Thread two for the 3am crew

That's very sad CrazyH. I'm sorry for your loss, it must be very hard on his wife and your grandchildren.

Yesterday was very hectic, we moved into an apartment in preparation for the new kitchen being installed. DH worked like a trojan, with me helping as much as I could.

So I was in bed at just gone 7.00 and thankfully I slept for a few hours.
4.00 am now and my restless legs are kicking off again. I hope I'm tired enough to ignore them but it's doubtful.

We are away for a few days and a long drive yesterday. But a reasonable night’s sleep …given a different bed, a very warm room. And not terribly good pillows.

Back to napping through the night. It’s exhausting.
I’m also back to having a shirt, but discombobulating nap after lunch. It doesn’t help the nights but makes the rest of the day more tolerable…
Another joy of getting older, I fear.

I got up at 6.00 am after a reasonable night to make a cuppa. I trundled downstairs to find it was only 5.00 am 😏 This is going to put me out all day.

I think Pam Ayers should write one of her excellent poems about broken sleep for us Oldies.

I have just seen your post crazyH what very sad news especially for the grandchildren and of course his wife. 💐

Oh that was a terrible night. Awake until 3 and then just slept for a couple of hours. Too much on my mind. Luckily a completely empty day in fact empty the next few days.

Am dreading the heat. It will be 31 deg on monday. No joke for DH with severe emphysema and virtually bed bound. I must set up the fans today. I am glad we now have several and one big one which nearly takes off.

Barely slept last night because I’m so cross.
I changed surgeries in March, and they did all the usual benchmark tests. I was warned that I was probably pre-diabetic. Had another blood test and, bingo, I am fully .type 2 diabetic!
The reason I’m furious is that I’m not overweight, I take lots of exercise(because I don’t have a car), eat well and freshly cooked, etc.
I was told it was due to aging - bummer, yet another generous gift from Anno Domini! No treatment for the moment.
It’s not fair!
Helter, I have found that freezing a hot water bottle is very helpful at night, but it might be useful in the day too.

Despite the heat yesterday and last night I slept better.
I put it down to a can of cold tonightZero Guinness drunk at 9.00 pm while sitting in the cooler garden

Will try another tonight and see if that works again.

Not to bad a night. All doors and windows open, so a slight breeze from the sea.
Up very early, before seven to get all jobs done.

I ‘ve been awake for an hour. Now the sky is lightening and a blackbird is singing outside. I’ll concentrate on that and hope to sleep for a while.

I’ve been awake for 2 1/2 hours. No chance of dozing off. It makes me very cross (and tired) to wake up so early with no chance of getting back to sleep.
The blackbird has been singing his little heart out for most of the night; the dawn is breaking,the temperature is barely tolerable for nights…
What also annoys me are all the doomsayers telling us that one must sleep well, at least 6 hours, to avoid dementia and other horrors of old age. Chance would be a fine thing!

I have been awake for an hour, covered with a sheet
only I woke up shivering! a welcome cool breeze
through a wide open window.

I was asleep by 11.00, then wide awake at 3.10
for about an hour, so loaded the dishwasher,
made herbal tea, watched the sky for a while,
fell back to sleep.

Our local Health Shop has a sign outside reading
‘fed up with waking at 3am? can’t get back to sleep?’
you need…
I’m going to check this out and will report back.

That would be kind, SORES. I’d be interested in the results. I’m about to take myself to bed. It’s an eternity since I woke up.

I shall continue to have a zero Guinness at bedtime. Even though I have to get up for a loo stop I fal back to sleep. Last night almost 6 hours sleep non stop. It even worked on the hot nights. Last night was a lot cooler.

I have only one can left so must put it on my shoppjng list.

Been awake since 230. I needed a wee. Unfortunately, if I get up after 2 am, that seems to be it for the night.
4 hours sleep is inadequate, so I’m even more tired than normal. Grrr…
The weather has reverted to March temperatures and rainfall which I’m finding even more confusing.🫤
Sleep well everyone.

I’m maddeningly wide awake, since 3am I’ve been tossing and turning 😡
This cold, wet weather really is miserable, isn’t it grandMattie? I wore a thick fleece on top of a long sleeve shirt and jumper yesterday and was barely warm enough. I brought a hot water bottle to bed with me last night, as I have been doing for the last week. Ridiculous for June.

Absolutely, r&l. It’s very odd. No heating here as I’m considered too gaga to have gas, so only night storage. It gives off heat 24/7 which isn’t what I need - just a top up in the evening…
Goodness knows what I’ll wear today.

Oh it’s soooo cold I have my hot water bottle close to me

On Wednesday night I was so cold I had a large bowl of porridge before I went to bed and slept like a log all night. Last night I did the same and was wide awake till 3 and slept fitfully till just now.
The wind must be from the north as it's cold and is rattling my north facing sash window. I need some new wedges. Goodness knows where I will find those. Come back our wonderful hardware shop. Sadly closed many years ago and is currently yet another Turkish barber.

Frank Muir used to shop at the hardware shop and mentioned it in a column he wrote. I wonder if I can Google and find it. The shop door had a brass bell above it.

I could cry thinking about it...I am tired and cold. A mug of tea is needed.

Well that was an interesting Google. Frank Muir was born in the seaside town I grew up in. He went to the local boys Grammar School and I went to the girls. We shared the same birthday. He lived most of his married life in a nearby village to here and sometimes parked his Mercedes outside our house (I never plucked up enough courage to ask him to sign my DDs What a Mess book he wrote).
The other coincidence, hopefully not, is that he died suddenly at 77...my age.
I couldn't find though any mention of his article about our hardware shop. I didn't know most of this before I Googled today.

Good morning! No idea why I’m awake at this ridiculous hour 🙄.
I had hoped that the rain forecasted for overnight would have arrived but no luck so far. I’ll water my pots first thing, I need to stand them in trays so that’s something for the morning.
I’ll get a hot drink and read my book, hopefully I will doze off…..

Good morning. Although warmer, it poured down all night. Still not that much brightness.
I hope you managed to get back to sleep, r&l. On the other hand,I had an adequate night. Hugs 🫂

I haven’t posted for a while as sleep has been a lot better. But tonight I have woken three times ,all from bad dreams. In one my sister was attacking two unknown children with a scissors. And then I lost one shoe and had to use an old bobble hat on my foot. No money and no way to get home. I an exhausted. Roll all morning

I’m awake as well! I haven’t slept yet. Listened to a play on BBC Sounds and that didn’t bore me enough.
We’re near the end of a drawn out house sale. Just got to arrange removal and storage date first thing in the morning. It’s our second home, so lots of chucking out and packing for storage.
Fortunately DH has woken up and just gone downstairs to make some tea.
Hope you can get back to sleep JJ33