Insomnia/Can’t Sleep

[blueboss]

2:26 AM


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[Doc]

been there, done that.

[BigBluePappy]

Since I started going to the gym with Grammy and working on the house, I have been getting about 5-6 hours of sleep a night, pretty much uninterrupted except by that old alarm clock.
I know that working out has not helped you, so maybe you need to start renovating your house...

ducking :sign0157:

[KentuckyWildcat]

I struggle to fall asleep. About 10:00 I get my 2nd wind. Not sure why, was even like that as a kid. Good news is, once I fall asleep I'm good. Bad news is that my girls do not sleep thru the night...

[BigBluePappy]

Dang it, blueboss.
First time in weeks...
The old 2:40 right on time...

[blueboss]

Dang it, blueboss.
First time in weeks...
The old 2:40 right on time...

Coming up on 2:00 pm, I could literally fall asleep sitting here at my desk...

So, in order to get my sleep clock adjusted it looks like I need to move to China or thereabouts, since they’re 12-13 hours ahead.


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[Darrell KSR]

A guy I work with daily goes to his car at lunchtime and takes a 45-minute nap.

I think that is a good solution. But I would have to avoid coffee, I think, to do that, and that's not something I do.

[KentuckyWildcat]

I've napped at lunch a few times

[KeithKSR]

I hate those nights when I battle insomnia and fall asleep about an hour before the alarm goes off.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Went to sleep about 11:00 last night....woke up and 2 and never went back asleep....

[blueboss]

Went to sleep about 11:00 last night....woke up and 2 and never went back asleep....

I did the same, except woke up around 3:00am... I keep some PBS programs recorded, the narrator from American Experience usually knocks me back out within ten minutes... I woke up in the recliner at 3:45 and finished out in bed until 7:19 this morning when my alarm gently woke me.


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[BigBluePappy]

Sigh...
The old 2:27, right on time...

[Darrell KSR]

Okay, I am sure this is a bunch of hokey but thought I would relay it anyway. And anecdotally, I have either slept through the night til 5 a.m. or later, or go back to sleep if I awakened in the middle of the night since downloading an app.

The app is called Twilight. It purports to remove the blue light provided by your cell phone or other tablet type device at the times you indicate. I have mine set for after Sunset until Daybreak. The phone screen has a weird coloring to it, but it doesn't bother me as I don't really care. My wife looked at it and said it was sort of a pinkish hue. It seems softer and not as harsh. I'm sure the science behind this is junk, but as I said, it has worked for me coincidentally or not since downloading. It has a lot of supporters or people fooled on Google Play, and is very highly rated.

I wasn't looking for it when I downloaded it, but was looking for something that would soften and dim the phone screen when I awakened in the middle of the night so I can watch television on my phon. I haven't used it for that once yet. It advertises as a blue light filter, has over 5 million downloads, and a 4.6 rating on Google Play.

I hate to recommend something like this, but in the event you are like me and use your phone until you go to bed, you may want to look into it just for kicks.

[Darrell KSR]

Just a follow-up....here's a link to the Twilight website:

https://twilight.urbandroid.org/

Claims blue light reduction helps the melatonin. I can vouch for it being softer on the eyes, but anything else is anecdotal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0r7JamQTaY

[Darrell KSR]

Here's just a general guy doing a review of Twilight that is pretty similar to me. Here's his write-up before the video.

You do not have to believe what people say about blue light being bad for your sleep cycle to find Twilight useful. For people like myself it is a way to keep myself from being blinded from which screens late at night without destroying my night vision. But really I am not doing Twilight any justice in this write up. To see why you should use the app you will have to watch and see....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao5f2h2vZe4

[KentuckyWildcat]

I keep my phone on the blue light filter now. Well for the last week or so. I've adjusted to the look, I'll see long term if it helps me fall asleep.

[blueboss]

Transformer blew somewhere close last night causing the power to go off briefly.

In the bedroom, we’ve got one of those clocks that resets it’s self if the power goes off... so no big deal, right?

Well I was up last night around 2:30 am couldn’t sleep, finally went back to bed about an hour later. I woke up this morning and looked at the clock, and I had overslept. When I saw I overslept I was curious why my Fitbit didn’t gently wake me at it’s set time.

Anyway I jumped up and started my routine, after basically getting about half ready I clicked on the tv for the morning news only to find that it was an hour earlier than I thought it was... turns out my clock reset itself an hour earlier than it actually was.

So, not only did I lose an hour in the middle of the night I lost another one this morning... oh yeah after being up an hour this morning my Fitbit went off, right on time... yayyy!!




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[Doc]

know the feeling

[blueboss]

Bump on the insomnia thread...


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[KentuckyWildcat]

Girls went to bed early and stayed asleep all night. Allergies did not keep me awake. Mind was mostly clear.

Yep still didn't sleep. Darn work.

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[Darrell KSR]

Bed at midnight, awake at 4:50, almost five hours sleep. I am tired, but I wonder if my body is just better suited for that length of sleep. I feel like seven hours would be best.

[Doc]

12:45 on a thurs nite

[Doc]

and you would hope to be asleep by 4:00, huh?

[Darrell KSR]

and you would hope to be asleep by 4:00, huh?

Uggh. Usually.

Have a dental procedure this morning, and didn't mind feeling groggy, so took some benadryl last night for the first time in months. Slept from 11:30 to almost 6. About as good as I'm going to do.

Off to have "fun."

