ooohhh MD i am jealous that you will be heading over to my old stomping ground of brisvegas! It has been high in my thoughts lately what with crapulent weather here in Melbourne...i just want days of sunshine, like maybe 3 in a row
It's because you are all over it like a rash that you dont feel/have the need to be overly motivated...i found those assignments the hardest to conquer in many ways ITMS.
Arte: bummer about having to wait for the new pair to arrive. I expect some photos! Still havent booked Miss L in for her eye check....bad parenting alert. Must.do.it.next.week.must.do.it.next....
AFM: the snot monster that has taken up residence in my nose is quite stubborn. But i now have control over one nostril (the small things float my )...if i go into labour now, what with the calmbreathing exercises i will sound like darth vader, no doubt about it.
You've got that right, Cass. All over it. The whole subject is one of those where the entire content just seems so blatantly obvious,and largely a repetition of a whole lot of concepts from other subjects (albeit drawn together under a different framework) that I don't really understand how the hickkie the damn thing got up as a third year subject??! Most painful.
Cass, that's a strong complaint about a few days of darkness after your year of perpetual summer!! LOL. Bad comedown. BTW, I'm planning that this will be my very last winter of doldrums. I've just discovered a brand new invention (literally just released onto the market in the last week), done by some sleep doctors here at Flinders Uni. Basically, they've taken the "light box" concept and turned them into these wearable spectacle things. Because they've got LEDs in a scientifically-selected colour very close to your eyes, it gets the same effect as a massive light box at arm's length. Sa-weet. You can read with your normal glasses on move around like a normal person, 50 mins a day gives a therapeutic effect. I know it soooo sounds like a dodgey brothers invention, but I actually came across the original research (from a couple of years ago) and I know they are getting good results from it. They are called Re-timers and I predict it will take approx 18 months for word to get out into the scandinavian countries, and then they'll be selling like hotcakes in no time.
Those glasses sound promising MD. I assume the light is centered on the nose side of the eyeball? Also amber glasses should be worn after 4pm to reduce artificial lighting that may be throwing out the body clock.
Cass, I asked about kid eye exams and he said not to stress until 8ish because most kids will get problems around either 8ish or 12ish. Or if they complain they can't see something.
MD, yes, my father is moving to Brisbane, only about 20 minutes from where we used to live I asked DH if we could go over in Feb and he just stared at me like I had sprouted another head lol. After our three week caravan trip in Jan I don't think we will be going far for a while. But I would love to go... thinking of trying the 'but it is our 7th anniversary and we still haven't been on a honeymoon' line...
Yes, it's a soft green light near your nose, shining upwards so your eyelids etc don't get in the way. I've heard that about the amber glasses but don't really know how to go about sourcing some good ones since you'd have no way of knowing what filtering value they actually had, kwim? But I did read the other day about some software you can load that adjusts your screen brightness to a more natural lighting setting. Will be checking that out.
Yay for planting an I-need-a-holiday-in-Australia seed!! Maybe after 3 weeks in a caravan with them you'll be ready to leave your family and run away by yourself for a week. LOL. Ah we can but dream...
MD, I am eyeing up DH's finland frequent flyer points - enough to get me to Aust, but not enough to drag everyone else along for the ride lol.
With the glasses, I am not sure quality matters. After BIL had a meeting with the sleep Dr, he got some petrol station ones on the way home - I would have thought they needed to be good quality ones, but either it doesn't matter, was not specifically mentioned or BIL just didn't get it.
I just recently found out about the photoreceptor cells that set the circadian rhythm. Pretty much the summary of a whole chapter lol. Two weeks out from my exam and I was going over some notes yesterday and noticed some answers to questions and suddenly realised that I have a workbook for the text that I seem to have totally forgotten about around 9 chapters ago! Suddenly a whole lot easier to study - multichoice is my favourite format! Now to find some time and some brainpower...
...you know what's really spooky...is that I have heard of those glasses MD but it must of been early days as i reckon it was about a year(ish) ago...before LA anyway. i didnt take much notice, but something did register long enough...might need to check 'em out lol.
Arte: i have a feeling that she does need a test for her eyes. she has a slight turn in her left eye and occasionally i have noticed that when she is trying to read that her eyes can water. Considering my crap eyesight it wouldnt surprise me really.
Cass, good idea to get her checked then. So far W has amazing vision - he can read the 1cm big compass and temp by the rear view mirror from the third row in the car. "mum, we are going west, now we have turned south... etc', just 'cos he doesn't have enough to talk about.
I am picking at least one of them are going to end up with glasses though.
)...if i go into labour now, what with the calmbreathing exercises i will sound like darth vader, no doubt about it.
I asked DH if we could go over in Feb and he just stared at me like I had sprouted another head lol. After our three week caravan trip in Jan I don't think we will be going far for a while. But I would love to go... thinking of trying the 'but it is our 7th anniversary and we still haven't been on a honeymoon' line...
but it must of been early days as i reckon it was about a year(ish) ago...before LA anyway. i didnt take much notice, but something did register long enough...might need to check 'em out lol.
Bookmarks