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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

EVERYONE IS OK!!!!! (Middle photo, far right is the little orange with a moustache!)

I've made my first Temu purchases. Let's see how poorly made these posters are lol

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

๐Ÿ˜ธ

Where do they sleep? Do you know?

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Back at Aunt's. Hambam's look of betrayal.

Already gave him an extra dins w/ egg and cheese on top.

just came home w/ a pizza for me.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Hambam!! Know that we love you!

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[โ€“] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago

Gotta love travelling for an hour on a Sun for a $4 item and having to walk almost the whole way because no trams came :(

Alternative was $8 shipping.

Good walk though nice and warm now no regrets.

Off in an hour to look after doggo for a few weeks. Bit worried about the whole thing but we'll see.

[โ€“] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

MissGod is not legally allowed to drive my car due to the power to weight ratio restrictions.Thanks Victoria ๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't want a p plater in mine!

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[โ€“] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lunch with friends incoming. Have just collapsed this weekend. Complete overwhelm. I am ok, some good things have started to happen and the stuff I trashed myself for at work has now been approved so I have funding for next year and some really exciting things...but it's a lot. The little animal me just wants to lie looking up into a tree. Going out will be good to move. Happy Sunday everyone ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Happy Sunday mate :)

Have a great time :-)

[โ€“] StudChud@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Got home a few hours ago, and Mickey has been all up in my oodie with me in it haha all purrs, dribbles, and making biscuits

He was fine of course, no need for me to worry. But I will because I love him ๐Ÿฅน

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[โ€“] dumblederp@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago

Had a lovely day playing games with some old friends and new friends. Nice to have some IRL face time with people.

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rough night with tinyest so 5am was impractical. But 7 works, even if I miss the performances I can see them tonight. Least I donโ€™t have to struggle through to midnight tonight and avoid the socials all day to find out the winner.

[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

So are we inside dwellers today or are we braving the outside?

Edit: just need to feed the strays that are hopefully OK after yesterday's run in with the off leash dog.

Once they're fed, it's zonk city, population me and Gibson.

[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I not only went outside, I woke up early for a birdwalk for a friend! Frigging awesome once you get past the inertia. So lovely with this sun and the cool air, all I needed was my trusty puffer jacket. Pretty beautifully warm in the car. Just driving past the autumn leaves with ABC jazz on... I feel like such a lucky and blessed person today

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[โ€“] Eagle@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Outside to hang washing, back inside to find more.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Inside, tied to my desk by a headset cord โ˜น๏ธ

[โ€“] Catfish@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

It's really not that bad here. I have neither heater on nor cardigan. ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Goodnight everyone from me and the lump under the spare blanket โค๏ธ

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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

How dare I invade the bedroom and chill in bed.

It was actually nice outside! Now, it's YouTube horror stories and attempted cat cuddles.

I tried to get a plumber in to go over my ancient wall heater but they wanted $350. Get fuuuuuucked.

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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

gasping

Internet connection restored!

Makes me realise how much of my activity these days is phone in bed. I have some offline music and Minecraft and maybe a few books, but not a lot of energy. I got bored and did some doodling in my sketchbook.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

Internet out and upstream light on modem blinkingโ€ฆ no TPG or NBN outages reported for my address so idk whatโ€™s happening. :/

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Decided to stay up a bit and try the new Doom game.

Holeeeeeee fuuuuuuuuck!!!!

Also, tomorrow night is going to be hectic

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I propose a universal language for mental health stuff. Itโ€™d be nice for all of us to be able to be like โ€œthis is fucking me up and this is why I think thatโ€™s happeningโ€ and have that make sense to other people.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Step one is making sense of ourselves and recognising what is happening.

[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Then Iโ€™m still stuck on step 0.1- stop calling myself a dickhead ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

There is no value in blame. Only move further down the spiral.

Try to redirect that energy to making a plan/strategy for moving past what's holding you back.

It works man. Believe me.

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

definitely feel better with rest so rest I shall

[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)
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[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Somebody is hungry. Sheโ€™s having some tuna well before dinner time

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Working in retail has made me want to pick a job that never deals with people again, or at least members of the public. I know that dealing with people will be good for me, in that I can become more assertive and less of a people pleaser. HOWEVER, I simultaneously dislike that I'm drawn to 'helping' professions.

I want to be there for other people, but how much am I supposed to give before all I am is just someone who gives to others?

My strengths are that I'm patient, kind, caring and curious. These help me deliver good outcomes for customers. But again, there is only so much I can take. I find myself genuinely not wanting to deal with people anymore, but then I feel like I won't be living up to my potential and utilising my strengths.

So yeah, I think I've figured out why I'm so exhausted despite taking hardly any committed action. When I don't feel like I have purpose in my daily life, that's when I start to spiral.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same. And hugs.

And then I figured these qualities I have were exploited by family while at the same time I was never taught that life and love should be, could be reciprocal, that others should be there for me too.

Oddly it was the Bible that taught me!! I'm not that religious and I haven't read much but what I did read stuck. Hah, ironicaly I'm the only one in my fam that doesn't have a biblical naame either.

It was "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."

It is human and good to love one another. It is not human for only one person to do the loving.

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hugs ๐Ÿซ‚ You deserved to be loved as much as you give ๐Ÿซถ

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

You too. ๐Ÿซ‚

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[โ€“] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

I think my body is getting too habituated to stimulation to whip myself into motivation (which comes erratically) - had a second coffee today and went to the office to try and get something done. 4 hours later of desperately scrabbling around for some kind of dopamine... Nothing. I gave up at that point but I've been feeling phenomenally tired all afternoon despite a solid 10 hours of sleep last night. How and when to turn on the switch?! Urgh. Doing work over the weekend seemed so possible on Friday but it was not to be.

Gonna make some prawn stock with these tiger prawns I bought, add some of it (and prawn meat) to this pre-made laksa, keep the rest of the stock for a pilaf maybe.

[โ€“] bacon@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (6 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”‹

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Some fresh crumpets with jam and a cup of tea please chef

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[โ€“] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A nice cup of really hot tea and a slice of fairy cake please.

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[โ€“] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bloody weird watching Eurovision when you know the ending, but canโ€™t deny they put on a bloody good show and Courtney and Tony smashed it!

[โ€“] Pilk@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Eurovision subreddit is still locked down, eleven hours later ๐Ÿ˜‚

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[โ€“] Duenan@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Iโ€™ve switched to a slightly warmer blanket tonight.

By the time morning comes itโ€™s going to be somewhere between 1-3 degrees, this is going to be a tough morning.

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