Discussion Thread 🧙‍♂️ Tuesday 6 May 2025

sigh

That is so freaking cute.
- I know! If it was in a corner or something I'd try to keep it.
That'll be easy to find the culprit
- Oh I saw him do it, didn't jump fast enough to stop him (LittleOne not Void)
Look mum, I'm an artistè!
- Perhaps he's been examining the temp gallery

Candid shots of a few of the crew. Their dry food is on the ground so the crazy lady doesn't throw it out. 🐱

Edit: I changed today. I was having another stress fest about work. I went and laid down and had one of those "self talk" sessions.

I've been taking work way too seriously. In general. I've been giving everything to my job and left nothing for myself.

Since I reduced the medication I've noticed the lack of energy after work because I'm not hyped up. So I'm sitting there, not knowing what to do with myself. Even music is hard. Very hard. So I've been going to bed very early.

I don't need 10 hours of sleep. I just have nothing to do because I'm completely spent.

Because everything has been devoted to work.

On double the dose I was a workaholic automaton.

This is the 3rd week since the reduction. Significant personality changes noted. More relaxed and happier to banter with people. Body is less tensed up.

Being content. Smiling. Laughing.

I wonder what else will change.

It's great you've been able to reflect on things in that way.
I wonder if there's a balance, like two in the morning and one in the afternoon so you can get through work with enough energy at the end of the day without being too hyper.
But I get the medicine probably doesn't work that way
- Thanks man. I'm not describing it well.
  I feel completely personally detached from work. Like there is a barrier between me, and work me. My entire self was engulfed by work.
  Now it isn't and it's a great feeling!
  If that makes sense.
  I have been experimenting with dosages, and have found that works best.

This is Quentin. He averages one thought every fifteen minutes

Living his best life!
dream life
My spirit animal ❤️
They're so alarmingly relaxed around humans, it's so weird seeing wild animals that never developed a fear of big scary predators!
- He sat on my foot
I love him.

Had a medical cannabis wafer last night, I don't think I've ever slept so damn well.

I've been saying "wafer thin mint" all morning much to my own amusement.

I got on the medical stuff a couple of months back and holy shit it's great. A tad pricey, but my consumption is low, so it's manageable.
Hopefully it'll become legal and regulated sooner than later.
- I've been on and off on MC over the last few years (tolerance breaks and financial reasons for the off periods), and nothing has helped me sleep better than MC.
  This is my first time trying the wafer though, and that was a deep sleep

My daughter's having some friends over next week for some birthday drinks. These are her 4 closest pals and it makes my heart swell the love and bond they all share as she is an only child. They are the most loveliest, responsible mixed bag of young people I've ever met.

The man and I will be in the backyard with a bonfire going roasting spuds and marshmallows because I don't feel comfortable about leaving them on their own considering 3 of them are slightly under the drinking age. (And yes, I do have permission from their parents).

Also I'll be making them some cocktails but they will be a little on the weaker side. They won't know that though.

Love that you're creating a safe, respectful environment for your kid and friends, that's really awesome.
So what kind of cocktails? Is the good old fruit tingle done?
- The good old fruit tingle is on the list! Cosmopolitans, illusions, tequila sunrise. Tbh they'll probably only have 1 or 2 cocktails each and then stick to vodka & Solo.
I remember the first cocktail a friend's parent made for me at 16, some Crem de Menthe abomination. I loved it
- Maybe a grasshopper?
  My first was a scotch & coke in a coffee mug made by my brother's girlfriend at one of my siblings birthdays. I think I was 15.
As responsible as you are you're still allowed to bring up embarrassing childhood stories at the worst time.
- Of course. And I do.
I suggest Black Russians. They don't taste like lolly water and you can dilute them quite a bit and still feel like you are drinking booze.
- That's a good idea. Thanks
of course they are lovely and responsible, they have a good role model in you 😘🐱
- Nawww.
  I never let any of them go home on their own. They either get picked up or I'll take them home because safety is so important to me. In return they shower me with love.
  My kid will say "You can't go home at this hour on the bus. My mother will have kittens". 😂

People are getting seasick on this ferry. I am not one of them (I don't get seasick, I'm very comfortable on open water) but the ferry staff have checked on me twice.

