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Dammit. I hate this cold.
Getting back drip into my throat and itβs making me cough all day long and it doesnβt sound nice at all, like a frog dying or something.
Whatβs worse is that itβs keeping me from sleeping too waking up to coughing fits because whatever is in my throat is tickling it and making it dry.
oh noes, that drip is the worst.
hugs and have some steamy hot honey lemon drink ππ―π΅
Sadly I donβt have that available to me :(
Iβll try to go to sleep as best I can. Lost the will to stay up to do anything.
Thanks for the hugs
I think I will do one week self care and self organising, then next week doing some stuff around the house and garden. ππ
Sometimes I feel so Groundhog Day. Each day merges into the next and the next. But unlike the movie thereβs no magic trick to break the spell. Sleep eat work tv housework weekday weekend repeat.
This was me last couple of years. I don't feel it atm as I'm new to my jobs and I certainly think getting out of my house for work helps make it less monotonous, but I can see it happening again on the horizon.
Its an useful feeling, it prompts change and makes us into more interesting people with more to offer the world. What's really helped in the past has been having a meaningful goal to work towards (savings being an obvious one), and in better times, scheduling in something unusual or out of the ordinary when I can (an overnight trip somewhere new, trying out a new activity, even looking at and applying for new jobs). I may not necessarily enjoy the latter, but it does provide enough contrast/discomfort to help me regain appreciation for my life or remember why I originally chose to play certain things safe.
This hit me the other day. Really, really hard. Here's to better days.
The weekly shopping at safeway/woolies did it for me. I looked ahead and saw decades of it, I would cry in the supermarket i hated shopping so much.
Now I shop online and on random days.
@Seagoon_ @SituationCake When I start feeling that way, it's usually a sign for me that something has to change, or I need a bigger goal to look forward to.
Is it time to take up a new hobby? New job? Move house? Do something on the weekend you wouldn't normally do? Join a community group? Plan something? Catch up with an old friend or meet a new one?
Woop, this time it seems to be my turn to have eaten something that overstayed its welcome. Not sure if it was the rice or the dal. Probably the dal, it's lasted a week. Burping like crazy and feeling a few stabs in the gut. Usually my gut is fairly durable with old food, but it's been a little weird lately... handling coffee well again? But back to the burping? Hmmm...
E: I started using my new undated planner which has a "brain dump" section before every 7 days, to unload everything into a list and then assign a priority, and a date to do it by. Then I can pre-fill days in advance and each day has a "3 most important tasks" section to filter out the crucial items. I hope this will help with my life organisation, I think it works with my brain.
Man, this original X-Men cartoon from the 90's is seriously not for kids. Glad they've added new episodes this year but yeah it's pretty intense.
I watched and loved it as a kid when it was released. Very happy to get more of it now with X-Men 97.
COVID and my period!? What else? What else Universe!?
WHINGE WHINE WAH
At least it's all over and done with at the same time.
This is NOT the time to break a leg ...
π¬ I'll hold off on the jazzercize then
And avoid all ladders and ladder like objects.
Reschedule leprosy for next week then?
4:00: wallow in self pity;
4:30: stare into the abyss;
5:00: solve world hunger, tell no one;
5:30: jazzercize;
6:30: dinner with me - I can't cancel that again;
7:00: wrestle with my self-loathing...
I'm booked!
Yeah I think leprosy will have to wait until next week
I've put the oven on, I'm making banana honey bread and roasting a chicken for dinner. :)
Yes, yes...come to the dark side π
It's a small chook and they don't have as dark meat but legs it is. ( Need bigger chooks. )
Sounds perfect. Meanwhile itβs salad at my place :-(
the chook is in the oven, rice is in the cooker and I will be steaming some broccoli. Then I just have to make the gravy.
The banana bread is chewy from the honey and will be good for brekkie. :)
Can I send you some?
Project day today! My nerdy electronics from that dodgy place that doesn't do refunds for mixing deliveries arrived today. Finally got around to fixing the boot errors windows was having. It seems it decided to do an update I never asked for and screwed up its boot file. I had to download the 6gb iso and flash it onto a hard drive to get a working command prompt, but it rebuilt the file no worries
Movie review. Knight of Cups with Christian Bale.
This movie is so beautiful nearly made me cry.
5 hobbits
**Trigger Warning: corriander
I've been out enjoying the lovely weather in the garden and am pleased to report that the late planting of corriander last year has successfully self-seeded and I now have a patch of baby corriander. There is also a bit of self-seeded lettuce popping up, and my bok-choy mustard hybrids are going well now the weather has cooled down.
I've also planted some snow pea seeds and will cross my fingers they don't get eaten before they manage to grow.
I absolute hate coriander so thank you for the trigger warningbβ€οΈ
**Trigger Warning: corriander
Umm... "fuck coriander"? π
