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Had to go to the emergency room the other night. Lost vision in one of my eyes for about 45 minutes. After some scans they’ve concluded an ocular migraine. Freaky shit! Felt pretty average the last couple of days but looks like it’s finally sorted.
Sorry to hear it mate. That would get terrifying!
Scary! Glad you’re recovering.
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That must have been so scary! I’m glad you’re feeling better & at least know what caused it
so many hugs, rest, cups of tea and have some toast
the thing with migraines is they can have unexpected and scary effects
to help with the fear I found Oliver Sacks’ book “Migraine” to be very helpful
Mr P and the MIL are arguing again. She was up early and woke him up to ask if he’d make her bed when he had the chance. If there was no urgency why wake him to ask? Caused a lot of angry stomping, door slamming and ranting. Might have to take the Minipeelers out for a bit after I’ve finished doing today’s laundry. So sick of this toxic shit. If I had the money I’d be out of here like a rocket.
Might have to take the Minipeelers out for a bit
Yea I’d definitely take a breather from that. Sounds like MIL needs reminding on what’s appropriate behaviour. Easier said than done though i’m guessing.
For sure. She’ll be 91 this year and he’ll be 65. Both too dang old to retrain lol. They both know the other won’t change, it’s a vicious circle.
I think I’m on Mr P’s side on this one. Woken up on Sunday morning to make a bed, jeeze that’d rustle my jimmies.
That sounds rough. I’m really sorry you and the mini’s have to go through that. I second the idea of getting them and yourself out of the house. I hope things settle down soon ❤️
Found this for Mr P. https://i.imgur.com/k9v49Wx.mp4
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Back is feeling much better today. Tequila really does fix all.
Washing machine is still broken. Drinking did not fix that, though I hoped.
Oh no. I hope you weren’t swinging on it. Hopefully it’s a cheap and prompt fix.
Did you give the washing machine a drink, or just yourself?
Just me 😕 I slipped and fell on the door of washing machine and part of the heavy metal hinge is warped so it won’t close. Time to bring out a bucket until it gets replaced. At least the dryer works
Not pictured: my excitement
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Now bring out some boxes for them to sleep in.
I’ve been thinking some large eskies would work. I’d have to play around with the angle grinder but I think I could pull something off.
Cheap plastic small dog kennel with an old towel inside. Bound to be one or more on marketplace or facebook or neighbourhood free stuff exchange.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/fido-fletch-small-plastic-dog-kennel_p3440217Good idea! I actually have a large wooden dog kennel in my backyard from the previous tenants.
I’ll deck it out and off we go!
I’ll cut a 2nd exit into it so if something happens there’s an escape route.
Maybe put a cardboard box or two inside the kennel so the space isn’t as large and the cats can cuddle up with each other. Also less drafty. Might be an idea to flea treat the kennel as you don’t know if the previous inhabitant had fleas or whatever.
Good idea.
I’ll have a proper look tomorrow, and if it’s no good I might just build something.
I’ve been doing an end of year review of my finances (which is a halfway through the financial year review) and unless I manage to pick up an overtime shift on Tuesday I am not quite going to meet my overtime goal. But I am way ahead on my savings/sales goal, managing to put aside close to my years’s goal in just 6 months.
Actually, I just realised at some point I put the overtime goal up for some reason, I’ve just adjusted it back down a little and I am now magically back on track! yay me 🥳
I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve made so many mistakes over the past few days, that I’m asking how many mistakes is too many. I think it’s about time I give ADHD meds another go and stop thinking that the one shitty experience I had with one med means they’ll all be like that.
You and me both
I gotta tell you: without the ADHD meds I’d still be doing manual labour and unable to do anything else. If you want more info, shoot me a DM.
Most people tend to respond well to them, it’s just a matter of finding out which med works best in each individual. Luckily we have a few to choose from in Australia, so hopefully you can get one that works well for you.
Good morning friends
Week 1 of leave is over.
I’m sick of the playstation. It’s staying off for a while.
How are you going with Rebirth?
I’m upto the part at the resort. Not a huge fan of mini games, so I’m taking a break till next weekend.
Story is awesome, combat is amazing!!! But not a huge fan of the mini games at the resort
Yeah, a lot of the mini games stuff just feels like annoying filler. Along with the world quests in general. But the game is SO pretty.
Absolutely. I don’t mind the world quests too much as there’s usually a decent reward.
It is a great looking game!
