The one ABC quiz I do alright on and nobody’s posting about it? Boo
I got 35/50 which is probably my best score yet. 2 were lucky guesses though
35/50. Most were educated guesses.
I did crap at it so didn’t post - 25/50. Some unlucky guesses.
I’ve recently started adding healthy squirts of lemon juice to almost everything I cook (generally some kind of mix of pasta, rice, veg and meat/fish, flavoured with garlic onion and chilli), and it has been making a big difference. Before lemon juice I was adding vinegar for a while which helped, but lemon juice is making everything much more tasty
@Force_majeure123 @Seagoon_ on noodles I love to drizzle a little sesame oil and lemon juice over then after they’ve gone into my bowl
When life gives you lemons - use them on your food! To hell with the whole lemonade bit.
Suitcase preferences wanted. Soft-case or hard case and why?
How much do you travel? Op shops often have plenty of serviceable suitcases.
Light weight. Unless I’m going through Heathrow then something tough.
I can only tell you of my experience. I have had an Antler soft case for… I’m not even sure how long. 14 years? I’ve travelled a fair bit with it and never had any sort of issue with it. It can expand a bit which is nice. My only advice I ever give anyone is get something with 4 good wheels. 2 wheeled luggage is dumb.
I have a small hard case (it’s like a strand bags rip off of a Samsonite). It is smallish, hard shell, unique colour, has an expansion zip, combo lock and can be wheeled on four wheels or two. Have taken it all over the world and it’s awesome. I would go hard case everytime.
I woke up just after 6, forgot to go back to sleep and now it’s probably time to get up
I’m struggling to get out of bed. I think at its core, it boils down to: bed warm, not bed not warm
I woke up early and decided against it. Just woke up now and only because I was having a nightmare. I feel free of brain fog for the first time in weeks tho. Sometimes ‘bed warm’ is the answer
Bloody hell, is sunday nightmare day or something?
IKR was just reading the thread! Must be something in the stars
Word vomit and mental health incoming, feel free to skip
My sister told me today that my ex seemed fake the way he acted towards me. I agreed with her. It sucks that none of it was real except the love that I felt for him. Also that he seems gay. Friends also said he seemed gay. That explains a lot and would make sense.
Even though I forgive myself for staying with someone who didn’t love me, I’ve had too many coffees today and lost my three day no crying streak. I logically know that the past has happened and it isn’t worth dwelling on it. I logically know that I’m better off without the relationship, but the heart side of me kinda collapsed today. That is okay. Healing is not linear. He’s definitely not sitting there crying over me, he’s probably forgotten me by now. I just feel like I have no direction in life right now and everything feels pointless and bleak. I’m scared and I don’t know if I’m going to make it through the rest of the year. But the fact that I have no direction or clue in life really means that there are opportunities out there that I can’t see yet.
That therapy appointment couldn’t come sooner. Just have to hold on for two more weeks.
Some better things:
- tomorrow I’m going to sign up for an 8 week fitness challenge to get me back into working out. I haven’t properly worked out consistently in about a year.
- if I pass my uni stuff, I will also buy myself a drum kit or a cheap electric guitar. Watch me say all this shit and be good for three weeks and then fail.
- I don’t care if these things plus therapy are going to eat into my savings at this point, because I need a lifeline. I should probably also do one thing at a time. I’m sick of my mental state stopping me from doing the things I want to do and ultimately being the person I want to be. I’ve felt stagnant for probably the past 10 years. I’m done with feeling that way, because if I keep feeling that way, it’s going to be extra hard to get through life.
Sorry for spilling all the negative emotions.
It’s awful you feel this way and I wouldn’t even know where to start.
If you’re considering drums, also look at electric kits. They sound and feel as good as the real thing now, and you can programming them with different sounds and practice with headphones.
Maybe even look at grooveboxes. For about $500 you can get a little device you can arrange a whole song on. They’re great if you have the time to tinker but don’t want to build up the muscle memory of an instrument
I’ve been looking into an electric kit for the sole purpose of practising with headphones.
Grooveboxes look cool and more portable. I’ll look into it more, thanks :)
You will get over him. Meanwhile, distract yourself by going somewhere a bit wild that you’ve never been before.
Thanks for the tip. Got any ideas?
Vietnam!!!
I understand how you feel. The last relationship I was in turned out to be a sham of sorts. It threw me into a spiral for a little while.
I guess for me, I refuse to let someone have that kind of control over my state of mind. Easier said than done, sure, it’s hard work but I think it’s a good perspective to have.
All you can do, is live the best life that you can, because you deserve that. Because you don’t need someone shitty ruining your vibe.
The guitar/drum idea is a good one. Making music can be really cathartic. Helps get the gunk out.
Good luck 🐱
Sounds like he was on his own journey. Maybe it was mutual stagnation that worked for you both.
In theory, if you invest in therapy, you’ll become more functional so be able to make more money to get those savings back up.
I don’t think life has to have a direction, and if it does why not many directions, why not many goals?
small goals, mmkay.
many many hugs 😘
hooray for left overs from the freezer , I’m having chicken curry, rice with nuts and some chutney
This goblin is gonna curl up in bed. Too chilly for folk such as I.
🧌🛏️
Giant sleep followed by slow walk and coffee and now I am sitting on my couch with the sun streaming in. I am starting to think the cold I had a few weeks ago might have been the Rona (I tested negative but it was about 5 days in before I got to test)… That would explain the fatigue and ongoing breathlessness and shitty feeling.
Sun and walks and sleep and lots of water today to try to kick the last of it. My floors can stay unmopped.
RSV can be pretty savage too.
I’m in a cunt of a mood and I’m about to insult one or more people. Who the fuck orders a salad from a pizza shop?
One of my local pizza shops used to be run by the old Italians and they did a bitchin’ salad, with bloody beautiful dressing. But that’s certainly not the norm is it.
I was thinking more if you were to peruse a menu from a takeaway pizza shop and decide “I’ll get a garden salad with my pizza”. Even worse “I’ll just get the salad”.
You can’t make friends with salad.
I don’t want to be friends with a salad.
(I get it’s a Simpsons reference)
I can’t do anything , I’m on minimum chores so I choose to look after the cats. Dinner for me will be stuff from the fridge, maybe a toasty.
I would be happy if someone got a good simple salad.
23 June last year i made the first daily thread here, so like an okay partner, happy anniversary everyone for a few days ago.
Mate we’re in May. Hasn’t been a year yet.
I am pretty ill, I did say okay partner.
Accidental good partner because you’re so early
Themed lunch notes for tomorrow after a visit to the Dandenong Botanic Gardens today.
Those are lovely. 💖
I would go to bed now if I thought I could sleep through the night 😴😴😴 bed and audiobook seems so cosy
I’m considering it. Bed is so comfy and I have my kindle fixed, and loaded with books to read.
The kids have discovered my old Transformers, which have been at my parent’s house for the last 40 years.
.It’s like watching Woody and Buzz being played with by the next generation. Seeing my old friends playing with my kids.
That’s really sweet. They were my favourite toys as a kid as well.
It was Transformers and Lego. My Lego collection (which is tiny compared to theirs) was absorbed into their Lego years ago.
Good toys are for generations. 💖
( I know this is kinda unpopular, but I like the Transformers movies.
They are well made, look great, have good actors, and the stories are meaningful. True, they are kids movies but being kids movies doesn’t make them lame. )
Do all the lemmy apps come with ads?
Mlem on iOS and Jerboa on Android are free without ads
You know when you eat so much you can’t get comfortable in bed for a while?
I feel like I’ll never eat again!
