Thanks for the support yesterday everyone. I had a decent night sleep and am feeling better.
You got this. You are actually in a stronger position now, as the comfortable lies are now off the table. Time to look for a better place.
You will find a job at another company, get a raise, and wave that stack of extra cash in their faces
I’m glad you’re feeling better! It’s difficult to weather but you’re doing great! You will find something that pays better anyway, you got the skills that pays those bills bro. 💜
so many hugs 😘
Mickey says “brrrr?”
Mickey is wearing a fur coat - lucky little thing.
Exactly! A tabby cape on a white cat haha
Ooh Mickey your toes are so warm…
What a handsome little prawn, all snug and warm.
So cuddly!
Yes, hooman?
He’s so fine
Boop the snoot. Gently. Please.
Thy will hath been done 💜🙌💜
I get unreasonably irritated by the pop-up chats when online shopping. They obscure the screen in the worst positions to get your attention, and pop up within 5 seconds of landing on the site. No, I do not want to chat to ‘Hailey’. I just got here, put away your chat bot and let me browse please. And then it whines when trying to close the chat window, are you sure you want to close chat? Look mate, if I wanted to be harassed by aggressive sales staff I can do that in person, I don’t need the service extended to online shopping.
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I hate this too. I hate it even more on news websites. I sometimes read drive.com.au for their wild stories about a P player doing 130km/h above the speed limit or whatever, but they also sell cars too. Every time I try to read from mobile, some randos face pops up in the bottom of my screen and starts flickering at me asking if I need help. No I don’t fucking need help, I just want to read the article. Seriously.
Or worse - frequent popups of ‘SomeBozo in Buttsville bought such-and-such!’
Cool. Even if the popups don’t fully block what I’m looking at the flickering appearances of those messages is still breaking my concentration and causing visual stress
Yes! I online shop to avoid people, especially forced up sell litanies at the register.
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They do the opposite for me. No matter how many check boxes I tick or notes I make saying to get a signature and not to leave things, they don’t even fucking knock. They throw it sideways at my front door, snap a photo, and walk off.
Also funny you bring this up, because I ordered a heater at the end of last month from Kmart, and they’re still saying they haven’t received it. I message them and they’re like “sorry we haven’t received it, it muster still be with the sender”, I message Kmart and they’re like “well we have it to the courier I don’t know what more you want from us”
Until now I’ve never actually had couriers please lose a package, or just knock it conveniently off a conveyor belt where it’ll probably sit for 4 years. They’ve always delivered, just poorly
A weird side effect of going through winter carless is the mental health boost from the enforced walk when I have to go into work. Definitely doing better than normal so far. Who would have thought that exercise and a little natural light would do wonders.
Narrator: everyone…literally first or second on every mental health suggestion list…
Lol I feel the same. I say I hate going out, but really I hate the at-home-before-going-out part. Once I’m out, I feel great and so much better
I bought a lottery ticket. I would love to win my money back lol
I have a doctor I have to see every 2 weeks. She’s an almost 4 hour round trip on public transport.
It fucking sucks, but she’s amazing. First paycheck of new job, I’m getting a car.
Bike? Ebike?
Even an escooter that you can take on the train. Depends of course on where home and doctor are.
It can be two hours to go a 20 minute drive from suburb to suburb if PT insists on taking you via the city. A 20 minute drive is around the end of a comfortable escooter range.
Can also take ebike on train AFAIK.
Plus bike is good for you and can ride on the road. Would not do/say the same about scooter.
While I happily ride my bike to work every day, I would not take it that far unless there was a shower and change of clothes at the other end.
Swap of tshirt at work is all you need. You don’t get that sweaty riding a bike if you’re doing it everyday and just cruising. Much less on an ebike
Racing cars is another thing…
Good idea actually. Will look into it.
Here’s an odd one.
Random dude probably 20yo rocks up this morning, starts whipper-snippering the front lawn. I go out ask him wtf are you doing, he says sorry I got the wrong address jumps in his car and drives off…
I’m still scratching my head.
Same thing happened to us once. The dude did both nature strips. Beautiful job he did AND it happened to be my husband’s birthday. He came back the following week to do across the road.
Husband thought I’d organised it as a surprise. Nope.
Shouldn’t have told him! “Oh yeah I forgot I booked him. Happy bday hubby!”
Could be the scam where they do work then over bill you for it unauthorised?
went out for a walk yesterday, ached just a little afterward but today I am 100% better
Yay!
