Thread two for the 3am crew

Hello anyone wideawake. I woke up at 3.00 and have been reading the news headlines and will make a cup of tea and then read my latest library book of short stories by Helen Dunmore. All very different. A hard back in slightly larger print.
I hope all regular posters are fast asleep.

It's such rubbish isn't it? I am sorry this insomnia problem is so widespread amongst the gran brigade.

I've been awake since 4.00am. I was tempted to log on here, but am trying not to pick my phone up when I can't sleep. As ever, I have a busy day after a sleepless night. I don't think it's the thought of the day itself (the cleaner comes today, I have a class this morning and a list of chores/errands for this afternoon, plus a visit to my MIL in a care home). None of that is stressful, but I wonder if knowing that I'm not able to sleep till I wake is making things worse.

I'm very tired though, and am not going to be on top form for my class, or feel remotely like doing the chores and errands. My watch tells me that I more usually report being tired on Fridays than any other day of the week, and my routine is usually much the same. Food for thought?

A very disturbed night. Woke several times by very vivid dreams. Coat and shoes stolen in one … but all a bit sad and worrying.

Been awake for a while. No one came to clean the blockage yesterday. Three days without a working loo is not pleasant… And my bad cold seems to have come back with a vengeance.

Cheesed off. I’ve been awake for the last two hours.
Normally it wouldn’t bother me, but I’ve got a very full day, including hosting a meeting this afternoon and I need to have all my faculties about me.
Re. Drains Clogged with fat - I find washing soda and hot water more effective.

“Does fairy liquid unclog drain?
"Pouring a little washing-up liquid followed by hot water down the drain can be an effective first step to get things flowing again. "The washing-up liquid helps to break down greasy deposits and loosen trapped debris, while the hot water flushes it through more easily”.

BlueBelle

Not the same at all but just commiserating, my kitchen outside drain is blocked, I m very careful about stuff going down from the kitchen, but I don’t think it’s from the sink, although I have a cover over it with slats in it I think soil has got down outside
So rubber gloves on and hands and knees up to my armpit in sludge but I can’t do it, so looks like I ll have to get the folks out, that ll be an expense, at least it only affects me.
Always something May

Have you tried hot water and washing up liquid?

At least one of the neighbours came round this morning and we’ve made peace. He said did I want to apologise to the other neighbour and I said Ihave nothing to apologise for given that the blockage originated on her property and I had been trying to sort it out for her. I did manage to get back to sleep this morning. I still woke up feeling quite sick and shaky though and my heart rate whenI checked it last night was off the scale. There is a plan of action now though for when it happens again. I’ve still got an open sewage drain directly outside my back door. Thank goodness the dog is having a few days at my partners; I don’t know what I’d do if she was here as I can’t walk her because of my knee. If I hadn’t been awake at 2am yesterday morning none of this would have happened!

My To Do list will outlive me!!!! Maybe DDs will inherit it!

Bluebelle. My outside drain gets blocked easily from blown in leaves. I am going to
cut a length off my stiff hose which has a bit of flexibility and use that to poke around before buckets of soapy water. I think I will be able to push it round a bend. I need a drain cover or even just some chicken wire over the top of the drain. Must do that before the autumn this year. My To .Do list gets longer!

Not the same at all but just commiserating, my kitchen outside drain is blocked, I m very careful about stuff going down from the kitchen, but I don’t think it’s from the sink, although I have a cover over it with slats in it I think soil has got down outside
So rubber gloves on and hands and knees up to my armpit in sludge but I can’t do it, so looks like I ll have to get the folks out, that ll be an expense, at least it only affects me.
Always something May

Bless you MayBee. Hope all gets sorted. Some people are just naturally ungrateful, aren’t they. Have a good time when you are away and try to forget all this. As they say ‘ All things shall pass’ which applies to your sewage system also. 🤭

