• Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    3 months ago

    It’s been a very exciting day today. I have folded laundry, emptied the cat litter bin and sprayed poison liberally around the yard. Now I’m pondering the question of whether to change into a slightly heavier top before walking the dog.

    • Cendana@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      I’m actually wondering why today feels colder than any day in the recent weeks - that includes the coldest morning/day we experienced on 19th.

  • TypicalNarwhal@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    anyone got any good recommendations for where to get a sturdy long lasting couch? looking for a 2 + 3 seater +/- recliner. time to replace our 8 year old ikea options

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Ooh. Apparently there’s a meeting happening right now to decide what they’re going to do with the new kid and how they’ll manage the outcomes of it for me.

    The results will be either: A. I should suck it up and go home B. He should suck it up and stop breaking the rules C. The department should suck it up and move him elsewhere

    I didn’t really share very much about exactly how it was affecting me here, because it’s the sort of thing that I feel like will make me sound entitled and like a snowflake. But his move in and the resulting chaos really did affect me. I think it actually affected me more than when I was at the last place and things were really abusive, because back then I didn’t miss stability, because I never had any to begin with. But now I’ve had a chance to be in a stable and supportive place where I don’t need to always have an ear out of my headphones in case shit hits the fan, or barricade my door for safety, or have to sleep light so I don’t get woken up by cops shining a light in my face after opening the wrong room. It was really hard to adjust to that again, and I completely lost all will and motivation to do anything, even eat and drink.

    I’m fairly happy in this hotel, and things are going well again, but I do wonder if it was a good idea to agree to come here. After all, I will probably just walk back into the same shit show I did after returning from my holiday last time. And I’m not sure I can handle the constant yoyo-ing

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      So I dont really know the specifics of the situation, but guessing there is a good reason they cant say “B, and if you stuff up one more time you’re out on your ass” to the other kid?

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Yeah that’s sort of what I meant. There is the strike and warning system thing, and he’s been issued with 1 warning. So 2 more stuff ups would mean being kicked out

          • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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            3 months ago

            There’s 3 strikes before the warnings start, and 3 warnings before a kick out. They also do a grace period where they won’t do a formal strike, just a verbal warning.

            So essentially it can go something like this: 3 verbal warnings, then 3 strikes, then 3 proper warnings, then kicked out

            Also the barricading my door is more about not wanting workers opening my door. The workers are here for him, but aren’t his workers. But they’re not really trained either, and never get briefed on who’s room’s who’s

            • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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              3 months ago

              yeah… id be reporting to whatever org that people are opening your door at night, that turns scary real fast.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      Ideally it’d be B. as it should have been from the beginning, but that’s unlikely. The next best option is C.

      A. is not an option, you really do need to be plain with them about how badly it’s affected you and you’re well within your rights to crack the shits. Tell them even that you keep getting woken up by the cops and with the lack of sleep could lose your job. Really be straight up about what’s been happening or they possibly will allow the same shitshow to continue.

      You’re not entitled or a snowflake. Don’t let them gaslight you into tolerating this situation because it’s more convenient for them to be lazy.

      They screwed up and put this kid in a setting that he wasn’t suited for and it’s disrupting your stability. They need to fix it.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I have been honest with them about how I’ve been affected by it all. I sent it to my entire care team last monday morning a few hours before I had a care team meeting. I have a few really supportive people in my care team, and 2 of them wrote letters about the situation, too. That’s probably a large part of the reason why I ended up in this hotel so quickly.

