Hot chips might not be the healthiest way to deal with one's problems and crying all afternoon... but they are A Way. Hooray for the air fryer. Helping me eat something rather than nothing
I find carbs to be a better antidepressant than SSRIs et al, especially with the cold weather. If you've Irish DNA you can call it medicinal.
Big interwebbles hugs from here too.
more hugs
Is there anything we can do?
extra late hugs
Thanks everyone for the support yesterday. Despite feeling it was impossible I called in sick today and have spent the day sleeping (proper sleep not depression hiding I think) and on the couch listening to gentle music and journalling. Cleaned the kitchen. Haven't eaten much but it's good food. Drinking lots of water. About to go wash my hair.
My brain is exponentially calmer now. I wouldn't say I am looking forward to work tomorrow but it's not making me cry. I needed to just....stop.
Hopefully this is the circuit breaker I needed π€
Tomorrow - early start, good food at regular times, decent bedtime.
That fucking game again. Hayfever or a cold?
Iβm playing along with you
I think I might go to bed shortly. Long, long day.
Nothing bad, just exhausted.
Enjoy your evening everyone β€οΈ
How dare I want to sleep without brushing Gibson...
Ugh it feels like Friday 13th got here 3 days late. Bad medical appointment this morning, bad news at work, bad news on a couple of other fronts as well. Today can just fk off, I want my money back.
Mm, I think mine might have been delayed as well. Just overwhelmingly... No, thanks.
That's the fun bit. No refunds.
Bloody hell. I'm taking this all the way to the Prime Minister!
Albo!
Oi mates! Whats the good word?
Anyone wanna scream into the void with me?! takes a deep breath
Aaaaaaarrrrgh
I probably shouldn't have put Wonka on the telly because now I rilly rilly want chocolate. A small handful of dried fruit and nuts will have to do.
Shaved my head last night, my long hair was giving me the absolute shits, even with an undercut. 'Twas just a number 8.
Woke up this morning, and my hair resembled Bart Simpson's, stuck straight up. Slapped a beanie on to try and flatten it a bit. I forgot just how fluffy my hair is at this length. I have really thick hair, it's like wearing an unwieldy ushanka 24/7, so summer is just the worst. Hope this helps with the possible warmer days.
My daughter has thick hair. She brushes it at night. Wakes up next morning, looks like she spent a night in the forest.
Got a child sick with Covid at home. The RAT test was pretty quick and the line is very very strong.
It's lempsip and rest time.
Research not going well. Its clear I can't commit the time originally needed so it's been massively downsized which is eminently sensible but I also feel like I don't really care about it that much either now, it's just another job, albeit one I don't get paid for. I could've been more responsible about understanding time frames and my own interests from the start but I didn't. On top of that, I feel pretty mediocre at work - I'm efficient enough but don't have any new insight to offer or areas of growth. So I'm pulled in multiple directions and can't do any of them well.
Think it's just partly a round of the ol' black dog making everything look like a failure and feeling like nothing truly interests me any more, I'm glad I've got some time off ahead... but I feel like it's also a sign that maybe I need to finally step back from the industry for real once I'm done in 8 months. Move interstate or whatever like I'd thought I might do this year. in the meantime I'm going to have to just phone everything in to stay afloat. meh. Sad.
So many hugs. It's just your brain playing tricks on you. You'll be fine. π
I think Mr Woof likes his new batch of food, he ate the whole bowl and wanted seconds!
How do you clean a toilet properly? I try get in with a brush but I can't get everything down in the bowl.
Should I just buy some long gloves and get stuck in there?
Yep.
For limescale or a stained bowl you can use Scalex. You buy in from the supermarket or bunnings.
On occasions I drop a few denture tablets in the bowl. Cleans stains and makes the bowl minty fresh.
Denture tablets?
Yep. Very good for stains.
yup, the tablets are really good π
FFS, how come shooters miss a giant fat lard ball but manage to hit little kids
also, I see Kamala was wearing a vest under her ball gown π
Isnt there already claims it was fake?
My initial impression is it being fake. Would not surprise me with him.
Continuing my journey through 1001 albums...today's offering is Beck - Sea Change
Perfect background music and very different from what I know Beck for.
Adding it to my rotation
Just found three $50s on the dog walk.
e: Rang the bell of the house it was in front of but no one answered. I reckon someone dropped it in the dark and didn't see.
Last night witnessed a car turning right, failing to give way to oncoming traffic.
Honking ensued. It was cops that got cut off, just regular cops, not highway patrol. Nothing else happened.
Regular cops can still hand out tickets, as far as I am aware.
Times like that I wish the offending driver would get pulled over, read the riot act, and slapped with every single fine imaginable.
I usually let this go (since it doesn't happen often) but called someone out on an email exchange between us where my name went from 'Danny' the first 5 or so times to 'Dani' the last two.
Clearly knew my name, since it's everywhere on the emails, so it's either laziness or intent.
I freaking HATE this. My name is say... Tom. My email is Tom, signature is Tom. Everything says Tom, then some fucker comes along and goes "Thomas". Bro, it aint my name, your just trying to power trip.
If you say so, MinisculeSeparation
Infinitesimal Crack
Sorry I didn't hear you Tomantha
They could also be intoxicated, unwell, or have someone close in their life called Dani... for some other options.
Counting down till the end of the week then I'm on leave.
Waiting for my payday so I can restock of yummies for this weekend and also I have a couple of days to figure out what sort of yummies I want.
There is a new resident in the neighbourhood. Itβs a bird. It goes chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp, pause. Then repeat. For 20min, staring at 5:30am. I normally like nature but this is testing my tolerance.
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