What are you night owls up to tonight?

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TheAlmightyProo@reddit

Same. Absolutely a night owl though I really need to run earlier due to the season/sunlight etc m Also same. Given recovering from a nasty nose/throat/chest thing and extra screwy hours rn I decided to chill away from everybody with the Steam Deck with the doggos occasionally coming by to say 'hiii' and 'got any snacks?'

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VRS38@reddit

How goes the steam deck?

Also I read your user name as 'poo' not pro... mildly amusing!

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TheAlmightyProo@reddit

Ah, that'd be my usual self deprecation to the fore. Not actually Almighty but the nickname I've had for 30 odd years is the other part.

As for the Steam Deck... I'm a big PC guy but expectations kept reasonable it's actually an amazing bit of kit and I haven't explored half of its potential yet. Tbh the only criticism of it that was justified imo is the battery life... but that's to be expected.

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VRS38@reddit

Thanks, I was recently looking at them but the price was crazzzzy! I read about someone playing WoW and it peaked my interest.. like how?!!

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papercut2008uk@reddit

If you don't want a depressing read, skip this.

!I'm usually up all night anyway, but today is perticularly a bad one, I've got health issues and pretty much rely on my mother, she's spent about 10 hours in A&E with abdominal bleeding, sent home with a letter and nothing else because there are so many people there. So we got to wait 2 weeks for her to go in. I'm feeling like this is the end, My uncle just died of Cancer a few weeks ago and now I fear it's going to happen again. And i'm totally lost right now!<

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VRS38@reddit

I'm really sorry to hear you're going through this. Can you go back before the 2 weeks for a second opinion?

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papercut2008uk@reddit

Not really, she went to doctors, they sent her to hospital, so now we got to wait.

I'm more worried now then ever, one uncle died from cancer recently and one found cancerious polyps in large intestine. So now it's a waiting game. But with my anxiety I thinking the worst. Which looks like it could be the worst outcome.

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Beautiful_Net2409@reddit

Looking for names for the cat I'm getting this weekend

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GabberZZ@reddit

Toast.

One of ours is called Toast and he's the best, Ray is 2nd best.

Clem is a dick so you could call it Clem if it looks like it's going to turn out to be a dick.

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44Ridley@reddit

Hi Steven, Clemfandango here, hello? Can you hear me Steven?

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GabberZZ@reddit

Our cats full name is Clem Fangdango. And yes when he is vocal we say, 'Yes we can hear you Clem Fangdango'

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44Ridley@reddit

Ah that's wholesome as fuck, give this person your upvotes 🔝

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Euphoric_Cat4654@reddit

Gandolf

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Moogle-Mail@reddit

Cosmic! It was the name of my now long gone cat and she was named after the cat in Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Carl.

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SirGeorgeAgdgdgwngo@reddit

Graeme

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nWoSting145@reddit

Snowball 2.

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astromech_dj@reddit

Dog.

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n0131271@reddit

Dominic

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spik0rwill@reddit

Crowley

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Sea-Hamster7033@reddit

Sheriff Sausagebreath?

Colonel Fishwhiskers?

Captain Codgobbler?

Professor Pilchards?

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plasticface2@reddit

Nostalgic.

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SpikyMilk@reddit

Barnaby

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Pink_Fudge1988@reddit

Muffin

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Atrixia@reddit

Melatonin worth a shot if you want a regular sleep pattern

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Bonar_Ballsington@reddit

Do you buy it from abroad? In my experience GPs don’t like anyone taking it

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Omnissiah40K@reddit

Weird isn't it, you can get it in the supermarket in Europe. Over here it's easier to buy ketamine.

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ronnie639348@reddit

https://www.biovea.net/uk

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Atrixia@reddit

yep thats where I get it from. Got the 5mg gummies, I tend to take one per week. Tops my melatonin up enough for me to sleep well for the week.

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ronnie639348@reddit

Legal to import form personal use. I can vouch for the below. https://www.biovea.net/uk

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Illustrious-Tea2336@reddit

any you'd recommend?

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Warm_Natural_3276@reddit

who’s on the night shift tonight gang

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radiocaf@reddit

Night shift here! Just about to go to bed.