[Doc]

I took some Tizanadine (zanaflex) which usually knocks me out pretty good. slept for about an hour. Over did it yesterday. Painted some of the house including the chimney, had a dumpster over to empty the garage (moved a palate of old pavers) etc.....so my back was toast. The Joy's of putting your house on the market. Got a Dr appt today

[Darrell KSR]

I took some Tizanadine (zanaflex) which usually knocks me out pretty good. slept for about an hour. Over did it yesterday. Painted some of the house including the chimney, had a dumpster over to empty the garage (moved a palate of old pavers) etc.....so my back was toast. The Joy's of putting your house on the market. Got a Dr appt todayUgh. I'd rather be sitting in my dentist's chair here than that. Don't overdo, Doc (said too late).

[Doc]

Ugh. I'd rather be sitting in my dentist's chair here than that. Don't overdo, Doc (said too late).

didn't work

today I painted, trip to goodwill (TV and some suits) installed an ice machine, waited for pool inspector (pool we had renovated in 2006 never had final inspection), scrubbed oven--helpful hint-- easiest way to get baked on grease off an over door glass is with glass scratch remover. I had a fishtank with some scratches and got a kit to remove them. It's basically wet sanding but figured since it was to remove scratches in glass it wouldn't scratch the glass. worked like a dream.

then I slept for an hour

[Doc]

4:38 AM and its pouring rain in Stuart FL

[blueboss]

2:10 am... after two weeks on central time, still trying to get settled back into the eastern time zone...


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[Darrell KSR]

4:40 am. Wouldn't be so bad if bedtime wasn't 12:30.

[blueboss]

I may have mentioned being back from a vacation.

I’m really missing my 2:00 pm naps, which took place daily, about 20 feet from the surf underneath an umbrella...toes in the warm shaded sand,breeze blowing, gulls singing, waves rolling in. I also had a dbl hook pompano rig with a three ounce weight hanging off of the underside of the umbrella, the breeze kept it swaying and the weight would tink against the metal umbrella pole, kind of sounded like the rigging hitting the mast on a sailboat... no better sleep.

Man...


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[blueboss]

Midnight, might be a good time to go to bed.


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[blueboss]

Up again 3:39


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[Doc]

I was up at 4:47

[blueboss]

Down at 11:30, back up at 2:20, back down at 3:00

...back up at 7:30, TGIF


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[Doc]

my insomnia started when I worked night shift for dads company during summers in college. worked 4:00pm til 2:00 am Sunday thru Thurs in a manufacturing plant. Then when I got out of vet school my first job was a 24 hr clinic and I had the 6 PM to 7 AM shift thurs fo Sunday. Then when I got to FL we took our own emergencies for years and did animal control meaning if somebody hit a raccoon at 2 in the morning, they called animal control, my phone rang and I'd have to go in. It's amazing I ONLY have sleep issues

[blueboss]

Cats down 6-1 middle of the 7th... got 3 outs to get 5.


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[BigBluePappy]

Well, haven't had this happen for a while.
The old 3:32 right on time...

[blueboss]

1:30 am.


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[Darrell KSR]

1:43am CT. I don't usually wake up this early.

[blueboss]

I woke last night to the sound of thunder...

...ain’t it funny how the night moves ~ 4:30 am


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[Darrell KSR]

2½ hours of work done. So there's that.

[blueboss]

Well rested after a long holiday weekend... maybe sleep through the night, tonight.


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[blueboss]

Didn’t make it, 2:00 am.


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[Darrell KSR]

Sinus drainage. Went to bed 3 hours ago.

[Darrell KSR]

Still up. Was going to fix a cup of Ramen for my sinuses. Managed to pour a cup of boiling water on my hand. Still may try for a nap shortly.

[blueboss]

I went back to bed after about 30 minutes of news, managed to sleep until the alarm woke me.

So all in all, I got about 6 hours.


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[Darrell KSR]

I'm fortunate that I work for myself and I have a job with another firm where I set my own schedule. I will gladly set an appointment early in the morning, but often I don't have a morning appointment.

I went to bed about 1:30 this morning because of my sinus issues, work up at 4:40. Had the issue with the pouring the scalding water over my hand (fortunately, I removed it from the microwave, and it was probably "only" 190 degrees or so when I dribbled it over my fingers). Stayed up until 7:30, visited with kids going to work, going to workouts, etc., and went back to bed and slept until 9:45.

As luck would have it, my office is without power this morning, so even the telephones there aren't working. Having a home office worked out great today.

[Darrell KSR]

It's the 2:15 am club meeting called to order. Wide awake.

[blueboss]

It's the 2:15 am club meeting called to order. Wide awake.

Too funny (well, not really funny) I was up from 2:10 to 2:35... watched the end of Caddyshack then went back to bed.


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[Doc]

3:30 last night I woke up sitting in my recliner. Fell asleep watching watching Iron Reserection. So actually went to bed at 3:30. Does that count?

[Doc]

3:00 and no decision by Travis Reid

[Darrell KSR]

3:30CT/4:30 ET, and still no Reid Travis decision.

[blueboss]

3:30CT/4:30 ET, and still no Reid Travis decision.

He’s probably sleeping...


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[blueboss]

Woke up at 2:48am


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[blueboss]

3:00 am


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[Doc]

3:00 am


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yes but any news on Reid?

[blueboss]

Lol!! Go for a drive.


