Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Can’t get up. Cat under doona. So sad.
Terrible. You will just have to stay in bed until the cat agrees it is time to get up.
Indeed. I’m structural at this point, a vital part of his habitat
I’ve been exercising as usual but not posting much on account of it being my 50th birthday in the last few days. I’ve been gutsing on cake and gorging on various takeaway foods as is tradition (on my birthday anyway!). My colleagues gave me some lovely gifts and a very tall cake and made me feel special. Fam were a bit hit and miss. I do feel a little different in a way that’s hard to describe. You can be in denial about getting older as much as you like, but something about hitting a half century hits different. This is going to sound a bit silly, but it almost feels like a very faint shadow over me that others can’t really see, but I know is there. I’m still the same positive, happy and determined me, but there’s just this… thing. I’m not doing too well at describing it, but it’s an odd feeling, that’s for sure.
Happy Birthday! 🎉
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Happy Birthday!!
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Happy birthday! 🥳
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All the chores are done before midday… is, is this what it’s like to be normal. I’ve vacuumed, mopped, put washing on, done the dishes, and I’ve even changed the sheets, and dusted.
Edit- Ok so maybe not normal… I am an all at once sort of person though, I like to either get everything done in one go or not bother at all.
Maybe what it’s like to be fully on top of things, but I’m not sure it is normal. Normal is “oops, I left the washing in the machine again”. Possibly followed by being distracted enroute to the washing machine by something else that needs to be done and not actually ending up hanging the washing.
Edit: I managed to hang the washing without being distracted. This time.
I had a relatable video but could only find it on tiktok which I don’t like or use
Edit: Urgh. Tik Tok warning
Also
Undrunk cuppa
ohhh that’s a wham moment right there
There’s dozens of us
dusting is not normal, no.
Family of asthmatics probably plays into it being normal for me.
oh same here, but as the token non-asthmatic I stopped that shit as soon as I moved out of the family home :P
(I keed, I still dust but the joke has to be salvaged somewhere, dammit)
This is not normal. Normal, well, see comments below. On the plus side now is reelaaaax time. Maybe go out for a coffee and a nice brunch with a very clear conscience?
pakidge #1 has arrived. Potato in air fryer now.
It is lighter than I expected, which is good as it will make it easy to put in and out of a cupboard and gives me more options as to where I can put it.
We placed ours in garage. It gets annoyingly loud after a while and saves a bit of bench space.
Tried sweet potat in my new af last night - the bomb! Peeled it, then hasslebacked them, quick spray with oil and the classic 10 mins at 200 deg. Came out perfect, ready for another 3 mins with cheese over the top. Yummy. Could get to like this appliance over and above the microwave. Going to try fish tonight.
Lamb chops. 6 mins from cold plate to done. Gamechanger.
These are your friends
I’ll see your chips and raise you the mighty Potato Gem
12 minutes at 180
If you want to go Bull Style™ melt some tasty cheese over the top of them then put some sweet chilli sauce on top and be a filthy pig while binge watching Star Trek.
I’m pretty sure my life expectancy just shortened by looking at that image :D
Gems and the Aldi Dino Nugs go GREAT in an airfryer
Bloody hell, most of last week was this morass of depression and bleakness and everything seemed doomed, but I’m all positive and light and energetic today despite being up till 4am? What gives, brain? Is it really just the sun??? (It can’t just be vitamin D because I take seriously big doses)
Sheets all being washed and dried, haven’t started packing yet but have a bit of a list. Much easier packing for warm climates. Must get to Leo’s this arvo to get some gifts, and use up what’s left in the fridge tonight. Looks like it’ll be kale pasta sauce.
Might be that today seems a little bit brighter.
I somewhat do believe that we have ups and downs like a biorhythm as well so it could be something like that.
I just wish I could predict my biorhythms a little better! I think sun (actually seeing it outside and feeling it on me) definitely helps but sometimes it just seems to change out of nowhere.
Pancakes!
Your breakfasts are FIRE🔥
Ted Cat using his sex doll as a pillow
spoiler
Ted is starting to fluff out into a handsome gentleman! Look at his cute head resting like that…
he’s so adorable, he let me brush him a little today 😊
I hope billcat isn’t standing behind you watching everything you type.
there were 2 comments in a row which talked about cake then I wanted cake so I walked to the supermarket to get cake and now I have cake
Can I have some cake?
You may. It’s vanilla sponge (with cream and jam).
I have been working out to do with the food I need to use up, and have realised I have all the ingredients for a great pavlova. Which is really tempting, but then I would have to eat an entire pavlova, which is probably not the healthiest idea. I guess I’ll stick with the quiche and cakes for the freezer plan.
Is it a surplus of eggs? Cos you can apparently freeze the undecorated meringue bases.
If you made minis you could then pull out individual bases as needed and hit it with canned whip cream for a single serve. Single portions of fruit are harder but maybe some thawed berries, leftover fruit or a single passion fruit/sliced kiwi.
(I hope this comment was useful)
I keep getting distracted by my sparkly nails today.
This sore throat really sucks. It seems to have progressed to my ear now, so razor blades in my ear and my throat when I swallow. Still negative though.
Edit. Thanks all, doctors appointment tomorrow morning sorted.
Anecdote, Betadine throat drops will cause vomit, avoid. Gargling dissolved aspirin might help.
That shit works but it’s gross 😝
Difflam have a throat numbing spray you can pick up just over the counter. If you’re an asthmatic of having issues breathing it’s not good for you though.
Get that checked at the doctor’s if you haven’t already, last thing you want is an infection wreaking unchecked havoc
Gargle in salt water - 10% solution - might help a bit. But best to go see doctor - might be anything from tonsillitis to an abcess. Does sound like an infection - at least to me.
My adhd diagnostic appointment has been moved from the 23rd of November to this Thursday the 19th if October!!! Work is accommodating me for it and I am so stoked!! Nervous cause what if somehow despite my research, and doing the DSM5 myself, they tell me I don’t have ADHD but genuinely so keen to officially be diagnosed and take further steps to be the best me ever. Thanks to the bank of mum and dad for helping me with the fee a month sooner then expected.
Just back from first aid prac training - was a little worried about the cats as I usually don’t leave them for more than three hours and the last time I did there were worried little faces to greet me.
However this time Zooks was basking in the sun in the front window and Sammi on my bed, and they graciously accepted the offer of food. 😂.
Oh and they’re expressing their displeasure by swatting at each other, but ah well.6.4k this morning. Felt pretty good too. Doggo back in bed for a few hours.
Sammi woke me up at 4:45 yowling. As far as I could tell it was a mix of ‘the litter tray needs scooping’ (I heard her hit it just before I dropped off and again just before the yowling started) and ‘while you’re at it, feed me’. Horror.
The amazing thing was Zooks slept through it - until I elbowed her by accident because I hadn’t realised she was sleeping there.
Now we’re all awake and not too happy about it.