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Warm_Natural_3276@reddit

goodnight sir myself included just got into bed with a hot chocolate ready to go in again tonight😭😭😭

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nabsickle@reddit

Just finished wee bowl before bed goodnight 💤

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MarkEsmiths@reddit

Night shift and have assumed the proper position: shoes off feet up and scrolling.

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True-Project-8653@reddit

Night shift here 🙋🏻‍♂️last one, then 10 days off 🥳

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Warm_Natural_3276@reddit

it’s my first ever one! i work in a residential care home and they are all sleeping (for now) reckon i could get a couple hours in ? ;)

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

My ex worked in a place like that. All the night shift workers were basically on double pay and didn’t have to do anything because all the residents were asleep 😂

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Warm_Natural_3276@reddit

miss girl i’m on minimum wage they don’t pay me double 😭 but i am lying on a sofa with a blanket fluffy socks on just watching netflix tho x

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True-Project-8653@reddit

Go for it 😂. Who’s gonna know

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LandaNog@reddit

I am up, but not out of choice.

I am currently waiting on UK Power Networks to come to my house and work out/fix whatever the reason I have not had any electricity since 7.30pm.

They haven’t given an estimated time but as it seems that my house is the only one on the road that has been affected they will likely need to be in the house to work out and fix it.

So yeah, using my phone to scroll Reddit a little bit until my battery hits 50% or so as my power bank has run out of juice.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Fuck, desperate times.

Any idea on when they’ll get there? Can they just rock up at 4am if so?

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LandaNog@reddit

There was no ETA, and they couldn’t give one. Apparently all their engineers were on site as one of the power plants had an explosion, not sure if that’s true, but sounds serious.

Someone showed up about 20 mins ago (around 8am).

For anyone interested as to why I didn’t have power for ~12 hours, it was because the fuse was knocked loose. It just needed to be firmly pushed back in. The chap said that it should’ve been sealed (then proceeded to add some seals so it doesn’t happen again). I told him I wish I knew and would’ve pushed it back in myself, he laughed and said glad I didn’t as if I touched it wrong I’d have taken the whole electricity load of the house and been fried to a crisp.

We use the cupboard under the stairs where the fuse box and the big fuse thing is as storage for our hoover and some miscellaneous junk that barely gets used. Suspiciously at the same time the power went out, someone had just finished doing the hoover and put the hoover back. But they are adamant that they never knocked it…

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Kind-Enthusiasm-7799@reddit

I sleep like shit as well. However I decided I needed to overcome a quest in Skyrim - and I did! Managed to get 6 hours of sleep in the end but forgot to turn the heating off :/

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seann__dj@reddit

I couldn't sleep last night for some reason. I am still awake haha.

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Smooth-Purchase1175@reddit

Trying to write a scene or two for my novel (hopefully, I can finish it by the end of the month) after playing and completing Max Payne 3 on the PC on the New York Minute Hardcore mode (complete the game from start to finish without dying - death will result in the player restarting the game from the beginning).

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VRS38@reddit

Hitting all the achievements of life, I see! Awesome!

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vimariz@reddit

Stardew Valley and scrolling Reddit for me.

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VRS38@reddit

What's the new content like? I've mot played it for a long time!

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yourmomsajoke@reddit

Ooh nice. I just bought it for the PlayStation after being staunch pc /laptop, since they finally released the update I thought I'd try. I miss my keyboard and it somehow seems easier and harder at the same time. It's my favourite cosy game, I'm usually cod/gta/batman/lego games but it is fascinating to relax and play something so chill.

Enjoy your night, it sounds class 😊

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TheOnlyNadCha@reddit

Team Stardew Valley!

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Phyllida_Poshtart@reddit

Suffering horribly with either some form of covid or bronchitis or something, probably won't survive the night, but least I'll save on the gas bill :)

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Hourly check in.

You good?

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Mr_Redditor420@reddit

They dead.

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Mr_Redditor420@reddit

It's 6am and I'm still up bro 🤣

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Pink_Fudge1988@reddit

Doom scrolling

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MarkEsmiths@reddit

Doom scrolling at work.

