tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post4482264744441604433..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: It's Always Dumbest Before The DawnMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20961253972925088782019-12-11T09:31:29.738-08:002019-12-11T09:31:29.738-08:00I can vouch for medical marijuana gummies at bedti...I can vouch for medical marijuana gummies at bedtime. Finally getting sleep and fewer aches and pains. Being well rested feels strange though; it’s an adjustment.Amy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727347712147645140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73803800657308700402019-12-08T08:39:23.366-08:002019-12-08T08:39:23.366-08:00Ha! Went back to this "episode" after re...Ha! Went back to this "episode" after reading your most recent (Real Mule), because I suddenly remembered that I had commented here & wanted to see if you had replied - Yay - you did! And it occurs to me now that, along with all the other things that you describe, wearing high heels might help immensely if one wanted to attract that country fella who rilly wants a wobble-bobble girlAnn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326133713766811369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64639292591938798562019-12-04T19:16:59.060-08:002019-12-04T19:16:59.060-08:00Will do. And in the meantime, at the sleep center...Will do. And in the meantime, at the sleep center's suggestion, I checked out of our library a book titled Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts & Get a Good Night's Sleep by Carney & Manber (both women.) Needless to say, I read it each night at 3am...birdgardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192307375822551474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52300496715425097182019-12-02T21:10:15.969-08:002019-12-02T21:10:15.969-08:00I'm still recommending Benadryl. At least ever...I'm still recommending Benadryl. At least every now and then. OH! And CBD, or so I'm told.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-56337861253198371552019-12-02T21:09:40.409-08:002019-12-02T21:09:40.409-08:00So is winning the lottery.So is winning the lottery.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11422686502775870572019-12-02T21:09:24.472-08:002019-12-02T21:09:24.472-08:00Get back to us on a completely unrelated post and ...Get back to us on a completely unrelated post and let us know how it goes! We'll be able to pick it right up.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40998132293242097682019-12-02T21:08:05.300-08:002019-12-02T21:08:05.300-08:00Maybe we should convene in the middle of the night...Maybe we should convene in the middle of the night and bore each other to sleep!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9339467992850631992019-12-02T21:06:37.046-08:002019-12-02T21:06:37.046-08:00THAT is unusual.THAT is unusual.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24450984821615562402019-12-02T21:05:33.763-08:002019-12-02T21:05:33.763-08:00Benadryl, darling. I don't take it often becau...Benadryl, darling. I don't take it often because I heard it contributes to dementia and I prefer to make my own way on that road, but every now and then...oh yeah! Fall asleep like normal and just STAY THERE.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21372078385678805932019-12-02T15:39:11.809-08:002019-12-02T15:39:11.809-08:00I do it too. Nothing much to say except every tri...I do it too. Nothing much to say except every trick I've tried, including counting backward in Spanish from 100 doesn't help. Neither does anything else. Lindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01904653432142826288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91897997212882090432019-12-02T13:27:22.917-08:002019-12-02T13:27:22.917-08:00I am a pre sleep fretter. I try to redirect my bra...I am a pre sleep fretter. I try to redirect my brain to something like winning the lottery. Luckily it is infrequent.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806035182197696752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-83467437522188498992019-12-02T06:45:03.880-08:002019-12-02T06:45:03.880-08:00Boy, does this post and the comments resonate with...Boy, does this post and the comments resonate with me! (The not-sleeping part, not the computer backup part.) The waking at 3am and inability to get back to sleep became annoying enough that I enrolled in a behavior modification session of 4 classes in a local sleep studies center. (Medicare covers it, which tells me that insomnia is a common problem for those of us of Medicare vintage.) So birdgardenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192307375822551474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31952017669513805982019-12-01T18:35:52.790-08:002019-12-01T18:35:52.790-08:00I just read ALL the comments. I'm trying to st...I just read ALL the comments. I'm trying to stay up later than 9. quite a support group we have here! xo jzJulie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5583615383704514572019-12-01T18:31:04.035-08:002019-12-01T18:31:04.035-08:00this is exactly what's happening to me. I fall...this is exactly what's happening to me. I fall asleep like I was clobbered with a blackjack, my book falling off my lap. And two, three hours later I'm up like a bird, at 1:48 but who's looking at the clock....and then I'm up until 4:30 or 5, a tiny nap and ready to goooo at 6...to what? And why? And please, can I just sleep more than three hours at a stretch, and all together? Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73703012864891601132019-12-01T11:59:30.546-08:002019-12-01T11:59:30.546-08:00Totally!Totally!Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-55738153041160710732019-12-01T09:27:28.912-08:002019-12-01T09:27:28.912-08:00Mine starts out "Well it's silly but I ri...Mine starts out "Well it's silly but I rilly want a wobble-bobble girl, when I find that little woman gonna give her a whirl..."Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71020707747667447812019-12-01T09:26:16.198-08:002019-12-01T09:26:16.198-08:00Oh right, that's an entirely different problem...Oh right, that's an entirely different problem, innit? I am now doing both: external hard drive is back "off the blink," and the cloud has my stuff somewhere.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21058289643383315752019-12-01T09:24:29.892-08:002019-12-01T09:24:29.892-08:00So...it's okay to think things that might be c...So...it's okay to think things that might be contrued as untoward by the Secret Service?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19046313579362176672019-12-01T09:23:16.045-08:002019-12-01T09:23:16.045-08:00Hunhh! - while I do share some of those sleep trou...Hunhh! - while I do share some of those sleep troubles and computer back-up troubles, I instead zeroed in on a different item: I hereby volunteer to be one of those ladies to sing Ooo, baby baby behind you. Because kidding/not kidding, I have often proclaimed that THAT is what I would really like to do "for a living"- sing back-up (and possibly get to dress in sequined outfits while Ann Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326133713766811369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8510540465716538882019-12-01T07:25:07.213-08:002019-12-01T07:25:07.213-08:00Ha! For some reason, I just refuse to worry when a...Ha! For some reason, I just refuse to worry when awake from 3am - 5am. Instead, I save all that fretting for times when I should be paying attention to something else during daylight hours. And when I absolutely must pay attention to daytime life, the alternative to fretting is to just store all that worry in the muscles of my shoulders and back. (Hence my newly-discovered need for a massage atEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90343760323634783062019-11-30T22:12:34.451-08:002019-11-30T22:12:34.451-08:00I learned many years (decades) ago, never to follo...I learned many years (decades) ago, never to follow up on a decision made between 3 AM and 5 ditto. So I allow myself to solve all my problems, and a good part of the world's, too, in those protected hours. No harm done.Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25488298178614180422019-11-30T21:47:40.706-08:002019-11-30T21:47:40.706-08:00Everything SHOULD be on the cloud but I never figu...Everything SHOULD be on the cloud but I never figured out how to close the deal. They kept asking questions until I didn't know the answers.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44762170266583588412019-11-30T21:46:18.465-08:002019-11-30T21:46:18.465-08:00Sometimes I try to focus on the purple blobs on th...Sometimes I try to focus on the purple blobs on the inside of my eyelids and see if they stage a play.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-68284565786768359622019-11-30T21:45:17.893-08:002019-11-30T21:45:17.893-08:00Aww. Sorry.Aww. Sorry.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-19048636213138364032019-11-30T19:52:37.042-08:002019-11-30T19:52:37.042-08:00For me it involves lying perfectly still pretendin...For me it involves lying perfectly still pretending I'm in a coma while my mind repeats three words over and over until I'm asleep. If I'm too wide awake and know that won't work, I do what the comment somewhere up there ^ says.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.com