I think I’ve lost a lot of fitness the past 8 months 😞
Oh I did the same thing this evening! I was feeling down still so went for a walk and it was nice. I don’t quite feel 100% better, but I feel happier. The cold air also seemed to unblock my nose a bit
Awesome!
Braved the chilly air and got my partner his anti-sads from the pharmacy. I love using the local pharmacy instead of the chain; they know me now and it’s so lovely having a little chat with the pharmacist and the cashiers. A little jaunt around the block and back home with a warm coffee.
All is well.
Just retested. Still positive. Like TinyBreak, the line showed up before the liquid got to the top of the window.
Not surprised, as I’m still definitely symptomatic and the cats are being very cuddly. I just wish Sammi wouldn’t kick litter all over…TinyCat is all about the cuddles too. Its funny, I’m fine one minute then brain dead the next. Food deffo helps!
:/ you poor people. COVID sucks. Hope you’re feeling better soon
oh no, take care youse all
If I’m feeling better by the weekend, I think I want to go and get out and do something. I’m feeling a bit trapped and unhappy with what’s happening here, so maybe going and doing… Something is a good idea.
I used to do things and go places, then I just sort of stopped. I mean, I still go places and do things, just not really solo anymore. But maybe a nice meal somewhere and a movie is what I need.
I think that’s a great idea. Maybe check out Meetup and see if there’s something interesting there?
I’m not sure about that. I think I kind of want to escape into a social setting, but without the socialising (like going to a cinema, or having dinner somewhere)
I love dinner and movie solo. Or even take a book or mobile/laptop to a library and just hang. Often a good quiet warm option. I do that sometimes when I just want to get out
I’m thinking I might do a late night type thing. Might go to dinner and then head to the docklands for a movie and wander then come back
Wanna go for lunch?
Aww, that’s sweet, thanks FM! I’ll probably have a late friday night and probably won’t be up til lunch time, plus I’m planning on just spacing out with my headphones for most of the day. But thanks for the offer
Went for a drive at lunch. On the way there I saw this… figure. Face totally covered, just sitting by the side of the road. Still there when I came back. Hadnt moved in 10 minutes so I figured I’d call the police non-emergency who directed me to 000. I’m really hoping it was just someone throwing out a sex doll or something. Now I’m worried it was just someone having a mental breakdown or something and I’ve made it worse by getting police/ambulance involved.
You may have saved someone’s life. Don’t over think things. They’re in the right hands now.
yeah I hope so. Or at least the cops have a laugh at the sex doll being thrown away. Without seeing a face its impossible to know.
Today is payday, I’m starting at an overdraft of $50. Gonna suck, can’t get the new shoes I’ve been needing a while(my current ones have holes, which is fine when it isn’t cold.) But I think I’ll be fine. Lots of cheap ramen in my future.
Ramen is great, love me noodles. Cheap meat and some broccolini and/or Bok Choy elevate them so much. Add Hoisin sauce and soy sauce and bam - you got yourself a restaurant quality meal right there
Bolognese is great for freezing, and the longer you leave it the better it tastes. Better if you can get the mince for cheap (right before it goes bad, when the shops have discounted it).
Rice is great paired with leftovers. If you have a rice cooker, add some paprika to the rice and water and then let it cook - the paprika will flavour the rice.
I’m not sure where you’re located, but Cheaper by Miles is great for cheap groceries and deals. You are beholden to whatever they have in stock at the time, but cheap snacks, meats, veggies, noodles are usually stocked.
Regarding shoes: I feel that. Could try Savers or OP shops, they sometimes have really good quality shoes that have barely been worn, for cheaper than $50.
I flavour rice and mashed potatoes with all sorts of things. Chicken stock/salt, paprika, all purp spice, cayenne pepper, really whatever floats your boat
Big batch of bolognese frozen might almost be cheaper and healthier. At least it’ll make you feel better in the cold.
When we had really tight fortnights, 2 minute noodles and gigantic batches of spag bol or beef chow mein were what we lived off of. I can’t stand them because of that reason, but they are all quite good cheap and well rounded meals. You can skip or substitute the beef to make them vego or cheaper if need be too
Oh yeah Lentils work super well in 'em. I’m partial to a big of roasted pumpkin in 'em too but I know thats subjective.
There’s a few coppers outside my place and because I cant see because of my fence I opened the gate and asked what’s going on. The one copper says “yeah ah just someone tryna get away. Don’t worry we got him”. I said “no worries” shut the gate.
It was right outside my drive way so I couldn’t use my binoculars 😔
Mind you I went out in my cat pjs and what I describe as a native American woollen blanket with sleeves. It’s an interesting little number.