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[suncat05]

I used to have issues with chronic insomnia, but as I have gotten older they've diminished some. I never had to take a sleep aid, and truthfully never wanted to, as I feel like that's just throwing something else into the mix that I don't need or want.
I still have it occasionally, like this morning, but thankfully not like I used to. 😉

[Darrell KSR]

Awoke at 4 am, but that's due to this head cold thing I have. Post nasal drip is driving me batty.

Delsym and mucinex taken. Hope to go back to bed in an hour, but the 3+ hours of sleep I've had have given me a little boost. Will watch an old episode of House and maybe I'll be sleepy when it's done.

[Darrell KSR]

Not yet. Maybe one more.

[blueboss]

When I wake up in the middle of the night, it’s usually only for a half hour or so.

Still disruptive as hell...


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[Darrell KSR]

I'm usually awake for about 90 minutes. But after that I can usually fall back asleep.

[blueboss]

Well, well, well, here it is, 2:35 am


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[blueboss]

3:45 am


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[blueboss]

3:24 am... Reid, are you on your way to Lexington?


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[MickintheHam]

If you don’t go to bed, is it insomnia?

[blueboss]

If you don’t go to bed, is it insomnia?

Not sure, my problem is that I wake up in the middle of the night for about a half hour or so...


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[Doc]

if you cant go to sleep because your high on crack, does that count as insomnia?

[Doc]

who's up besides me?

[Darrell KSR]

who's up besides me?Me. 4 am, went to bed 3 hours ago.

[Doc]

Me. 4 am, went to bed 3 hours ago.

that was 2 nights ago...last night I actually fell asleep at 1:00 am

[suncat05]

I woke up about 1:30 AM this morning, then got up to comfort my little chihuahua with congestive heart failure. Turned the TV on and channel surfed until about 3 AM. Saw an interesting show on the Travel Channel about about different types of pizza 🍕 from various locales around the U.S.
Some looked good, others I wouldn't give a second look (I'm kind of a pizza snob, very much a traditionalist, don't like to deviate from the basics), but the very last pizzas they showed were dessert type pizzas, with lots of chocolate and such that really looked appealing at about 3 AM.
Okay, now I'm hungry. For chocolate. 😉

[blueboss]

4:00 am ~

... up for about 20 minutes, back to bed.




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[blueboss]

Back up again, time for work..


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[BigBluePappy]

Dang, had a couple of charlie-horses and that shot my sleeping all to Hell.
Even had pickle juice as a preventative...

[Doc]

been up since 3. terrible leg cramps...something is wrong. Im going to Dr today because this is different. Leg is hard and swollen. Im worried about a clot

[BigBluePappy]

Keep us posted, Doc.

[suncat05]

Yes, please do Doc. Hope it is nothing serious.

[MickintheHam]

been up since 3. terrible leg cramps...something is wrong. Im going to Dr today because this is different. Leg is hard and swollen. Im worried about a clot

Very much like a clot, but you know that already.

[Doc]

at hospital now. think its a clot. this would be my third

[Doc]

Im leaning towards bitter

[BigBluePappy]

Take care and do what the sawbones says, Doc.
Prayers for you...

[Darrell KSR]

Man. Take care, Doc. Glad you were obervant.

[Doc]

suma bitch.. 6 inch clot

[BigBluePappy]

Good grief!

[Doc]

wife wants me to check into hospital. Dr just went with Xaralto, Hydrocodone and rest....and if any pains or shortness of breath then go to hosp asap. not surgical due to multiple times and size (called two vascular surgeons, both agreed). will be on blood thinners forever and have to go thru blood workup again. had this with the first clot but that was a decade ago

[BigBluePappy]

If it were my wife, she would be admitted so that they could observe while they did your workup.
The missus may be onto something; be careful, Doc.

[MickintheHam]

suma bitch.. 6 inch clot

Holy Chit!!!

[MickintheHam]

wife wants me to check into hospital. Dr just went with Xaralto, Hydrocodone and rest....and if any pains or shortness of breath then go to hosp asap. not surgical due to multiple times and size (called two vascular surgeons, both agreed). will be on blood thinners forever and have to go thru blood workup again. had this with the first clot but that was a decade ago if you ever dreamed of driving Daytona that’s out the window.

[Doc]

made it to 9:39 before succumbing to the king of pain. had to go for the hydrocodone. lets see how long it takes for captain vomitmeister to show his face, because with me, those two always travel together.


hey, but Ill probably sleep all night! And we did close on our new house between the ultrasound and recheck with dr....just forgpt the keys to the new house. didnt matter. we are not moving in until after renovations

[Doc]

pain got to be too much...at ER now...suma bitch

[blueboss]

I’m up again, hang in there Doc.


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[Darrell KSR]

Dang, Doc...sorry about the pain, but sorta glad you're back under direct medical care.

Stupid me parked behind my daughter. I realized 15 minutes ago as I was dozing off that she works at 6:30 a.m. So it was either be awakened then, or move the slide tiles tonight. I chose tonight. Which has awakened me, and now I'm a bit wired....

[Doc]

F##k....i have multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms

being admitted to hospital now.

[BigBluePappy]

Lord, have Mercy.
Pulling for you, Doc.

[blueboss]

So the leg clots moved to the lung area?


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[Doc]

So the leg clots moved to the lung area?


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chunks of the clot broke free, went thru my heart and wedged in my lungs

[kingcat]

Prayers and concern for your situation Ron.

