Party preparations have begun
wtf is that thing in the corner stab it.
Giant pez dispenser. Young people nowadays.
🤣
Your outfit better have enough bling to justify those lights
That’s a great point, however I’m just a set designer and lighting tech for the festivities.
That's quite a room (I have not kept up with what you're doing tonight at all).
Amazing!!! Have the most fun!
Looks awesome!
So cool! Can I ask where the lights are from?
Sure. It’s just two lights. The LED ”neon”sign is off Etsy and there is a white pin spot on the disco ball from DJ City (various locations in Melbourne)
I kept hearing this noise at night and I thought it was the sound of some electrical thing outside. I have confirmed it's a possum. Sounds like me screaming with no high pitched noise.
My dad was great for putting up a pergola outside, but the possums love running up it.
I saw a fox just before.
I'm worried that by leaving food for the strays overnight that I've put them in danger....
I've had to accept that I can only really give these guys a helping hand. Still trying to find a rescue to take them, feeding them everyday.
I can't really do much more. I can trap them and get them spayed and vaccinated but they're still pretty much in danger 24/7.
I've gotten way too attached.
Tough pill to swallow.
I have seen one of my cats successfully go on the offensive on a fox. They aren’t as helpless as you might think.
Advanced Tribbles?
Perfect little furry buttons! Argh!
For a moment there I was thinking lazy cats.
Furbaby had a cuddle, napped, then has been woken for dinner and meds. I hope she’s feeling a bit better.
spoiler
I’m dropping the Osmolax down and starting to give her probiotics in the hope that helps her tummy. Maybe even try a little psyllium husk instead.
Also I’m glad you guys are around. You’re good people.
Okay, HOLY SHIT I was not expecting that crazy development in Eat Drink Man Woman. What the heck! You want to laugh, but you also want to cry... my heart. There's so, so many layers at the end of it all. I'm really glad I watched this film. It was truly masterful. A worthwhile journey. And can I just say again, the food porn...
Well, I asked for more field work, and while I was out onto one site I got called up to go to two more, in the rain and cold and everything. But it helped; I feel heaps better today despite some challenging people to deal with (not colleagues). Needed to get oot and aboot!
Gonna go in tomorrow and probably work a full day - heading out midday with the team for an industry meeting/conference thing. Earning that extra money as much as I can. Lord knows I need it. Psych appt got moved to tomorrow so I'll be budgeting carefully until next Friday evening... Need to reschedule dentist again...
Now what to do at home? Maybe some long overdue journalling. Still getting used to not having this big acute deadline hanging over my head ☺️ might also watch an Ang Lee classic, Eat Drink Man Woman.
Any shows to watch?
I'm halfway through Eat Drunk Man Woman. It's a really wonderful snapshot of Asian family dynamics and life in Taiwan in the 90s, incredibly engaging. Also, the FOOD PORN holy sheeeeeit
Picked up a friend from the Austin Repat today. The place is a time warp. So run down, I’m surprised it’s still useable at all. Desperately in need of a major refurbishment.
Sky pretty
My lost Bunnings order has finally made it to me 🥳 I can now put my house number on the letterbox, finally.
I put on a goosebumps 90s episode last night to watch with little one and man the 90s melancholy/nostalgia/wistfulness hit me so hard. Oh to be able to go back to that time.
Oh a side note, I love how Slappy scares my 9 year old. She talks tough about not being scared of anything, but as soon as Slappy moves his head she's clinging to me like she's about to fall off a mountain lol.
Fair call, Slappy is scary as hell!
They're releasing a new dummy based on the OG book Slappy (I think). Definitely adding it to my collection.
Think I'm going to try and cook a one pan dumpling dish that keeps coming up on my Instagram for dins tonight, seems like it'll be a great night to try out a creamy curry dumpling dish!
At my co-working space they do a free breakfast on Wednesdays - you best believe I loaded up my plate. There was waffles with chocolate sauce, English muffins with ham and cheese, croissants, yoghurt with fruit, donuts, I got it all. Food coma incoming. And I brought my own lunch too.
I wish that were me
Line your handbag with tinfoil
A little bit in the pockets for ron.
That sounds bloody delicious, good for you!! Were the waffles good? Any free breakfast is good though!
Convinced YL to spend the weekend at Nana's house. How did I do that you ask? Dad wants to day drink in the nude and that's a bit hard with you here 🙂
Now that’s a LifeProTip I can use
In the city this morning. It's damp.
And far too many people seem to think that their down puffer jackets are waterproof. Nope, you're going to be cold and wet.
Grump my order was for 2 packages each containing 2, not 1 pack of 2. Let us see how this complaint goes...
Well that was quick. now do I reorder to complete the set or not trust the same thing to not happen again?
