Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    13·
    9 months ago

    I’ve been exercising as usual but not posting much on account of it being my 50th birthday in the last few days. I’ve been gutsing on cake and gorging on various takeaway foods as is tradition (on my birthday anyway!). My colleagues gave me some lovely gifts and a very tall cake and made me feel special. Fam were a bit hit and miss. I do feel a little different in a way that’s hard to describe. You can be in denial about getting older as much as you like, but something about hitting a half century hits different. This is going to sound a bit silly, but it almost feels like a very faint shadow over me that others can’t really see, but I know is there. I’m still the same positive, happy and determined me, but there’s just this… thing. I’m not doing too well at describing it, but it’s an odd feeling, that’s for sure.

  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
    11·
    9 months ago

    All the chores are done before midday… is, is this what it’s like to be normal. I’ve vacuumed, mopped, put washing on, done the dishes, and I’ve even changed the sheets, and dusted.

    Edit- Ok so maybe not normal… I am an all at once sort of person though, I like to either get everything done in one go or not bother at all.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      9·
      9 months ago

      Maybe what it’s like to be fully on top of things, but I’m not sure it is normal. Normal is “oops, I left the washing in the machine again”. Possibly followed by being distracted enroute to the washing machine by something else that needs to be done and not actually ending up hanging the washing.

      Edit: I managed to hang the washing without being distracted. This time.

        • Taleya@aussie.zone
          4·
          9 months ago

          oh same here, but as the token non-asthmatic I stopped that shit as soon as I moved out of the family home :P

          (I keed, I still dust but the joke has to be salvaged somewhere, dammit)

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      This is not normal. Normal, well, see comments below. On the plus side now is reelaaaax time. Maybe go out for a coffee and a nice brunch with a very clear conscience?

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    9 months ago

    Bloody hell, most of last week was this morass of depression and bleakness and everything seemed doomed, but I’m all positive and light and energetic today despite being up till 4am? What gives, brain? Is it really just the sun??? (It can’t just be vitamin D because I take seriously big doses)

    Sheets all being washed and dried, haven’t started packing yet but have a bit of a list. Much easier packing for warm climates. Must get to Leo’s this arvo to get some gifts, and use up what’s left in the fridge tonight. Looks like it’ll be kale pasta sauce.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      9 months ago

      Might be that today seems a little bit brighter.

      I somewhat do believe that we have ups and downs like a biorhythm as well so it could be something like that.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        2·
        9 months ago

        I just wish I could predict my biorhythms a little better! I think sun (actually seeing it outside and feeling it on me) definitely helps but sometimes it just seems to change out of nowhere.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    10·
    9 months ago

    pakidge #1 has arrived. Potato in air fryer now.

    It is lighter than I expected, which is good as it will make it easy to put in and out of a cupboard and gives me more options as to where I can put it.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    8·
    9 months ago

    I have been working out to do with the food I need to use up, and have realised I have all the ingredients for a great pavlova. Which is really tempting, but then I would have to eat an entire pavlova, which is probably not the healthiest idea. I guess I’ll stick with the quiche and cakes for the freezer plan.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 months ago

      Is it a surplus of eggs? Cos you can apparently freeze the undecorated meringue bases.

      If you made minis you could then pull out individual bases as needed and hit it with canned whip cream for a single serve. Single portions of fruit are harder but maybe some thawed berries, leftover fruit or a single passion fruit/sliced kiwi.

      (I hope this comment was useful)

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    there were 2 comments in a row which talked about cake then I wanted cake so I walked to the supermarket to get cake and now I have cake

  • MisssDarylC@aussie.zone
    7·
    9 months ago

    My adhd diagnostic appointment has been moved from the 23rd of November to this Thursday the 19th if October!!! Work is accommodating me for it and I am so stoked!! Nervous cause what if somehow despite my research, and doing the DSM5 myself, they tell me I don’t have ADHD but genuinely so keen to officially be diagnosed and take further steps to be the best me ever. Thanks to the bank of mum and dad for helping me with the fee a month sooner then expected.

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
    7·
    9 months ago

    This sore throat really sucks. It seems to have progressed to my ear now, so razor blades in my ear and my throat when I swallow. Still negative though.

    Edit. Thanks all, doctors appointment tomorrow morning sorted.

    • Catfish@lemm.ee
      5·
      9 months ago

      Anecdote, Betadine throat drops will cause vomit, avoid. Gargling dissolved aspirin might help.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      4·
      9 months ago

      Get that checked at the doctor’s if you haven’t already, last thing you want is an infection wreaking unchecked havoc

    • bananafungus@aussie.zone
      4·
      9 months ago

      Difflam have a throat numbing spray you can pick up just over the counter. If you’re an asthmatic of having issues breathing it’s not good for you though.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Gargle in salt water - 10% solution - might help a bit. But best to go see doctor - might be anything from tonsillitis to an abcess. Does sound like an infection - at least to me.

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    Sammi woke me up at 4:45 yowling. As far as I could tell it was a mix of ‘the litter tray needs scooping’ (I heard her hit it just before I dropped off and again just before the yowling started) and ‘while you’re at it, feed me’. Horror.
    The amazing thing was Zooks slept through it - until I elbowed her by accident because I hadn’t realised she was sleeping there.
    Now we’re all awake and not too happy about it.