yippee...glad to hear that.   so what was your secret to sleep?  and how many hours did you get?

huggs,
kim

Smiling at ya!!  I feel bright eye and bushy haired (bed head) and hanging in there. I am having a hard time with cravings and irritability. I hope this will pass soon. I am going to do some garden work this morning. It is a beautiful day and the sun is shining. The kids are off to school and house is quiet for a change.

Tim

Well one of my secrets was the "common sense" things you told me to do.  1) I didn't stay up half the night watching tv and wondering why I couldn't go to sleep.  2) I went out yesterday and really tired myself out.  I was exhausted.  3) I took some tylenol pm and took it early enough for it to have an effect on me by the time I was finished with my bath 4) I took a long hot bath to relax myself.  5) I didn't fight the tylenol pm just because there was something I wanted to see on tv.  I should know these things but I guess my brain is really fried from the years of drug use, lol.
Love,
Yogi

That is a great attitude.  I love to garden also.  Hang in there; some of those symptoms will get better soon.
Take care,
Yoda

I also have to spend the afternoon with some 4H'rs.  The county extension office here is holding a nutrition camp this week and I get to work with them this afternoon.  I'm sure that will tire me out!  lol
Love,
Yogi

EXCELLENT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

way to use that fried brain of yours...lol...you're on a roll...don't stop now.   pretty soon you'll be as "normal" as me (kidding...i'm far from normal)

i was doing good last night too...went to bed around 11-11:30.   as soon as my head hit the pillow...the phone rang.   damn how i hate the phone ringing after 10:00...usually NOT a good thing.   and this was the case last night.    seems like davis and his g/f were having a little argument...and he was upset.   he started drinking...HEAVILY...i might add.   well he called me and hubby and i had to go and get him...before he hurt himself or somebody else...glad he called...whew!   he was 45 minutes away...so do the math.   OMG...he was plastered.   he fell asleep on the trip home...or should i say went into a drunken "coma".   when i got him home...i couldn't wake him up...i tried about 10 minutes but he wouldn't respond...thought i was going to have to call an ambulance...afraid of alcohol poisoning.   i would have just left him in the car but hubby had pulled him out...just enough...to where he would have hurt himself if he woke up.   i finally had to pour two glasses of cold water over his head and face before he even stirred.   i was soooo scared :(   don't ask me how...guess it is a mother's strength...but i threw his arm over my shoulder and was able...somehow...to get him into the house.   AND OF COURSE...he said he needed to pee...omg...now how was i going to do this?   i got him to the bathroom...unzipped his pants...and held him up from the back while he peed...all over the bathroom floor...don't think he rang the toilet at all.   on the "trip" from the bathroom to the bedroom...he looked at me and said..."who are you?"...what was that about?   anyway i said...i am your mother...he said "good".  wtf?...got him into the bed...not an easy task.

SO...i was mad...hurt...confused...and feeling totally overwhelmed...and that was it for "sleep" for awhile.   i think lil IM'd me around 2 and i talked to her for awhile...then i talked to beach til 3...up at 6:30   why does this always happen when i have such a busy day planned?   i have to take christian to UAB today...3 hour drive...1-2 hour doctor's appt...3 hour drive home.

damn...i'm rambling here...just need to vent.

my hubby asked me last night on the trip to get davis why he had started drinking so much.   i told him it was "addiction substitution" ...happens all the time.   so now...i've got to become the hard a** mother again...

ok...i'll stop...enough is enough...lol

big huggs,
kim

I am so sorry to hear of your troubles.  But I think that old saying "once a mother, always a mother" is so very true.  I keep hoping my kids will mature and I get little glimpses of it once in a while, but then they'll do something totally stupid and need me again to get them out of their predicaments.
Your kids are very lucky to have you as a mother.  Stay strong, I know you've been through a lot.
Much love,
Yogi
PS - I have to get ready and memorize my speech and presentation for this afternoon.  I don't know if my brain can handle it.  lol

Bright eyes and bushy tailed - also very sensitive.  Hope my boss doesn't yell at me today - (not that he ever has) - but I know I would probably collapse in a heap in the floor! lol  I am looking forward to the weekend - I think I might have enough energy to actually do something!  Yeah!!

Hope you are doing well!

Love,

Shelby

You'll be ok; just hang in there.  You crack me up sometimes!  I'm doing pretty good; trying to get a grip on my sleeping problems.  Can't seem to fall asleep when I'm supposed to.  Another thing I need to remember is to stop drinking coffee in the late afternoon.  And I am a coffee addict!  Let's face it, I must be addicted to everything!  :)
Love,
Yoda