I don't need a heater in the living room today
Look at that glossy fur 🤩Ooooo her fur is SO GLOSSY 😍 much sleek, very helth
so beautiful
and those white whiskers are so long!
She’s such a sweet and beautiful kitty even if she is thoroughly silly sometimes. I love her so much. Her whiskers match her medium-length glossy fur!
I’m kind of stuck here now though 😂 Become just a piece of purrniture…
The heater is staying on tonight.
Goodnight all ❤️
stay warm
Night night
Think I need an extra blanket tonight.
Mine’s definitely staying on too - predicted to be minus 2 here.
tucked in kitty
aww
Decided to book some nights down near the peninsula for the long weekend. There is a dinosaur park and children’s farms that should keep the boys busy.
It’s meant to be cold and wet, so no big adventures, but its a part of Melbourne so far away we wouldn’t bother going down there otherwise because it wouldn’t be worth the time
there’s a really nice animal park down there, Moonlit Sanctuary, that the kids might like.
That’s the sort of thing they’re all about, thank you
The Arthur’s seat chairlift might be fun for the kids too.
As long as it’s not too high and scary this might be interesting
I leave the thread for a day or so to read a book I got obsessed with (Drift by C J Turner) and next thing people are talking in German about their pets and Tone’s assaulted in the supermarket! Jesus Christ on a bicycle!
I’m now picturing Christ on a tricycle and it’s cracking me up, thank you!
I’m picturing him with arms out like wings and just peddling forwards.
I’m picturing him exclaiming WHEEEEEEE while peddling
I went to make a cup of tea and my favourite mug just went ‘crack’ right through when I poured the boiling water in. And then the water was coming out the bottom somewhere.
It’s probably 20 years old. Very sad. I have a million mugs (I think they breed in the cupboard) but only a handful of ‘good’ ones which are my go-tos for tea.
Once upon a time the Advanced students got to keep a mug in the teachers lounge because class was out of usual hours. Mine vanished. After exams were over a dickhead I once had a crush on admitted to breaking it months ago. Dude…
Mine got stolen
Doh, sorry to hear about your mug.
Maybe it was too cold and the water was too hot, had that happen to an old bowl once.
The loss of a favourite mug is a sad day indeed. RIP
No :( I’ve had that happen to a lovely mug (hairline crack) and it’s now serving as a pen holder
Condolences.
hugs
Thanks everyone for the encouragement today!
blathering
I’m afraid to say I only read two papers and wrote down about two lines of notes but the upshot is my brain seemed to be doing some reorganising/processing and I didn’t leave uni feeling sick and worthless like all the other times I didn’t get stuff done. That’s helpful because the avoidance is definitely coming from an emotional place…
… And I managed to have a really good psych session today which, while intense, helped me get through the “everything feels like shit”, “ADHD executive function hacks aren’t helping” part and through to reframing things with a trauma lens (I had an academically hardcore schooling experience that ended badly and this has brought up a lot more of those subsumed thought patterns than I thought).
Like physically I feel better; I feel heard and things make sense and maybe I can try something different to get through all this. Rather than go “I have no executive function to walk into a crowd of people who will torture me and then push me off a cliff. Maybe if I break it down into steps it will help” and wonder why it’s not working…
One thing I’ve decided to allow myself until I finish this is splurging on whatever I want with food. If eating lunch out daily, or getting all the smoked salmon, or getting TWO pizzas helps fill the tank, I have my full permission.
Anyway I’m going to go buy some smoked salmon now and see what goodies are available at the Nice Woolies while I’m here.
E: there was smoked salmon on CLEARANCE so it was meant to be. And I bought some vegan meat thingos and frozen fish fillets on clearance and a bag of chips and tinned sardines and my favourite brand of instant coffee. And treats for sox, which were gladly consumed.
so many hugs, you’re awesome 😘
10/12, feeling reasonably smug
I got 9/12 for this one.
9/12
8/12, I am satisfied.
11/12
8/12
10/12 I’m happy with this
8/12
I got an extra day working from home!!! So that’s 2 days in office.
Yeeha.
Permanently?
Yup!
Awesome!
Sometimes we play the unsolved case files games in which the players are given a murder case and a series of questions to answer. The answers for each step are in sealed envelopes and you cannot proceed without correctly identifying each clue. A file folder on each suspect is included, along with maps and newspaper clippings. We might spend weeks on it and get nowhere.
