World Water Day
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Lovely day out there today. I’ve done a bit of gardening, been down to Bunnings for supplies and am planning a bit more gardening. Lots of ratty summer plants needing to come out at the moment.
Be gentle with yourselves today folks. It’s been a long week but it’s finally a beautiful sunny autumn day. Treat yo’self. Go on, I give you permission.
Feeling really down today. Already ate a lot of baked goods at work.
sigh
Hug. Sorry to hear that. I approve of baked goods treats though. Maybe a little sunshine break too?
I’ll be running errands during lunch today.
Just depressing news and be struggling again for another 10ish days.
Sorry mate. Sending good vibes that way. Go gently.
I’m having a slow soft day to help my back get better. I might tidy my work area. :)
Nice. A tidy workspace always makes me feel better.
Thanks homey. Nice kind words to start the day :)
I have some tradies in the house today, and I’ve just walked upstairs to find two of them giving Gwyn a belly rub and Gwyn lying flat on his back, loving life. Was so funny. He’s such a little belly rub slut and I love how friendly he is.
To be honest a two hands belly rub from tradies sounds pretty nice
I believe it has been a while since the Gwyn tax has been paid…
Rant
I had to wait a period to apply eardrops after washing out the cats ears, so after all the hassle getting hold of the damn wash and then falling asleep I missed the drops this morning.
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 put dishes to soak in the 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. 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 happening on top for more labour.
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 am going to be in so much pain the next few days
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 doesn’t make them tolerable.
Try to register the Mykis I have to top up because it’s been so long, all of them have expired. Shit system
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This mortgage app thing sucks. Looking like can only get enough for a revolting cookie cutter joint in Kath & Kim Land.
In better news I have found Bruce the Chimera Cat. We WANTS him we does.
And Tax sorting out bit booked. With Boyo’s ex FWB which will probably explode some people’s brains. 😹
I got some blue blocker spectacles for the dark morning dog walks to take out some of the high intensity headlights and they’re working a treat. It seems to have become fashion round me to have auto-high-beams on, which is a cunts act in suburbia with pedestrians about, IMO.
Lovely day for a walk back from the dentist with an entirely numb mouth. Also, turns out my phone has this AI assisted action pan photo mode.
See u tomorrow 👁️
I think you’re missing an eye. Have one of mine, I have 7 👁️
Cheers everyone 🍺
There will be a dedication to Steve Harley tonight. RIP. 🎶
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. 😁
What’s the one before Sid and Nancy ?
I put alt tags on them all, but once the image loads on the Boost app, I can’t see them any more.
That one was Dracula.
Also: I forgot Commissioner Gordon from Batman. That would have been another good one to include.
Cheers! Who?
Edit: Sorry I did dun look up for myself. Add Dave the Hairy Biker to the toasts.
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Anyone here sleep with noise cancelling earbuds in? Looking to cancel out some snoring next to me. I’m a side sleeper though, so not sure how that’ll go with earbuds in. Currently do not own any so can’t really test it…
I have some Loops and side sleep. Haven’t tried the combo. You might get too much pressure which can cause damage.
Have you tried a fan or similar? Sleeping near noise I find it to be partially an anticipation or regularity problem. A broken snore pattern isn’t too bad, a regular one is. The drip hole in the gutter pinging at precise intervals is unbearable!
NOT airpods pro. They suck for side sleepers.
Side sleeper and regular washing machine/snore like truck = Llab. Although I myself can’t sleep if someone gets to a snoring before me.
So I’ve tried a few, though YMMV. Anything hard is a no: EarPods, Loops, Earphones etc., all hurt in time.
Soft plugs for me take time to get use to. Ones I have used for riding have been Alpine and Surefire. ATM for riding I love the Surefire Sonic Defenders EP5. Haven’t tried them in bed, but they might be a bit too suctiony.
Honestly though, if I was a flat out back sleep and could get my Sony 1000XM5 headphones to stay on… That would be heaven.
