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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Partner officially diagnosed with ADHD, and a treatment plan now in place. I'm so proud of him!
We got back to Brunswick, had a couple of Doppel Ename from Mokum, and then got some beer from Blackhearts and Sparrows. It's been a lovely birthday.
Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes and good vibes!! I don't know where I would be without you all! ๐๐๐
Aweeesooomee.
From a spousal perspective: you know how sometimes you feel like you're dealing with a toddler and want to stuff them in the toilet? Meds will help drop that shit riiiight down
Full moon this weekend. Plus hotter than expected weather. Expect weird shit to go down. Not liking the vibe rn. I will be avoiding crowds this weekend.
I've been on the fence about going out, but now my interest is piqued further.
Edit: thank you for the birthday wishes! Sending you all good vibes! ๐๐๐
I've been falling asleep to hour+ long videos on space, by Astrum Extra, so I don't know why I had a nightmare about
tw blood
Living alone and finding blood everywhere in my house, running to the neighbours for help, then waking up to find blood everywhere in my house, running to the neighbours for help, then waking up to find blood everywhere in my house, then running to the neighbours for help... And so on. It was a good 15-20 loops before I woke up at 3am.
The cat came and cuddled me so I fell back asleep and was fine. I'm not upset, just tripped out lol.
Second ADHD assessment appointment for my partner today, so another trip across the city. Gonna treat myself with a cafe coffee, because it's my birthday ๐
My beautiful friend came over yesterday, and made a delicious soup, healing for the mind, body, and soul. I feel so happy to have spent the day with them. They got to meet Mickey, we took a walk, it was great! They gave me their guitar, so I've been practicing last night - gonna practice more this afternoon when I return. I do wish I had slightly longer, thinner fingers so I stop flattening the other strings when practicing chords, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it with practice.
Happy birthday!! Go treat yourself and have a wonderful day!
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Gonna have a few celebritory drinks today/ tonight because of the perfect weather, the few birthdays this week on here and the man finishes up work today for a 3 week holiday. I am match ready.
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Cheers for later ๐บ
I have just submitted my first rental application, which was slightly terrifying. It is a lot more involved than the last time I was looking for a private rental (over 20 years ago!)
Hopefully they haven't just rented it to someone else, the landlord falls in love with Mr Woof and Miss Meow when they see the pictures, the property will be just as I imagine it in real life and I won't have to look at any others. Unlikely, but I can hope!
Thanks for the birthday wishes yesterday everyone. It feels like I got a bigger response here from people I haven't met in person compared to what I ever got from people I know on Facebook
Birthdays are important, regardless of how we individually celebrate! I hope you had a great day!!! ๐๐
It's a happy day and to echo Spud an important day where we celebrate life. I hope your day was a good happy day. ๐
It took me nearly a month after getting my psych to fill out uni support forms (which she did within 24 hours of asking) to actually submit them to the uni out of paralysis/shame/anxiety/whatever - I did it this morning and then got a response from the subject coordinator eerily quickly... was out doing fieldwork and told myself I wouldn't read it till I got home because I was fully expecting a "no".
Turns out I got 10 days extension no questions asked. Fucking A. Sat with so much anxiety and avoidance for nothing.
Gonna celebrate by treating myself to an afternoon and evening of yet more PHM. Good good good. Thank!
Only ~~2~~ 3 wake ups so far. Not bad.
That reminds me. There's several Simon's at work. I'm very unaccustomed to having the same name as other people.
Ive only ever met 1 other person with my real name.
Feels odd to call someone else by my name.
3 wakes, 3 recovering from migraine wakes because i have to pee
name, i don't meet many people with my first name and have met none with my last
I dropped my weird religious name and am left with a John Smith grade common white guy name.
Aaaand Trump goes back on the tariffs, and nobody is surprised because the country is run by toddlers basically. Stock markets are back up. Wonder which of his friends made a pretty penny by buying during the low and selling for an overnight 5-9% profit
Itโs exhausting to be honest, itโs generating so much news and tension over several industries leaving them with a bleak future ahead.
Been seeing talk of insider trading. Think thatโs got any truth to it?
All his cronies would have gotten a nice payday.
But it's all legal though!!!
5-9% profit
I sold at the bottom and bought cheese kranskys :(
Still winning though.
Got a new phone and now I've been locked out of my banking app in trying to set it up ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ Will have to sort it out tomorrow. I'm kind of annoyed.
Just saw first comedy show if the season. So so good. Saw: He Huang (absolute best of the night), Nazeem Hussein, Dave Hughes, and an Australian/African girl who's name I sadly forgot who was second best for me - has her own show and is going to be on taskmaster this season. It was a work social club thing and I almost bailed but I'm so glad it didn't. Buzzing ๐
I have van. Now I'm waiting for an assessment of whether the reversing camera can be installed without a new head unit ๐ค
It is nice sitting up high and being able to see further, but it will take a while to get used to primarily using the side mirrors. I have so far managed to avoid turning on the windscreen wipers instead of the blinkers.
Edit: this is taking much longer than anticipated.
2nd Edit: I will need a new head unit. The good news is they can do it tomorrow, so will be able to back more confidently very soon. I did manage to back into my carport without too much trouble when I got home, although the sensors' beeping adds a new feeling of drama to the process.
if your existing headunit doesnt have carplay/android auto just replace the headunit anyway. its a game changer!
Had some absolutely funky dreams last night. Vivid, memorable and absolutely bonkers.
Last time I drink sugar free lemonade before bed time.
Angle grinding done. Not touching that thing for a while. Fiesty little fucker.
Pretty sparks though.
Ahoyhoy
On the reptile train today aswell.
Ol' boy caught this (in the wild) on his trip to N. vic last w/e.
I've never seen one in person.
Life alternates between the ๐ซ emoji and the ๐ค emoji
true
anyone else got that "First hot day of spring" kind of high thanks to the weather?
Nah. It's more "last bit of summer" "what big items can I wash?" before hibernation starts for me.
Thank heavens for portable power packs.
Getting through the day with them.
Power is out, right before I could make breakfast.
Hopefully itโll come back sooner rather than later Iโm all prepared for it!
Sitting in the sun on my lunch break is good for my soul
Got a covid and flu shot yesterday and I am zonked.
but it's good to have the shots ๐ hope you feel better real soon
Went to the gym at lunchtime today. It's 2 doors down, then got some sushi as a treat.
I usually just wander around aimlessly on lunch breaks so I'm glad I'm getting my workout without having to wake up at 5am or get home late.
Anyone looking for ideas for carpet?
here's an idea for you!
Just think, someone had to make that carpet, someone else had to decide to stock it to sell, and someone else had to buy it for this to happen. So many people you have to wonder "what were they thinking?!"
what a beautiful day out there ๐
Rock on, gang ๐ค๐บ
Suddenly have an absolutely raging craving for prawns. Nice juicy prawn heads drowning in flavour... maybe a nice prawn curry or tacos... that'll be tomorrow's treat.
Meanwhile it's back to having the fan on full blast to try and get to sleep. Too hot in here!
Beep Beep ๐
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