[BigBluePappy]

chunks of the clot broke free, went thru my heart and wedged in my lungs

:confused0053:
Dang, Doc.
Please take better care of yourself.
Like I said before, offering up prayers, brother Ball.

[MickintheHam]

F##k....i have multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms

being admitted to hospital now.
I am completetely bummed out. I have been consumed with this week marking my. 10th anniversary of having a stroke. And now I see something far more serious staring me in the face. Doc, I hope the thinners do all they need to do. This is the pits. Godspeed.

[blueboss]

chunks of the clot broke free, went thru my heart and wedged in my lungs

Holy chit!! You’ve taken some hits, but it sounds like you dodged a few too...hang in there!!




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[BigBluePappy]

I am completetely bummed out. I have been consumed with this week marking my. 10th anniversary of having a stroke. And now I see something far more serious staring me in the face. Doc, I hope the thinners do all they need to do. This is the pits. Godspeed.

July 31st it will be eight years for me me, Mick.
Why I go to see the sawbones every three months...

[Doc]

well, this is a bummer.......

no more dilaudad. discontinued after yesterdays morning dose. Tylenol 6 which is tylenol and codine was ord er red by attending. Pulmonologist
told me "no NSAIDS with this blood thinner". I mentioned that but was.told that was incorrect. also nothing to help me sleep. Ill ask Dr during rounds how he slept, then note I didn't becuse my leg throbbed and constant interruptions.

[CitizenBBN]

Doc, I don't get how in a hospital they tell you to rest then if you do manage to get to sleep they wake you up every 2 hours.

So Tylenol 6 is the only pain med you're on? Ouch.

[Doc]

so I think me and the dr are going to have a heart to heart. I came to the hospital because hydrocodone didnt do enough, nor is tylenol 6!

[Doc]

Doc, I don't get how in a hospital they tell you to rest then if you do manage to get to sleep they wake you up every 2 hours.

So Tylenol 6 is the only pain med you're on? Ouch.

yeah, i just hobbled to the bathroom to pee and the pain was about like Wednes nights. Leg is less swollen bet more discolored. now i have a roommate who thinks its 1918, his wife is talking to the TV remote with the speaker to speak english (the tv was on Telemundo). Then he spent the night watching msnbc. nutses are with him every 10 min

[Doc]

1:39 and all is well

[Doc]

head and leg still pounding

[BigBluePappy]

Wow, sounds like you have had a night.
If you need any help hiding the bodies, I will need a little preparation.
Tarps, shovel and lime are loaded and ready to go...:sign0157:, but not totally.

[Doc]

im not in a good mood this morning, not at all

[MickintheHam]

yeah, i just hobbled to the bathroom to pee and the pain was about like Wednes nights. Leg is less swollen bet more discolored. now i have a roommate who thinks its 1918, his wife is talking to the TV remote with the speaker to speak english (the tv was on Telemundo). Then he spent the night watching msnbc. nutses are with him every 10 min
Oh, my Gosh! What a frickin' disaster.

[blueboss]

yeah, i just hobbled to the bathroom to pee and the pain was about like Wednes nights. Leg is less swollen bet more discolored. now i have a roommate who thinks its 1918, his wife is talking to the TV remote with the speaker to speak english (the tv was on Telemundo). Then he spent the night watching msnbc. nutses are with him every 10 min

Sounds like you’d be better off back at your own office, at least the company might not be as annoying.


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[blueboss]

Wow, sounds like you have had a night.
If you need any help hiding the bodies, I will need a little preparation.
Tarps, shovel and lime are loaded and ready to go...:sign0157:, but not totally.


Swing by and pick me up...skip all those supplies, Doc lives by the ocean.


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[blueboss]

Went to bed at 11:30, hello 1:15.


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[Doc]

3:30 check in

relatively pai free. see vasc surgeon today ( its Monday so Stuart reopens)

[Doc]

TV at 4:30 am sucks. The best thing on is National Treasure!

[blueboss]

FOX news...


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[Darrell KSR]

Droid TV.

[Doc]

Droid TV.
no droid at hospital.

Sat night I watched Greg Guttfield show 3 times

[blueboss]

So, went to bed around 11:30, hello 1:15...

It’s Groundhog Day.


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[Darrell KSR]

I had a headache after running last night from 6-7pm, and came home and showered and took an ibuprofen, ate two peanut butter and banana sandwiches, took 1/2 a unisom tablet, and fell asleep about 12:30. I awoke once during the night to use the bathroom (hello, age 58), and then slept til 9. I'm still groggy from the 1/2 the unisom tablet. I don't like to take it, but with the headache, I figured I needed the sleep.

Headache is gone this morning.

[blueboss]

Went to bed around mid-night, guess what? Woke up a little after 2:00...


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[Darrell KSR]

Small thunderstorm (like 5 minutes) rolled through an hour ago. Been awake ever since. But I did buy some Axe body wash on sale. At least I think it was on sale. I don't know how much they cost, my wife usually buys them. Gave me something to do.

[blueboss]

Up at 2:00


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[BigBluePappy]

Up at 3:00 am.

[blueboss]

Up again 1:10


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[Darrell KSR]

Haven't been to sleep yet. Going to be a late one.

[CitizenBBN]

Sleep? what is this "sleep" of which you speak?

[Darrell KSR]

I've heard that it knocks you unconscious.
Sleep? what is this "sleep" of which you speak?

[CitizenBBN]

I've heard that it knocks you unconscious.

OK, so like tequila. Gotcha. is it good with limes?

