Soldato
Damn man. Has something bad happened? Or gradually over time?
Night Owls
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Commissario
You could be talking to either me or wiiija!
I'm on gardening leave so my normal "wake up and go to work" time no longer exists.
Soldato
Sorry, meant wiiija. How did you end up on gardening leave?
Commissario
Office closed down.
Associate
Two weeks off work and did a night shift (2300-0700) on overtime yesterday.
Suffering for it tonight. wide awake. On my phone with missus asleep next to me.
New GPU and headset arriving tomorrow so it's a little like Christmas, maybe I'll be able to go on PC without disturbing the sleepers then
Suffering for it tonight. wide awake. On my phone with missus asleep next to me.
New GPU and headset arriving tomorrow so it's a little like Christmas, maybe I'll be able to go on PC without disturbing the sleepers then
Soldato
Oh bummer, anything else on the horizon? Gardening leave seems strange if your office has closed, surely it'd be easier just to give you pay in lieu of notice?
Wife's company decided to shut with a month's notice just before Christmas, thankfully she's managed to keep a few clients on herself but was fairly worrying at the time.
Commissario
It would have been easier to do that but this way I get a better deal and more time to find another job so I'm not complaining. There's not anything specifically on the cards at the moment but I'm looking.
Soldato
Had a row with the gf about her son at 9pm and can't sleep 
Feeling guilty, he's 21 and has tons of issues: Anxiety attacks, malnourished, nocturnal, antisocial, and a massive hoarder.
I got sick of picking a path through all his junk when staying over and had a pop at him for sitting about all night playing pc games instead of helping his mum out during the day. Gf stepped in as peacemaker, he played the victim and I'm now the bad man
If it weren't for the gf's son we'd be so happy together.
I honestly don't think there is room for a relationship here.
Feeling guilty, he's 21 and has tons of issues: Anxiety attacks, malnourished, nocturnal, antisocial, and a massive hoarder.
I got sick of picking a path through all his junk when staying over and had a pop at him for sitting about all night playing pc games instead of helping his mum out during the day. Gf stepped in as peacemaker, he played the victim and I'm now the bad man
If it weren't for the gf's son we'd be so happy together.
I honestly don't think there is room for a relationship here.
Had a row with the gf about her son at 9pm and can't sleep
Feeling guilty, he's 21 and has tons of issues: Anxiety attacks, malnourished, nocturnal, antisocial, and a massive hoarder.
I got sick of picking a path through all his junk when staying over and had a pop at him for sitting about all night playing pc games instead of helping his mum out during the day. Gf stepped in as peacemaker, he played the victim and I'm now the bad man
If it weren't for the gf's son we'd be so happy together.
I honestly don't think there is room for a relationship here.
I assume he wont be leaving home anytime soon then? He reminds me of my GFs brother, luckily he doesn't live with us.
Soldato
He's going nowhere, has his mum wrapped around his little finger and treats the place like his own little fiefdom.
Oh well off to work after 3 hours sleep!
Had a row with the gf about her son at 9pm and can't sleep
Feeling guilty, he's 21 and has tons of issues: Anxiety attacks, malnourished, nocturnal, antisocial, and a massive hoarder.
I got sick of picking a path through all his junk when staying over and had a pop at him for sitting about all night playing pc games instead of helping his mum out during the day. Gf stepped in as peacemaker, he played the victim and I'm now the bad man
If it weren't for the gf's son we'd be so happy together.
I honestly don't think there is room for a relationship here.
Damn man, that sounds like a tough wicket. You'll never get between a mother and her son and if that son happens to be a bit special, then you're farting in the wind. Good luck.
Soldato
To sleep or not to sleep, this is my dilemma. Insomnia sucks.
Snap also on gardening leave, haven't been going to bed till like 2-3am, but have to actually get up and go for a meeting with union rep, before the proper company meeting in a few weeks.
eww that alarm is going to suck.
Commissario
Just off to bed now.
Soldato
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Damn foxes outside. In this weather! Why! The dogs won't calm down now... Need to sleep really.
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My plan thus far is to have a lunchtime nap. Seems to work out alright on bad nights during the week. Then I crash on weekends.
fed up, just ordered a 10000lux sad lamp to use in the mornings, see if it helps. Cant even blame it on shift working as haven't done that in months. the 7am alarm is not going to be welcome. think when it arrives I'll also get some camomile tea or something, coldish shower and try and get a proper bed routine going and try and set it up for like 11pm/
room is already dark, with so many leds gaffer taped over, phone and laptop have blue filter apps, which are set up extremely aggressively, and that doesn't seem to have helped.
room is already dark, with so many leds gaffer taped over, phone and laptop have blue filter apps, which are set up extremely aggressively, and that doesn't seem to have helped.
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Soldato
Just woke up. Managed 3 hours of sleep. WTF it's only 2:23 !