Sudokuaholics Anonymous

Sleep tight!

I thought for sure Jenni that you were lurking! See you guys tomorrow. I'm sure you'll have past me by then!

It's been an hour since Stella left, is nobody around?

Okay, not an hour--now my time is confused!

WooHoo Stella. I got caught up at work, & I missed my chance for 4 in a row I see that Stella's tactics were to CP until she got the Topp then go to bed
Hi again Cyndi, it was only 7 mins between your post & Stella's - but you can see that now.
I might go away for awhile, it is a little too distracting to chat here, while there are clients.
I will do the Sudoku in the paper instead. Bye

Bye, Jen

Hi everyone.

La de la de da de la.

Hi Cyndi. How you doing?

Becky, I think I'm everyone at the moment.

Glad your here.

Not one of my best days, but I'll survive okay. How about you?

Tired, big day.

Thank you. How has your day gone? Anything big going on where you are?

Couldn't sleep last night, plus on here way too late. Did more laundry, finished digging bulbs and took SIL to doctor's appt.

Do I remember right frOm last night, ypu have np children, right?

No kids. Have 11 nieces and nephews. How many do you have?

And are you the one with insomnia?

I think a lot of us have it. This started about 2 yrs. ago. Doctor said that time of life. He offered sleeping pills, but said no way. Would rather be tired than drugged.

I have two sons 27 and 26; one married, one at home-mainly my caregiver of sorts. Nieces and nephews: nieces 5, nephews 4, great-nephews 3 withone one the way and one great-niece on the way. One niece and nephew live in SC but not real close v.

2 of my nephews live about 100 miles away. The rest are within a 20 mile radius. The oldest nephew is 29 and engaged, his brother (27)still lives at home.

Since I started on CPAP, I've averaged 5-6 hours sleep a night, but never seems enough for me.
I think some of us stay here because of the insomnia.

I've talked to others who have gone through this and they said that it seemed to go away all at once. Hope so. As soon as my head hits the pillow, my brain goes into high gear.

It's nice you've got so many of them so close. Do you see them often?

My other SIL is on some type oxygen thing because of sleep apnea. She says the same thing. She's used it for about 3 yrs. now.

I do take meds to sleep,but not necessarily sleep meds. I take Zanaflex which is a muscle relaxant/pain med, but it serves to put me to sleep. However, without the CPAP I wouldn't stay asleep. BTW if thy ever mention Lunesta, run away.

Not really. The oldest niece is married, works and has a little girl. 2 of her brothers are in college and live away from home. Youngest brother still lives at home, but is never there. 1 nephew is married with 4 kids (2 not his) and his brother is leaving this fall for U of A. Never saw the other 3 nieces much.

I've talked to people who have used sleep aids and they say that the side effects are almost as bad as the insomnia.

Do you have chronic pain or is Zanaflex to help you sleep?

Okay, which U of A?
Well, that's their loss. I think if you're fortunate enough to have family close by, you should take advantage of it. when I was growing up I always envied my cousins--they all lived near my grandparents and came and went there as much if not more than home, same with each others' homes. We didn't have that advantage.

I agree, even the Zanaflex (in addition to a few other of my meds) make my head really 'swimmy' in the morning, and I'm still sleepy. I take it for rheumatoid arthritis that I've had since I was 13, osteoporosis, and mostly for back pain. Too bad it never gets rid of the headache!

University of Arizona. He's going for a masters in biochemical engineering. Boy, what a mouthful. He's never been away from home or had a job. Big awakening for him.
I was the youngest, so most of the cousins were doing their own thing. We visited my mom's side of the family at least once a week. Hubby's side only saw each other once a year at KY Lake. His dad is originally from KY and his mother was from PA.

My parents were both from PA, but we were all born and raised in Maryland, right outside of DC.
You were the youngest of how many?

I have had a touch of arthur for about 25 yrs. I'm lucky, most of the time I either ignore the ache or take a Tylenol.

I have 1 brother, 1 sister and 11 cousins (3 which lived about 50 miles away from Holmes Co.).

How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Hi, Becky

Hi, Cyndi!

Hi Julie.

Hi to anyone else who is around!