[blueboss]

Got any limes?


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[CitizenBBN]

Got any limes?


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I always have limes. I'm not a heathen. :)

[BigBluePappy]

Ooh, tequila with lime, I got the salt.
Sorry I am late; I overslept...

[Doc]

damn, I slept like a rock last night....til 5:10 which is great for me. Fell asleep probably around 11 (Cubs were tied). Found out why this morning...took two Valium by accident. Suppose to take 2 Topamax but the Kitichen got cleaned yesterdsy and pills moved. Grabbed the wrong bottle so a good night sleep was my reward. Maybe its a good omen, that or I get I migraine b/c I missed my headache meds

[blueboss]

Ok, set’m up! I’m buying.


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[blueboss]

I guess I’ll have another for last call 3:44


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[BigBluePappy]

Sorry to make you drink alone.
I am off to work.

[blueboss]

Sorry to make you drink alone.
I am off to work.

Who knows, maybe alcohol might be the answer to waking up a couple of times a night for a half hour so....I’m afraid Id wake up even more if was drinking to have go to the bathroom


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[BigBluePappy]

Well, just about 2:27 am, working some wicked overtime and no sleep is no bueno...

[blueboss]

Howdy boys, 3:45, woke up about 15 minutes ago... I’ll give FOX news a listen for a few and try to shut her back down. 3 cookies shouldn’t hurt anything.


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[blueboss]

Skip FOX news, the Peter Storzk circus is being dissected...shut’n her down.


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[CitizenBBN]

Waking up? I haven't been to sleep yet. lol. party time.

[Doc]

woke up at 4:00, wife asked what time it was, I said 6:00 because i misread my watch. She got up, showered etc 2 hrs early. I realize my error just now....she did about 45 min ago

[BigBluePappy]

Oh, Doc...

[blueboss]

Back up, time to make the doughnuts.


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[MickintheHam]

woke up at 4:00, wife asked what time it was, I said 6:00 because i misread my watch. She got up, showered etc 2 hrs early. I realize my error just now....she did about 45 min ago

We gotta get you off drugs man!

[Darrell KSR]

3:45 CT.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Been up since 4. Girls woke me up. About to fall back to sleep...I think.

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[BigBluePappy]

2:35 and wide awake.
Oh, well, get a little extra studying for Sunday School in before class this morning.

[Doc]

We gotta get you off drugs man!

got my first script for Xaralto. W/O insurance it was $1500, with insurance its $263. Be on it for the rest of my life

Tell you what..now I know what women go thru every 28 days with the mood swing stuff. I mentioned in another thread, my dad flew in to FL from Hawaii for 3 days to see me because I started crying on the phone. Im not eating again. (ate good for 2 days but now Im food just grosses me out). But at least my spirits are up today.

Last night I was awake til 1:30, woke up at 3:30, again at 5:00, got up at 7:00.......

[Darrell KSR]

got my first script for Xaralto. W/O insurance it was $1500, with insurance its $263. Be on it for the rest of my life

Tell you what..now I know what women go thru every 28 days with the mood swing stuff. I mentioned in another thread, my dad flew in to FL from Hawaii for 3 days to see me because I started crying on the phone. Im not eating again. (ate good for 2 days but now Im food just grosses me out). But at least my spirits are up today.

Last night I was awake til 1:30, woke up at 3:30, again at 5:00, got up at 7:00.......

Man, Doc. Drugs can be wonderful things, and hopefully they get you righted. I know this. Just a lack of sleep ALONE can screw up a person. You've got all those other things going on. Hopefully they start getting them knocked out for you. Thoughts and prayers to you, brother Doc.

[blueboss]

1:00 am, going to try to shut it down...


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[blueboss]

.... time to go to work, that wasn’t too bad, 1:00-7:30, plus I got a nap in while watching WC yesterday afternoon.


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[MickintheHam]

got my first script for Xaralto. W/O insurance it was $1500, with insurance its $263. Be on it for the rest of my life

Tell you what..now I know what women go thru every 28 days with the mood swing stuff. I mentioned in another thread, my dad flew in to FL from Hawaii for 3 days to see me because I started crying on the phone. Im not eating again. (ate good for 2 days but now Im food just grosses me out). But at least my spirits are up today.

Last night I was awake til 1:30, woke up at 3:30, again at 5:00, got up at 7:00.......

Doc, you know the drugs better than me, but the Xarelto news would cause anyone pause and to put it mildly, a sobering look at life. For you I hope it is just a reminder to live every day to the fullest. After a stroke 10 years ago, i was a miserable camper. It took a while, but today I have a totally different approach to enjoying life. It is my goal every day. Good Luck and go for it!

[France]

I suggest you take a Diphenhydramine 50 mg (Medicine Generic name for a cough and colds). It will make you drowsy and you will have a good night sleep. :)

[Doc]

Doc, you know the drugs better than me, but the Xarelto news would cause anyone pause and to put it mildly, a sobering look at life. For you I hope it is just a reminder to live every day to the fullest. After a stroke 10 years ago, i was a miserable camper. It took a while, but today I have a totally different approach to enjoying life. It is my goal every day. Good Luck and go for it!

It funny because it may be having some benefits to me that were unexpected. My cluster headaches have become less. I've been on several meds for them over the past 5 years when they got super bad and they did not help. I had to go off all the migraine meds due to this but the interesting thing is my sudden onset headaches have ceased once I started the Xeralto. I've read no reports of that occurring. I mean it might be a "Viagra" moment for me where a medication for one thing (pulmonary hypertension) was found to work somewhere else (erectile dysfunction). If this stops my sudden onset cluster headaches, it would be worth it! Nobody has any idea what these things do to me and how they have really changed my life.

