melbaboutown

@melbaboutown@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I heard that you can tighten all of your muscles really hard and relax a couple of times to release the fight or flight.

  Allowing yourself to shake.

  Dipping or splashing your face with cold water for the diving reflex.

  There’s deep abdominal breathing.

  Or even holding your breath until it subsides (something about carbon dioxide balance in your bloodstream)

  YMMV

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve managed to get almost all the art supplies into a plastic tub and off the bench

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You can also do hip bridges or heel slides (no band) without getting out of bed but I don’t wanna.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You start with KAOS and work against entropy to undo it

  And usually you have to first invent the universe an organisational system

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You’d be surprised. It took two years of regular effort but there was eventually something there.

  Then came the pandemic and intensified health issues and I lost it all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if you don’t leave the house or get out of bed you can still do leg extensions with a resistance band for your butt and abs.

  I’m probably not going to though -_-

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Someone has stolen my bin. -_-

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to do art, to exercise, to UNKAOS…

  But it all takes energy and feels pointless

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  She’s still an absolute trooper though. Still eating, drinking, walking over to visitors to check them out. Still trying to convince me to let her outside

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Melbcat spluttering and spitting out purple cranberry medicine: I am particularly inspired by the works of Jackson Pollock 🎨🖼️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🌬 Thursday, October 23, 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  🤖🏃‍♂️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Pain is exhausting. I hope there’s something to give even a little relief

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks so much. I’ll probably be asking a lot when it comes time to try and get stuff working

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Problem is going to be document compatibility when dealing with organisations and possibly WebEx or Zoom. I’ll work it out on this old machine as I get time and energy though. One step at a time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll try. Fingers crossed I have time and brain cells

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks. They’re actually extremely patchy because I’m mostly self taught, I can follow curly tutorials and use the command line with a guide but a lot of the fundamentals have been missed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to have to do it fast because starting from December I’m going to lose access :(

  I’ve tried Linux before but not as my main. This is basically to test out and see if I can switch over for most things because I viscerally hate Windows 11

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Trying to sort shit out.

  Windows 11 machine is completely full so using a Mac to download the classic Linux Mint and waiting a hundred years for the iso to download so I can sha the damn thing and make a bootable thingy.

  Tried to drag a bunch of files onto a 32gb usb off Windows machine to free space and keep them safe but there’s seriously not enough room so I might get an external drive just for that to have on top of backups.

  Then I have to download everything off Flickr and Dropbox and make sure the last gmails get changed over on any platforms they’re still connected to (or emails they’re recoveries for).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🏕️ Wednesday 22 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Was late with the antibiotics so gave them right after the midnight meds… bubs threw them right back up so I gave her some anti nausea meds and repeated the dose.

  Dealing with a spilled milky drink on the carpet too. -_-

  I wish there was a carpet cleaner that doesn’t absolutely reek of perfume to the point they set off migraines and cause asthma attacks. I use the bacterial enzyme concentrate but that’s more for breaking down biological stuff like pee, and doesn’t do a good job of actually cleaning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 📚 Tuesday 21 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  🖤

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 📚 Tuesday 21 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel you. I’m hoping something can help

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 📚 Tuesday 21 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Found out Melbcat only got a little over a weeks worth of antibiotics so I managed to get the vet to bump it up to 3 weeks (against manufacturers advice). I hope that’s long enough that it does something.

  I’m so stressed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 📚 Tuesday 21 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yesterday was really tough.

  Melbcat was quite uncomfortable still, crying and fussing, and needed an extra top up even with solid pain management. Really hoping her antibiotics kick in and offer some relief. I understand antibiotic stewardship but still wish she hadn’t been made to wait so long for treatment.

  I spent most of the day sleeping outside of pickup and meds because I have an infection too, plus really struggling to manage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🛹 Monday 20 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the creature was angry to have been created only for his ‘father’ and the world to fear and despise him (and leave him in isolation).

  Frankenstein ran in terror and disgust at what he had created and also because the creature wanted serious revenge. Since Frankenstein broke his promise of making him a companion and destroyed the creature’s bride to be rather than finish her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve pretty much accepted that the flowers are getting nibbled so sowed them in bulk.

  The pumpkin seedlings are inside on the windowsill where I think they might probably stay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  About to do some more UNKAOS but can’t find my iPod. Why is it always when I tidy up I can’t find anything?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m lucky to have her. She needs to be protected and cherished for as long as possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It took so long for the vets to give in and finally let her have antibiotics, then she got a shot that only lasted a week (and waited another week after that to go back), then it took yet another week for these ones to get ordered in 😭

  She was on a lot of pain relief but I’m not happy it took so long. However I finally badgered them into the extended course she needs 🤞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks Chef

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 19 October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve started baby on her antibiotics last night and am hoping they work fast. She’s had brekkie in bed and is tucked in with me.