I can only assume they've seen me stand up and made the wrong guess

I was on the Rottnest ferry as a wee lad and went to the toilet. I became airborne mid-stream multiple times.
For a sec there I wondered why you were on a boat in the dark, lol
- Smuggling. Shhhh

sets out large pot o tea

Oooh la la. How many lumps? Cream or lemon?
- that's between you and your gods

A 20km drive home (freeway driving) took 40 minutes. Between that and just suchhhh a shitty day at work, I actually had to go to the gym or I'd have torn myself apart.

Now sitting outside, enjoying the breeze.

My French is better than I thought. I managed to direct/have a lengthy conversation with a French tourist who was gifted with enthusiastic but terrible English skills.

I’ve also picked up a katsu curry bowl and am ready to withdraw into seclusion for the evening.

nice 🌞

Got lost at the hosplital yesterday picking up the ol' boy from a day thing.. twice. Ended up in areas I was not supposed to be in. Shoutout to the nurses there who took me on a little tour and were very friendly about it lol. Honestly whoever designed that thing back in the day (freemasons east melbs) was drunk.

Years ago, Mum and I were in PANCH, had a bit of time to kill. Let's go and have a look at the newborn babies through the window she said. Apparently that's a big no no. We were eyed with suspicion and then kindly told by the nurse "we don't show the babies anymore". Whoops.

I think this is going to work. It will show grot terribly, but be very cheerful.

🌞
- 😎

I was playing "get in the door" on hard mode today

It's a nice day. I'm going on a ferry ride, because I can

Rottnest for the quokkas?
- Yarp.

21 degrees at 8:30am in May. Wtf. Just really really hoping that it doesn't mean that Winter drags on as well!

Also had a dream that boyo was participating in a 15km run that started in Melbourne but ended in China - 10km done in Melbourne, then catching a flight to Vietnam in order to run into China for the finish. Huh?!

Didn't sleep well thanks to it being so warm last night.
I'm in zombie mode at the moment.

Tooth yeeted. Thank goodness. A little worried about what the pain will be like and hoping it heals without complications but fingers crossed this gets it sorted.

Vet appointment made for Melbcat tomorrow

Salt water rinses, often.
- And take some vitamin c to help healing

I left the windows open and now my entire apartment smells like a bushfire. yey.

I don’t really fancy cooking and cleaning up after a stir fry today.

I think I’ll just air fry some thick crunchy chips tonight.

facebook marketplace people never show up

What a shock. Those people are normally so reliable.
- Third time’s the charm. They came at time agreed SHARP!

It smells like Spring, that sweet nighttime aroma wafting lazily through gardens and streets. I hear the beat of someone playing music, the distant sound of cars on the road, a low drone of overnight construction.

My seat is still counting, but I think Peter Khalil will pull through, it's very close though!

He really cleaned up with the postal votes didn't he. The 9,000+ people who voted for the liberal party in our area need to be slapped. He lives in Boronia FFS, and last year pleaded guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception and was ordered to pay fines and compensation worth more than $10,000. He didn't have a conviction recorded against his name so it wouldn't have come up during a police check. People are entitled to vote how they want, but I'm also entitled to be shitty about it being a waste.
- Kidney is a fucking blight. I hate that he has got as many votes as he has, stupid-ass voters 🤦🏼‍♀️
- It is almost as if they won’t let people in the Liberal Party unless they have run some sort of Scam, and gotten off.
  Zahid Safi still managed to get double the votes of Rhonda Garad in Bruce, despite the exposé in The Age.

Went and saw the Minecraft movie over the weekend with my two kids and two of their friends. Really fun. Small cinema so no meme related mess thankfully.

