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I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Stress related. My mind won't stop talking. We're at the end of a year long project with people in charge who don't tend to think ahead, or plan for certain things like SUPPORT for it (a CMS project; first for us where I work) and its at the stage where many people are in CYA mode. Frustrating. My phone rings non-stop for things that aren't my concern but being the kind of person I am, I can't just say "call so and so". I want it to work and not pass the buck. My personality is "perfectionist". I've been called on it many times. Going through the week without more than an hour of sleep each night has made life sort of surreal. I've been late to work because after hours of looking at the clock, I'm ready to drift off just when the alarm is supposed to go off and I don't want to deny that little bit of sleep. Luckily my boss is understanding, and knows what's going on even if he's unable to make it better. He kids that if I have a nervous breakdown, they'll just replace me. I know what I'm missing now. Since my "downtime" is so chaotic, the cats aren't even sleeping with me. I miss the purrs to lull me to sleep. When they're there, Rhett is laying across my legs and I can't move. Maybe I've given off the signal that they're in my way. Last night I finally gave in and got some Sleepinol sleeping pills. I took 1 at 7pm so I could go to bed early, and hopefully sleep all night. By 8:30 I didn't feel sleepy enough, took another and it kicked in within 10 minutes and I was almost crawling to bed. Weird, though, I still woke up a couple of times during the night but luckily fell back to sleep quickly each time. Today was rough. In a sort of drug haze. I haven't had insomnia like this since Eric died. Gosh this got long. Tomorrow is the wedding I'm going to dressed in costume. lol I'll post some pics when I get the chance. I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all.  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had > insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. Thanks. > Gosh this got long. Tomorrow is the wedding I'm going to dressed in > costume. lol I'll post some pics when I get the chance. > > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. Hope you have fun. When I get that kind of "racy mind" thing that creates insomnia, I sit down with copies of my favorite show (ST: any version) and watch. It lets me "shut out" all that noise. I resist the temptation to "multitask" at anything. It usually helps. If I then experience racy mind still upon going to bed, I try to visualize in great detail, the coziest most comforting image I can. Usually, the type of bedroom I would most wish I had or, even more abstract, the most comforting material that I can imagine that creates comfort. Perhaps cotton...huge fluffy, warm cotton that envelopes me as though I were taking a bath in it. Or maybe, if it is hot, silk; how smooth, satiny, cooling it is and how cool air sifts through. Maybe even the comforting sound that also lulls me. How it feels, even how it smells. I find that doing visualizations like this, in detail, make it impossible for other thoughts to intrude and generally can get me calm enough to sleep. > Gosh this got long. Tomorrow is the wedding I'm going to dressed in > costume. lol I'll post some pics when I get the chance. > > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. I hope you get enough rest that you can have a wonderful time at the wedding. I look forward to your report and hopefully some pictures. I don't waste time. I take a 5mg Ambien when I need to get to sleep and stay asleep. I wake up feeling pretty good. (Though I can never remember how the TV shows I was watching the night before ended.) I used to get a fairly good nights sleep off plain old Benedryl. Jo > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. Purrs right back at you. Hope things calm down at work and you get back to a good sleep rhythm. SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had > insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > buck. My personality is "perfectionist". I've been called on it > many times. <snip> Purrs coming your way. I can understand. My DH is a software engineer, and he's always freaked out when a project is near completion. There's always changes to be made, last minute things someone promises the customer that they didn't bother asking the programmers if it's possible, plus he works with an idiot and he's always fixing the idiot's work. When he's in that mode, his brain doesn't stop and he never sleeps well. Heh, I'm going through a weird sleep thing now myself. Guess that's why I'm reading the ng's at 1:20 am. I feel like a vampire, I sleep better during the day. Have fun at the costume party! Signature-Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG > I've been trying to catch up. <snip> Hugs, Cheryl. Insomnia is a PITA. I have had it since DS was a little guy - I got used to having no sleep, so continued. I hope the stress level for you dies down a bit and that you can get back to your old routine. Take care, -L. Purrs right back at'cha for a good night's sleep and for the project at work to come to a succesful completion so that your furballs can resume their purring lullabies. >I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had >insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. >Stress related. My mind won't stop talking. We're at the end of a >year long project with people in charge who don't tend to think >ahead <nsip> SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy and Little Bit stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had >insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and >best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. {{{{{{Cheryl}}}}}} I hope things get better for you soon. Sending you calming purrs and sleep purrs. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.i-love-cats.com/meow/glsummer/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) Insomnia really is terrible. Lots of purrs and best wishes for you to find as much inner peace as possible and to start sleeping through the nights again, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had > insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. Hi Cheryl, I'm sorry you've had such a stressful time. Many purrs from us for your life to calm down (remember, on your project, your office may just have to turn in a less-than-adequate project and you have to not wreck your health for it) and for your sleep habits to improve. Thinking of you. Haven't been here much myself lately, real life has been demanding. Christine > I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. I've had > insomnia that is putting me on the edge of a nervous breakdown. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > I just wanted to say that I'm horribly behind and sending purrs and > best wishes and I hope to catch up on Sunday. Purrs to you all. > Hi Cheryl, > I'm sorry you've had such a stressful time. Many purrs from us [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > habits to improve. Thinking of you. Haven't been here much > myself lately, real life has been demanding. Thanks Christine, and everyone. There are over 1000 posts to catch up on so I probably won't but will read the latest. I actually slept in today until 1pm and may have caught up on sleep. At least it was restful sleep! Going to start over tomorrow at work and try not to let it get to me. The wedding was beautiful, and nearly everyone was dressed in costume! I was surprised! It was a beautiful day, and a little hot for my costume because the wedding was outdoors and there wasn't any shade in the seating area. But there was a nice breeze. I'll try to get a pic up of me in costume (LOL) in the next few days. In the meantime, I put a few new ones in the kitten's folder. Rhett was playing in the sink, then Scarlett decided to, but she fell in. Didn't stop her though, she was right back up there playing. http://tinyurl.com/6xmt6 My hand is feeling a little better from the CTS from resting it. :) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > Thanks Christine, and everyone. There are over 1000 posts to catch > up on so I probably won't but will read the latest. I actually > slept in today until 1pm and may have caught up on sleep. At least > it was restful sleep! Going to start over tomorrow at work and try > not to let it get to me. Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with eyes crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and climbing on top of the clock... she is now sleeping on my arm after a hard night's work. Getting used to this one-handed typing thing) Your bitties are getting so big! ROFL at Rhett sleeping on Scarlett's head! SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with eyes > crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and climbing > on top of the clock... LOL! Isn't this so hard to get used to after having older, more sedintary cats for so long?? Shamrock has always been one to knock things to the floor, but he's never climbed curtains since I've had him. Or the inside of horizontal blinds, either. Rhett tries to climb them like a ladder, and this boy is now about 15 pounds! SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >> Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with eyes >> crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and climbing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > him. Or the inside of horizontal blinds, either. Rhett tries to climb > them like a ladder, and this boy is now about 15 pounds! Rhett is 15 lbs!!! You haven't posted pictures in a while! >>> Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with >>> eyes crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Rhett is 15 lbs!!! You haven't posted pictures in a while! LOL! Yeah I did, last night. :) In this thread. I need to find the tinyurl... He's a lump when he sleeps across my legs, too. I don't know how he is comfortable like that but he sleeps hard. I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the hoomin folder, too. ;) New "kitten pics" http://tinyurl.com/6xmt6 SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >>>> Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with >>>> eyes crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > New "kitten pics" > http://tinyurl.com/6xmt6 Great pics!!! It's so funny how they were intrigued with the water. I love that shot of Rhett and Scarlett sleeping on the couch where he had kicked her off. Wow. Your sratching post has gotten some use eh? :) They are just gorgeous. >>>> Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with >>>> eyes crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > He's a lump when he sleeps across my legs, too. I don't know how he > is comfortable like that but he sleeps hard. Cute pics! I had to laugh at the big blue scratching post. It certainly looks well used :-) > I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the > hoomin folder, too. ;) That looks like quite the dress, was it uncomfortable? Seems very hot. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Cute pics! I had to laugh at the big blue scratching post. It > certainly looks well used :-) Yeah, the worst is that the carpet comes out in chunks and I find them everywhere. It might be time to move this one to another room and get a new one for the living room. >> I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in >> the hoomin folder, too. ;) > > That looks like quite the dress, was it uncomfortable? Seems > very hot. Since it's only early April, I didn't think it would be that hot! But Saturday was a beautiful and rather warm at about 70F so yeah, it was hot. Yes, uncomfortable too. And I couldn't drive in it. lol Some of us in costume were talking about just that; wondering how women wore stuff like that back then. SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >> Cute pics! I had to laugh at the big blue scratching post. It >> certainly looks well used :-) >> > Yeah, the worst is that the carpet comes out in chunks and I find > them everywhere. It might be time to move this one to another room > and get a new one for the living room. I wonder if you could get some new carpet and wrap it around the worn parts, over the old stuff. You could wrap it with glue underneath and then nail it really tight. Or you could wrap it with sisal rope instead. You may have to remove the old carpet first with that though. >>> I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in >>> the hoomin folder, too. ;) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > lol Some of us in costume were talking about just that; wondering > how women wore stuff like that back then. Well, at least back then they didn't have to worry about driving ;-) But one does wonder how large their carriages were to accomodate all the dresses. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>>Cute pics! I had to laugh at the big blue scratching post. It >>>certainly looks well used :-) [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Or you could wrap it with sisal rope instead. You may have to remove > the old carpet first with that though. Yeah, I just recently re-covered our old scratching post with some second hand carpet that one of my neighbours was throwing out. Once I'd got the old carpet off the post it was pretty easy to staple the new stuff on. Getting the old carpet off was a bit awkward though, as some bits had been glued on. If I did it again I'd just staple the new carpet right over the old stuff if it won't come off easily. >>>>I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in >>>>the hoomin folder, too. ;) Nice! >> I wonder if you could get some new carpet and wrap it around >> the worn parts, over the old stuff. You could wrap it with [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > again I'd just staple the new carpet right over the old stuff if > it won't come off easily. Thanks for the tips guys. I thought about rewrapping it with sisal, and might still do that. I like the idea of one of those really cool condo/tower/scoopy bed cat trees to take the place of this one in the living room since its the most used room in the house and they are always wherever I am. These guys get the zoomies and I've seen them almost pull this one down and it must weigh at least 100 pounds, and most of the weight at the base! Now that Rhett is bigger than Shamrock (yes, Karen, he is HUGE! More evidence that his genes contain some Bengal!!) they both charge across the room and dive for the tree! It's hysterical! I think I'd like to get/buy/make something like what Catnipped has for her kitties. SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >>> I wonder if you could get some new carpet and wrap it around >>> the worn parts, over the old stuff. You could wrap it with [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > I think I'd like to get/buy/make something like what Catnipped has > for her kitties. I still think covering a heavy bookcase in carpet would be great. Or, a freind of my took the back part of an old upright piano and turned it into a bookcase. You could find one of those and put in shelves with holes and carpet the whole thing up! > I still think covering a heavy bookcase in carpet would be > great. Or, a freind of my took the back part of an old upright > piano and turned it into a bookcase. You could find one of those > and put in shelves with holes and carpet the whole thing up! I think the