Happy Taco Tuesday 🌮
I think it went ok. The general manager was really nice, but we’ll see how it plays out.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🔔 Tue 12 Mar 2024
Submitted 1 year ago by CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🤞
oztrin@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🤞🏻
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
🤞
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
SNRI withdrawal is fucked up. My heart feels like it’s jumping in my throat and ticking erratically and my body feels tingly and wrong af.
Don’t accidentally (or intentionally) cold-turkey antidepressants; No Bueno!
- a PSA from your local forgetful potato
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You have my commiserations, I was okay when I went off escitalopram, fluoxetine and sertraline but desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) was FUCKED - there was no tapering available and I have never felt so out of control of my body. I swear it felt like I was a robot undergoing a botched factory reset
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Wait wot? I’m on Pristiq and I didn’t know there wasn’t an option to taper 😭 I was literally going to talk to my doc about coming off them so therapy is a bit more effective (i believe it is masking my emotions and feelings, makes them easier to ignore, but harder to identify and deal with effectively).
If there’s no taper available, I think I should do it soon, before I start study or work again if that’s the case. I’m on the 100mg dose too, good lord.
You described it well! I describe it to my partner as being full of electricity, I get all tingly, slow to react, brain fog and zaps. Weird aches and shooting pains. And this heart thing that happens. Good grief!! Thank you for this! I had no idea!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh you poor thing. Yeah I have enough trouble when I miss an SSRI. Be gentle with yourself
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thank you for this, I’m trying. Cried a lot, laughed too which turned into more crying lol.
Brains, man, so complex
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Rightio! Haircut complete. Time for a quick Nanna nap then off to the interview at 3:30pm.
Got another one tomorrow morning which is also cool, so we’ll see.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Wishing you an awesome interview! Sending good vibes! You got this!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thank you!
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
opening up the windows finally, gotta be honest the place smells a bit after 3 people 4 pets inside for basically 3 days.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The delightful scent of vaporising cat tray…
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Aircon at the office isn’t working. After three days in a rental with no aircon, I want to fucking die.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
ROUGH! Can you open windows?
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That would be nice.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I know I’ll be bitching about it in a few weeks but right now that fresh cold air coming through the window is like manna from heaven after still feeling that residual overheated feeling today. Now this is good sleeping weather. Not to mention the soft drizzle. 😊 Wash away all that hot grime and dust please!
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I feel so productive I’m unintentionally making up for the long weekend of absolutely nothing
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I can definitely feel my energy returning. I know I’ve thought of moving to Perth to be with family but with their extended heatwaves I think I’d probably need to take all summer off in Hobart or something
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s so lovely. You can just hear the garden inhaling all that lovely moisture. This gentle rain is perfect.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I do so miss that about living in a house with a garden. Right now the tranquility of the drizzle hitting the driveway and roads has been broken by the neighbour’s heavily disabled adult son’s evening moanings. But this fresh coolth is still rejuvenating regardless.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Bleh, feeling drained today and got a headache incoming as well.
This is going to be make for an unpleasent day even longer :(
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yeah you’re not alone on this. Feeling like I’m running at maybe 50% capacity, if that. Any actual work is a real struggle!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 year ago
My brain is not braining today!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m still really tired. I have no interest in work today
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Took my anti-sad this morning, three days late. Stayed up all night and still haven’t crashed. Had a roll for lunch. I can feel my brain is not quite right, I’m lagging, but I just can’t get sleep to take me.
At this point I’ll have to aim to be in bed around 9ish or 10 so I don’t fuck my sleep cycle up much more.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Went and got my hair cut on Friday thinking I’d spend the weekend doing a bit of body maintenance and letting the kid dye my hair. I did none of that. I barely left the couch.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m so fucking motivated now the weather is nice lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s nice to have the doors open and the place aired out
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m finding that humidity quite revolting.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I gave Melbcat the last of the Coles wet food and it was refused like it has been for like a week… then I opened the Woolies stuff of the same flavour and gave her a spoonful. That was eaten eagerly. So I gave her more with her usual meds and it all got eaten. I could have been getting her normal medications into her this whole time.
Was there something up with the freshness of that tin or has the Coles brand now fallen out of favour? I have so many more tins of that brand because Coles delivery slots cost a fraction of Woolies 😢
(Ideally I’d be shopping Aldi or IGA but the moobean has very specific needs in cat food and I only just found a home brand she can eat)
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cats. They just decide randomly to stop liking the food that was perfectly fine.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
They do 😢 She stopped eating the seafood basket flavour of the Woolies food even, just because. And the available options are already so limited by her allergies.
I saw a $5 delivery slot and a promotion of 50 points per can so did a bulk order of the Woolies cat food tins in the one remaining flavour (tuna mince) and threw in a big bag of their home brand litter. It’s possible I won’t get them all due to stock levels but that will save paying delivery on frequent smaller orders.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Fantastic parenting advice from 1868: do not pet children or give them candy, it will cause imbecility and diphtheria.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
So that’s what’s wrong with today’s young people.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ah that explains why I’m an imbecile!
