Spring Fever
Happy Spring buddies! Its here, at least, officially!!!
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Today is my “OFFICIAL” 6 month anniversary in the buddyslim kingdom…
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And I took Mary’s advice, and did some Spring cleanning…
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I had to do it…I went through my buddy list and cleanned out a few inactive buddies…Man…I hated to do it…But one of my buddies hasnt been on since October of 06…I am guessing she isnt coming back for a while…I miss her a lot too…She was one of my first buddies…Not sure what happened to her…
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I cleanned out anyone that hasnt been on since 06…
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THANKFULLY, I really didnt have to get rid of too many…
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And of course, I will buddy up with them again should they re-appear…But my honesty won out over my ego…
No sense in saying you have a bunch of buddies if you truly dont…
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Soooo…At 6 months, I am at 113 buddies! (13 is my favorite number by the way!). I have written 120 blogs! And I have, as of the writting of this, received 2500 thumbs up…Miss Julia was actually my 2500th! Should she win a prize or something??? Oh, wait!!! Being my buddy IS the prize!!!! 
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I am doing a very good job staying on plan this week…Have gotten several GREAT workouts in this week too!!! YAY!!! So I hope Friday’s weigh in is at least SOMETHING worthy…Although TOM is heading my way for a visit…Damn him!!!! 
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Other then that, I am rather boring today, eh??
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I gotta tell you all, I am ever so sleepy!! I am having severe sleep problems these days…My anxiety and worry is keeping me awake, and after talking to my husband and mother about it this past weekend, I think we are all agreed its time to visit a professional for maybe a sleep aid or anxiety medicine…
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I hate medicine of any kind. Truly. For very real reasons, my mother was addicted to prescription pain meds for over 20 years…She also was a walking zombie for 2 years due to inaccurate medicine from her doc…So I am very very jaded and suspicious…
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But…I have fought it as long as I can…I am tired of sleepness nights worrying about things that are beyond my control…It consumes me and makes me crabby…And a crabby Dawn is NO FUN for anyone…Trust me! 
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Thats about it for me kids…Sorry, nothing exciting to report…I will try to find some excitement for you to blog about in a day or two!! HAH!!!
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Take care all!!!
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(and please keep my buddy Scott and his wife Tracey in your prayers today!) 
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Happy happy Spring Day!
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Dawnie
I’m not a good sleeper either. It takes me forever to fall asleep, Ethan on the other hand could sleep standing up.
He’ll get up to use the bathroom, come back to bed, and be snoring before the toilet is done flushing.
Go get the help you need Dawnie, I worry about the safety of your husband if you get too crabby.
Ugghhh struggle sleeping. I don’t have problems going to sleep, but once I wake up I’m VERY VERY anxious to jump out of bed. Not that I want to, but I always have things that needs to be done. I wish I could sleep past 7 am … ONLY ONCE! lol
Have a great day!!
I so hear you on the sleep thing. I have been waking up early for so many years to get the kids of to school make breakfast etc my body just can’t sleep past 5. For the past few weeks I have tried and tried (especially with the kids gone) to sleep past 5 just to get some down time sigh. However today woo hoo for me I slept till almost 6 GASP I did wake at 4 but popped a movie into my DVD player and went back to sleep for a few. I truly hope you can get the help you need so you can get some much needed and earned… im sure rest hon.
Hilary
I’m famous! And yes, I should get a prize. But not food!
I think you should seek help with the anxiety. They’ll give you a few tools that might help.
I used to have issues with thoughts in the middle of the night, I would wake up and start thinking of what I had to do or what I did and not get back to sleep. Now I just say ‘no thinking at night’ and instead, if I can’t sleep I go over a plot of a TV show I just saw, that’s easy and non-anxiety causing. I do this at night to go to sleep too. Instead of thinking of my life, I think of TV and its boring and not real and doesn’t affect me. Its a tool that works for me.
Good luck
We will keep Scott and his family in mind!! i am bad about cleaning out buddies. I am still kinda new here. (joined Early FEB) and if I have buddies that never respond to me or chat with me, I clean em out. I know, bad, I am not very patient! Glad you got in some great workouts!!! I too have sleep issues. I used to take prescription sleep meds. I have laterly been taking OTC ones. I don’t like the idea of taking pills for sleep, but I guess we all do what we have to. Good luck with that issue.
GO DAWNIE!!
You are an amazing person inside and out.. I am so glad you are my buddy and here for this journey.. You make me smile and always have something great to say. Keep up everything you do!
Happy BuddySlim Anniversary!
Sometimes that Spring cleaning is a necessity. If you don’t get rid of the stuff that’s never used, it makes it harder to see what you really have!
I hate meds, too! I’d reather hurt than be woozy and out of it from pain meds.
Happy Spring!! YAY!!! And guess what it is my 6 month anniversary here too!! Although I have to say you have been much more of an impact than I could ever hope to be!! But how lucky of a day was it for this site to get both of us at the same time? Or do I say unlucky.. Hmmm.. Anyway Happy Spring!! I hope that sleep issue subsides soon! I still like you crabby.. But I like you much more happy!!
Ugh, Dawnie, I know what a pain it is to not sleep. I went through a couple months last year, early part, that I didn’t sleep. I was also worried and anxious over a situation I could and couldn’t control if you know what I mean. I went through a big personal change and I knew I would adjust to it eventually and I did!!! Oh, those first few nights of sleep were blissful. I’m blessed this only happens when I go through a big change. I hope anything the Dr. gives you doesn’t make you walk around like a Zombie….that would be awful. I’m so surprised your workouts don’t help you sleep like a log…..I hope you get your much needed rest soon.
Happy Spring, Dawn! I’m glad you’re taking some steps to work on your sleeping issues. Good, restful sleep can make the difference between good days & bad days, for me at least. I hope you find something that will work well for you!
Yay! Happy first day of spring Dawnie! I am sorry your not getting a good night’s sleep. I have always been lucky in that department but if I get less than 6 hours, it’s not pretty, major grouch! I just commented on another buddy about the sleep problem. I told her to try and have some protein before bed. Turkey may be a good one too because it has that chemical in it. I hope you find a resolution to this soon, we still love you crabby though, you’ll always be a sweetheart!!
Good luck with the doctor thing, I really hope you can get some much needed beauty rest. As for the anniversary, big congrats!!! I will say, though, that for someone who hasn’t gotten much sleep you sure do sound very upbeat on this entry!
I have found that Lavendar and Jasmine help tremedously with sleep issues. When I get in those bad sleep groves I take a bath with lavendar scented bath oil or even wash my face with it before bed. I have even went so far as to put it in the humidifier in my bedroom where the scent and “white noise” it makes helps me drift off. You can use scented lotions as well!
But the biggest issue is shutting your mind down, stopping the flow of events from being hashed and rehashed over and over while I lay there and toss and turn. I try to spend a few minutes before I even go to my room sitting undisturbed somewhere going over troubeling issues, then when Im done I say to myself outloud, that “I will think about all this tomarrow morning its time to rest”. Then I head off to bed. * I also read somewhere that if your bedroom is clean it promotes sleep as you dont uncons. think about yet another thing you have to so…..
well happy aniiversary! you deserve a prize as well!
Oh Spring cleaning! I have done this so many times. I get rid of buddies who haven’t been on in a looooong time. There are some however, that I just don’t have the heart to let go. But now that you mention it, maybe I should.
So, CONGRATULATIONS on your 6 month anniversary. I hope we have been as good to you, as you have been to us!
You are encouragement, I love your new pics!