[MickintheHam]

Well, I got the good news yesterday my BP med has been recalled. It’s a potential cancer causer. I’ve been on phone all day going between pharmacist and doctor.

[blueboss]

No wonder you guys can’t sleep, I’d be be worried too. Which begs the question, what am I doing up?


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[BigBluePappy]

Well, the insomnia train seems to be running a tad early tonight/this morning...
1:43 and all is well, relatively speaking.

[blueboss]

Well, the insomnia train seems to be running a tad early tonight/this morning...
1:43 and all is well, relatively speaking.

Good morning...

All aboard!


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[BigBluePappy]

Just checking in.
2:40 and I am still alive.

[BigBluePappy]

Out the door and off to work...

[Doc]

2:20 and all is well. Just finished watching Chappaquiddach, after watching Django.....

[BigBluePappy]

Sorry I am late to the party fellas.
3:50 and I am sure I am up for the day...

[KentuckyWildcat]

Kid woke me up. Haven't been able to go back to sleep.

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[blueboss]

7:30 came early this morning...


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[blueboss]

Here we go, 12:20 wide awake.


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[Darrell KSR]

Here we go, 12:20 wide awake.


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkGoing to sleep too early! (Not really, I try to go to sleep before midnight most nights, just don't always succeed. Not close tonight.)

[BigBluePappy]

I feel l like I overslept after seeing the time that blueboss and Mr. C. checked in...

[Darrell KSR]

Well, going to sleep late, waking up early working great. Sigh.

[blueboss]

I was up and down until around 2:30. Back up at 7:30.


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[blueboss]

Howdy. Woke up at 1:00, back to bed...


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[Doc]

3:49 and I gave up

[MickintheHam]

2:37 am you guys are rubbing off on me.

[Darrell KSR]

3:54. Might as well get up, been fighting this for awhile.

[Darrell KSR]

5:46 a.m. Have finished preparing new Final Exam for class. Will hang around, cook breakfast for son, and may try to catch a quick nap afterward.

[blueboss]

1:51, gonna try again...


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[BigBluePappy]

Let's see...
Off work at 7:45, home, quick bite, shower and in bed by 9:30 so I can get up at 4:00 to be back at work by 5:00.
Something about that plan is not working...

Good news at least, July 31 marked the eight year anniversary of my stroke.
Got to give the Glory to God for this one!

[blueboss]

Coming up in 1:00 am


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[Darrell KSR]

4:19 am. Struggled for awhile, but might as well give up and get up.

[blueboss]

Great now I want peach ice cream...1:11


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[KentuckyWildcat]

I've done some better lately

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[Darrell KSR]

Absolutely wired right now and no idea why. Have not had any caffeine since this morning (err, yesterday morning). No medicines other than a baby aspirin I take daily. Just wide awake.

1:24 am CT and counting. Also placed phone on night mode which is supposed to limit blue light, and haven't been on phone any more than normal. Ran 3.5 miles at 5pm today, replenished hydration, ate spaghetti tonight, normal amount. Had some pretzel chips afterward. No clue.

[Darrell KSR]

2:27. Watching episode 1 of Season 2 of Better call Saul.

[Darrell KSR]

Hoping 3:01 will be the start of a decent nap!

If not, there's always episode 2 of Better call Saul.

[Darrell KSR]

Nap time over, 6:55. Thinking maybe a lunch nap.

[Darrell KSR]

Great day to be on hold with IRS for 45 minutes....

[blueboss]

Hoping 3:01 will be the start of a decent nap!

If not, there's always episode 2 of Better call Saul.

When I’m up in the middle of the night, I try not to watch anything action packed. I usually play something from PBS that I have on the DVR.... something I don’t need to watch and can listen too...

World War 1 or WW II documentaries or something, close my eyes and listen, kind of like a bedtime story.

I usually don’t make it past Hitler invading Poland...Or the decline of the Ottoman Empire.




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[Darrell KSR]

When I’m up in the middle of the night, I try not to watch anything action packed. I usually play something from PBS that I have on the DVR.... something I don’t need to watch and can listen too...

World War 1 or WW II documentaries or something, close my eyes and listen, kind of like a bedtime story.

I usually don’t make it past Hitler invading Poland...Or the decline of the Ottoman Empire.




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[Darrell KSR]

Probably a good idea. I know this, I don't think I'm going to have any difficulty tonight.

I thought wrong :(.

Wife and daughter on way back tonight from Atlanta. Will be getting in in about an hour. Might as well stay up.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Tell them hello for me...

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[Doc]

finally decided to get up after laying in bed awake for an hour

[Darrell KSR]

Awake but thinking I'll try to go back to sleep unless daughter needs a ride to work. First appointment today isn't until 10.

[Darrell KSR]

Okay, change of plans. Have to drive daughter's car to her work and back. Looks like it's just going to be another day with insufficient sleep. Maybe a lunch nap. I always say that, but literally never do.

[blueboss]

Shoot! Sounds like I missed the party.

Dodgers kept me up until 2:00 with a 12 inning affair.


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[Darrell KSR]

Fortunately, I had a meeting this morning that did not require too much mental acuity, and an eye doctor's appointment this afternoon. Probably a good day to be exhausted.

