Well I rang the EAP people and after being told they are no longer our support, which would have been par for the course, she was wrong and I have an appointment sorted.
Aside from that little hiccup, it wasn’t scary at all.
Thanks for your support too. It made it easier to deal with.
No problem. The other place had somewhere called ‘explain like I’m scared’, it would be a helpful resource here
I got some good news! As of 4:55pm, I’m officially enrolled in my community services course! I begin on the 26th
Naturally I’m a little nervous, but I think I’ll do much better in TAFE than high school. I tend to get along better with adults and older people (who I imagine will be the primary demographic) than people my own age. Although I am second guessing my decision to go for a 1 day a week course. After all, if it only takes 9 months to finish one day a week, it should only take 3 if if I did it 3 a week. Maybe that would put me in a better position next year.
But it’s a start at least I suppose. I should probably prove to myself that I’m capable of doing 1 day a week (which I know I can, but also think I need to experience for myself to fully believe it) before trying to bite off more than I can chew
It’s a great start to start small with one day a week! We don’t know what we’re capable of until we try and in sure you can adjust it later on if you want! That’s fantastic!! How exciting to be enrolled and to start so soon! TAFE is definitely a different vibe, people want to be there and they want to have conversations and collaborate. I think you’re extremely intelligent and clever so you’re going to do great with talking to adults and your fellow classmates.
I’m very excited for you!
Thanks Chud. Completely agree. My biggest issue with high school is that 95% of my experience is that nobody wants to be there, so everybody treats everybody else like shit, and the poor teachers try their best, but just can’t help everyone enough with the class sizes and lack of resources/funding. This course looks likes it’s small enough to not be pure chaos, but large enough to still be able to blend into the crowd if I want to
Yass! 💪🏻
(Also, I love reading your posts.)
Thanks llabsy. I’m glad to hear, I’ve been getting a bit worried that I’ve annoyed everyone by posting too much
Not at all. Well for me, anyway!
Congrats!!!
That’s so sensible, taking it gradually to see how you cope with the load
this is awesome 👍
TAFE is a brilliant venue to get qualifications, work hard and get some practical qualification for a good career
yay 🥂
Thanks Goonsy. I think this will be a very positive step
Unfortunately no 🥂 for 219 days, but I do have apple juice. That’s basically the same thing, right?
Cat adventures with Bill and Ted.
So early this morning Ted was upstairs meowing his head off. He wanted to get into the office. I called “Ted” at least ten times to get him to come down stairs. The meowing just louder.
Time for a plan. I used “confuse a cat”.
I called out “Bill”. There was complete silence in reply. I called “Bill” again and Ted came running down the stairs to tell me he wasn’t Bill, he was Ted, and that Bill was sitting next to me.
Bogus. 🤭
When I call out for my daughter my dog will try to knock her down to get to me first. He thinks it’s a race.
aww, 💞
He doesn’t have to hurt her. He chooses to.
oh, that’s not cool
So you could say he wakes up and chooses violence
He’s just ruff.
He’s got a bone to pick with her
I accidentally taught all three of our cats their names were “sit”.
“sit”. All three stop whatever they were doing and comes running to me, demanding for food.
Happy International Cat Day 🐱🐈🐈⬛
My (not-so) little man has been gone for many years now, but seeing @Catfish’s post has made me want to share a picture of how well-dressed he used to be all the time in his tuxedo (not that he had a choice!)
What fine whiskers he has. 🐱
Naaaw. What a cute guy.
Little one doesn’t want to get dressed up
I swear the kitty on the right looks exactly like StudSpud’s Mickey
They are very similar, but I don’t think their socks match
Yeah, slightly different, but they both have a tabby cape haha
And both lick inappropriate things!
Omg 😂
One doesn’t mind the office and the other is like “why the fuck do I have to be here”.
The Void is Household Snack Manager
The little one very unhappy with what’s happened.
Totally looks like there’s about to be a murder :D They’re both so adorable though!!!
