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Good night people and good night senpai!
Gonna watch some Markiplier then catch some Zs.
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l0rdtr3k: Good night people and good night senpai!
Gonna watch some Markiplier then catch some Zs.
Goodnight, l0rdtr3k!
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CarrionCrow: Good evening. =)

Doing okay here, thank you.
Working on wrapping some stuff up when I'm not dozing off like a big narcoleptic. -laughs-

How's your day been?
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ddickinson: My day has been awesome, thank you. It's been my first day off work for over a month, so it was quite an enjoyable day. I spend most of the morning just cuddled up in bed with my partner in the warmth before I did some fun stuff in the afternoon. I'm currently tying to get my brain to shut off so I can get some sleep, as I am up for work in less than 4 hours. I think having the extra sleep in this morning has made my mind think it's not time to sleep. :-)
That sounds like a lovely day, I'm glad you were finally able to get some downtime.
Seven days a week endlessly is a bit much.

Sounds like you'll either finally be able to take a nap, or you'll stay up, be totally exhausted by the time you're done with work, then fall asleep earlier than usual.
Trying to get things balanced sleep-wise kinda sucks. -laughs-
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l0rdtr3k: Good night people and good night senpai!
Gonna watch some Markiplier then catch some Zs.
Goodnight, sleep well when you get there. =)
Post edited February 02, 2015 by CarrionCrow
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ddickinson: I had no idea, I'm so sorry to hear that. I really do hope that things will improve for her and that the treatments will be successful. It must be nice for her to have friends such as you with her to offer her support.

As for my mother, I answered you here. I'm not sure why I forgot it the first time.
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/conversational_freeforall_thread/post7913
As Endre put it - Life on Life's Terms.

I'm not really doing anything special for her, just being a friend. She's the one that has to do all the hard work.
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight to GOG peeps around the world!

I've just finished my third gig of the weekend and am just taking half an hour or so to chill before catching a few hours sleep so I'm fit for the day job in a few hours time.

So how is everyone tonight?
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LynetteC: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight to GOG peeps around the world!

I've just finished my third gig of the weekend and am just taking half an hour or so to chill before catching a few hours sleep so I'm fit for the day job in a few hours time.

So how is everyone tonight?
Good evening. =)

I envy your energy.
Well, that, your singing ability, your ability to go out in public and perform without freaking out and having a panic attack...-laughs-

Doing okay here, nothing too terribly exciting happening. Just got reminded that my internet's crappy by not being able to watch someone broadcasting their game, but that's about it.
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LynetteC: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, goodnight to GOG peeps around the world!

I've just finished my third gig of the weekend and am just taking half an hour or so to chill before catching a few hours sleep so I'm fit for the day job in a few hours time.

So how is everyone tonight?
Hey stranger! Nice to catch you here!

I'm doing ok, got a big load off of my chest just a few days ago - you can read about here, if you have the time and feel like it.

Hope things have been fine with you, yes?
Hey Crow. :-)

No panic attacks but I did used to get nervous before hitting the stage, although I don't anymore with all the years of practice I've had. It dawned on me tonight just how long I've been doing this when I was discussing with the barmaid about my daughter's primary school, how she started high school last September and turned 12 last month. I started singing with backing tracks when she was a year old but I joined my first band ten years before that. How the hell can I have been singing for TWENTY ONE YEARS!!! Where has the time gone?

HypersomniacLive, great to see you too. :-)

I had a look at your thread and I'm so glad your friend is through her treatment and recovering well. Cancer is an evil thing which is why I donate monthly to the Cancer Research charity here in the UK. Am I too late to add to the gift pot?

Things have been fine here, if a little fraught with the dreaded Tax Return to file. I had to withstand the temptation to spend any money until I knew how much I needed to pay so I kept away from GOG as much as possible. Turns out I didn't need to as I actually got a refund but better safe than sorry. :-) Normal spending will now be resumed as soon as GOG put up a bundle that's not full of movies!

