Been really depressed lately, not helped by the hormonal hurricane I’m in with this period 💀 been trying to keep my head up, but I think I’m feeling the effect of not having a scheduled psych appt lined up.
My sleep cycle is a bit messed up, and I’m constantly drowsy. I feel like a big ball of whinge and woe-is-me.
On a positive note, I’ve applied for some jobs which I’m hopeful I’ll get interviews for, and I’ve been playing cult of the lamb and am very happy with the DLC content! It’s entirely worth it to me, and isn’t just “here’s some new clothes and follower forms, removed” - there’s more interactions with the bishops and much more endgame content.
Mickey has also been very cuddly.
So many hugs.
sometimes I feel modern life is we are running twice as fast to just stay in the same place, it’s nearly impossible not to feel anxious and depressed
just keep doing the right things 😘
It took me all day of getting distracted and bullshit avoidance strategies, but I’ve finally booked the campervan. That’s the biggest hurdle over. I splurged an extra $300 for a newer model that has cruise control even though I don’t like the layout as much and it’s not as spacious. My right knee isn’t the greatest these days so I am not putting it through 1000s of kms solo.
I’m just going to book campsites tomorrow because my brain is fried. I will definitely feel a lot more excited about this once all the bookings are over!
That sounds like it will be awesome fun. And amen on all the stress of organising travel.
I wish I could sit on my 3rd cat tower and glare menacingly at someone until they give me treats.
Had a big (for me) adventure today. Took the Minipeelers to Melbourne Central and had a wander around and look at things. Went into the Emporium part and had lunch at the Schnitz (kids choice) upstairs. I liked the upstairs part, it was cleaner and quieter than the other food courts in the main part.
At some point Elder asked if we could visit the museum and I thought, ok, why not? So we went there and Miniest let it drop that Elder was really keen to see the Lego Star Wars exhibition, so we saw that. It’s pretty cool, lots of displays and a couple of good interactive displays. One of them you make your own fighter space ship thing and put it in a machine which scans it and then projects it flying through space on a big screen. Another one, you make your own lightsaber, attach a receiver to it and stand in front of a screen which shows it glowing, and you can download the picture. There was also a part where you do a bit of Lego and it goes towards a big mural. Warning to anyone who takes kids: you have to leave via a pop-up star wars retail space (I saw a few tantrums!). The theme cafe was ok (could’ve done better with star wars themed food ideas) but I was hanging for a coffee by that point and any port in a storm I reckon!
Then we walked back to Melb Central and got Cinnabon to take home. Wish I could remember the name of the scroll place that used to be at Melbourne Central about 20+ years ago, it was the same kind of thing but heaps more types of scrolls and was really popular. Does anyone here remember?
Saint Cinnamon? I’m not sure if that’s correct but the name popped into my head. They were so good!
Saint Cinnamon 🤔 It didn’t ring a bell, but if all they sold was heaps of different flavoured scrolls (I remember loving the butterscotch ones, and there was some kind of cheesecake flavoured one 🤤) that were freshly baked and they had a location at Melbourne Central then that’d be it. God I loved those scrolls!
The team lead at my woolies is stupidly hot, and I hate it because he’s so damn hot. Dammit.
That chiseled jawline.
Those roast chooks don’t fall from trees.
Unless chicken sale.
-unknown, 2025.
travel non drama, best thing I did was buy extra baggage before the flight, it cost hardly anything, stress instantly gone
so the thought occurred, why the fuck didn’t I do this all those other times I travelled or the fam travelled
Because I wasn’t the one doing the booking and organising. We’re not poor, we could easily pay, so why the drama and anxiety of worrying about being a few kilos over? Because it was all about the drama. 🤨
Im so sorry. I feel this too. I was always barked at sarcastically whenever I wanted anything for myself that would be nicer or make things easier, told ‘thats stupid’ or ‘it’s a waste’. Yet, this didn’t apply to my mother, she always had the nice things she wanted. If you tell this kind of story to a normal person, they think you’re being dramatic. But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth, it won’t make sense.
So I’m grateful you share your stories, because it makes the world make sense. Makes me feel less alone in my experiences. And hooray for extra luggage, and finding little wins to escape the consequences of the drama.
Thank you so much and hugs back.