        From what I’ve heard, I actually think C is the best option. Apparently in the weeks leading up to his move in, he was saying he didn’t want to move here, and I’ve been told he still doesn’t want to be here. It also seems that a lot of the things he’s done since moving in have been the result of wanting to be kicked out. Lead tenant is meant to be a voluntary program, and it doesn’t work if people don’t genuinely want to be here

        Thanks for saying that, I’ve been struggling to talk about it because I know many people have been through worse things, and by world standards I’m in a good situation. It doesn’t help that I’ve actually experienced much worse living situations before, I’ve seen how bad things can get. So being so down while being in a much better position than I was 3 years ago makes me feel ungrateful and selfish.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      A is not a goer imo. B sounds like it was dreamed up by an honest politician (which does not exist). C means the department has to acknowledge it has fucked up - again. Which may not happen. Not a lot of good outcomes on offer here. For now, the hotel is looking more and more like the better short term solution until the kid either goes or cleans up his act. I really hope this situation works itself out in a way that you can cope with.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      🎵 vape house, in the middle of our street Burnt down, in the middle of our street🎵

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      3 months ago

      And all the small vape shops who aren’t selling black market vapes to kids get shutdown while chemist fucking warehouse gets the profits.

      I am so fucking disappointed in this government.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago
    Medical procedures, disability, disordered eating

    I’m so beyond angry that a rare undiagnosed medical condition has left me enduring severe pain, nausea, difficulty in eating, and bowel dysfunction for almost 20 years. I haven’t had it confirmed yet for sure, tests will have to be done, but possibilities have been raised around MALS and/or Nutcracker Syndrome. There’s also a strong possibility of gastroparesis. All of these are strongly correlated with the rare genetic disability I was born with.

    I’m still going to be appreciating food posts and sharing recipes. I’m not going to let it take that from me too.

    But I’m now facing the possibility of needing a temporary nasojejunal feeding tube (a nasal tube that bypasses a broken stomach and goes straight to the small intestine) to support my nutrition. Despite my efforts to keep eating I’ve deteriorated that badly now. Apparently a lot of people with my physical disability do end up requiring feeding tubes and none of the specialists I sought out fucking bothered to tell me. Nope, it must be psychosomatic!

    And worse than that, while I’m willing and know what assistance to ask for… if I can’t arrange it another way I still may end up having to repeatedly attend the ER to try and get some action on that. Which will mean repeatedly boarding my cat and waiting in a hospital for up to 12 hours only to potentially be told there’s nothing they can do. For as many times as it takes. (I’ve already done this twice to access a referral to gastro specialists in a different hospital, since the ones I had were actively unhelpful and don’t do the procedure I was asking for.)

    And then there’s refeeding syndrome to face.

    No pity please, I’m just incensed and having a rant.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Thanks for all the lovely wishes you guys 🥲 I had a long day at work which isn’t how I usually like to spend it - but it was a really good day nevertheless; I got a free bun quietly added to my bag at the bakery on my walk to work, my colleagues utterly spoiled me with gifts, had a few wins, and I treated myself to Inside Out 2 which was awesome (if a little pat near the end). So many emotions thinking about how it’s been so hard to accept parts of myself. It’s just the film I needed to feel more accepting about where I’m at and less torn up about where my sense of self and core values went…

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Slept with my hand under my head and my wrist is feeling fucky. I guest I can tick off ‘injury while sleeping’ on the over 40 list of bullshit.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Good morning friendship pals! The sun is shining(somewhere), the birds are chirping(but not so much), and HOPEFULLY my delivery is coming today. “Transferred at Sunshine West” yeah you BETTER BE.

    I had a dream where robots invaded the earth so that was cool and I fully support then in their hobbies.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I ordered some sheets from Kmart almost a fortnight ago and had them redirected to my post office, but then a week ago it said it was “in transit” twice in my suburb and has never updated to say it’s arrived at my post office

      • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Did they send it via couriers please? Every time I’ve gotten something from them they have, and couriers please has managed to fuck something up.

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Nope this one’s through auspost. They did send me a heater through couriers please at the end of last month but they managed to fucking lose it so I ended up with no heater

          • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            3 months ago

            That sounds like them. I swear they’ve never managed to deliver anything well.

            One time they broke one delivery, and then broke the replacement that was sent.

    • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      “Your delivery is coming today” message received. There’s construction across the road so time to look out the window every time I hear a van for the next 4 to 8 hours

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    I have a very strong opinion about the nuclear power debate. It’s new-clear. Not nuke-you-luer, not noo-cloo-la, not newk-yah-lah.