It's good to be back. :-)

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Ah, I just noticed that everyone's offline so as it's nearly 3.30am I should really make tracks myself. Catch you all tomorrow. Night, night.:-)
Post edited February 02, 2015 by LynetteC
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I come in here most nights and what happens,everyone is snoring.
Empty the fridge again as long no one is hiding in a cupboard....
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Now to become a Nighthawk and sneak out...
Night? Full office mode here, mate ;-)
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HypersomniacLive: I'm not really doing anything special for her, just being a friend. She's the one that has to do all the hard work.
You would be surprised how much difference a good friend by someone's side can make. I know when I was on life support after getting attacked, it meant to much to me to have people there with me. I'm sure your friend gets a lot of strength in knowing that she has people there for her, even if they feel there is little they can do.

I mentioned before that I do some volunteering work now and then, usually with the elderly or a children's hospice in a near by town. When I first started going to the hospice, it broke my heart. It's a hospice for terminally ill children, with illness ranging from heart problems, cancers, accidents, rare conditions, etc. But all of them are terminal cases, with little to no chance of them getting better. I both hate and love going there. I hate seeing children in such conditions, I won't lie, I used to have a little cry when I get home at first, because seeing them like that just breaks my heart. But I love seeing them happy while I read to them, or play with them. After my second visit I was going to stop, the emotional side of it was a bit too much for me, especially as I had started it not long after my grandmother died of a quite nasty illness. The thing that made me stay was when a mother followed me out on that second visit and thanked me for been there and interacting with her daughter, for not looking at her like she was different, just because of all the tubes and her illness. For treating her like a normal little girl, and for taking the time to read one of her favourite books, complete with silly voices. She said she loved seeing her daughters face light up as we read a book, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She told me that since my first visit, her daughter had started to liven up, to come out of her shell a little.

We never got to finish the book, sadly, as she died a few weeks later. But knowing that I could help and have such a positive effect on someone, just by being there for them, I decided to keep going. I have been going for a few years now, and it still upsets me so much, it's so unfair to see such sweet kids have to suffer. Especially when you see the hope in there eyes or they ask you if they will be okay. That's one of the hardest questions they ask. How am I supposed to answer that, knowing they are in the hospice for a reason, they are in there to make their last few days/weeks/months comfortable, or at least as comfortable as possible. Luckily there parents are usually there, so I don't have to try to answer, but sometimes I have had to say something, which is never nice. I lie, of course, a while lie. I tell them that there is always hope, that the body is a wonderful thing and that people can make wonderful progress with their recovery. Which is true, a few of the children there have gotten better, despite their prognosis saying otherwise. But sadly most are not that lucky. I have gotten a lot better at not being too emotional in front of the children, it only upsets them. But I will keep going, despite how it usually upsets me to see them like that. As long as I know that me being there, even for a few hours now and then, makes a little difference to them, then I will carry on doing it for as long as I can.

Sorry for rambling on, I never intended to talk so much. But please just remember that you are probably being more helpful than you realise, just by being a friend for her.
Yo,good morning people.
I'm doing just fine.Having a cup of coffee with some bread and jelly now.
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l0rdtr3k: Yo,good morning people.
I'm doing just fine.Having a cup of coffee with some bread and jelly now.
Good morning!

How are you today? How's the weather in Brazil?

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CarrionCrow: That sounds like a lovely day, I'm glad you were finally able to get some downtime.
Seven days a week endlessly is a bit much.

Sounds like you'll either finally be able to take a nap, or you'll stay up, be totally exhausted by the time you're done with work, then fall asleep earlier than usual.
Trying to get things balanced sleep-wise kinda sucks. -laughs-
Sorry for not replying, I actually nodded off just after I sent my last message. :-)

It was a lovely day, just being able to relax for a day was heaven. Hopefully I am done with having to work 14-18 hour days and working seven days a week, which is great. Don't get me wrong, I love the work, but I also miss spending time with my partner and just relaxing.
Post edited February 02, 2015 by ddickinson
*hugs* Morning senpai.
I'm quite sleepy and here is hot as hell with a slight chance of rain.
You don't mind if I call you senpai?
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ddickinson: Good morning!

How are you today? How's the weather in Brazil?