ultimate scratching post/cat tree would be a burlap-type covered couch with a chair mounted on top of it on a sturdy sisal- covered pole. :) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields > I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the > hoomin folder, too. ;) Lovely dress, but doesn't look very comfortable. :oP SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the > > hoomin folder, too. ;) > > Lovely dress, but doesn't look very comfortable. :oP I bet you WERE hot! Yikes. Very pretty though. (I think I sent a blank post. Did I send a blank post?) > > I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the > > hoomin folder, too. ;) > > Lovely dress, but doesn't look very comfortable. :oP >I bet you WERE hot! Yikes. Very pretty though. (I think I sent a blank >post. > Did I send a blank post?) Yes you did. I just thought you didn't have anything to say!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> > I just posted a pic from the costume wedding on catslaves, in the >> > hoomin folder, too. ;) >> >> Lovely dress, but doesn't look very comfortable. :oP > I bet you WERE hot! Yikes. Very pretty though. (I think I sent a > blank post. Did I send a blank post?) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Lovely dress, but doesn't look very comfortable. :oP It wasn't comfortable, and it was very hot. ;) It had puffy sleeves and the elastic around my arms was bugging me all day. And even though I'm relatively tall (5'8") I kept stepping on the lace hem. Stairs were tough. Even though it was fun, I'm glad these costume things don't come up often (except for Halloween!!! I LOVE Halloween!) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >>Glad to hear you've had a good night's rest! (says she with eyes >>crossed after a night of Mere ripping down curtains and climbing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > him. Or the inside of horizontal blinds, either. Rhett tries to climb > them like a ladder, and this boy is now about 15 pounds! Fifteen pounds??? That's about 6.8 kilograms! My goodness, Frank weighs about 5 kg (11 lbs). Nikki is 3.9 (c. 8.5 lbs). They really do grow them bigger in the US! I weighed Mere on my kitchen scales the other day, and it showed 1940 grams (c. 4.2 pounds), but I doubt that she actually weighs that much. It was hard to keep her still on the scales. ;o) My niece says she was 1.5 kg when she last weighed her. SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Fifteen pounds??? That's about 6.8 kilograms! My goodness, Frank > weighs about 5 kg (11 lbs). Nikki is 3.9 (c. 8.5 lbs). They [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > hard to keep her still on the scales. ;o) My niece says she was > 1.5 kg when she last weighed her. Awwww :) Well, Scarlett is still really tiny. Though, she's loooooong. She probably weighs around 7 lbs (~3kg) now, maybe a little less. Rhett is one of those cats who is all muscle. He has very defined hips and a very broad chest, long legs, a long neck and the length of his body is long compared to Shamrock. Oh, and a very long tail. He's just, um, long. lol SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields >>Fifteen pounds??? That's about 6.8 kilograms! My goodness, Frank >>weighs about 5 kg (11 lbs). Nikki is 3.9 (c. 8.5 lbs). They [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > of his body is long compared to Shamrock. Oh, and a very long tail. > He's just, um, long. lol LOL! Mere is very long too. Long body, loooooong tail, long legs. ISTR Frank being like that when i first met him. Aww! SignatureMarina, Frank, Nikki, and introducing: Mere! marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Purrs that things get better. Suz&Spicey > I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. {{{HUGS}}} You sound like you need them. Purrs for things to improve too. :o) Helen M >> I've been trying to catch up. It's been a strange week. > > {{{HUGS}}} You sound like you need them. Purrs for things to > improve too. :o) > > Helen M Thank you for the hugs Helen, and I did! Things have improved this week! I "changed my attitude" as they say. :) I had a good long talk with my dad, who is my greatest inspiration, and I can (at least for now) leave some of work, at work, and not let it interfere with my sleep and state of being. I also had a talk with my boss and they're working to resolve some of my concerns. Finally. The wierd thing about insomnia is that you can't think logically, and the cycle doesn't end until you get out of that vicious circle. It's very hard to do that! SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields So glad to hear that! Best wishes and purrs, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Thank you for the hugs Helen, and I did! Things have improved this > week! I "changed my attitude" as they say. :) I had a good long [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and the cycle doesn't end until you get out of that vicious circle. > It's very hard to do that! > So glad to hear that! > Best wishes and purrs, Thank you Polonca & Soncek :) Much better this week. :) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields
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