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[โ€“] 12 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I forget which day it is this month, but it's 11 years sober in March 2026.

I kinda wish I was in a more celebratory mood but I honestly dgaf at the moment.

Yay I guess.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 7 months ago (12 children)

    so, uh, I guess they're officially coming home with us now. (well, thursday)

    We're renaming them to Samuel (Sammy) Frederick and Maxwell (Max) George because we are not fans of JKR, but it seems disrespectful to summarily dismiss those who saved their lives. Also we found out that they were literally due to be euthanised the same day as Misha before KRS found an emergency foster. His Lordship also never looks at pet rescue because it breaks his heart but for some reason he did the day they were listed - with Max looking uncannily like Misha (including, as we found out on visiting, a damaged tail)

    The world works in weird ways.

    Cerys knows something's up as we're doing up the dining room as a landing zone, but she's incredibly food motivated (as is Sam) so I don't forsee any massive problems considering they'd both sell their grandmothers for a freeze dried crocodile bite.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)
  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    They are lovely. I see shenanigans in your future!

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    oh we've had kittens and ginger boys before (Punkin and Cerys and their siblings were literally born in our last house), so we know what to expect. Bandaids stocked up and all breakables are being moved to floor level. The one and only time Punkin decided to check out the top of the fridge he smashed four out of a box of six imported belgian tulip glasses all over the kitchen so His Lordship has LEARNED THE LESSON

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  • [โ€“] 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    The job stress is causing the heart issues. First day in office for 7 days and my heart was going a bit wild all day.

    Plus was waiting to see it they'd fire me.

    Hopefully these interviews this week go well.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I hope the heart eases man. No fun at that high bpm.

    Also lol at the brollie. I'm sure the kitties appreciate it :)

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  • I appreciate it man โค๏ธ

    Today was pretty bad so I'm really hoping I make it through these interviews this week.

    It's sort of at the point of: if I stay, I'm putting myself at risk from stress.

    But we'll see what happens :)

    Oh the cats were happy lol

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Drove past Moorabbin Airport just as 6 hot air Balloons were coming into land. There was one in the shape of a turtle!

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I am back from my local cinema. It is a very nice and old fashioned theatre. I watched PHM again, to catch the things I missed the first time.

    It is a very beautiful movie, the images unforgettable.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Itโ€™s lovely. Iโ€™m guessing you had the whole place to yourself

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    even tho it was a morning session the cinema was a quarter full!

    there were also about a dozen young teens in there taking advantage of the day off due to the teachers strike ๐Ÿ˜Š, How is it young ones love to sit near front? They stayed for the whole movie and were well behaved, I'm assuming they enjoyed it. ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)
  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

    The magpies are eating the leftover cat foodโ€ฆ theyโ€™re going to be the size of emus

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That ancient Aussie curse - May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down!

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I must apologise - I watered the garden this evening. So I take full responsibility for the current rain.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Awaiting surprise pakige sent from a OS family member. Itโ€™s not a special occasion (birthday/ Xmas), so Iโ€™ve got no idea what it is.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago

    I'm gonna help YL clean her room. Which means I will bend while she watches. I try to act nonchalant but when I see t-shirts hung up and dresses and nice tops go in the drawer that I have washed, there's a little bit inside me that screams. I keep it in. It's best that way.

    It's her room. She can do as she likes. It's her room she can do as she likes. It's her room....

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Black cat is napping in the back yard. Feeling so sad that Melbcat could no longer enjoy like that (safety reasons).

    Wondering if I should make a winter shelter for him but what happens if he comes to rely on me/my place and then I move? Also my physical and mental health are really unstable now. ๐Ÿ˜”

    If he wasnโ€™t owned and I wasnโ€™t going through hell I might consider fostering or adoption (if I became more ready) but thatโ€™s not really a possibility. Itโ€™s a real pickle.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child)
  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Y'know, if America gets to have military bases in Australia, and gets to arbitrarily decide to go to war in a way that fucks us over, and gets to influence the outcome of our elections in ways that benefit them, I really reckon we should get a say in their elections, too.

    It's only fair.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago

    We shall bestow upon them the blessing of compulsory voting and entirely rework how their elections are performed. Also we exile the GOP to Epstein island, with no resources and an abundance of hungry north Australian crocs.

    But really it mostly stems from the Union not properly punishing the Conferdates lol

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    I have an embarrassing confession to make. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜”

    when I was younger I had a Cats tshirt like on PHM , I also had the album and went to the play

    in my defence I also had the ts eliot book when I was 17 years old, 3 years before the play came out

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    That's not embarrassing, thats cute.