Just need to get the fuck out of the resort lol
Here’s a cool etymology thing - Arctic means “bears”, because you can see the Ursa constellations from the North Pole. And Antarctica (anti-arctic) means “no bears”, you can’t see the Ursa constellations there. It’s coincidence I think, that the Arctic does in fact have Polar Bears, and Antarctica doesnt
Latin and Greek retained the original Proto-Indo European (PIE) root word for bear, “*rtko”, in their words ursus and arktos, respectively. We use the word “bear” now to describe that species, and “bear” also comes from the PIE word *bher, meaning “bright/brown”. It’s theorised that hunters had a taboo on the “Ursa/arktos” name, and instead used euphemisms and nicknames to describe the animal.
Just thought that was neat :3
Ursa constellation
“According to legend, Ursa Major was once the beautiful maiden Callisto, whom the god Zeus had an affair with. In order to protect her and their son, Arcas, from his jealous wife Hera, Zeus turned Callisto and Arcas into bears. He then picked up the bears by their short, stubby tails and threw them into the sky”.
The ancient greeks had some really good drugs.
It’s the ouzo. Also responsible for the orgies.
Uh, can I have what they’re having? 😂
that is cool 🙂
Also King Arthur (of Round Table fame) was probably named that to cash in on the bear’s prestige/status. Consider also ‘berserker’ warriors - the bear-shirt warriors.
I am really going through it 😞
hey, hugs ,
Biggest of hugs
I hope you feel better soon.
Wishing you a better run of things real soon 💖
Hugs. Anything we can do to help?
Sorry no, I’m just not travelling well and being a crappy human
so many hugs
I don’t know anybody who works so hard to be a good human
so be kind to yourself 😘
Ditto
We all think you’re a great person melbsy
The operative word being ‘work’. I keep falling short
you keep aspiring to sainthood
we’ll settle for you, you’re close enough 😉
lol. Trust me, I’m barely cracking decent. This work is being done so I don’t tip over into feral
Sending loads of hugs!
Why yes, I am watching YouTube videos of people transforming those insanely expensive Transformer toys.
What of it?
Beats buying a $1000 transformer when the novelty will wear off in 20 mins.
Exactly! Not in a million years could I justify something like that (nor want it really) but seeing them in a video is cool
Despite the rather late start to the day, I’m quite tired. Early night i think.
I am so tired. 😞
Thank you Baku for posting. 😘
You’re most welcome goonsinator 😜
Had a decent day today. Big sleep. Caught up on some dishes. Played a bit of Contraband police (after about 4 hours of playtime and 3 rage quits, I finished that one near impossible mission). I’m 98% complete now, gonna crack the last part out tonight. There’s another ending though, so one day I’ll do that
Hot dogs and Caesar salad for tea. Jason did a bonza job at cleaning. I think It still needs a proper vacuum every so often, just cause it doesn’t have the strongest suction and I suspect there stuff I can’t say that a proper one would get out. But I’d be comfortable doing it monthly or even just ad-hoc. So good to have under the bed cleaned though!
And tbh it kind of encourages me to keep my room more tidy, because it’ll choke on anything left on the floor
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Oh, and TheSmell™️ is still contained to the bathroom. Since today was a chill day, I skipped the morning shower and don’t dare open it. Tomorrow (or today ig) when I go for a shower, I’ll probably spray a healthy (or maybe unhealthy) amount of Glen 20 in and let it sit for 10 or 20 mins. I know that won’t fix it, but it can hopefully make it bearable for a quick two minute freshen up
Is it just me, or were boxing Day sales cancelled this year? Went to the shops today for the regular weekly groceries, and it was pretty normal. No extra crowds, stores had regular looking signage and patrons.
I know it was Boxing Day +2, but still it would have been busy still on previous years.
I haven’t seen any amazing deals go past my feeds online either.
I reckon the sales have been shit for ten years. People realised and the shops started that predictive ordering where they get about the right amount so there’s not much actually left over for sales. I’m sure they’ll chuck a 50% off on some piece of shit so the discount can be painted across the front of the shop as a lure.
They also have more ability to order and receive stock quickly so don’t need to carry as much stock themselves, and don’t generally do a big physical stocktake of inventory that was the impetus behind the Boxing Day sales (I haven’t even heard them called a stocktake sale in years).
Yeah, they discount all the stuff that choice magazine have given shit ratings to lol.
Maybe the Black Friday sales have taken the spending. Seems it was a bigger sales event than Boxing Day.
I miss those days when a throng of adults would be squished up against the Myer doors waiting for them to open then stampede through the store like a raging bull was about to impale them. The good old days.
I felt the same, no genuine bargains that made me think, “now that’s cheap.” And some places put up the prices so much that if they put them down a bit I thought, “pfft, that’s not a discount, that’s what the price used to be.”