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Too many lollipops?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Some time ago I ordered a couple of things at a great price (as they are discontinued items), but the package never arrived. After broken promises and much hassle I got my money back, but was annoyed not to have the items. I have now found them on eBay and have bought them from USA for only a few dollars more than the original order, so am now waiting again with fingers crossed for pakige.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The ole rego payment has a bit of bite to it. Need something to chase it down.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It sucks. First time around it was painful, so after that I would just sock it away from my fortnightly pay to my bills account and have it auto transfer out of there so I wouldn’t feel the same emotional trauma. Now that I’m looking at cars again I’m conscious of how much I’ll have to whittle away
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Are you paying for the full year? They have quarterly options.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ye, one and done for the year.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Glad I didn’t have any plans for the long weekend. It was hot and I got sick so simple days at home were good
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
and so it goes
and so it goes
and so it goes
and so it goes
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Pulled an all nighter. When will I crash? Nobody knows!
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Remember to tactically use coffee to glide along at whatever current level of tiredness you’re at
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Tacti-Caffeinated! o7
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Too hot to sleep, so I set my alarm to help my partner get up in the morning and parked myself in front of BG3.
I didn’t realise it was 2am wtf
But I have no obligations besides making a coffee for the snoring hottie when it’s time. Back to Faerûn I go!
bacon@aussie.zone 1 year ago
There is a part-time job that looks good and I’m going to apply for it tomorrow.
To do:- Complete Seek profile
- Write up that little blurb on the top of the CV
- Tailor-make the skills list
- Cover letter
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
- Liaise with references to prepare them ahead of time
(You got this! Hope you get the job 🤞🏽)
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Back from the bellarine.
Was on an empty tum tum so was going to grab some sushi from Southern x for the first time in years… $3.70 for a piddly little teryaki chickan handroll. Why you gotta do me like that.
Noped out and now fully invested in cooking cashew chicken.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Sushi had a good run as a healthy and cheap spare-change snack option but no longer
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
After an exciting day full of things like sorting my tea towel collection and washing the cover on my couch I think it is time to start on Taco Tuesday.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Do you have any interesting tea towels. 🤓
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Not really. The most interesting is probably a souvenier one from Yorkshire with a number of recipes on it.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Had a long and productive catchup today to get my brain in motion again with Life shit at least briefly. Sometimes I am amazed and so grateful that people actually want to meet up with me and catch up for hours - maybe I am less amazed than before as my self-esteem isn’t quite as shit, but still. I am so happy to have these people in my life.
Stoopid pre-employment check didn’t like my selfie so I got some help to take another one, of course the silly company in the US (they made zero effort to localise their website - and proceeded to ask for more points of ID than I’ve ever had to provide even for Australian immigration purposes) So they won’t process it until late tonight; bummer as that’s one day wasted. I hope they give it the OK tonight so HR here can progress with me tomorrow and fingers crossed I can start next week, I know the manager would like me on asap.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
So much housework to catch up on. Necessary housework.
Must not over do it.
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’ll wait for you. During my recovery last year I got a bit overwhelmed with the catch up clean. So I splurged on a cleaner, 4 hours as a once off. Cost $250 but its the best thing I ever did.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The damp paper towel and microwave trick for dried out cookies works a treat! Obviously not perfect, but close enough. I’ll take it!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You can do that with leftover rice. Sprinkle a dessert spoon of water on the rice. Put a damp piece of paper towel over the top. Microwave for 2 minutes.
If you have an airfryer you can bring day old bread rolls back to life by running them under water and airfry for a couple of minutes. You can do it your oven too.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That’s interesting with the bread! I do have a wee one, but too hot for anything yesterday. Lucky we don’t really have to worry about the latter two, but I brought cookies back with me and they weren’t sealed in the usual way. They were almost rock-like and lacked flavour yesterday. Today I did the trick and was pleasantly surprised. Afternoon coffee was much nicer this time around!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ugh, feeling pretty average after a relatively sleepless night last night. Forgot the silence of the complex yesterday wasn’t the norm and right on cue this morning, the lovely banging of renovations that would have made me homicidal, if I’d actually had the energy.
Also the Swedish Death Cleaning show or SDC as it shall be known is pretty much Queer Eye w/out the self glow-up. We all know what a sook I am. I need not to be watching that on top of being tired.
Too many chores today… Pick up shoes overdue from the shoe place (hopefully they’re still there after I keep forgetting), dry cleaner next door (Fam, I lived in that trench coat while I was away.), pick up my two-wheels (Did I mention that on top of service, repairs have practically broken the bank? Yep, several k later. That’s a holiday gone right there. Kill me now.)
Also, work be expecting me back a day earlier. I had a sneaking suspicion the date was wrong, but ran with it because I was travelling. An extra day or not. I don’t know whether to just rip the bandaid off. This is a luxury because I’m usually right back at it.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 1 year ago
What time of morning do the renos normally start?
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh, they’re pretty switched on. Is it 7.30am or 8am? The time they’re allowed to start. Sucks for me, but a few days out of the week I’m actually out for work so it’s not too bad.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Dropped off my stuff at the op shop first thing. There was an appalling amount of mess they were cleaning up that had been dumped there by people over the weekend, then probably sifted through and scattered by people taking stuff.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’ve seen that happen at a few, even when there is signage not to drop off items when they’re closed.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s nice to have the door open :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
ffs, there has been construction across the lane, very loud construction, then a prop plane went over
cue nightmare about accidentally walking into an organised crime area , with grenades and shit
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You are now in your own movie.
bull@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Shaved, showered, washed my hair, started getting ready for in-office day but forgot I didn’t book a desk. Login and notice none of my team have booked desks. Login to Teams to find messages that none of my team are going in today. Proceed to not put on pants. Today’s alright so far.