I've been securified. Now I'm just waiting for the people to turn the plane on and open the gate. They said boarding closes at 11:45, so I feel like they should consider opening the doors fairly soon. I don't even know where the bloody plane is!
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i am chilled to the bone
It's long sleeve shirt day.
I shal now proceed to waste at least 2 hours of useful work day on OHS courses that amount to: Use your knees, and Donβt drink the dish liquid.
you canβt tell me what to do π
If they are expecting you to cover that much material you really should be getting a full day.
And some kick arse sandwiches
Wasted hours turn into days but all is not lost,
Make your decisions and pay the cost:
The price of admission to a worthy life,
Is just to exist despite all the strife.
The world may be ending but yours is not,
You have more to give than what you got.
Keep your chin up and all will work out,
Stay focused and dismiss all your doubt.
Sorry for the link, but this is somehow captures exactly how I feel about what happened to my favourite childhood world.... https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2JDkZJNEWi/?igsh=MXg0aTkxejZ3aGYwaw==
Hahaha that pretty much summed up my reaction to that movie (tho I did love every bit that Carrie Fisher was in. She slayed)
I have been really struggling with my health at the moment, more than usual, with my autoimmune disease. Yesterday my specialist mentioned there is a possibility that I have a very serious side effect of my autoimmune disease. This is the sort of serious complication that has a 5-year mortality of 30-50%, so it is pretty nasty. It is about as bad as it gets with this particular disease. Now I have to go off for further tests and wait about a month to hear. I am trying not to overthink, but then also, surely they wouldn't have bought up something so nasty unless they were fairly certain, right? I really don't know what to think about it all, and since I have decided to keep it to myself unless it's confirmed, I am going to vent to you guys.
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Vent away friend.
I suppose I am just getting it out of my system chatting to you guys. I don't want to get too worried cause it seems ridiculous for something not confirmed yet, but it's hard not to think worst case.
Of course. I have a rule not to worry until you have to worry but gee that can be hard at times.
The best thing about this community is you can let loose and you've got nothing but support here.
That is usually my ethos, too, but it's hard with this one. Still, I know that once I get it out with you guys, I'll forget about it in a day or two. I do appreciate the support here. It's why I felt comfortable posting it.
Waiting for test results is the worst. Vent away here whenever you need to scream into the void.
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Who decides it's the International Day of (thing)? Not disputing it, just suddenly curious. My zoo calendar regularly says stuff like it's the International Day of the (fauna) and I wonder who decides it.
The UN decides mostly, when it relates to humanitarian and human achievements, like "International Day of Women Judges", or "International Day of Zero Waste", or "International Day of Biological Diversity".
For international days for [fauna], it depends. Sometimes it's created by a person who has worked with certain species extensively or by well known advocates, or it is created by animal welfare groups. For example, World Animal Day was created by Heinrich Zimmerman in 1925, a cynologist (dog scientist, simply). Colleen Paige created International Dog Day, Mutt Day, and Pet Day.
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I donβt know, but if anyone plays Bobby McFerrin at me I shall cheerfully eviscerate them. And send the bits to @[email protected] for repurposing.
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That is a really good question that I can not help you with. π€·ββοΈ
I feel like I should make some of them up when there's no official international day.
Maybe somebody just says it loudly and nobody argues, so it's official?
Surely it's a HR stunt somewhere. Three work lunches to decide when International Spatula Day should happen.
It is the equinox today and boy the darker evenings are getting noticeable.
Iβm going to miss the light evenings so much. Itβs depressing being in out in dark doing stuff after work every day.
totally agree. With more and more folks living in the city now I'm not sure why we continue with it TBH. We've got a mental health crisis, this feels like a real easy cheap thing to help, even if its barely a drop in the ocean.
I don't usually have issues with daylight savings but this year has really knocked me about for some reason. Maybe it's hitting the big five oh? Maybe it's exhaustion from the "work-home-go to sleep for God's sake please kids" cycle? I've found the darker evenings comforting, whereas when I was younger I loved the extra daylight on a gorgeous evening (more time to enjoy beverage indulgence).
Another day, another unpaid toll sms. These spam texts drive me nuts. Iβve blocked so many numbers but itβs futile.
But good news! I got a Centrelink rebate!
Total sleep was 4 hours, and today's going to be the most intense and active of the trip. They hired some drongo gardener to start cutting the lawn at 7:05am for some stupid bloody reason so I lost out on 30 extra mins of sleep. Also waking up when it's 12Β° is very hard and difficult and this is why I'm gonna pack up my shit and move to marble bar at the earliest opportunity
You'll be ok Baku. Once you're on the plane you'll start to get excited and your adrenalin will kick in. Make sure you take some gum with you and chew it on take off and landing. Have a great time in Adelaide.
Good idea. If I find some at the airport that isn't extortionately priced I will buy
Once youβre on the plane you can have a snooze. Iβm a chronic non-sleeper myself the night before a flight, always get nervous Iβll miss it! Happens to lots of people, nothing to worry about. Airport is full of bleary eyed people stumbling through. Hopefully all goes smoothly for your trip!
I'm one of those people that can't sleep in public. I can never fall asleep on trains, trams, planes, buses, etc. I don't even fall asleep in cars