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Old Oct 27th 2009, 9:54 am
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This might help you nod off . . .

Aww that's lovely, but flip me, how can she see through that fringe!?!?!? lol
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We finally got our ENS visa granted yesterday and I'm now lying in bed feeling like my heads going to explode with everything going through it at the moment! I normally sleep like a log so this is hard for me, is this just temporary or is it how it's gonna be for the next few months?!
Tell me about it, I had one of those "can't sleep" nights last night, now I'm sat here absolutley knackered with a headache and 2 kids on half term with loads of energy.

We move out of our house next Friday and at 3am this morning I decided to have a panic about it

I did the honourable thing and woke the other half just to let him know how I was feeling

I'm sure it's only going to get worse.......... good luck with everything
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Unfortunately, it seems to be part of the process!
I used to wake up, plan things & sort things out in my head, finally fall back to sleep just before the alarm went off & not be able to remeber any of what I had thought about!
If I was very awake, I would get up & come on BE but I seriously doubt if I was coherent....nothing new there before anyone says it!

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Old Oct 27th 2009, 10:13 am
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Tell me about it, I had one of those "can't sleep" nights last night, now I'm sat here absolutley knackered with a headache and 2 kids on half term with loads of energy.

We move out of our house next Friday and at 3am this morning I decided to have a panic about it

I did the honourable thing and woke the other half just to let him know how I was feeling

I'm sure it's only going to get worse.......... good luck with everything
Luckily I'm a teacher, and therefore on half-term too, and this is a child free house, RESULT! LOL
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Well done Jen. If I can do it I am sure you can get through it all. Yes, its normal to feel that way so just go with it. Sleep is over rated anyway
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Well done Jen. If I can do it I am sure you can get through it all. Yes, its normal to feel that way so just go with it. Sleep is over rated anyway
Aww thanku, such a shock when we got the visas yesterday, 33 days to process, WOW! I love sleep, so now that the OH is due to arrive home any minute, there'll be quite a few glasses of plonk consumed 2nite so that'll hopefully knock me out! YAY! LOL

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Originally Posted by Jen1977ni
Aww thanku, such a shock when we got the visas yesterday, 33 days to process, WOW! I love sleep, so now that the OH is due to arrive home any minute, there'll be quite a few glasses of plonk consumed 2nite so that'll hopefully knock me out! YAY! LOL

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HIC! LOL
Well maybe you should "celebrate" for a bit before sleep, that might do the trick. (Usually 3 minutes of celebration does it for me, which is just as well as it rarely lasts much longer :-)
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I received my PR in august, before that I was so enthusiastic about
Australia that I couldnt think of the post visa grant scenerio at all ,
two day after getting visa I realised that this is the begining of new
problems , the self talk started driving me nuts, all the Oh my God
what if bla bla bla started, but now after three months I am getting
a little used to the thought that my new home is 11000 kms away
and the home where I lived for 26 years is not my actual residence
anymore but I guess thats what migration is all about, I always loved
Australia and I am happy that I am getting prepared to move to that
sweet country.
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Just wanted to wish congrats to you Jen,don't worry it'll all pan out in time!Hope you sleep better tonight!
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Originally Posted by RenShen
Well maybe you should "celebrate" for a bit before sleep, that might do the trick. (Usually 3 minutes of celebration does it for me, which is just as well as it rarely lasts much longer :-)
Would that be 3 full minutes?

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Sorry, fell asleep there for an hour but I'm back, the OH isn't back til the morning as he's been at his folks for a week! And now uve panicked me as we'll most likely be flying in Jan so not long til those 6 to 8 weeks are here lol
Just wait till you get the immense feeling of dread and the nausa. Oh, and like others have said, you walk up at night and go 'Oh Sh!t! What about....'

Sometimes you just want to cry......
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Originally Posted by sallyclaire
Would that be 3 full minutes?

Bragging again!
It makes me laugh when I hear song lyrics on the lines of "Lets make love all night"?Unless the guy is on double strength viagra,I doubt that would be happening!
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It makes me laugh when I hear song lyrics on the lines of "Lets make love all night"?Unless the guy is on double strength viagra,I doubt that would be happening!
Par for the course in my house
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Originally Posted by sallyclaire
Would that be 3 full minutes?

Bragging again!
Of course not. It includes the interval.
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Par for the course in my house
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