep but this doesn't seem to make any difference at all but if you didn't feel so tired you might be able to do something but you can't and you can't sleep and is that really the dawn already? how am I supposed to sleep with the dawn chorus going on? and do I need something to eat or to go to the toilet? I'm so tired I neither know nor care and then oh good my alarm's going off so at least I can get up no-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. |
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« Reply #6329 on: 13:57:25, 18-06-2008 » |
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I hate nights like that. Thankfully, I dont have many bad nights. Perhpas people ought to do what Count Goldberg did. Ask his harpsichord player to play his variations for him . Seriously, though, I did find that chant quite succesful, the one I mentioned earlier on.
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