Apart from waking at night for no reason, altho its been suggested, its hormones. Hormones?? I thought I'd left them behind years ago, but it seems that's what causes insomnia in post menopausal women; wouldn't you have guessed men are exempt!! But last night I woke at about about 4:25ish with a bladder spasm, which causes a feeling of wanting to wee even with a catheter in place. Its not just annoying but also distressing, because obviously there's no point going to the bathroom to the toilet. But I've learnt if I get out of bed and stand up for a while, the feeling of wanting to wee goes. Dh was already awake, he didn't know why he woke.
I got back into bed and we were just lying there deciding should we have a cuppa, when there was a banging on our front door! It was quarter to five, Dh put on his dressing gown and I sat up, shouting 'BE CAREFUL' He asked who was it and the answer was.... the police!! We are well lit up outside and have a hall lamp on all night as well. There were three of them, asking if Dh's name was Andrews... no one here of that name and they asked how long we'd been there, as someone named Andrews was listed here, as his last known address. We were able to give them details of the previous owner, but we did say he hadn't lived there, but there was lots of post still arriving for different people, as the bungalow had been leased to numerous tenants.
And off they went into a people type carrier vehicle, in fact there were two vehicles! Wow what a night! I wonder if any of our neighbours saw anything, perhaps they now think the two OAP who pass their houses are criminals in disguise!
We did then have a cup of tea, but I went back into bed after half an hour and slept till gone nine. I must admit we were slightly afraid with the banging at first, as that time of the night it could have been yobs I thought, but Dh thought it could have been a neighbour in distress, anyway it was not nice. But we have laughed about it since, because Dh had on his nose snoring strip, and one toe peeps through his right slipper, so might have caused the police a smile as they walked away.
Chrisxx
8 comments:
A knocking at the time of the morning would scare anyone!
I used to have trouble getting off to sleep but I've been taking magnesium for a while, one tablet before bed, and it's helped a lot, aparantly post menopausal women can lack this. Might be worth a try but check if you can take with any other meds
At least they knocked first. Sometimes they just bash the door down and are insistent that you are their named person. A bit of a shock though.
Well what an awakening! Glad you could have a lie in afterwards. What an exciting life...
What a rude awakening. I wonder if you'll ever learn the full story.
It's always worrying when there's a knock on the door at that sort of time, glad it was nothing serious. Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy new year and all the very best wishes for 2025.
One way to ring in the New Year! I'd have jumped out of my skin with police and a knock at that time.
Oh my goodness, a banging on the door in the night is scary! It's probably good you were already awake. My goodness, I would have stayed up for a bit after that too!
I can understand that would be shocking. It was good you were both wakeful at that point. Your account brought back a memory of being in an AirBnB in London and having a Bobby pound on our door which came at the end of some other strange occurrences that night. It turned out okay. Happy New Year to you.
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