It can be frustrating, however, they are enlightening to the fact that in order to succeed, a patient and detail oriented mindset can win the day.
sounds like a job for Lady Seagoon
Gumboots have been attained. 👍
Anyone else’s cat going nuts or is it just me?
Exhibit A…
🤣🤣🤣
Mine just keeps running up and down the hallway non stop lol
She’s hiding from her sister. Who is running around like she’s possessed.
Sox is randomly jumping at things right now and has had much more of an appetite than usual today. I’m chalking it up to boredom/attention-seeking.
Oooor maybe we will look back on today and go “the cats knew about the earthquake that would devastate us all, but they had no way to tell us as it was wrecking their own minds”.
Finished stressful work day. Having beer in beer garden while I wait for my friend to finish work. Then we go try a new Sichuan restaurant (kind of our hobby eating at new restaurants, typically Chinese?.
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Got the “Mixed spicy” (without further clarification listed in english) which was unexpectedly a cold dish, kinda like hainanese chicken in soup but with Szechuan flavour (lots of numbing). Very good!Reviews of restaurants are very welcome here!
Also beer gardens
Any recent restaurants that stand-out as worth mentioning?
One of my recent favourites has been Old St Hunan: https://g.co/kgs/Yrcrm7u
I feel like I need more tries of tonights place: Pretty Sichuan taste https://maps.app.goo.gl/m7hLJ6KzP6G2e79G9 but I was highly impressed. Felt very authentic, and great value. I don’t think I’ve had a dish in Melbourne with that much numbing spice before, it was awesome.
I’m also a big fan of a few of the hand pulled Chinese noodle spots in the CBD, like Bowltiful, but my favourite is probably Master Lanzhou Chinese Noodles (Specifically the Swanston st store which has bigger variety)
Today I got no work done. Spent ages trying to find somewhere to sit and there was not really any spaces in any of the libraries around with unoccupied plugs. Then I was supposed to meet with a friend at 11 and they arrived at 12:30. I could’ve found somewhere to sit and asked them to join me, but I just wanted to go home at that point. Came down with a massive headache.
At least I got 20,000 steps in. Now I shall keep warm and attempt the work I wanted to do. There’s always tomorrow after all.
11 / 12:30 is pretty rough. No call or text?
it’s appalling 😠
Sounds like the same friend who keeps arriving late.
It’s actually a different “friend” unfortunately. I’ve had to set boundaries with them because they were ruminating about a problem and bringing me down. That’s why we were meeting up to study, not chit chat. Today they brought up that problem, despite me communicating to them that constantly bringing up a problem and pretty much trauma dumping on me was a problem. So I am done with them I think.
The other late friend has improved quite a bit.
Got a message saying they’d be running late, but didn’t get anymore updates until they got there, despite me asking.
That is just no respect for your time. Not a good friend.
I could’ve just sat down and studied - that’s what we were there for - but I couldn’t find a spot in the area we were supposed to meet. If I had just gone myself to the area I was going to go in, it would’ve been fine.
Next time when they are a bit late go to your work area , send them a message telling them where you are, and say you will wait for them there
If they complain tell them your time is valuable. ( and it really is , it’s not just words )
I just realised I did end up going to my work area, got set up, and then I had to go out and get them because I was sitting in a ID card required space that they couldn’t enter.
But yeah, next time, I will go somewhere they can enter.
My head still hurts this morning, it feels like a bad headache. Trying to do some work but my motivation is pretty low. Still wondering why me? Of all the people gawking at this guy going nuts, I was the one he singled out.
I called the police last night to ask why I hadn’t been contacted yet, a sergeant got in contact with me and apologised that the officers at the scene didn’t even ask for my details when I told them what happened. The guy had only been charged with property destruction offences before I called, what happened to me wasn’t even recorded. What a joke right? I’m giving a statement on Friday.
That’s fucked up, that the officers didn’t even note it down!
Good fucking lord, and they wonder why people don’t want to join VicPol and say ACAB instead 🤦♀️
Take it easy, and look after yourself! Took that pumpkin to the noggin like a champ o7
That’s a horrible thing you’ve been through! Disappointing of the cops to say the least. You were assaulted in a public place in front of how many witnesses? They should’ve been onto it straight away.
What a joke right?
Yep that’s fucked.
I have no idea. Could be because you turned away or the movement attracted notice, or you were just directly in sight of the single brain cell.
That’s concerning. Fingers crossed that it’s all okay 🤞It’s also really poor that the assault wasn’t recorded. I’m hoping he gets a kick in the arse and winds up with a headache of his own.
