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I'm very perplexed. The man came home from work sick "What's wrong?" "I don't know everything hurts and I'm tired". Right. The kid and I have developed a dry cough and dry throat very similar to hayfever apart from those and slight body aches which can come from coughing but nothing else. It was a high pollen day yesterday. Hayfever or something else? I'm not sure.
Update: the man has tested positive to the covid.
I am now being tested.
Update 2: I and the kid are negative. We will test again tomorrow.
I felt like hell Sunday but I think it was a reaction to all the tension. Like when you take leave and you feel like messy death for the first couple of days.
Hay fever's not great but there's activity next door so there's a lot of dust and whatnot floating around.Kid is coughing up a storm and the Mrs is saying she’s coming down with “something”, so it’s going around, whatever it is.
Covid? It's still around in various forms.
Flu? This winter's was pretty rough and we're still at the tail end of it. If you haven't had your shots it could floor you.
Head cold? My daughter copped one a few weeks ago. Felt very 'meh' for a few days.
I'll just have to wait it out while slugging down some cough medicine. It just feels like a bad case of hayfever but you never know.
Yeah see. I've popped a Telfast and it seems to be helping. Might try a Lemsip with some extra lollies. Ooooo.
Oh no, I hope you'll be ok and it won't affect your taste buds.
Think of all that alcohol and the cricket match coming up!
Love this time of the evening in summer. The angle of the sun is just perfect for highlighting the dust on every horizontal surface in my home. 😍 #blessed
Oh I get the dust fairies in the morning. Here's a bit of sunshine and don't forget to sneeze.
I looked at my light shades in shame today as a sunbeam highlighted just how dusty they are.....
Ha! I discovered that a few weeks ago
geez the house is filthy
These bad bwoys are about to go:
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Neighbour came over yesterday (she has amazing roses) had a look and flexed a bit "oh they're a bit slow this year dear".
I'm really not sure. I'll ask the neighbour in a few days and see if she knows.
I'm feeling helpless about how shit the world is getting. Not only war and climate change and nazis/fascism rising again. But things like food and housing are becoming so unaffordable, and there is very little that can be done about it by the people it most affects.
There is small scale stuff like pitching in to community food gardens, rewilding, cleaning off swastikas, or volunteering with Food Not Bombs but it seems naive and useless in the face of the sheer scale of removed continuing to fuck everything up. At a certain point you just cannot pick up the slack.
Also my mental health is tanking and I'm literally not able to do much physically. I guess I just stick my head in the sand to try and care for myself the the best I can?
Do you watch a lot of reels / consume short media? Like the other commenter said, we aren't made to process so much information so quickly. Definitely try some apps that help with black out or ween off insta / twitter completely for a bit
Not really actually. It's more how it's intruding in concrete ways and preying on my mind.
ie Being affected by the cost of living, especially food. Substandard and unaffordable housing. Antisocial behaviour in my neighbourhood rising. Fretting about actions that aren't eco friendly - then remembering it's pointless because renewables are being used as a political football and our plastics aren't even being recycled. Knowing that as temperatures slowly rise my cheaply built flat will become intolerable.
But seeing stuff reflected in the news (ie. around housing climate and food, like it really is that bad) doesn't help. The Gaza news is also harrowing.
I think your last paragraph is the best option when you feel the way you do.
I take breaks from the world for self care when it gets too much and I feel overwhelmed.
We aren't built to take in so much information so quickly. I little media blackout while you deal with your health is always a good idea.
Unfortunately it's hard to deny things affecting you directly and causing it. But attempts will be made
Not reading ! = denying, it is easy to feel that way but it is definitely possible to take a hard media break for a week at least and not miss out on anything that will immediately and directly affect you.
Because honestly most of the time these days even if you find out about it ASAP, does it actually, concretely help you prepare better? Personally I find it does it the opposite by getting me down due to its relentless nature and the biased opinions that crop up without having time and space to process and see things in perspective. Media is not your friend
This is wise. I wish there was something I could do but right now there isn't.
It sounds horrible, but yea. Shrink your circle of concerns. No one can take care of everything, that way lies madness.
Also put in some work curating / limiting your SM. It's designed to keep you panicked doomscrolling.