[Doc]

1:30AM, fighting a migraine. Stewing all day. Had an "altercation" with some old battleaxe while playing golf today. Called the golf pro on me for "cutting" when I actually skipped a hole to jump a foursome and came back to play it. The thing is I ended up playing that hole exactly when I should have according to my tee time (I was scheduled to tee off just before her). I was a solo, played quick and caught the foursome in front of me, skipped the hole so they wouldnt feel rushed and the came back. Waited for a break to hop and play that one hole. The twosome behind didnt putt the green simple to confront me and called the pro. I explained to him but it ate at me all day and poof.....migraine. So pills and bed at 8:00 which means I'm awake at 1:30. Probably a good thing. Have a house showing tomorrow. This so we can sell our old house, move into the new house in the golf community with the lovely neighbors! I haven't even moved in and I hate the neighborhood to the point I really believe we are going to sell the new house before we move in. will probably just eat the money we sunk in the bath, kitchen, garage doors, landscaping and realtor fees rather than live with these miserable people

[Doc]

Just finished watching "Ray". Great movie. Still believe it should have won the Academy Award for best picture

[Doc]

ans just finish the remake of Flight of the Phoenix.. The original was so much better

[Darrell KSR]

1:30AM, fighting a migraine. Stewing all day. Had an "altercation" with some old battleaxe while playing golf today. Called the golf pro on me for "cutting" when I actually skipped a hole to jump a foursome and came back to play it. The thing is I ended up playing that hole exactly when I should have according to my tee time (I was scheduled to tee off just before her). I was a solo, played quick and caught the foursome in front of me, skipped the hole so they wouldnt feel rushed and the came back. Waited for a break to hop and play that one hole. The twosome behind didnt putt the green simple to confront me and called the pro. I explained to him but it ate at me all day and poof.....migraine. So pills and bed at 8:00 which means I'm awake at 1:30. Probably a good thing. Have a house showing tomorrow. This so we can sell our old house, move into the new house in the golf community with the lovely neighbors! I haven't even moved in and I hate the neighborhood to the point I really believe we are going to sell the new house before we move in. will probably just eat the money we sunk in the bath, kitchen, garage doors, landscaping and realtor fees rather than live with these miserable peopleMan, you can't catch a break!

[Doc]

Man, you can't catch a break!

The HOA we currently live under isnt bad. Been in this house 15 years and never had a single issue. Maybe got one letter about a visible trah can.... but had pbms with the golf course we live one (it was sold, abandoned, became an eye sore...but is now reopened so my home value increased) and the company that provides security (the HOA sued them so thwy inactivated our barcodes..plus they called the sherrif on Tommy, the kid who had lived with us for 5 years but they wouldnt issue a bar code for because he didnt own the home or was a family member. Came home after work at 2 am and didnt have his ID so they would not let him in the development. He got pissed so they called the sherriff. He just tried to get on with the sherriff and got rejected because of that). But the new place, its ridiculous. Last week somebody went into my garage to see what construction we were doing. They have mobile speed guns hidden in the neighborhood. its a violation to pass a golf cart that is driving on the street regardless of how fast they are going and what the speed limit is. They have people who walk the neighborhood on the afternoon of trash day to be sure your cans are up within 8 hrs after the garbageman comes. Its crazy and I'm sure I can not live like that. We havent even moved in and its stressing me to the point that Im ready to lose it with these people. They are all old rich people who think they have a right to tell you what to do guised under the "we are trying to keep our property value up".

Only reason we are moving is to downsize from an acre lot and 3300 square feet wood frame pool house (in FL where we have hurricanes and termites) to a 1/4 acre, 2800 square foot concrete block home.

[blueboss]

2:10 am, fortunately I can sleep in tomorrow morning.


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[KentuckyWildcat]

Had a similar golf story. They fussed at us when it should have been the crew in front of us. Wasn't my fault they putted about 10 times.

Just got back from a weekend in Cincinnati. Hope the girls sleep tonight. If they do, I think I will.

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[Darrell KSR]

Not insomnia, but awoke at 4:45. Not sure what to call this.

[Doc]

Not insomnia, but awoke at 4:45. Not sure what to call this.

should have called me. My wife heard somebody opening our sliding glass doors at 4:30 am. Was sure somebody breaking into the house, and our dogs are not home (took to clinic this weekend b/c we had a showing of the house). Turns out it was the sprinklers hitting the direct TV dish that we just had moved to a pole on the side of the house b/c neighbors tree grew and was blocking signal. Amazing how similar water on a satellite dish sounds like a sliding glass door!

[KentuckyWildcat]

I slept last night! Is that okay to post here? Or is that another thread? :)

[Darrell KSR]

should have called me. My wife heard somebody opening our sliding glass doors at 4:30 am. Was sure somebody breaking into the house, and our dogs are not home (took to clinic this weekend b/c we had a showing of the house). Turns out it was the sprinklers hitting the direct TV dish that we just had moved to a pole on the side of the house b/c neighbors tree grew and was blocking signal. Amazing how similar water on a satellite dish sounds like a sliding glass door!Someday I'm going to learn how to take a nap. If I could do that, since I make my own schedule anyway, it would be okay. Instead, I just muddle through the day with insufficient sleep and hope the next day is better.

[Darrell KSR]

I slept last night! Is that okay to post here? Or is that another thread? :)Completely and wholly unacceptable.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Completely and wholly unacceptable.

