Bleugh. I napped today too, and didn’t get everything done due to anxiety paralysis. Why is being alive so hard
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If you want my 2c?
Cheap reusable vape kit + nicotine prescription + premade 0% juice to slowly water it down over time.
It’s a bit fussy and looks douchey short term plus the long term health risks haven’t been researched. But tapering down slowly and then off will help you with a really tough quit. Hopefully you won’t need it for too long.
A decent strength initially helps break the habit of the cigs and then you can work with it from there.
Pick a MTL (mouth to lung) option as it’s more similar to smoking and doesn’t produce huge obnoxious clouds. I bought an Aspire Pockex kit which at the time was around $30 on eBay for vape + charger + a coil. It was about the size of a ‘lipstick’ style power bank. It’s not fashionable but was a very good tool to quit.
Very good advice
Avoid any butter flavours. Choose fruit or go unflavoured (diacetyl = popcorn lung). Avoid sugar in liquid as it can burn coils faster.
Avoid disposable black market vapes (unpredictable strength, heavy metals and lipid pneumonia). These are what led to the acute short term health problems in the news.
Use an online calculator and either a jewellery scale or syringe to dilute as accurately as possible.
Don’t start/use the device when the tank is empty or the liquid is getting low. Also get enough spare coils to change them frequently - when using for the first time or changing the coil either let it sit for for a while or slowly drip liquid inside the coil to completely wet the cotton before firing the device. (Burned coils taste terrible and emit seriously bad chemicals. Dirty ones also aren’t good.)
I don’t know what strength you get prescribed (I quit before the ban) but treat the nicotine liquid with caution. Clean up any spills or wash it off your skin immediately. Don’t let Mickey near it and try to avoid vaping near him.
I love Meyers
Well not much got done today. But Melbcat is medicated, water in order, and the golden nugget pumpkins got planted out.
They’re going to have to grow in crappy soil fighting grass and tree roots but unfortunately that’s the soil I have.
Score. Depending on the size maybe one or two dwarf lemon trees? Would fit the theme.
But definitely a good idea to house plants you already have
Be careful. You just seasoned your leg
I realised the big fruit were probably taxing the plants and that might be why they were dropping flowers. So I finally harvested them.
One is beginning to rot from the end though, one is turning yellow so maybe kind of sun tanned, and I still don’t know if they’ve turned bitter/toxic or are safe to eat. I also dropped one on the floor and broke the skin -_-
I still need more potting mix to plant the tiny variety of pumpkins but Big Green Shed charges $25 to deliver 2 bags… wondering if there’s a good time to ask someone to pick it up. Another flower came up from the small variety so they are really stressed and need to be planted out.
The bird water kept running dry and I finally spotted a hole in the foil pan… I’ve given them a new one. Also the pet water dispenser I ordered came a bit cracked in the mail and I don’t really have another spot so I filled it for outside cats.
I left washing in overnight so have just rewashed that. Melbcat was sick this morning on the doona cover and the carpet so I’ve got some more washing to do.
She’s in her favourite bed by the window after soaking up some sun. I think at some point I’m going to sneakily get her with an anti nausea pill a few hours before dinner to ensure it kicks in.
Sleep and anxiety so messed up. -_-
There were things I’ve been late with or didn’t do because it feels like I can barely move.
I don’t have a clear view and don’t want to walk around this time of night to try and see. Fingers crossed someone else gets pics
Would you guys be able to go halvies on a garden maintenance service/leaf removal whenever it gets bad?
I know some councils have garden waste collections but I get not wanting to deal with it
This is a great idea however I would be too scared to stay there for all the reasons outlined.
I believe in the housing first model however at the same time there has to be really robust supports and plans in place around mental health and antisocial behaviour. And probably supervision.
Some people have challenges in keeping accommodation or aggressive behaviours and sadly just having services available isn’t enough.
A lot of the time what happens is either the aggressive people get kicked out (sometimes continuing to hang around and cause further problems) or more vulnerable people sleep rough to avoid the abusive ones. Or both. Which equals a high rate of returning to rough sleeping.
Australia seriously needs to fix the mental health system and housing
Maybe switch to Baileys from a shoe
Just got my tooth re-excavated because there was still nerve tissue left and a tiny bit of infection. Fingers crossed it settles.
It’s not covid according to the fresh test but I’m still not feeling great. Went to the doctor and then slept all day.
The zucchini are still sending out a few male flowers but fewer, and females are only just budding again. A bit concerned about whether the female blossoms kept being dropped due to heat stress as stress on the plants could potentially make the existing fruit bitter and toxic. :/
Wake up with a scratchy throat… can’t find the damn covid test I bought. An expired one is negative but that’s not reliable.
I’ve got someone bringing me one so fingers crossed
Yeah I think I’ll give up on it
Cerave works for me so probably not? I’m seeing SLS in the wash and it’s very foamy so probably too harsh a cleanser. Not sure with the moisturiser - maybe a preservative
I have to be a bit careful with oil as it seems to encourage malassezia.
Unforch they changed Cetaphil too
Warm bad. I need to wake up early to make phone calls but don’t see myself sleeping soon.