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Peskycat42@reddit

As a retired person these posts blow my mind. Even when I was working I seldom went to bed before 1am (up around 7am). Now I don't have to answer to anyone it's generally around 4am, but sometimes as late as 6am and then sleep til lunchtime.

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PantherEverSoPink@reddit

Ohhh I hope I can spend the whole day in bed and the whole night watching movies when I finally get to retire in maybe......30 years or whatever

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Peskycat42@reddit

I can't fathom how I put up with all the office politics and various useless bosses now. Never been so content.

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stanley15@reddit

My wife still works and constantly reminds me (through recounting events at her work) how much crap I has to stressfully deal with most days. To get back on topic, I wake at 4am usually and catch up on stuff online and listen to music and podcasts. Didn't have the time when I was working.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

I’ve always been this way. I’ll occasionally have a phase where I’m usually knackered from work so I’ll get asleep before 11. That phase usually lasts 3-5 nights and then I’m back to my usual pattern.

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Lady_Dave@reddit

This thread feels cosy, like the Shipping Forecast

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TheAlmightyProo@reddit

Could actually have that in the background, wouldn't mind it at all.

Used to listen to night time talksport years ago. They used to have this guy on around this time (0500/0600 ish) did a fishing show. I'm no fishing type but it was a supremely chill, friendly hour or two.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Good vibes only 🫶

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GrrrrDino@reddit

I started the night tidying up my electronics bits, deciding that I probably need to buy more storage organisers (Screwfix have a set of 3 for a tenner, guess what I'm doing tomorrow!). Whilst watching LTT and Drain Cleaning Australia. As a pat on the back for a job well done tidying, I started on the pear brandy.

Then realised it was 3am, so started looking at Rightmove and houses. Realised I was just looking over and over houses I've looked at and discounted. "Could we make do with this really narrow kitchen?" "No.".

Just looked at the time and realised it's 5am. Fuck sake. Bedtime. Also the pear brandy bottle is empty.

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TartanElmer@reddit

Just had a nightmare someone had broken into my flat and now I am wide awake. Eek. Live alone. Nornally, dreams are like water off a ducks back for me, but they have been turned up to 11 recently and very upsetting.

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papercut2008uk@reddit

If you don't want a depressing read, skip this. >!I'm usually up all night anyway, but today is perticularly a bad one, I've got health issues and pretty much rely on my mother, she's spent about 10 hours in A&E with abdominal bleeding, sent home with a letter and nothing else because there are so many people there. So we got to wait 2 weeks for her to go in. I'm feeling like this is the end, My uncle just died of Cancer a few weeks ago and now I fear it's going to happen again. And i'm totally lost right now!<

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pumaofshadow@reddit

Fighting that line between trying to sleep or getting up and clearing my throat/nasal issues ready for the morning...

I've got nasal inflammation and post nasal drip ATM so laying down a few hours makes my throat and nose feel like a backed up sewer.

I could do with the sleep but also could do with breathing better...

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massie_le@reddit

Awoken by the sound of hail, wind, thunder and lightening 😩

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UniqueEnigma121@reddit

I never go to bed before at least 3. Watched Get Carter & now Colin from Accounts.

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valpearlmim@reddit

We struggle with bedtime here, too. 3/5 of the family are reasonable types who know when to go to bed. My daughter & I both "come alive" at night. We've dealt with this in 2 ways: vampire that she is, my daughter has embraced the night and taken the graveyard shift at her job; I, however, always aspired to be a morning person & just forced myself into it by taking a bakery job. It seems to be working well for both of us. Though I miss seeing more of her, she breakfasts with us at dinner & we catch up.

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Mr_Reaper__@reddit

I start a night shift on Friday so I'm working on getting my sleep schedule ready for that. Wasting another 5 hours on YouTube or video games is going to be a bit dull though.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Yeah I’m at that age now where gaming all day or all night doesn’t really cut it for me anymore. An hour or two at most, and then I start getting restless.

God I miss those nights in my early teens when I’d stay up playing Fifa from 10pm-6am. F*ck knows how I used to do that.

