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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Second last walk / ball throwing adventure for hams.
3 days of 1.5hrs of pure ball throwing until he refuses in the morning, 1.5hrs of ball throwing / socialising with other doggos in the evening seems to be a solid strategy with him.
Also had a pug and sausage dog have a go at him and he freaked out a bit which is a bit ridiculous. The pug was so imbred it could hardly breathe.
then he complains about leaving the dog park only to walk home at a snails pace and collapse in the kitchen.
Oh Botty
Well, you came and you posted our Daily
We did while you were away
Oh Botty
Well, you've worked and you stopped us from posting
And we thank you today
Oh Botty
I’ve hit serious burnout. Can hardly function. Weekends spent resting. According to the self care podcasts I listen to, I should schedule a getaway somewhere nice to unwind for a week or two. Lol.
No leave - new job. Too much responsibility at home to be able to walk away. What am I supposed to do? Monthly therapy isn’t helping. Mindfulness can get stuffed. Thankful for my cat.
I’m the strong person who pushes though, and people say “you’ll be fine, you’ll work it out, you’re the smart person” etc. I just can’t.
If you find your hands are full - start dropping things.
seriously. Just consciously dropping things because your hands are too full can be incredibly relieving. And when the world doesn't end it releases even more.
Just make sure you're dropping the rubber balls and not the glass ones :P
🐈🐈⬛🐈🐈⬛
take a holiday at home , pretend you are on holiday and that you will get back to thinking serious thoughts in 2 weeks time
Can you find just a little bit of time out just for you? A walk? A sit under a tree? Sometimes I park a street back from after school care just to have 10 minutes between work and Mum duties. Sometimes I play music while I'm parked (either very heavy or something really light and classical) Sometimes I lay the seat back and just..... stop and exist in quiet. It's not really enough but it all helps.
My shingles is scabbing, but due to the location it keeps cracking open and weeping, and it's making me fucking miserable. Also, keeping the heating on to keep me warm while I can't really wear a shirt is making my skin awfully dry, which is making my other skin problems play up.
I just want it to be over, but I was warned it may be a long time before that happens... ughhhhhhhhhhh
Sorry for the whinge.
Incoming pity party: made it to the interview stage of a role that I really felt aligned so well with my skillset only to be told today that again, I was the runner up and there was just someone better. I really had to fight the urge not to full-on cry on the phone when they told me because I was so devastated. I was basically manifesting in my head my future with this job all week (probably not the best idea) because I thought I was such a good candidate and thought the interview went well. It's very rare for these roles to appear that suit my experience so I really felt almost like it was made for me but now all that hope is....gone. The only feedback they could give was just it went to someone who had different organizational skills so now I feel like maybe I just suck at what I do if there's people out there who can do it better.
Net hugs
Could they give you any further or more specific feedback? It’s so difficult when that happens, but given what you’ve said I don’t think it would hurt to say that and try to get some more information?
Hopefully this just means a better opportunity elsewhere for you. 🤞🏻
welcome back 🔋
The uprising has resumed
Beautiful moment in the CBD. At the tramstop at the top end of Collins st waiting for my tram. On the opposite tramstop a late middle aged gent in jeans and a band tshirt with fairy wings on his back - dancing to music only he could hear. And the son of a gun could dance pretty good. Felt like joining in, but was carrying too much shopping.
Sigh I think I'm about to get dressed and go to impulse-buy a PS5 coz the Spider-Man 2 bundle is on sale and I want it. I guess it's not an impulse-buy considering I've thought about it for months but I didn't plan on buying a PS5 today or even this year when I woke up this morning.
Let's just call it a reward for having my apartment and car clean and my life more organised or something.
I gave little dog a kangaroo jerky stick and now he won't leave me alone. I'm his best friend ever.
Well it turned into a lovely arvo. Cheers everybody. 🍺
🍻 TGIF
I tripped over at work yesterday and I thought I'd hurt my wrist but the pain today is just below my elbow, so I'm off to the doctor and to hopefully get an X-ray. It's my right arm and I'm right handed so that's annoying and my arm is getting sorer and sorer. I'm lucky I filled in an incident form for the fall. I really hope it's not serious but the pain is serious enough I'm worried it is.
In my expert opinion you poinged your sproingle and require two weeks paid vacation for oh&s
EDIT: I speak in jest but MAKE SURE you mention to the doctor this was a workplace accident and get the ball running on workcover.
You were injured at work, work pays for it.
1964 The House Of The Rising Sun The best karaoke song of all time. You bet I belted that one out. The door's open so the neighbours got to hear. Lucky ducks.
P.S. Everytime I call for an intermission the man plays Metallica.
Finished binding the edges of my fave quilt, it was getting a bit frayed, and then washed it. More masks have been made. Made some scones for afternoon tea. Still heaps to do. 🥴
I love making quilts. Crochet, Tunisian crochet, knit, patchwork. I give them all away. Here's one I made my daughter because she loves geography and flags and stuff.
And the back
Still no wallet.
I’ve backtracked all my stops since I know I last had it, I’ve been to the cop shop to ask if it’s been handed in, I’m tearing my house apart…
WHERE IS IT
Good bot
So much to do and it's already one of those days. I sewed a button onto the wrong side of the cuff. 🤓 Bought dark green ribbon for a belt instead of black
The very first time I hand sewed something as a little girl, I was so proud, I held it up to show my mum and I'd sown it to my dress.
Done that. Argh!
Devastating as a 7 year old who thought she'd done a might fine job.
Still up..
What’s up everyone? ✨
Still up too...so tired but can't sleep.
I feel like I’m in limbo at the moment.
I have no motivation or/and no idea what I want to do right now.
Only thing on my mind is making a coffee at the moment and sipping it.
Argh! I hate when I feel like this
I'm currently in Korea, however their drivers make Melbourne drivers look completely sane.
Red light running is common (however they have right turn on red), and no one stays in their lanes when turning.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
I need to get to work, but I can’t find my wallet
It's in yesterday's pants pocket silly
Two interviews lined up for today. Just when I had decided I was going to try the world of freelancing, my current work asked if I was interested in doing a secondment outside of my organisation (which could turn into a permanent job). Maybe I am. AND then a job I applied for a while ago has come out of the woodwork. Is the world trying to tell me something?