I'm quite surprised, but nothing seems to be handling my timezone change well. I ordered a desert and they told me I had 45 minutes to add more things (it should only be 15). And last night my banking app was telling me the choccy I bought at 11:36 was bought on friday the 22nd - which they call "today", but the stamps I bought a few hours before were bought on Thursday which they also counted as "today". I thought everything would just adapt to the timezone change and I wouldn't even notice it
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Decided im heading out tomorrow night to a few bars. It'll be good to get some socialising done.
Rant
I had to wait a period to apply eardrops after washing out the cats ears, so after all the hassle physically getting hold of the damn wash and then falling asleep I missed the drops this morning. (Reminder to self. Stay on top of the first aid kit regularly to have this stuff in date and on hand. The second bottle coming should help. But I'm so angry that her ear infection resulted from medication used to treat another infection and it just won't go away.)
I got home and crash napped with loads of wet laundry waiting to be hung. The washed and dried laundry is piling up waiting to go into space bags against moths and fleas (and to contain the damn clothes). I cleaned up the cat vomit and comforted the separation anxiety when I got home and had put dishes in to soak this morning. But a sink leak flooded the floor and everything in the cabinet underneath while I slept.
I'm so fucking tired. My mental state has been fucked for weeks. Like, bad bad. I've now overexerted myself badly two days in a row when doing it even once has real consequences. Fuck my shit body. Fuck my disability supports so frequently falling through for the past 2-3 weeks, and of course extra shit has to be happening on top. Of course it's labour intensive stuff.
But the cat has had her supper and pain meds, and her evening eardrops. The latest fresh load of laundry has been chucked into the energy inefficient dryer, the very bottom items pulled out of the soaked cabinet and an already damp towel that was possibly due for rewashing has been thrown down on the puddle on the floor. I'm folding dry towels and puppy pads to clear the clothes horse and empty the wet basket. I'll check if the towels need to be rewashed and use them for further mopping up first.
After a rest I can maybe do the cat's bowls. Then my dishes. Then fully empty the undersink cupboard and wipe it out with spray cleaner, and sort out the soaked cardboard packaging.
I've booted the pot plants back outside for floor space and watered them because they were dying. I needed them out from underfoot and the space for a second clothes rack.
I am going to be in so much pain the next few days.
This is what happens when extra stuff hits me and/or I don't get the help I'm supposed to - I'm pushed into an overexertion/crash cycle.
All these days of late finishes and early starts have finally gotten to me. I conked out at 4 and we've got a conference dinner at 7, but I don't think I have the energy to go. There's a yuppy restaurant on the floor above me so I think I might just go there for dinner. I ended up leaving the conference 2 hours early too
I feel bad since they gave me a grant to come see and do everything, and I don't want to show my appreciation by not doing half of it, but I'm trying to make myself feel a bit better with the knowledge even if I did pay for my own ticket I'd still be going for a nap
Nobody goes to all the things! Sleep well, Re-brain.
assuming this is an academic conference, rest assured that everyone has skipped out on a few sessions.
It's a sort of cross and very diverse crowd. There's a combination of young people with state care experiences and profesional development types attending, and all of the workshop type things (idk what they're called) are run by mostly YP with a couple of academic types sprinkled through
Only do what you're comfortable with but remember some opportunities only come around once in a lifetime. Take what you can grab now.
You look after yourself. It does no one any good if you are too stressed/overwhelmed to fully enjoy the experience. I think an early exit sounds like the right strategy. Then you will be all systems go for Saturday/Sunday (if you feel like it). This should be a good experience for you - so take what steps to you need to, to fully enjoy the bits you do end up doing. It's a very mature response to realise that the gas tank is empty, and that you need time and space to refuel.
Ah damn it. You've just reminded me I need to do talking tomorrow :/
I've decided to just ad lib it. As long as I've got the names of the people I need to introduce I should be right
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Been fighting a gut bug of some description the last few days. Are actual food today (yay) feel nauseaus now (boo). Been working from home because we are understaffed at the moment but did not get much done today. I'm stuffed. Gonna turn everything off and lay here in the lastof the sun rays.
Happy weekend everyone π₯
Hope you feel better soon friend πΊ
Cheers everyone πΊ
There will be a dedication to Steve Harley tonight. RIP. πΆ
Cheers. Also happy birthday Gazza.
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Ok who is it?
He can be hard to recognise, since he is a famous chameleon. Maybe he looked different the last time you saw him?
Is it Gary Oldman?
Yep. π
Fuck I'm good. Considering I know nothing about movies well done to me. π₯
It was the second last pick and @useless_modern_god saying Happy Birthday Gazza that tipped me off.
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Cheers! Who?
Edit: Sorry I did dun look up for myself. Add Dave the Hairy Biker to the toasts.
Wow it really is true that Adelaide is a sleepy city! The mail lodgement time in their street post boxes is mid day. All the ones near me [in Melbourne] are either 3, 4, or 5. Guess my postcards won't be arriving for a while!
Getting back into the gym helps lift that weight of anxiety on my chest.
I know gym gets a bad rap because of the way some people behave, but it really is great for mental health
gym helps lift that weight
I see what you did there.
exercise is the best
and before anyone says it doesn't replace metal health help, the first thing my psychs to me said was that exercise is part of every mental health treatment plan and that I was expected to exercise
Exercise is fine. Gyms, like hairdressers, suffer from an excess of mirrors.
those mirrors are a necessity. We need them so that we can see ourselves when we do lifts and make sure we are doing them properly
Dressage arenas likewise.
Understanding them doesnβt make them tolerable.
Note for anyone catching a tram down Flinders Street, one of the trams made a most horrible squeaky noise before breaking down/stopping. According to the driver, something got stuck under the tram, so watch out for delays there.