• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    19·
    4 months ago

    Well I rang the EAP people and after being told they are no longer our support, which would have been par for the course, she was wrong and I have an appointment sorted.

    Aside from that little hiccup, it wasn’t scary at all.

    Thanks for your support too. It made it easier to deal with.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      4·
      4 months ago

      No problem. The other place had somewhere called ‘explain like I’m scared’, it would be a helpful resource here

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    17·
    4 months ago

    I got some good news! As of 4:55pm, I’m officially enrolled in my community services course! I begin on the 26th

    Naturally I’m a little nervous, but I think I’ll do much better in TAFE than high school. I tend to get along better with adults and older people (who I imagine will be the primary demographic) than people my own age. Although I am second guessing my decision to go for a 1 day a week course. After all, if it only takes 9 months to finish one day a week, it should only take 3 if if I did it 3 a week. Maybe that would put me in a better position next year.

    But it’s a start at least I suppose. I should probably prove to myself that I’m capable of doing 1 day a week (which I know I can, but also think I need to experience for myself to fully believe it) before trying to bite off more than I can chew

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      It’s a great start to start small with one day a week! We don’t know what we’re capable of until we try and in sure you can adjust it later on if you want! That’s fantastic!! How exciting to be enrolled and to start so soon! TAFE is definitely a different vibe, people want to be there and they want to have conversations and collaborate. I think you’re extremely intelligent and clever so you’re going to do great with talking to adults and your fellow classmates.

      I’m very excited for you!

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        Thanks Chud. Completely agree. My biggest issue with high school is that 95% of my experience is that nobody wants to be there, so everybody treats everybody else like shit, and the poor teachers try their best, but just can’t help everyone enough with the class sizes and lack of resources/funding. This course looks likes it’s small enough to not be pure chaos, but large enough to still be able to blend into the crowd if I want to

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      4·
      4 months ago

      this is awesome 👍

      TAFE is a brilliant venue to get qualifications, work hard and get some practical qualification for a good career

      yay 🥂

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        Thanks Goonsy. I think this will be a very positive step

        Unfortunately no 🥂 for 219 days, but I do have apple juice. That’s basically the same thing, right?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    16·
    4 months ago

    Cat adventures with Bill and Ted.

    So early this morning Ted was upstairs meowing his head off. He wanted to get into the office. I called “Ted” at least ten times to get him to come down stairs. The meowing just louder.

    Time for a plan. I used “confuse a cat”.

    I called out “Bill”. There was complete silence in reply. I called “Bill” again and Ted came running down the stairs to tell me he wasn’t Bill, he was Ted, and that Bill was sitting next to me.

    Bogus. 🤭

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    4 months ago

    Home now, things are good. First aid for animals and CPR, as well as a long term assessment.

    Tomorrow is theory, and sitting at my PC from 9 to 6, but I have learned so much already, and I really like my teachers so it’s all good.

    Just feeling good I think haha

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      Awesome news, you’re doing awesome Chuddy :)

      If I may ask, how different is animal first aid from human first aid? Obviously CPR is going to be a little different, but are the fundamentals like wound care similar?

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Yeah fundamentals are similar. We follow DRSABC (dangers, responsiveness, airways, breathing, CPR).

        CPR is similar and we were taught how to locate the heart, and how to give breaths. As well as proper bandaging techniques and stress free handling, how to transport large dogs.

        The caveat is that CPR is really not that effective outside of a vet clinic, but it’s better than nothing at all and at least gives the animal a chance of survival. The best success rates of animal CPR are within vet clinics/hospitals where there are multiple members of staff to assist and provide intravenous supports/breathing.

        • Catfish@aussie.zone
          2·
          4 months ago

          And like COR on babies, you need to tone it way down. No cat or little kid can take a full adult lung breath!

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    12·
    4 months ago

    Well I’d been going along fine without any symptoms until I felt like a bit of a Nanna nap in the afternoon and ended up crashed out for several hours. When I got up to cook dinner I started sweating profusely and felt a bit hot. With it came a hard feeling to describe, sort of oddly confused and flustered. Managed to make a curry and rice, and cooked some chicken drumsticks with corn on the cob for Miniest. Elder isn’t feeling like eating much, but he ate a hotdog. Went to bed early and feel ok at the moment, but I’m not out of bed yet.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    11·
    4 months ago

    Got a conditional offer into a Master of Teaching course! Nice to know I’ve got an option for next year should I pass the semester :)

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
    11·
    4 months ago

    So, super karma good vibes, caught a cab from the airport and shared, and the mate paid my fare.

    Such a nice feeling, can’t wait to pay it forward.

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    11·
    4 months ago

    Got a case of the downers today. Feeling a bit isolated, the honeymoon period of being self employed is ending and I’m starting to feel like I did when I was WFH full time during lockdowns (which is not good). I’m making the effort to fill my social battery during the week in other ways, which helps but these kinds of down days from the isolation and lack of forced structure still pop up. I saw a photo my old workplace at some event together on LinkedIn and that’s made me miss being employed (although I don’t regret leaving that hellish place for one second). Just went for a walk and while it was freezing, I already feel better.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    10·
    4 months ago

    I feel like really rich people should be philanthropists again. Fund shelters, schools, hospitals, libraries and animal pounds.