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Mr_Reaper__@reddit

I used to have a 9-5 but I left it to start my own business and because I'm naturally a night owl I wasn't enjoying being up early for work. I got into a routine of sleeping 3-11am which was great for me and I spent my days doing work on the business. But what I'm doing is providing services to small businesses and worked has slowed a lot on the run up to Christmas so I've been sitting around a lot and not getting paid for it. So a night shift shop job is the best option to keep a bit of money coming in over Christmas and hopefully giving me enough spare money to invest a bit more in the business. Now I need to stay up until 7am though so I've got a lot of night time to keep myself entertained, until I start on Friday.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Sounds like a cool idea, good luck!

9-5 was never for me looking back on it, which is weird because I worked that life from 17-25. Same with weekends, I never seen myself working a job that required weekends, but it ain’t really that bad, plus having 2 days off during the week every other week, breaks it up quite nicely.

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Mr_Reaper__@reddit

Thanks!

Yeah 9-5 didn't suit me at all. Picking my own hours and adding in a couple of night shifts during the week is much nicer for me.

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MSteacy135@reddit

Ah, the classic night owl routine! I'm in a similar boat everyone else is off to dreamland, and here I am, trying to decide if it’s too late for a coffee or just early enough. PlayStation and pet time sounds like a solid plan. I might just grab a book, or perhaps dive into some late-night baking. Nothing says 'quiet night in' like the smell of cookies at midnight, right? What game are you tackling tonight.

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Euphoric_Cat4654@reddit

Agree on the coffee dilemma

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Nice plan! I’ve got my dog asleep next to me on the couch.

Been switching between red dead 2, and fifa, basic.

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Pwsyn@reddit

I work evenings so I'm still up atm, on a call with an American friend 5 hours behind us. Usually I just read/write/game though. I'm a night owl through and through.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

I wonder what the explanation is for some of us just naturally not being tired of a night. I’ve had nights when I’ve slept like shit, been up at 5:30am, worked all day, only had 1-2 coffees in the morning….and still been wide awake at 1am that night.

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ParticularContact703@reddit

Studying (allegedly) - every now and then my sleep schedule gets super messed up, and the only way to fix it is to stay up until like 1 pm the next day and then sleep until 6am the day after that. That said, it's the time of year that assignments start being due, so I've gotta lock in for tonight at least.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

We seem to have the opposite issue because every now and then, my sleep pattern will fall in to place 🙃

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celaconacr@reddit

Same thing I do every night pinky.

Procrastinating about all the jobs I have to do, contemplating my life decisions and scrolling Reddit.

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popsy13@reddit

Husband is on 2-10 this week, so catching up on programmes we’ve recorded and hoping to any deity possible, that my neighbour doesn’t get her karaoke machine working! (She’s been trying all day, to, so far no avail) keep your fingers crossed

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Updates required.

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popsy13@reddit

So far, it’s gone quiet! She has woken me up at 4am on the bloody thing before now though, I’m tempted to log in to its Bluetooth and disable the god forsaken thing (if that would work? I dunno)

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Used to have a neighbour like this. Worst part was, they were in to the same music as me so it was annoyingly enjoyable.

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Constant_System2298@reddit

Everyone says this but I’ll tell you what . For 1 week every time you can’t sleep go and clean the oven, then garage and so forth see if this problem reoccurs! The issue is every-time you can’t sleep you are rewarding your body.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Yeah stuff like that definitely works. I always try to do something but when there’s others in the house asleep, I’m limited on what I can do.

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Air_Fryer_666@reddit

Recovering from a bit of a bad cough and find lying in bed straight away agitates it, so sitting up in the dark and having a read of Reddit waiting for the tiredness to kick in.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

I was like that the other day. Finally got over a cold, would be absolutely fine all day, and the second I got home it all came back again.

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HappyLittleHermit@reddit

Listening to music and downloading podcast episodes

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LavenderClouds6@reddit

Doing a uni assignment

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Vibes

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doalittledance_@reddit

As a fellow night owl, magnesium supplements and a few chapters of a good book to quiet my brain.

I do have to be up early tomorrow though, cats having his bits off and needs to be at the vets by 8 🫠

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Yeah we’re mid way through getting our new bathroom fitted, which is ironically, the room right next to mine, so I’ve had a lovely alarm wake me up at about 8am every morning since Thursday.

