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I’m afraid the only way to get this worm out of my brain is to share it, so:

IIIII’M ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM, ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM I AM

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I’m ‘er eightf ol’ man named 'enery, 'Enery the eighhf I am!

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William, William, Henry, Stephen Henry, Richard, John, oi!

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🧡 horrible histories! I learnt so much watching them with the kid

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I actually memorised that thing in my goddamn 40’s because it’s bloody handy for trivia nights.

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That song never gets stuck in my brain, as my brain gets too distracted thinking about 1) why anyone would marry someone when their seven previous husbands had all died (presumably, given the rarity of divorce at the time) and 2) how confusing it would be having eight husbands with the same name. Any sort of conversation about the past would get confusing, and the emotional crossover of using the same name for multiple different husbands, it would just get weird. I really want the full story of this “widow next door”. There are so many unanswered questions.

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No idea why I’m still this awake after the night I had last night… woooo

Maybe I’ll buy some random cheap stuff online. Love a delivery.

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Third night in a row I can’t get myself to sleep. Next time the melatonin is coming out at 7 and it’ll be a full tablet. I also have forgotten to eat much today so upon having two slices of toast my stomach has performed quite the symphony of gurgles.

Hooray for sunny Wednesday! My toes are frozen… I desperately need to spend more time outside

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Fingers crossed the earlier dose works tonight. I took one last night a lot earlier than I normally do and it completely knocked me out cold. The only thing that hurt was the alarm smacking me straight out of a dream when it went off this morning.

And yes - get you some natural vitamin D! Do it!!! DOOO ITT!!

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I’m glad I brought a bunch of zzzquil back with me from the US. Just took a shot… let’s see if it takes otherwise #nosleepgang

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sleep well everyone 😘

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Nope, it’s that sort of temperature where just a sheet is too cold, but the doona cooks you. Need to find something with a bit of weight but minimal thermal. Or put the cat in the freezer…

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Save your old doona covers. They’re perfect for this.

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Lower back pain 😑 Massaging the muscles at the sides of my hips helps but I don’t like the cheap foam roller. Trying to foam roll actually puts pressure on my joints from supporting my weight like that.

I end up just jamming my thumbs into the muscles but they bend back so I just use the heel of my hand. Wondering if a massage gun might be useful or is just a waste of money

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My wife uses a tennis ball against the wall and leans into that.

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Gluteus medius and minimus. They might be better accessed with a tennis ball or something firmer - rubber lacrosse or cricket balls maybe. I sometimes side-lie on my stainless water bottle as a way to self-massage them, it’s a smaller diameter than my foam roller so it can get between the top part of the femur and the bony-wing of the pelvis, where those muscles hang out.

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Good idea.

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You might like to try a massage ball

You can also get ones with spikes.

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I’ve got one with spikes but somehow it doesn’t work too well. It might be better to have a smaller firmer one

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Massage Guns are good but if you don’t like to be roughed up then I’d look at massage seats. They slip on to a chair and you have a remote attached. Some of them can target problem areas.

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