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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
That was an incredible time β€οΈ
Thanks so much to everyone here for all your support over the last year or so. It's been a hell of a ride, and I'm super gratefulβ€οΈ
And thank you to the crew that came out tonight. It was an absolute pleasure hanging out with you guys and having you there made a really big difference β€οΈ
That was a very fun time. I really enjoyed it.
It was so good to see you! Love to meet again!!! π
I really enjoyed meeting everyone last night. We gotta do more live music tho. Have you been to the Thornbury Local on their open mic night yet?
I haven't but defo would like to! I need to see more live music!
So good! Hope I can catch a future gig
Well done tonight!
Happy to have been able to give you some support.
So glad you came too! It was great to meet you!! π It would be great to catch up again!
Same here!
You did so well!! I'm so excited to see you perform again! You were beautiful!! ππ
Youβre GOOOOOOOOOD
So I need to just put this somewhere. With my skin condition dramatically worsening by the day I returned to the GP, who looked as shocked as I felt. The odd little bumps/sores have become open weeping ulcers and spread over my biceps and thighs. He has taken swabs and is testing for Buruli/Bairnsdale ulcer and faxed an urgent referral to a local specialist. I feel emotionally yukky but physically there's no pain at all, just when I sweat it stings. I'm trying to stay positive but I'm pretty depressed.
I'm so sorry you're having such a hard time. I hope everything gets better soon β€οΈ
Oh my gosh how horrible. But hopefully whatever it is is fully treatable and most likely will be.
Oh gosh. I hope it gets sorted out asap. β₯
Oh fuck, that sounds really worrying. I'm glad there's no pain but it sounds like an urgent case for sure. Fingers majorly crossed that they get back to you with a treatment asap...
Hopefully things will get better for you soon, especially with the urgent referral.
Please try and take care and glad you were able to see the GP again.
hugs
Spud and I have arrived. We are at the back.
I will have to attend in spirit form only. If you hear a soft rustling of wings or a quiet "caw" , that will be me. π
I'm about 15mins away. Traffic sucks
I had a really rough day and crashed out, was too late in getting the tub over the seedlings so another got quite chewed.
I donβt know why I keep trying to do stuff that requires consistency and follow through. But what else to do? Nothing?
Radical acts of defiance and persistence
At this point itβs out of pure bullheadedness. I am not getting anywhere
You're refusing to shrivel and die, that's not nothing. That's a hell of a something. Proud of you
Thanks friend
Lunch notes are go!
Really over the anxiety/depression :/ just deep unease all of today and now feeling really glum and dull about everything. I even walked to work in the sun this am, and work was productive, but I still felt detached and fuzzy. Cough still rattling around too. I don't think taking a sick day is going to help as I'll just be unsettled all day.
No suitable rentals have popped up so far on my radar. Registered interest in a couple but no updates yet.
Ugh. I managed to buy some veg on the way home, I'll force myself to make a pasta dish and eat it and crawl into bed to dissociate on the phone for the rest of the evening. Tomorrow is a new day...
E: soxcat is still here as her human won't be back til Monday. It's saying something that I can't even feel that happy around her, but she's been snuggling up against me lots. And left a whisker on tgr couch for me - that's good luck isn't it?
lomg kitty whisker
That is one IMPRESSIVE whisker. According to Doreen Tovey (yes I've been re-reading Cats in May and Cats in the Belfry), chewing off a whisker or two is a love offering. You were there for her when she was suffering, so now she's there for you. Who says cats can't do empathy?
Anxiety is horrible, soul destroying and crippling. But it does usually comes in waves, admittedly a wave can last a long time. Just hold on for a break in the surf where you will have a respite from the anxiety.
Time for a nap and last low energy practice.
Here we go!!!!!
Thanks everyone for all your support and well wishes β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Edit: holy fuck the rain is here!
Running 15 mins late. Be there at 8pm
Good luck!!
Certainly a day of it. Almost there though.
bit more mushy compost on top then off to the physio.
I've been having after 9pm thoughts all day about what I'd do if I don't get this job, just because I haven't heard back from them straight away.
I need to keep in mind these things take time and there are still over avenues open if this doesn't come through
Yep. I applied for a niche job that I'd be perfect for and it closed a week ago, whyyyy haven't they called me? I'm getting a bit better at detaching, something will come up when it's meant to.
That's how I feel sometimes. I know I can interview well too so I just need to get in the room with them and I can talk myself into the job.
You get thinking about how your life could be, apply for these jobs, then nothing happens
I have done the recruitment thing from both side and trust me - I know it sucks but it can take time!! Hold in there. Also I think it's ok to contact to ask about progress after, say week/week and a half. If it's a more senior or niche position it can take a bit longer to sift through.
I guess I should get around to voting in local council elections although I really CBF. I personally think local council should be abolished, and duties transferred to a new state government department. That way all the pissy little mini contracts done by councils can all be amalgamated.
Also I need to make dinner and I am hungry, but I'm also too lazy to make it.
Well in my local elections I had a choice between a greens candidate who seemed ok if a little bland and an antivax cooker. So that made it easy.
Saw the candidate list for city of Melbourne today though. That is just BONKERS.
The afternoon sleepiness is upon me.
Coffee not helping.
2 hours of meetings on the horizon.
Grant me strength oh mighty Odin.