Sometimes i worry that some of my stories are not nice , but I do try to show what is going on, why, and how to overcome situations , so the stories aren’t just making more drama
-But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth
Ouch, that really struck a loud chord 🫂
It’s similar with me but not with luggage, the hill I fought everyone on was about food. When I book a holiday I expect to eat out for pretty much every single meal, I anticipate and expect to be spending extra money on it and I budget for that extra in the holiday. When I holiday I am really looking to go exploring and experience food in a different place lol. Otherwise I get stuck in these self catering nightmares where it’s just relocating home base and cooking dinner and lunches the whole time and that’s no damn holiday for me. I’m dead clear on it when discussing the holiday initially, but there’s always been a blow up because someone wants a “home cooked meal” and I’m like “well go home then.” When I was younger and used to go camping, that’s different. Now I’m older I want my little luxuries damn it!
I’m a chronic overpacker so I need generous baggage allowances. For my last trip I had 32kg allowance! And you better believe I used it, I don’t let precious allowance go to waste. Left some spare kg’s on the way there and new purchases filled up the rest for the way back.
I also found this nifty gadget on Amazon to weigh your bag by trying a strap around the handle and lifting, so I know exactly the weight before going to the airport. Honestly it is a game changer. Baggage stress eliminated.
The older I’ve gotten the more it’s worth it to have that peace of mind to save time and stress. It was always about being stingy with my parents (for diabolical reasons I did not find out until my late teens) and much of my extended family but I have to ask if the arguments, anxiety, etc. were worth the money saved. It’s meant to be a holiday.
I make it a policy now to have enough luggage for the reasons you mentioned, and also book flights at reasonable times - no more red-eyes to save money and throw off my sleep cycle.
Welcome back btw 🤗
hugs back 🤗
so sorry your parents made holidays difficult when they needn’t have been
and totes agree on making holidays stress free,
Oh yes
Never seen feet move more quickly lol.
Ha. Must get home to set up fastwalk
Know at the end of your journey that you’ll be stuck in update hell.
Enjoy your new favourite relationship 😋
School holiday fun!
Get ps+ it’s absolutely worth it!
Oooh how exciting!! Whatcha planning on playing on it?!
why the fuck is it only thursday
I had a dream I’d slept through Thursday and woke up Friday morning. Was very sad when I woke up and it was Thursday.
Back in melbs.
I miss my bestie down the beach.
She came inside yesterday and hopped up on the kitchen bench (hasn’t happened before) and just stood there when I was cleaning up. Honestly she’s more domesticated than a cat or dog. Zero need to chase her out of the house. Found her something to eat, walked outside and she followed at walking pace with no stress. I swear they’re evolving.
Birb friend! That’s so sweet. Can’t lie, I’d be worried about poop, but that’s still very sweet.
worried about poop
lol yeah that was my first thought too.
Everytime I accidentally leave beach towels on the outside chairs there’s always one on there. I suppose that part isn’t very domesticated heh.
They are really smart creatures.
Hey Maggie
One of my goals for wherever I move long term is to have birb friends. Specifically maggie friends.
Ooh…I feel … Oxygenated. That’s cool. Score 1 CPAP Con full face masks are not fun but not as bad as I feared.
Good morning everyone 😎
HELL YES!! Love to hear this! May you and your CPAP have many happy sleeps together!
How would it work if you sleep on your stomach with your head to the side?
You can get special pillows but I dunno. I did wonder that because I am a sometimes tomach sleeper but mostly was getting my head around side sleeping last night
Miss Meow's litter refresh is complete
There are also a few leopard decals around the room to complete the look
That’s so cute!
that’s cool 😊
Hopefully Miss Meow will agree, she is still napping on the couch and hasn’t been in to see it yet.
I got put in Reddit jail hehe
Obviously you are doing something terrible.
I’ve just made someone delete their entire Reddit account, got someone else to delete a post and leave a Facebook group, and gotten into some pointless arguments with people over what day chores are done and been downvoted for saying sourdough is sour. It’s wild out there.
It’s all a bit silly out in the cesspool.
What did you do this time?
Those people at r/pasta are insufferable. I called a persons mother a “ hor d’ oeuvres” haha
lol, you are in the most surprising subs
Interesting. Actual literal meaning of the phrase is “outside of the main work/event”, meaning the little canape thingies are not part of the main meal. So you basically called the person’s mother an irrelevance. Can’t see a problem with that. Like, it’s not like it was face to face where the sound of the words is important …
Someone’s been naughty.
Into the corner you go.
I survived work and returned my library books. I can chill for the evening
Clocking out for tonight to be happy with myself since I can’t even share it.
hugs
Mission accomplished
What was the mission?
Acquire socks!
I have sock envy