Maybe that’s why she was so energetic at 4am lol
Her perfect little white snout 😻
Meow
Home now, things are good. First aid for animals and CPR, as well as a long term assessment.
Tomorrow is theory, and sitting at my PC from 9 to 6, but I have learned so much already, and I really like my teachers so it’s all good.
Just feeling good I think haha
Really glad to hear it ❤️ You’re doing great!
Thank you!! It’s such a relief to be out of call centre hell!
I really appreciate your support through this! You’re the best, Gibs!
My pleasure. You’re putting in the hard work, and you’re kicking goals! ❤️
🙌
Awesome news, you’re doing awesome Chuddy :)
If I may ask, how different is animal first aid from human first aid? Obviously CPR is going to be a little different, but are the fundamentals like wound care similar?
Yeah fundamentals are similar. We follow DRSABC (dangers, responsiveness, airways, breathing, CPR).
CPR is similar and we were taught how to locate the heart, and how to give breaths. As well as proper bandaging techniques and stress free handling, how to transport large dogs.
The caveat is that CPR is really not that effective outside of a vet clinic, but it’s better than nothing at all and at least gives the animal a chance of survival. The best success rates of animal CPR are within vet clinics/hospitals where there are multiple members of staff to assist and provide intravenous supports/breathing.
And like COR on babies, you need to tone it way down. No cat or little kid can take a full adult lung breath!
Exactly, puffs on their face for a breath, while cupping their face, and using a couple of fingers rather then whole palms.
Well I’d been going along fine without any symptoms until I felt like a bit of a Nanna nap in the afternoon and ended up crashed out for several hours. When I got up to cook dinner I started sweating profusely and felt a bit hot. With it came a hard feeling to describe, sort of oddly confused and flustered. Managed to make a curry and rice, and cooked some chicken drumsticks with corn on the cob for Miniest. Elder isn’t feeling like eating much, but he ate a hotdog. Went to bed early and feel ok at the moment, but I’m not out of bed yet.
Take care of yourself Peeler! Be wary of pushing too hard when you feel ok, it might hamper your recovery…
rest as much as you can
Greetings fellow… checks notes… humans!
Go away. Its not Friday yet. How dare you be cheerful at this hour?
numbat noises
mrrrp
Meow
Squawk
early morning grumble
that excludes us
Got a case of the downers today. Feeling a bit isolated, the honeymoon period of being self employed is ending and I’m starting to feel like I did when I was WFH full time during lockdowns (which is not good). I’m making the effort to fill my social battery during the week in other ways, which helps but these kinds of down days from the isolation and lack of forced structure still pop up. I saw a photo my old workplace at some event together on LinkedIn and that’s made me miss being employed (although I don’t regret leaving that hellish place for one second). Just went for a walk and while it was freezing, I already feel better.
I kind of know how you feel about the isolation part. You’re right, you have to get out and do stuff to stay sane.
Got a conditional offer into a Master of Teaching course! Nice to know I’ve got an option for next year should I pass the semester :)
Congrats! That’s got to be a nice feeling. Options are very good to have
those kitty noses need booping 🥰
Good night everyone.
Aww, I love that you noticed
Indeed they do. For anyone else in need of a cheer up: https://youtu.be/PAHpVUcG1gk https://youtu.be/eC5-0uAU1Gc
The look on the lion’s face! 🦁
Yikes on a few of those. So much danger cute.
At TAFE early, for the coffee and the study 🙌🙌
So, super karma good vibes, caught a cab from the airport and shared, and the mate paid my fare.
Such a nice feeling, can’t wait to pay it forward.
Aww, the sucullent chinese meal guy passed away.
I saw that :(
Hoping in the beyond there are many succulent chinese meals and good judo for him.
:/ I just saw that
I hope he enjoyed the virality
I feel like really rich people should be philanthropists again. Fund shelters, schools, hospitals, libraries and animal pounds.
Oh, the joy of being a dog.
Oh, indeed.
Adorable! 🥰
Adorable 😍
he’s beautiful 🥰