MH and academics plus a whole lot of complaining
Yep so I got the confirmation that I've failed two subjects because of late submissions. Submitting things late and just being numb to deadlines is a real problem for me.
This whole uni thing doesn't feel real anymore. Nothing does really. I am so sick of being on the verge of panic every single day, and not being able to sleep. I've been putting way too much pressure on myself to the point where I'm trying to get a H1 assignment of me, in a couple of days, in an attempt to reduce the impact of the late penalty. But I am getting absolutely nothing out.
I love the uni, I love the course, I've met so many wonderful people, and I would be giving up a social opportunity that is hard to get as you get older and meet fewer people. Despite all the hiccups, tears and questioning, I think I want to stay in the course because I can't see myself doing anything else. I think getting this degree and doing this career will make me more resilient, and a better person. I don't want to "give up" and just get any random job or stay in retail forever.
So hopefully I won't get kicked out, and worst case scenario, I'll just have to repeat a couple of units and spend an extra few months at uni.
I'll see my psych again to ask for advice, maybe try out ADHD meds because I can't continue being numb to deadlines and getting long extensions that just delay things even further, and as soon as I get an assignment, at least taking a look at it. This is jeopardising my future career. I feel like ADHD meds won't work and will suck for my heart function. Surely, there's another way.
"Just start the bloody things earlier!"Before the adhd meds, I washed dishes in a Cafe and was bad at it.
Post adhd meds and with the help of a friend to get my foot in the door, I run a team of IT professionals.
That big of a difference.
Unfucking things that are now fucked, that you tried to keep unfucked, is fucked.
It's only 8:15am :(
That's quite a start to the day. I hope things work out
So well put, I am very familiar with this feeling. Good luck.
Good luck man ❤️
🤝
Hang in there
Cat TMI, poop talk
Melbcat has started having frequent little accidents and while I’m hoping that it’s only temporary I’m scared that she might be losing control of her bowels.
She’s still seeming mostly comfortable, bright and alert, still eating and washing herself. No current urinary incontinence. She’s stopped crying since this started.
I’m just spiraling because I’m aware age is catching up to her and I’m terrified of the future. I feel about Melbcat the way people feel about their child.
I've created a kind of cheat sheet for uni with references to advice I've read, teaching theories etc. I was using a google sheets spreadsheet for it but dot points and images aren't formatting properly for my liking.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a cloud-based note taking option? I am about to try OneNote but thought Id see if there are other options too.
Obsidian, notesnook. There a few lemmy groups that are pretty helpful with anti google / Microsoft questions.
Second obsidian. I pay for their sync service which is a small price to pay for a great product imho
Will take a look. Thank you.
I've tried Joplin and it has been a pretty good Evernote replacement. You use your own cloud storage, like onedrive, to store your notes, so you don't have to worry about storage restrictions like what happened to Evernote
I did this with OneNote. I have different sections for references, behaviour management, teaching ideas for different subjects, feedback given.
It's actually working out quite well for me. At least so far. I'll stick with it and see how it goes.
Having it on my phone is also helpful. Especially when I do placements and need to think up quick games or just reminders about techniques and strategies I will no doubt forget in the moment.
"I'm walking on Sunshine, wooo ohhh ohh".
Fuck you shitty manager.
One of my apps seems to think I’m going to the Cheesecake Shop every time I go to the gym. I wish, app, I wish (okay probably not).
I hear the kids call ass cake these days so if you're doing squats you could be going to the cake shop.
I can see the rain outside and I'm glad I stayed home. The other woman in my team got sick from being in the cold and rain in this place just last week and everyone has gone back in similar conditions.
I'm using today as an open day to work on things I've been meaning to before other demands pulled me in other directions.
It's a crumpet kinda morning
It is so miserable and grey and soggy. Have to have the lights on kinda day, because not enough sun.
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋There's cracks in the foundations of my mind
Now every structure is compromised
And I lie and say I'm alright
But my can of worms has snakes inside
So I keep the lid closed
And seal my lips so
So my loved ones do not know
I'll be the keeper of their happiness
And prolong their blissful ignorance
Of the cracks in the foundations of my mindThere’s a crack in everything
It’s where the light gets in
Thank you 💜💜 that's a profound perspective shift 💜💜
♥️ oof I know this
I couldn't help making a verse. Spoilered in case that's rude but you made me cry and think how it's a bit different for me now
Some cracks close quietly after so many nights
Some cracks lie until a single flower takes hold
Bright yellow in the dark.
Some cracks I tend tirelessly
Filling in with gold so they SHINE BABY SHINE.Some cracks stay, deeper then ever
Snakes give way to dragons
None shall pass, not even you, child
We will hold and fight, and remember.Quiet now, I know how to tread, where to avoid
The scars in the foundation of my mind
