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    I am digged out. One garden bed has been filled, and the base of where the second one is going has been filled too. There is still a bit of soil I need to bring around in the morning before the next load is delivered, but I’m done for the day. Shower, dinner and collapse on the couch is the plan for the evening.

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        Thanks, much appreciated. Although my arms may be too tired to lift it…

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      Having done that at my old place - wheeling out god knows how much to the back in a tiny cart up an old door placed over the steps, then hauling it into a high edged planter box - I can fully appreciate how every muscle in your body must be aching like mad now. Let us know how it goes tomorrow morning…

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    Just between us, I have been killing it at work since I got back from holiday. I haven’t overdone it or underdone it, I’ve just done what I needed to do and kept what I believe to be a good balance. This feels like how this role should be performed and I’m feeling like I’m providing value.

    I’ve provided some great input in areas both within my specialisation and outside of it, seeding ideas and generating high level technical discussions. I’ve collaborated with internal and external stakeholders. Progressed activities and provided valuable updates to the team on current and upcoming technologies and solutions.

    Now I just need to bring that kind of energy to my personal life… which I’ve started on by getting my apartment in order. Took the cardboard box pile down to recycling today and just gave my air fryer a deep clean so I can use that again without it making my apartment smell like old grease.

    I know what I should do now but it’s a matter of getting up and doing it. I should go for a walk or something. Go Go Gadget lifestyle changes to promote better mental health!

  • Getawombatupya
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    My old lady (mum) has become a cooker. She sent me silver bullion for my birthday emblazoned with " the currency after the reset", this has been building for years but holy fuck.

    Has anyone else had this? What are you doing/who are you talking to?

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      I wouldn’t care what the fuck is written on it. It’s silver bullion mate. Does she need a middle aged daughter?

    • melbaboutown
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      The other place has qanoncasualties if that might be any help?

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      I’m so sorry. I suggest you treat this like your mother has joined a cult. learn how to speak to cult members, the book “Combatting Cult Mind Control” is very helpful.

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        It’s probably youtube cooker stuff, as she has moved to country Tasmania ten years ago with her boyfriend (my age!)

        I’ll look, just in a bad place right now.

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      I wish I had advice to give, but I don’t. I do however have sympathy. Same thing happened to me during covid. We are now non contact (there were other reasons too, but this was a big one). For context I studied and work in STEM, so I was essentially the enemy and there was no way forward from that. Good luck. It’s horrid.

  • Bottom_racer
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    azaleas going

    Don’t eat these ones.

    I’m doing chips for dins.

  • Taleya
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    unexpected giggle of the day: Boss entered a bunch of peninsula sites into the worksheet. Cut and pasted most of them. Didn’t realise he’d missed the second N

    yes I am a four year old.

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      Yeah look this is also me when I’ve had to type or enter Pinus too many times.

      • Taleya
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        At the old workplace boss had an issue with NZ names. Lighthouse cinema in Pauatahanui? Well we had it down as Porirua and watching a grown man blithely and confidently talk about the Lighthouse Cinema in Pornirua was a blessing

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    Today’s coffee. I think I need to just buy a bunch of milk and practice my milk/foam technique but honestly, it doesn’t need to be pretty to be delicious and this very much was that. As good as or better than the cafes around here.

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    Please give me your positive stories about your cats being spayed. I’m taking Gibson in on Friday and I’m really nervous…

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      Only problem I had with a spay was Topie: she suddenly became Little Climbing Bastard.
      And having had a cat go on heat before we could get her fixed - you don’t want that.

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        Cats in heat are an absolute nightmare. Having handled a cat who was spayed but behaved like she was in heat anyway a couple of times… aaaaaaaaaaa.

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          Yes I’ve had quite a few instances of Gibson in heat and holy shit is it annoying! She acts so different too. Very snuggly and loving. Wish she was like that normally lol

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            Dear lord ,I’m surprised you didn’t spay her earlier - yeah it’s a real double edged sword when they are SUPER cuddly, but then the yowling, my god the yowling and the spraying - it would’ve been unbearable.

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        Mine is currently a climbing bastard to the point where we have to play “parkour” a few times a day to get her energy out.

