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cold 🥶
0.8 outside. 11.4 inside so far, the heater will need to work hard this morning.
0.4 here. Brrrrrrr
i think it was 3 outside, but it was the coolest its been inside for a long time.
Cleaning’s just fucking constant isn’t it. It never ends.
Yep and it fucking sucks.
Big Talk with Mum went well. She was worried about some of the same things I was and was relieved I’ve found an option that will work better. Now I just need to make sure there are no major objections from my sister (which I am not anticipating) and we can start actually putting future plans in to place.
It will be a relief getting this all sorted. Having older parents is a double worry, both the direct worry about health problems etc. and also the worry that you don’t have the power/authority to actually do anything to help prevent problems, but will be suddenly put into the position of trying to sort everything out in the middle of a crisis if something goes wrong.
I was absolutely famished when I got home and noodled around on my phone in my car (seriously, does anyone else here just love spending ages sat in the car after coming home? I live alone, but procrastinating in the car hits differently.)
But despite that and the cold I am proud to say I walked a TINY BIT today (650m each way to the Further Shops and back) when I didn’t have to, as a form of self care that I am usually too negligent to engage in. Maybe I might do it again tomorrow. Take a more circuitous route. I’m so sedentary… I do miss field work :(
I absolutely love walking as “self care”. I merge it into my transport where I can - walking from station to office instead of catching trams, getting off the train at a completely different station so I can walk a few km etc - but also walk in the very early hours of the morning when I first wake up. it’s my favourite time of day.
Getting my licence and a car a few years ago definitely made me realise how much I relied on incidental walking for my well-being… having a car has been terrible for my health because of my current lack of self control 😮💨
I love walking but I have to be careful now 😭
你好吗? 今天早上太冷了啊!
wrote that bad boy all by myself(in pinyin anyway). I’m trying to focus on thinking phrases. Things I can think in chinese instead of english to better commit them to memory. So mostly just complaining about the weather.
So I reported a profile on Facebook because it was using my name and my profile picture (and different personal details ripped from someone with my name but a higher public profile). I just got an email to say it’s been reviewed and doesn’t go against their guidelines.
The profile picture is literally me. From my old website. And it’s my name. But that’s not an issue?! WTAF?! Can I do anything about this?
send that profile a virus
Reported it as fake imperaonation ?
Yep. Apparently that’s not enough!
Get everyone you know to do the same. Numbers game
One of the (many) advantages of moving here is I don’t have to worry about getting up at arse o’clock to open the gates for any deliveries - in this case Coles online.
In other news, my pattern of opposite sleep patterns to the DT continues - I had a restless night and weird dreams while y’all seem to have slept well and peacefully. shrug emojiI thought I was the outlier with sleep patterns! I tend to have weird dreams all the time anyway. Woo! Free movies!
Alright. Round 3. Didn’t end up napping today so should get a full night’s sleep and wake up “refreshed” at 6am.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
Alrighty. Back home all snuggled in bed with Gibson. Water is back on. Nap time 😴
Edit: apparently I forgot it’s treat time
I want a cat so bad. They’re like portable bed heaters. They’d probably love my electric blanket, too…
Everytime I go on Reddit I feel myself getting shittier and shittier. I know that not following current events is sticking ones head in tyevsand, but it has such an impact.
If it doesn’t make me laugh then I’m not interested. That’s what I use reddit for these days.
I recently joined Idiocracy. Not sure if it’s funny or not.
I think Reddit is better/less rabid than than aussie tv …lol
And following what current events? What is popular at the moment, what is being pushed for political reasons, what has had good press releases?
Because there is so much happening in the world and most never hits the newspapers on a regular basis.
Keeping up with current events is more about keeping up with the zeitgeist than anything.
Little of it ever impacts our own lives.
At my old age I just try to see trends and important local news, some foreign news too. 99% I ignore.
I find myself much more interested by international news.
Aussie news is basically all about housing/interest rates with the odd splash of violent crime.
Like what is Australia’s future exactly? Who do we want to be? What’s our goal? I feel like these questions are rarely answered, to say nothing of actual practical plans to get there.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ And when politics is covered by most of the media, it’s basically presented as a clash of personalities and a footy game.
This Labor MP says this. This Coalition MP says that. Minister refuses to confirm. Party room sources say. This shadow minister made a gaffe. The opposition leader made comments attacking this. The prime minister responded by saying that.
And according to the latest opinion polls…
It’s really irrelevant to the everyday lives of most people!
Meanwhile, the thing that really matters from politics is the laws we live under. How government departments go about their job and deliver things like schools and hospitals. Which new train lines do or don’t get built. What the government funds, and who pays how much tax for it.
The focus should be on what issues people in the community are facing.
What kind of society do we have right now? What kind of country, state, and city do we want to live in?
What are the laws and policies right now?
What’s their impact on those issues? Are they helping or harming?
And how could they be different?
Australia’s goal is that everyone can own a house which constantly increases in value. There are no practical plans talked about because it is not actually possible, the goal of constantly rising value conflicts with the goal of being available to everyone. Which is why talk about it around and around in circles.
Colonies don’t have goals and who we are are colonial subjects.
The point of colonies is not nation building but extracting wealth.
Who are we subject to though? Banks and Google I suppose.
@wscholermann @Seagoon_ Mining companies, mostly…
Engagement is driven by rage. Engagement is also money. Hence, making readers angry enough to comment = profit.
It’s shit. Peeking your head out to check current events is alright, but hopping on the Enragement Engagement Train is a one way ticket to feeling bad all the time.
My neck, my back, my pussy, and my crack - all frozen solid.
No Bueno.
even with oodie?
Had the weirdest ‘sleep’ these last two nights. It’s been a struggle to get to sleep and when I do I feel like I have been awake the entire time, like my mind is still going and only my eyes are closed.
Yet I am not tired at all so I must be actually sleeping but it is a really weird feeling.
this was me during my brush with covid, but seems like a lot of people having the same issues.
Must be post effects/long covid. I havent been (noticably) sick for ages.
same, my mind is so busy lately
I kinda get like it when I have the flu but I haven’t been sick for yonks.
I go to bed early, I wake up early. I’ve been getting a solid 8 or 9 hours lately, but I’m still tired.
I can only blame so much on the weather. Perhaps I am hibernating, perhaps I am the bear lol
hugs
I sleep well until the pain meds wear off. More meds. Then I sleep well again for longer because my nerves and muscles have finally calmed.
Absolutely wild night of dreams and trips to the loo (uh oh, last time that happened was hit by el rones a day or so after).
None of them made any sense and moved so fast. Get back from the loo, head hits pillow and bam, jump straight back into a very strange dreamworld.
And hyper sensitive hearing… Road noise dead of night was super deafening. In the shower this morning the white noise from the water led me to hallucinate that was I listening to carnival music ever so slightly in the background. I mean it was catchy, but I would’ve preferred a different genre.
I hope I’m not going mad yikes.
Lowkey though hope that happens again tonight (except the loo part)… Free trip!
I had an uncomfortable dream last night. I don’t really remember what it was, just that it made me uncomfortable and creeped out and I felt weird when I woke up. I think @bacon@aussie.zone was lying to us about having a good sleep
it wasn’t meeeeeee
Family just has such a way to get under your skin. This time it isn’t even directed at me, but it’s still driving me so crazy.