Tide was in, swans are close to the shore, the water here is so gentle on the beach, no waves

What a stunning day!
- just a few wisps of cloud in the sky

The way my brain works is so weird. I come home and I'm just dead. I have a feeling it might have something to do with it getting dark early and also not getting enough sleep. Or iron or something.

I spend time from 5pm to 9pm just eating, being zonked out, and staring into space pretty much.

I had a deadline 10 days ago, and because I've spent much of this week being exhausted, I didn't meet that deadline and submitted nothing. I'm going to try not to beat myself up too hard sighs

how is your vitamin D
- Potentially D(eficient)

I really need to get my shit together and take the bins and mow the lawn.

Instructions unclear. I took a shit, got the lawn together and mowed the bins.
- the fairyfolks of the lawn are now full of microplastic from the bins :(

We just had a network outage at work for half hour… so I used it as an opportunity to apply for a job that showed up in my personal inbox and looked interesting, lol.

Smashing out this research assessment - i wonder if I can get a small extension to Monday due to being unwell the past couple of weeks, but I don't have a doctor's note. Ugh

It's my own fault but UGH

Just ask. I've had a few extensions and they didn't require any proof at all.
Depends on the institution, but you can always submit something to the spec con team saying that you are in the process of getting a doctor's note, and tell them when said appointment to get the note is. Then usually they'll wait for you to upload documentation :)
- I'll look into it tomorrow I think, I might only need a stat Dec possibly. I don't think my doctor would backdate a certificate anyway, I didnt see them.
  Either way, I'll do my best to get it done before Friday :D

THE STARS ARE VEILED

I've managed to sort out the microchip records for Mr Woof and Miss Meow - I somehow had two seperate accounts and could only access one. They have now been merged and I can access both records. It didn't help that I had lost the number for Mr Woof's chip and it's taken me ages to find it.

I discovered that Mr Woof was still listed under his prison ID, "Scampy", a name that he hasn't used since he was a puppy incarcerated at the Lost Dogs Home. It's been fixed now, and I have the numbers securely recorded so I'll be able to register them with the new council.

When I was a kid of our dogs was called Scamp, and she also came from the lost dogs’ home!

Carrot cake at work today. I may have accidentally eaten three slices.

Three serves of vegetables ✔️
oops 🤭
Carrot cake is irresistible. You are forgiven.

Good night everyone. Sweet dreams 😘

( Do you mean to wish me a good night or do you mean that it is a good night whether I want it or not? Or perhaps you mean to say that you feel good on this particular night. Or are you simply stating that this is a night to be good on? )

My phone is so, so thin without a case.

Damn my clumsy hands lol

sky missing

as much as I would love to watch tellie all day, found a cool series on apple, echo 3, set in Columbia and has my fave Colombian actors in it 🙂, I have stuff to do but first a walk on the beach.

Showed this to someone at work so now I'll have "I KNOW WHO I AM" stuck in my head all day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvqhlhXq9s

i'm beat, good night everyone

Melbcat won’t eat her 4cyte in food and it’s an oil so is dangerous to syringe into her mouth while she fights it. ::: spoiler spoiler (You’re not supposed to give oil or paraffin based medicine to kids or animals that are struggling because of the risk of them breathing it in.) :::

And I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure of some random plant oil and thought something else would work better. Only bought the 4cyte on vet recommendation. I might try and get that money back guarantee and buy something different.

Edit: Ah shit. I’m within the 30 days but didn’t buy it from the vet, got it from Petcircle, so not eligible for money back. If you buy this get it from the vet and keep the receipt.

She’s also possibly got a uti again so vet asap

Mrs B convinced my not to pull the trigger on the iphone 16 pro deals. My phone still works fine so shes convinced to me ride it out and just accept that you'll have to pay more to replace mine when it actually dies (or develops a fault I cant deal with). If I end up paying 2.5k for a new iphone cause of trumps tarrifs I'm gonna be spewing but I guess thats future me's problem.

The tariffs are USA law, so only affect imports into USA. If you buy in Australia price is unaffected.
- And Apple won’t hesitate to jack up the price across to board to soften the blow to us consumers?