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Hello Forkers - October '21

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Hi all
    Terrible nights sleep again.
    So glad you got to spend time with your son @Pat E
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Thanks Punkdoc.  Sorry your night wasn’t good. Hope it’s better tonight. 
    S. E. NSW
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited October 2021
    Good morning all 😊 ☕️ 

    Annoying not to get good sleep @punkdoc, but at least you know what’s causing it … it’s something that will pass … in the meantime what about having a 40 min rest/nap after lunch each day … a proper designated time, on the bed, under a blanket, curtains closed. Put a podcast or something on BBC Sounds on quietly … something calm … and set an alarm for 40 mins and get up when it goes off, whether you sleep or not.  That way you’re getting some rest but not overdoing it in a way that would stop you sleeping at night. 

     If you think you’re not old enough to need an afternoon nap, my OH has done exactly that every day that he’s at home ever since I acquired him, and as you know he’s 20 years my junior. He says it gives him energy. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Yawn, morning people,what exactly is sleep and how do you 'non chemically" obtain it! I didn't know your hubby was 20 years younger Dove, mine is 8 (years younger, although I sometimes wonder if he IS 8) I can't bear it when people say"ooh a toy boy." When I was ,40 I had a relationship with a 25 year old, anyway, enough of that. Have great day whatever you are all up to
  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Good morning!!

    A "power nap" it is called apparently.  I would say a "cat nap" .  I have a rest after lunch but can never find that sleep zone.  I read usually or just close my eyes and try and empty my monkey brain.  My late husband, a builder, would lie on the couch, snore for 20 minutes, get up and splash cold water over his face, take 5 sweets and go to work.  Wish I could do that.  

    Today is the feast day of Saint Luc, so:  A la Saint-Luc, la pluie de vallon, fait de la neige sur le mont.  A la Saint-Luc, ne sème plus, ou sème dru.

    Have a pleasant day all.
    Tui
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited October 2021
    Absolutely @tui34 … he says 20 minutes if he doesn’t need it, 40 minutes if he does 😊 

    @Nanny Beach there’s probably quite a few things about me that many folk don’t know … even after having been on here all these years 🤣 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    Like what @Nanny Beach  ??
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Thanks @Dovefromabove, since I first became ill, I often have an afternoon nap, I find it very restorative.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited October 2021
    Glad to hear it @punkdoc .... but you don't need to think of it as something you do because you're ill ... OH is as fit as a flea ... his GP says he has the BP of an athlete.
    Apparently two sleeps in 24 hours is how our bodies work best ... scientists say so  ;)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Good morning Forkers.  It's dull and grey and so misty the ground looks wet tho we've had no rain.   Been to the vet this morning with Rasta who has had her tail shaved and cleaned.  Very sore and swollen around an infection that may be a bite or a wound and had quite a bit of "mass".  Injections followed with ore antibiotics and anti-inflammatories for the next 10 days as well as wound dressing.   Vet impressed by improvised collar so we get to keep that on too.

    Now to cook a full English brunch as I don't get back from patch and mosaic till 8:30 and need good, slow burn fuel.

    Hope everyone's OK.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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