Cat’s in for a fun morning at least.

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RQ-3DarkStar@reddit

Dieing from a combination of untreated wisdom tooth pain and COVID.

I need to be taken to the vet and put down.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

I wore my retainer for the first time in about 3 months the other day, literally had it in for about 15 minutes before I went out, and spent the next 7-8 days in agony.

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ThaiSweetChilli@reddit

I have a bad cough /cold and having trouble falling asleep. I am knackered though but when I'm mouth breathing my throat gets so dry and I end up coughing more.

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

I hate those colds when you just can’t get comfortable. Like I’m already ill can you at least let me be cosy??

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Mrmrmckay@reddit

Mix of Simpsons, true crime YouTube and reddit

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roadsodaa@reddit (OP)

Elite combo

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TheMelancholyFox@reddit

I'm mainly fighting one of the dogs for bed space. But the real highlight has been my husband sitting up in his sleep and shouting about trying to catch a bear with no arms. He relaxed and started snoring again when I pointed out that at least the bear couldn't catch him 😂

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yourmomsajoke@reddit

Had a day out in Glasgow with my wee lad today and drank a lot of caffeine to keep up momentum. Last drink was at 5.30pm and I think energy drinks have a 6 or 9 hour life thing. Idk. I'm tired but nowhere near ready to sleep.

Also, the bairn talks a lot. I'm decompressing sitting watching QI with the cats. He comes by it naturally but jesus my heads burst.

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Significant_Hurry542@reddit

Feeding the baby and changing nappies ..... Most likely going to get pissed on multiple times. Enjoy your playstation

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squashed_tomato@reddit

I was/am very tired today as I didn’t sleep well last night and I’ve been walking all day so I was going to go to bed early for me at 11pm, right after I finished reading the thread I was reading at the time. Only I’ve been in a sleepy little bubble sitting here with a blanket on my lap feeling too tired and cosy to move but apparently not too tired to scroll through Reddit. I only looked up at the clock when I saw this thread to see it’s somehow nearly 1am. I still don’t really want to move tbh but I must escape while I can.

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oldwire@reddit

I work nights. Currently taking a shit on works time

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jozefiria@reddit

Browsing Lego.com

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GabberZZ@reddit

Hit a milestone in a D&D session online with colleagues and currently waiting for my wife to join me in bed so I can tell her all about it as one of our cats snores next to me.

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EvilTaffyapple@reddit

Just finished a Baldur’s Gate 3 session. Now watching some Critical Role before bed.

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GabberZZ@reddit

I've just finished a D&D session online with colleagues and we've just taken down a Chardalin Dragon so I'm super buzzing.

Need to go to sleep though. Work tomorrow.

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rabidrob42@reddit

Watch Billions, then play Cyberpunk for a bit.

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Forsaken-Bumblebee59@reddit

Lying in bed listening to my wife snore and my daughter fart currently.

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GabberZZ@reddit

Plot twist: they are away for the week and this is a recording he's listening to.

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InevitableTension667@reddit

The same thing I try to do every night. Try to sleep and fail

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Kaizer0711@reddit

Night shift in a North London railway station installing new fire suppression systems!

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AcceptableAd5657@reddit

Awake trying to get my tiny terror of a daughter to sleep. Any time I try and put her down she snaps wide awake again…

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PantherEverSoPink@reddit

Keep your hand under her back for a bit, plus one hand on her tummy. Then a bit longer. Longer than you think you can stand. Then slide it slightly out. Shush the baby and then wait, wait, wait, and very slightly move it again. The whole process could take fifteen minutes. But keep the top hand resting on tummy. Don't think about moving that until the bottom hand is out and baby is snoring. The whole process is slower than you can imagine.

But you can do it. I know you can. You'll be ok, don't worry.

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astromech_dj@reddit

Been modelling up a lightsaber chassis for 3D printing in the newly-released FreeCAD 1.0 while watching season 3 of The Rookie.

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pullingsneakies@reddit

Signed up to itvx (because it was discounted) earlier today so I'm laid in bed rewatching only fools and horses.

I don't know where my box set has gone but it probably needs replacing either way.

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