Um excuuuuuuse ME. Women don’t snore. We purr.
Speak for yourself. I’ve been informed I can impersonate a MAC truck.
Hahaha.
Sometimes I wake from a nap to a blaring tv because “someone” can’t hear it. Usually it’s because I’m exhausted.
I do - I am also a side sleeper, but having used earbuds for a while, and a pillow that, while firm, has a cushiony layer, I’m used to the feeling of them. I almost need them to sleep, now
What earbuds do you use? I’m looking at some Soundcore A10s. Not noise cancelling, but seemingly tick the boxes.
Alright, got kiddos artwork in the post for his Nan. Shes gonna love it. Also, 5.20 for an a4 envelope!? Yikes!
I have not thought at all about what to do with the weekend yet and then I realised next weekend is a long weekend and I also have no ideas for that.
BUT I am finally getting my dashcam installed on Tuesday so maybe I should hit the road for the long weekend and see if I can get some Dashcam Owners Australia footage of some dickhead doing dickheadery.
Considering blowing out the Easter long weekend into the next week and doing a significant drive. Back to looking at the map and thinking about where’s new and interesting. I have never been west of Adelaide city in SA, or really anywhere in SA besides Adelaide city and a suburb around it or two. Adelaide is barely worth slowing down for but maybe Port Lincoln or Flinders Ranges could be alright.
I’ve done the east coast up and down a bunch of times so it’s not super appealing to me unless I decide to go FNQ which I’ve only visited twice but I do like me some tropical holiday.
Will have to do some pondering.
Have you been to Victor Harbour? Or anywhere on the Limestone coast? Nice drive at this time of year. Whale watching etc.
Nope I haven’t spent any time in SA besides Adelaide and traversing to/from it by car without detouring. Could definitely be an option though. FNQ is nice and all but it is a lot of driving to pack into a week.
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll look into that area.
Confest is 5 hours.
Ah, Confest. Rock out with your cock out. In mud.
The one time I went, decades ago, there was indeed a man with the aforementioned out, greeting people at the front gate. Luckily he had a hat and top on, so was being SunSmart
There were many more than one dressed much less when I attended. Can’t imagine it would be a fun sunburn location. An entertaining weekend, but too crunchy woo-woo to make a habit of for me.
Yeah, once was definitely enough for me
I did some googling into what that is and although slightly intriguing… I’m not sure that’s something I would be comfortable attending solo. Also I feel like I’m already judging imaginary attendees in my mind as poseurs and phoneys and I can’t handle people like that very well. I’m pre-gatekeeping a community I’m not even a part of and that’s a me problem.
The Macedon Ranges are lovely this time of year.
In my experience you won’t have to drive far for dickheadery or arseholitude. They’re everywhere.
Go up to bright? thats doable in a day. Its a big day, but its doable.
Employment extended for 2 more years. Yay!!
Congrats! Does that mean you dont have to keep applying for new gigs? or still wanna get out of dodge?
Gives me some breathing space to only apply for gig I actually want, instead of anything and everything. I’ll keep my eye out still, but will be very picky. My manager is supportive of me getting a higher paying role and might advocate to make my current role a level higher.
At least I don’t have to deal with interviews.
Nice! Yeah always better to job search without the metaphorical ticking clock hey.
Had an interview recently and was shortlisted. Didn’t really vibe with the role and the team, but work is work. Glad I can withdraw from that process now. Two years of certainty is very welcome :)
That’s definitely a great position to be in! The feeling of desperation and having to sell yourself is really demoralising.
If I wasn’t so burnt out at my last place I would’ve definitely preferred looking for jobs while knowing I still had my existing job, but I was in no headspace to look for new jobs without first quitting my old one
I’ve done that once in the past. Had enough and quit. Found another role fairly quickly, but it wasn’t fun at the time.
congratulations - always a relief/achievement
Nice one! That must be a relief
Heck yeah.
