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Hsp with spaghetti not chips?
HSSSSSP
I'm curious how snakes taste like.
it's like chicken.
Well the four corners report just convinced me to never buy an apartment. The strata system is a corrupt web blatantly ripping off owners.
I hadn't really noticed, but her markings are all perfectly symmetrical!
Goodnight everyone β€οΈ
Sweet Gibson π sleep well
G'day everyone,
Just writing to advise you that effective at a time that is not now but rather a time before now, I did a thing.
My thing has been deemed sufficient to warrant having done a thing.
Evidence:
My condolences to those who failed to do a thing.
Regards,
Baku
So my honey glazed carrots were the best thing about my dinner. Must do that again
I really need to try this some time. I haven't roasted carrots in ages
I've been eating so much roast carrot.
Went to the aquarium today. It was lovely.
They have this ridiculously big baby penguin, that's twice the size of the other penwings. It looks like a gargantuan kiwi.
Today was a significant improvement over the last few days of yuck and torpor. The next two days are going to be a bit yuck... But at least I have some work travel coming up right after which will be intense, but also invigorating and fun. I get to switch off from my usual tasks which is great.
And next Friday evening I'm off to Perf for a full week! Yee. Cost a pretty penny but my mental health desperately needs restorative aunty time and a break from the intensity. I'm hoping I'll be in a much better place for everything in October...
Alright, time to start packing, planning and cleaning to make up for doing none of it over the weekend π€ͺ
I hope you have a great and relaxing time with your Aunty and the weather treats you well!
Safe travels :)
Have a safe trip:)
My wife and I are both longing for a long relaxing holiday together as well. Haven't had a chance since August 2022 when we went to Singapore and Malaysia.
Does this mean I could potentially order an entire pallet of Ferrero Rocher?
That kinder surprise pre pack display sounds fucking awesome.
I while ago, I used to get these nightmares. My father would be standing at the end of my bed, trying to pull me into this black hole.
I don't know what was in it, but I was terrified of it. I'd wake up yelling.
It came back last night.
Hopefully it doesnt come back again. My dad wasn't quite as negligent/abusive as yours but I used to wake up in a cold sweat from nightmares where I was escaping from him, it's an awful feeling.
Maybe it would help to remind yourself, through writing or speaking it out, how much safer and stronger you are now compared to those times? Maybe even stroking your skin or having a little ritual cleansing shower to lock it in somatically.
I find it can be healing to reinforce my current safety in my mind when it's easy to take my current situation for granted (doing so helps prevent my brain from rushing down a new avenue of anxiety because it can't inherently convince itself it's safe and okay).
Thanks for the ideas π it's worth a shot. I usually write in my journal before bed, but I've been neglectful the last week or so.
8/8 assessments marked and passed for this term.
Now, now I can relax! Whoo hoo!
π€
Sleepy time!
Fuck yeah!!! Nice work π
You've earned yourself a huge serving of CHILLAX - time to enjoy it π
Excellent work spud! Killin' it!
Grats! Time to explore how resilient your liver is.
Wow. It feels like it was only last week you had started! Get it girl πͺ
Finished at gym. Everything hurts
I had a sesh before work this morning. I don't think I'm doing that ever again.
While I was fixing the joints of the old chair I found the original makers brass plaque underneath, Ackmans Ltd , Fitzroy. I looked them up and in the 100+ years of the chairs life it's only moved a few hundred metres.
Here's a historical website about Ackmans. It's no longer there of course, long gone. https://fitzroymelb.com/243-247-smith-street-fitzroy/
It's cool. π
Read my Year 7 journal today and it made me sad. Oh, sweet summer child. It puts things into perspective though, because in some years from now, I'll feel the same way about myself now.
my sad teenage life
As a young teenager, who had no real friends or deep connections, I was thrown into a class with people who bullied me. I thought I was the problem, when the problem was that I just didn't gel with those people. I desperately wanted the approval of people around me, and couldn't bring myself to leave the only "friend" I had who I knew was a really bad influence on me. She ended up being a bully too. I also grappled with low self-esteem, body image issues and constantly felt like I was never enough. Not smart enough, not pretty enough, etc.
There were so many signs I was dealing with ADHD and potentially autism too. I was constantly losing things, was never focused in class. I had specific rules for journalling, and limited interests. Most of my time was spent wanting to do my work, but doing nothing instead, hyperfixating on people, random special interests that would leave in a week, and the thoughts in my head. The being in my head thing hasn't entirely left, and I'm not sure it ever will. But the self-esteem thing has gotten a tiny bit better. I have awesome friends now. I have more freedom and independence to explore the world.
So now I have another reason to become a teacher or do some kind of wellbeing work. To somehow help kids have a better experience than I did.
Been there. And youβre so conditioned to blame yourself you canβt see that youβre simply surrounded by arseholes. 0/10 βοΈ
Thatβs a noble goal but donβt forget to take care of yourself first (whether thatβs ensuring a job with adequate pay or reducing work stressors). If you donβt have your physical and mental health you have nothing.
I think that's a great goal π
So many hugs.
I'm starting work at 7 everyday next week. Going to set my alarm starting from this week so hopefully I will be acclimatised. Hoping I'm not too sleep deprived, because this week and next week are assignment hell weeks and also hell week (iykyk).
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