Gosh I feel like I've been a total shut in this week with what happened to me, catching up on work and the cold weather. Winter hibernation mode is activating big time. I've got a birthday dinner tomorrow night and actually looking forward to some social time with friends, I really need it.
How are you feeling?
Much better today! My head is still sore to the touch where I was hit but the headaches are reducing. Still a bit sensitive to super bright lights and loud people but I was never a fan of either to begin with haha
Have a great time. You deserve it.
Checks the clock "oh shit it's almost 9:30!" Feels very, very old suddenly.
I’ve been struggling to stay awake since 7.30, so think I’ve done pretty well lasting this long. Am also feeling old
very windy, house creaking 🫥
Our house backs onto a reserve and it's pretty open and north facing.
When it's windy, it's windy.
If not for roller shutters, our windows would have caved in several times now.
The wind seems to have died down a bit here. The feels like temp is now 0.3^o^ which is the warmest I've seen it all day!
A while ago I confiscated a couple of vapes. Tonight we tried them out. Fuck. No wonder the kids are addicted to this shit.
It's pretty bad these days. They can get the disposables pretty much anywhere without ID.
The government got rid of the good guys and opened the gates to the blackmarket people to sell to kids.
Alrighty. I have soft mattress topper. Yay lol
Erin Patterson, a proven liar, sitting on the stand and claiming that everyone else is lying about her and what she said is actually wild.
There's a bloke in the US like that and he's currently the President.
If you believe your own lie, it'll manifest itself as truth.
Woof, well done.
She keeps asserting her lies until she gets completely cornered by the evidence and then changes the story and comes up with some excuse for the lies. Excuses like, oh I was embarrassed, oh I got confused, etc. I think she did it.
My wife has been fascinated by this case and listens to the daily podcast about it. She's gone from "oh she definitely did it" to "maybe she's innocent, I can't be say beyond reasonable doubt" after this week's testimony. So Erin is clearly doing some good for her case on the stand.
I haven't been following the case closely, but I listened to one recap podcast a week ago where they describe the multiple phones, the missing phone seen on camera that wasn't provided, with the one provided to police being factory reset first, and taking her dehydrator on CCTV to the tip after telling police she didn't have one - it was all pretty damning.
She says 6 were made, one each for her guests, one for her and one that her child ate part of minus the toxic mushrooms which she scraped off.
3 people dead, one seriously ill, one made herself puke because she ate too much cake and one unscathed. Something doesn't add up.
Well the punches keep rolling for the ol' girl.
Just learned yesterday big C. in the bowel. Looks like IV.
The last 8 months have been hell for her ever since that fall and now completely unrelated.. this. Pretty limited therapy when pushing 80yo. She'll be going in for an op but chemo/radio is out of the question. Working out the spread basically means just working out (guessing) how long.
Universe can be cruel.
e: Thanks all for the kind words.
Fuck, i'm sorry.
His lordships's grandma got hit with pancreatic at 96, there's something incredibly cruel about life pulling this shit that close to the end anyway
Wevver is about to fall in a heap. Stay warm, everyone!
I'm so tired but I don't want to waste my Friday night. I haven't even had the weekly doughnut fries.
Might take a longer nap with Fluffball.
My dentist was late for the appointment. Her car was updating and she was left stranded for a bit. Both funny and sad.
I’m now nocturnal and kind of withdrawing from everyone. I think I’m getting really depressed.
15 more sleeps until the solstice. Then the sun starts to come back. Keep posting. We are here
Updates about melbcat are sweet, but I find it sweeter to read what you're up to, even if it's nothing at all. I care about you.
Fixing sleep is hard, and lack of vit d wouldn't help (I mean just even the sun on your skin, not even necessarily vitamin d)
Sending you my love and good vibes 💜
There's a lot of good in you Melba. I don't think anyone else would've shown Melbcat the commitment and love that you've shown. Your care for her embodies the ideal of every being deserving a loving chance at life. Not many people can say that.
Stick with us, Melba. We care about you!
Keep posting here, we care about you.
so many hugs
What the others said! We are here for you ❤️
Cheers everyone 🍺
*This post was proudly sponsored by Melbourne heaters working overtime today
Cheers 🥂
I just watched How to Train Your Dragon and I thought it was excellent.
But then I read reviews. People have said it ruins the books and turns them into a generic coming-of-age plot, and also if you liken Hiccup to an autistic person, it describes how society shits on autistic people and glorifies them when they exhibit savant like moments.
was this the life action or the cartoon?
But also; fuck the reviews. Your experience is your experience and what you take away is just that.
If you enjoyed the movie then it was a good movie. Don't listen to the naysayers, your opinion counts. 😊
I haven’t seen this movie or read this book, however I enjoy other perspectives on art. It actually helps solidify your opinion in some cases or it can open your eyes to ideas you might not have considered.
Absolutely!
Let’s say you’re at the supermarket; Is it against social norms to open a few punnets of strawberries and gather only the ripe ones to put in the punnet you eventually purchase?
Edit: also no, I have not done this personally
They're in a punnet for a reason. It's not a pick n mix. WASH YOUR FRUIT & VEG PEOPLE.
That was invigorating. I got to start my walk with a game of Pick Up the Rubbish Bin and Chase Down my Rubbish Strewn Down the Street. Just in time too, the truck was collecting it just as we got back.
My new laundry rack and remote control for the garage have both arrived. I think I'll need to move the van to access the controller to program the remote, I might wait until it's not so windy to do that, I'm likely to lose half the contents of the garage if I open the door.
In today's edition of flat-pack assembly:
One laundry stand
Very basic, but functional and very cheap.
One bathroom cabinet.
Lots of little pieces involved in this one.
Had a dream that guests arrived early and we didn’t have the cheese I planned to serve. And another absolutely awful dream (like fucking WHY brain. WHY did you show me that?!), but I’ll choose to think about the cheese.
I think the universe is telling you that you need to buy Emergency Cheese.
Happy International Donut Day
Yesterday was International Sausage Roll Day
It's time to go meet The Paintress, OH BOY!!!
Is The Paintress a band?
I have a splitting headache. Had 2 Panadol and a coffee about an hour ago, has dulled it a bit, but it’s still there. Today will be unproductive.
My mother was in my dream. We were looking at family photos. I lost most of mine in the bad years.
I miss her dearly.
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