    My confession. Last night I asked YL to smell my pits because I'm worried I'm smelling like old person. She said she could only smell deodorant. I've ordered some persimmon soap. ๐Ÿ˜”

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It takes twice as long to get to Berwick from Belgrave by public transport, as it does to get to the CBD from Belgrave ๐Ÿคฏ

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Made it down the bellarine yesterday.

    Way too much noise from the buildings next door.

    Made my mind up when there was 180 degree oasis wonderwall at 7:00am mixed with bashing scaffolding together. I am NOT doing wonderwall at that ungodly hour.

    Also the bus from g-town to queenscliff was 100% packed so I guess fuel is starting to bite. Lotta well dressed middle aged peeps. Usually there's only a handful of people if that.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Oh no not Wonderwall. I can do Champagne Supernova but only when drunk or high.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)
  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    the song is about a peeping tom, just sayin'

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

    Usually I buy the 100 packs of generic black tea bags but Iโ€™m having some Earl Grey tea as a treat (from one of the little 10 packs).

    I got a lift to Kmart for new earbuds and checked out the tubsโ€ฆ the different sizes donโ€™t nest properly, the smaller one was too tall to allow the outer lid to go on. Even without insulating layers of straw adding to the height.

    Maybe Iโ€™ll see what the big green shed offers, or if I can make something work with the miscellaneous tubs I have. Though theyโ€™re not black to hold in precious heat and arenโ€™t uv resistant. Cutting them will be interesting because I have a mini hacksaw and Stanley knife but no blowtorch or drill. I just spotted a pair of fuzzy buns wandering past so he does not go home when it rains.

    Otherwise I donโ€™t know what else to do. I bought some books from the op shop but have been unable to concentrate on reading even though I used to be a big reader. Maybe Iโ€™ll go learn a random skill off youtube. idk.

    spoilerThings got really bad recently, Iโ€™m being referred to grief counselling and am trying to stay busy but am dying inside. Everything reminds me of my deeply loved Melbcat and Iโ€™m swinging between regrets that I didnโ€™t try harder to save her and regrets at making her hold on that long because I didnโ€™t know the worst of it. And regrets that I didnโ€™t do even more to make her happy and enriched in the time we had. I just want to hug her again.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I didnโ€™t try harder to save her and regrets at making her hold on that long because I didnโ€™t know the worst of it. And regrets that I didnโ€™t do even more to make her happy and enriched in the time we had. I just want to hug her again.

    You really did the best you or anyone could Melba. Please don't second guess that.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Even if you had done everything perfectly you would still have some manufactured regrets. Our minds cling to "if i'd just" because we're not allowed to howl at the void any more

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Youโ€™re right. I did what was best for her and will regret anyway

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You did your best and both of you still got your life together taken away. And that's shit. It's incredibly shit.

    You're allowed to be upset about that. You're allowed to be angry. But don't you ever feel guilty or regret putting up one hell of a fight.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago
    [โ€“] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    I really donโ€™t feel like doing art or knitting/crochet right now. I donโ€™t want to do more cleaning or mending. I donโ€™t want to learn music. Cooking involves cleaning and eating it or food waste. Trying to cut through hard plastic can wait.

    CW learning medical skills

    Currently learning to do a basic interrupted suture with a mattress needle on the cut skin of a banana (using tweezers in lieu of forceps and normal thread - donโ€™t have anything like a needle holder. Maybe my mini pliers or clamps might work)โ€ฆ

    Mad respect to doctors because this is not easy. The peel is so soft but inflexible that itโ€™s hard to close the cut without tearing through the skin. Donโ€™t get injured around me folks, because this is not mastered and I donโ€™t plan to use this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYenn0tNhs

    Might learn bandaging or mix it up and try more soldering practice next time.

    Iโ€™ve been watching a lot of short form content and am trying to reverse the brainrot.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago

    My Temu return has been dropped off at the post office. They have a very weird return algorithm for their bots to follow. I also had a watch band I was going to return and had arranged to go to a parcelpoint location which is closer, but because I had to go to the post office anyway I cancelled the return so I could re-do it with an Aus Post label instead. But this time it just decided I didn't need to return it and just refunded the money. I guess the op shops getting a watch band.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
    ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    I'm a little late today sorry! I'll get a couple of nice sour cherry beers and some spicy but mix please

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿป๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Some lamington fingers and cuppa tea please. Don't be scabby on the fingers. I need them.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Went to play Doom Eternal last night and whilst Steam thinks I have the whole thing, the game thinks I don't have the base game. I tried refunding it so I could buy again but Steam won't let me, so let's hope a redownload helps

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I love that game but I'm so bad at it. My reaction time just isn't up to scratch. Have you played Dark Ages? I've been thinking about getting that if it goes on sale

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