Maybe just for the memes
backs slowly away from Tumblr 'discourse'
I used to be a bit of a news junkie but unsubscribed from a whole lot of stuff about a month ago. Now I focus on funny stuff, and I didn't realise how much I needed it. I get what you're saying about how futile it feels to do your bit of goodness for the world while multinational companies are busily screwing the planet over with impunity. Still do your little bit, and know that others of us are doing our bit too, and together we count even though it feels small sometimes.
It really does feel useless when the rot is coming from the head. I do have ideas about things that are better than nothing but my body is deteriorating
Self care. Seems like the best thing anyone can do in these times…
I don’t know how to help but I can sympathise. I also struggle sometimes knowing the world is full of arseholes. Reducing media might help but for me personally it doesn’t, I know it all still exists. But there are good people too! Lots of them. People trying to make a difference. Diseases are being cured all the time, social progress is being made with thing liken same sex marriage, inclusivity is more visible in media and art, renewable energy sources are growing, etc. I think we can only accept that the world is the way it is, and know that you yourself are a good person doing the best you can.
Thanks. I try hard to stay positive. Just the stress of the arseholes (on a personal and a global level) is making me sick.
Loud O Lady downstairs decided it was a fine day for a rare 1:30pm screw, which is great for her except I was in a work meeting and have a very good microphone.
On the bright side you could get a raise next review for enthusiasm.
They gonna think you had a porno on in the background while you work. 🤷♀️
lol nah I explained what was going on. Luckily it was only my internal team and they're cool. We had a bit of a laugh but I did try to stay muted for most the meeting.
Fuck I feel shit. Friday night drinks have been postponed. Someone has brought great shame to this family.
I had to put the bins out. I don't know if it's correct. Please mr/ms garbo please take my bins.
Oh no!
I hope you’ll be able to relax and fall asleep to the cricket tonight and feel better soon!
No drinkies for you me thinks.
Thanks buddy. I'll try and stay up tonight. If the Dutch beat us I'll be very disappointed.
Thank you my lord. Don't forget the cricket's on. It's gonna be a doozy.
word: cordial
pronunciation: Cor dee ol
American version: Cor jol
What my mind wants to say: cor DialDespite the odds I actually knocked it out of the park. Bunch of cunce I've been trying to get over the line with installs all realised I wasn't going away, the skies opened and the stars aligned and now they're running I don't ever have to talk to the fuckers ever again.
How are there new meth addicts? Don't people know by now it's really bad?
( just came back from shopping and saw a few really hyper addicts in the streets.
There was a guy on reddit who posted his story of trying I think it might have been herione once, figuring what the hell, once is fine and holy hell is it scary to read what happened and how quicky he became addicted because he was forever chasing that first high. Pretty sure he completely fucked his life up because of "once is fine". It's insane. I figure that's also what happens with meth. People figure why not and end up completely fucked.
I knew cigs were bad for me and I still started smoking.
Someone that tries meth for the first time, I assume, is not doing well in life. Or bends to peer pressure and ends up addicted.
I think it really depends on who you're hanging out with, how often and whether you have an addictive personality.
That said my old man reckons when he was going through med school (!) in the 60's / early 70's stimulant use was rife amongst his cohort.
I tried meth a bunch of times. More than ten, less than twenty. It didn't really do much for me. I was never a big fan of speed or coke either. Meth absolutely consumed the people I was taking it with. Every social occasion became people ducking off to smoke little meth quietly until practically everyone had snuck off to smoke a bit.
The new netflix doco series 'Life on our planet' is seriously beautiful viewing. The cinematography is next level.
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Could I have some poached eggs on vegemite toast to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of vegemite please. And a nice cup of tea.
I'll have some of what Ms. Thornburywitch ordered, please and thank you. 😊
What an awkward, mentally tiring day. Just when I think I've had a "win" I realise I've actually had 2-5 days worth of "loss".
Kicking back & watching Patheon season 1 on Prime. Really enjoying it. Distraction and blankets help.
The kid's gone to shops for us and now it's my turn to spam her with texts. If I time it right I should get maximum pay backs.
Don't forget to treat the send button like a carriage return. And correct every typo!
Also, wait 20 seconds to 1 minute before sending a oh and this message, if you know said items are in the same aisle....
How dare PTV change my bus route. Now I can't tram in, I have to catch the train to Southern Cross.
I swear, if they start doing level crossing removals during work hours, I will scream.
On the plus side the RR at southern X are bang on with their chips.