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      The only issue I’ve ever had with a spayed cat was a No belly snorgles sensitive scar. Be vigilant about your cone/padded ring/onesie while stitches are in. It’s a super common procedure. 👍🏻

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        Thank you for responding ❤️ I’m going to get a baby onesie and cut it out for her I think. She would utterly hate the cone of shame lol

    • Eagle
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      Had male and female siblings done last year at 6 months old. Male had just started to turn into slightly stinky male cat and was giving his sister a bit of a hard time. They both did just fine, charmed the pants off everyone in the vet clinic. Declined the cone of shame, was prepared to cut socks into bodysuits if needed. Was told to keep them quiet and confined for at least a week, but a moth didn’t get the memo and they were both climbing from the pendant light the next morning to get to the moth. The change in boy cat was quick, and he turned back into a sweet heart. We have another kitten in the house now who is just hitting the 5 month mark, and I’ll book her in as soon as my vet allows.

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      None of my cats, male or female, have ever had a problem.

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      All of my kitties (and dogs) over the years have handled it really well.

      it’s a really common procedure I wouldn’t be worried.

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        Thanks for responding. This little ball of fluff has become very dear to my heart. I do worry about her.

    • Taleya
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      Got all three of ours done at once. We were prepared for dopey, possibly pained kitties.

      We got back happy spazzmonkeys who apart from some stitches didn’t show any evidence whatsoever they’d been de-narded (and they definitely have been given two females, one male and no further kittens in the decade that followed)

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    Portuguese custard tarts at the work caf today.

    This must be compensation for sitting opposite The Noisiest Oblivious Bitch In The World all morning

  • Rusty Raven M
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    Fortunately I did not join the no sleep gang last night (the joys of being at the start of a break from work!) so I’m nicely rested for my day of digging. I have 3 tons of soil to move (which sounds more dramatic than 2m for some reason) so should burn off some of the excess calories from last night’s pizza indiscretion.

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    You know how when you feel physically sick and the meds or the hot drink kicks in and you feel momentarily relieved? That’s me right now and getting the odd text from a friend and having that moment of connection and safety. Can feel the mind and heart lightening for a second like nurofen for the soul.

    I wish this kind of ill feeling was better supported… get a prescription and time off for promoting healthy social connection. Whatever it is I think my next job as an employee will need more of that, either in terms of more time outside of work to foster that or better connections in the workplace.

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      I wish this kind of ill feeling was better supported

      I do wonder whether we’ll get to that point. I hope we do. And I wonder whether we’ll see advancements enough where we can point to something and say “see, this is what’s wrong with me right now”. Having something like a sprained ankle or infection is easy - they’re visible signs of why we’re not physically able to do something. But if there was like a… I don’t know… some kind of test that showed a serotonin imbalance (for example), you know?

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        Yeah, exactly. Of course, mental health is far more nebulous and complex, and cause and effect interactions are not going to be as predictable as with physical ailments. But there is still scope for determining an evidence based, systematic approach to recognising and supporting people’s needs. There ARE things that demonstrably help, that might be more apparent from the outside - and it sucks that the onus is very much on the sufferer to carve out solutions and explain everything to others.

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          It would be so much easier if it was just simple accepted that this happens… that’s the one thing that I hold out for is that we’ll eventually get to a point in our culture where we no longer actually have to explain ourselves. Thankfully we’re moving but it’s at a remarkably slow rate, at least slow enough that it feels at times to have stagnated somehow backwards.

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            It feels like perhaps in pre industrial societies this was more inherently accepted even if poorly understood and often misattributed/mistreated with religious or spiritual interpretations. But if your heart hurt or you felt a dark cloud over your life at least people kind of accepted and knew this was a thing and that you needed some kind of care (even if it involved witchcraft) rather than expecting you to chin up all the time and that it was all a figment of your imagination…

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    Voted earlier this afternoon. Took longer to find a park than to actually do the deed.

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    Exercises completed. I missed my bus! I hate that feeling when you’re standing helplessly waiting for lights to change and the bus you need just breezes through the intersection. Pizza day today!

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      I’ve had that happen too many times to count :/

      Sometimes if you wave at them and the bus isn’t too far to stop the driver will wait for you, but it obviously depends on the driver. And that usually only works on local or infrequent routes, and not on longer and more frequent ones like smartbuses

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    So to read there were no chips tonight was heart breaking. I is offering chips