So this morning 2am I realised the sewage pipe was blocked. I arranged for the water people to come out and pushed notes through my neighbours doors as quietly as possible. Told them the ref number and phone number of the drains people. Couldn’t get to sleep till 5. Later that morning went to the house where the blockage usually originates from to check that the engineers could access it. Was told the other neighbour was going to fix it later that day so I phoned the water people and asked them not to come out till tomorrow but that I would cancel it if it was sorted. When this evening I spoke to the two neighbours they complained that I’d woken them up by pushing the note through their letterbox. I cancelled the engineers only to find that my drain was still blocked. It ended up with one neighbour telling me to leave their property ( that was where the blockage was and no one was keeping me informed about what was happening) and another one shutting a door in my face when I tried to tell them there was still a problem ( she said I’d been rude to people)I’m going away on Saturday for four weeks and can’t use any water in my house ( including the loo). Whenever there’s a blockage I’m the one that alerts everyone as I’m at the end of the row but no one has ever thanked me. Everything I’ve done today has been to help everyone. In fifty years this is only the second time I’ve ever had an argument with any of my neighbours ( the first one was about a fence and the neighbour, unknown to me, was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s). I don’t think I’ll sleep tonight as I’m so upset and wound up. I can’t believe that the only comment I had was about me putting the note through the letter box. At 4 am I was still trying to unblock my drain. I never lose my temper but when I do it actually makes me ill. And then I start blaming myself for everything.

I'm wishing you well Roses 🌹 .
I fell asleep watching Face The Music and woke up to watch Far From The Madding Crowd .
And managed to get to sleep asleep again .
Over the last couple of years I've developed hay fever and until the anti histamines kick in I feel so congested .

Another one with good wishes for Roses
I was on the 6 week pathway 3 years ago it all happened so quickly but I waited the full 6 weeks for a call up, an op happened very quickly after that and then a second preventative op and three years on I ve forgotten almost it ever happened. Still have 6 monthly check ups for another couple of years but it was handled so well now I look back, although it didn’t seem it at the time Good luck

Maybe you’re worrying less about it Helter I do think the more laid back we can be about non sleep the better

Another sleep till 5.15. Again no idea why. Have made a large mug of tea and will have a couple of paracetamol. I feel very achy all over and have done for months now and paracetamol does take the edge off it.
Roses waiting is awful. Maybe you are on the 2 week pathway as the wait to have the scan without would be far too long. Be brave. Lots of treats.

I have been awake since just after one. No sign of sleep yet.

I'm wide awake and bushy tailed 😔 it must be 3am!

Oh Roses! What a worry for you. That wait is grim but what's the saying- we die if we worry and we die if we don't. or something like that

Look after yourself . Plan a few treats while you wait.

👋🏻 anyone around? I can’t sleep, my mind is racing after having a CT scan under the 2 week process. I greatly suspect my breathlessness isn’t cardiac because my chest xray a couple of weeks ago has shown up something that isn't just ‘odd blood vessels’ as told by the consultant in ambulatory care….. She didn’t convince me at all and didn’t tell me I was on the 2 week pathway either.
So, I have a 4-6 week wait to hear the CT results.
What will be, will be 🙏

My first post on here!
I have had 3 hours sleep. Following a heart procedure my pacemaker is set at a minimum rate of 80bpm which makes me restless and jittery and struggling to sleep. I am hoping they will reduce the rate at followup on April 10th or I might go nuts ... tired but wired feels grim
But I listened to some podcasts and found some great music in the jazz fusion genre that my grandsons' band plays so have been able to send the tracks to them. I'm trying to think positive!

helter, I had three under 4. Talk about full on!

Good morning all wideawake.
A better sleep last night...no idea why. All my problems are still problems and haven't gone away. But I have woken thinking it must be 2.30 and it was 5.45. I have woken in the night but went back to sleep quite quickly.
And it's getting light.
Good advice from your GP GM. Fifteen months between births must have been tiring. I had 24 months and that certainly was full on.i could have slept standing up.

Have made coffee and will check up on news headlines then Wordle then read.

I have found those t’ai chi acupressure thingies excellent. I still don’t sleep many hours but better quality thereof.
Managed to go back to sleep for another couple of hours this morning.
I have learned to stop worrying about the lack of sleep. Recently remembered my wonderful GP’s advice when I was pregnant with DD, no 2 baby. There is only 15 months between 1 and 2. I barely slept, and worried terribly about it. He told me that just lying there quietly, doing nothing, gave my body a chance to recharge. That helped me hugely.
Hope tonight brings sweet dreams.💤

No you’re not alone I was just lying thinking of a lot of miserable thoughts about stuff going on ….so I must shake myself out of it
Hope everyone has a good day