INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

hey Blondie 

Blondie - anything good on tv tonight if you are going to be up anyway? Do you like scary movies ? Plenty of them on now since so close to Halloween. I hate scary movies. I am a big chicken.  

agreed then. 

I am watching Living Alaska. Love that showvv

Yay, i want one just like that

I hate scary movies & tv. Unfortunately that's what DH loves. We are so different; he can turn on the tv and fall asleep, but having grown up in a household with tv only on Saturday mornings and evenings, a tv will hold my attention even when I'm not interested in or don't like what's on. I mostly sit with a game and earbuds and try not to watch but this month has just been awful. Tonight it was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Holy cow. Did you know they won Gettysburg by using silver bullets & cannonshot? Who knew. 

Worst part is the stuff raises my blood pressure and now I have to calm down before I can go to sleep. Was up half the night last night with abdominal cramping and big D. Need some zzzzs.

Mags so sorry was going 2 watch that also but saw vampire in the title that was the end of that

Still there patty

Hello everyone,  Its so fun being awake and everyone in my neighborhood

is asleep. Hope everyone will have a wonderful week, or try too. Sleep

has never been a gift to me before, and now with machines, noises and

sleep challenges, it is. 2_time_around I love that picture, it made my day.

Take care, Debbie

It was good to wake up at 3:45 and putz around and have this thread to come read. I already hit the NYtimes and read about Marsha Strassman diagnosed 07 same as me. Sleep .. is fractured. Had a good day yesterday. Got to have lunch with my daughter up at college. Great to see her before she headed off to work. Got my other kid off to dorms without too much drama. Saw my oldest at her foster home. She has a bad cold and is coughing but on the upswing. She's lost her voice and sounds pretty funny even for a deaf kid. Visited with her foster Mom who I like every much. So I got to see all my kids. Yay. Everyone is doing well.

I think I will make plans to fly and see my Mom in Sarasota. I was going to postpone but I don't thik I have much time left. Starting to feel exactly the way I did last year around this time. Tired, heart banging around, rate high, sore back, sore leg... the beasties are eating out the marrow again. Been here done this.. several times. Aromasin not cutting it. So I want to be able to withstand the flight and sitting for 6+ hours.. It'll be a short visit, hi, love you - bye.  Then home. Sitting straight on an airplane seat just kills my back at the best of times - that and my feet and left arm(from the nodes removed) blows up like puffer fish. I hate flying because of this. 

Do any of you know if you go down to the social security office to pre-file for SS for your college age kid and middle school kid? I have never taken any of my benefits, so I don't know. I want to set it up. Starting to fuss about fixing things here. Lots to get done. Too many projects with loose ends.

My 11 year old retarded cat Zoey is so sound asleep on my lap, head hanging off- she looks dead. She twitches and dreams. Poor cat has had such dental issues that all her teeth have been removed and her mouth is floppy like an old person without dentures.. pretty funny. She is sweet but clearly didn't get enough oxygen at birth - afraid of everything and just terminally dingy! We sure know how to pick em! The above black and white kitty is so young and pretty! touchable. I love that age, adolescent kittenhood! I hope he lives to a ripe old age.

Have a great day. We are in between rain storms. Blondie I hope you enjoy the shore! R&R! We used to go to Chincotique (sp?) in the winter and stay at a little B&B. Loved it. Loved seeing the ponies wind blown manes as they stood wild on the dunes. It's beautiful there even in the winter. Take care ya'll.

Halloween on Friday!   We've for years gotten 0 trick-or-treaters because of long dark scary driveway.   Still get candy, just in case.

*Owlettes*

Kitty was named by oldest dd...she said the name came from one of the kitties in The Aristocats, dh says it's also the name of a french artisit that drank absinthe. We thought kitty was a she, but now it turns out she is a he

The collor is just too big for him because he's tiny.

I read about Marsha Strassman too, it's always jarring to see a story about someone passing because of BC. When I was a kid I used to love Welcome Back Kotter

Sleep has been hard to come by for me lately too. I thought I was out of that phase, but guess not. I also have a swollen tummy...this has been going on for awhile now and I guess I need to talk to MO about it.

Teka-we never get trick or treaters on our street either. We live toward the back of the neighborhood and are at the end of the street and it IS dark down here.

((hugs))

Just a little sad today!  Had lunch at mom's yesterday and there was this dog that has showed up at her house!  She is almost a twin for my Bessie who we lost due to someone poisoning her!   Anyway, went there again for lunch today and she is still there, but my dad said they can't keep her!  She is so lively and loving and full of life and she so needs a home!  I can't take her, my hubby said no and I understand because we already have 6 dogs and a bunch of cats!  But it so makes my heart hurt when people dump their so called pets!  I just don't understand how anyone can do this!

End of Rant!

Chevy- got my tickets yeah! I have compression stockings and the arm sleeve. Although the arm sleeve won't fit because my arm is too big now. I hate wearing it, very uncomfortable. I will just tough it out on the plane, as always. It will be nice to see them, my brothers and Mom all live in Sarasota. They have nice beaches there and beautiful birds. The last time I was on a plane the stewardess gave me grief for not sitting down.. I was standing back of the plane near the bathrooms. Standing is much better then sitting.

Haven't paid for my cremation yet. Four choices here in town. We have a good friend who is a funeral director and does it all. Kind of weird though.. hmm. What do I care at point eh? I makes me laugh that it bothers me, so silly. Gorgeous day here. I just woke up from sleep number 2... better. whew. 

Anyway got to get going. I have not seen a doctor since June and do not need anything. Had my port flushed in July. I'm with Blondie- enough already. I watch with amazement at the eagerness folks here on the board rush to take any treatment and drug. It just amazes me. I feel exactly the opposite- the more exposure to "medicine/ treatment"  I get - the less I want any of it. Pavlov response I guess? I have been carefully taught to avoid it, negative reinforcement. You can only get your fingers smashed so many times, before you won't put them out there again.

Talouse is a great name for a cat. I loved that character in Aristocats! Beautiful kitten. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbo3eoNN5tc

Yep rose but u should get u r port flushed every 6 weers u dont need n infection 

I guess my sleeping normally is done. so excited that u r going, i want to go to fla also my step daughter  lives there. I thought  when i got metastatic  i would only b here 3 years n it has been  almost 5 in dec.

Nettie so sad i would take the dog..