I promise to do worse tonight.

[Darrell KSR]

I promise to do worse tonight.

Good. We all love the company.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Off to a bad start....storming here. So I have to stay up to let my dogs out after it passes.

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[BigBluePappy]

1:15 - Just checking on you folks.

[KentuckyWildcat]

1:15 - Just checking on you folks.I'm here....

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[blueboss]

3-3 top of the 8th, I’m not going to Sleepyville anytime soon.


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[BigBluePappy]

I had been doing pretty well here lately.
Working some crazy hours will do that , but for some reason, sleep won't come tonight.
Oh, well. Might take the opportunity to read some Old Testament.

[blueboss]

I had been doing pretty well here lately.
Working some crazy hours will do that , but for some reason, sleep won't come tonight.
Oh, well. Might take the opportunity to read some Old Testament.

Keep me and the Dodgers in mind while you catch up on your reading...


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[CitizenBBN]

I need to coordinate with you guys like how you use computers in their downtime to work on math problems and such. Put you guys to work describing inventory or something. :)

I may have to reopen KSR After Dark.

[blueboss]

Toast...


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[blueboss]

Alas, it’s 3:15


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[CitizenBBN]

Alas, it’s 3:15

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I'm here. About to not be though.

[KentuckyWildcat]

Let dogs out about 12:00, youngest child up at 1:30, bathroom about 3:30, and oldest child up at 6:00. I'm normally up by 6:00 but was going to try to sneak in a few minutes this morning...but nope, she is up early.

[Darrell KSR]

I'm tired, too, but a decent (for me) night's sleep. Midnight bedtime, awoke at 6. Awake once during the night.

[blueboss]

Here we go, up again 1:15


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[blueboss]

I was only up about a half hour, but I’m sure dragging this morning. Got up and took a 20 minute nap....time to make the doughnuts.


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[blueboss]

Just woke up, only to find the Dodgers lost again. I’m sleepy, and they’re sweepy.

First Looey sweep at LA in 12 years.


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[blueboss]

Howdy


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[Doc]

early to rise...

[BigBluePappy]

In bed at 11:00.
Awake at 2:00.
Alarm set for 4:00.
:sAng_banghead2:

[Doc]

woke at 4:00, gave up after an hour

[Darrell KSR]

woke at 4:00, gave up after an hourHoping to go back to sleep myself.

[Darrell KSR]

Hoping to go back to sleep myself.Going to try shortly.

[Darrell KSR]

Going to try shortly.Shortly being the operative word.

[BigBluePappy]

2:51 and all is quiet...

[blueboss]

Went to bed around 12:00, woke up 5 minutes ago...


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[BigBluePappy]

It appears I am late to the party once again...

[Darrell KSR]

It appears I am late to the party once again...Or early.

[blueboss]

I was up again at 0300 for about a half hour.


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[BigBluePappy]

Wide awake at 2:10.
What a way to start the day...

[suncat05]

Woke up around 2 AM, having trouble getting back to sleep tonight. I have been working a lot of hours lately due to the primary here, so maybe the extra working hours are messing with my sleep cycle.
And I have to work late again tonight because the morons we have for county commissioners have run off yet another county manager, and they're having another meeting to talk some more about who to replace him with. Morons.
And of course, it's the first night of college football season, and I am going to miss part of the games because of these clowns and their inability to keep a good manager in-house because they're such lousy, hateful, spiteful political hacks. 😠

[BigBluePappy]

Woke up around 2 AM, having trouble getting back to sleep tonight. I have been working a lot of hours lately due to the primary here, so maybe the extra working hours are messing with my sleep cycle.
And I have to work late again tonight because the morons we have for county commissioners have run off yet another county manager, and they're having another meeting to talk some more about who to replace him with. Morons.
And of course, it's the first night of college football season, and I am going to miss part of the games because of these clowns and their inability to keep a good manager in-house because they're such lousy, hateful, spiteful political hacks. ��

Maybe that is it with me as well...not a primary, just plain old busy as heck to the tune of 65+ hours a week, six day weeks...

[suncat05]

Pappy, I have cut way back on working any overtime. The money is good, and somewhat needed, but the appreciation for the effort by the bosses isn't there anymore. It's not worth it to me.
I cannot wait to retire and get away from this rat race.
And here we are, at almost 3:30 AM. 😉

[BigBluePappy]

I celebrated 56 years on this rock yesterday by working 11.5 hours and leaving some stuff still not done, that drives me crazy, going home to take care of the yardwork, just barely beating the dark - all the while Grammy had the two oldest great grandsons. By the time I got in and showered it was just about time to finish getting them out of the bath, tuck them in and heat up some vittles. Visited with my lovely bride, and hit the rack by 10:30, awaiting a 4:30 alarm. Oh, well. May as well go ahead and shower and go on in, no sense of trying to cat nap for 45 minutes and with no one else there and no phones, I can really get some work accomplished.

[KentuckyWildcat]

I'm here...

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[blueboss]

I racked out at 12ish, up at 1:30am, woke up in recliner at 2:30ish... back to bed, slept through to 7:30.


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[BigBluePappy]

3:20 and all is well...

[blueboss]

I just woke up 4:58... I’m going to try and shut it back down


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[Doc]

I just woke up 4:58... I’m going to try and shut it back down


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Im right with you

[BigBluePappy]

Off to work...

[blueboss]

Im right with you

I was able to go back to sleep but I’m dragging this morning...


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