Good on the nurses for negotiating a decent pay rise so that they’re less horrifically underpaid. It’s such a dangerous and important line of work.
Thankyou for your support!
So things have quietened down a bit since Mr P’s Hulk smash of the bed. He is now using some salvaged wood bits of the bed and other wood bits to build himself a new base. He’s done this before (built himself a day bed for the man cave) so he’ll probably end up with something ok-ish. Good; he needs a project, and he hasn’t been coping well with becoming a house husband.
The Minipeelers were surprisingly unphased by the whole incident. Sadly, I think they’re used to their dad’s spontaneously nutty outbursts.
Elder Minipeeler is doing fantastically with his treatment for anxiety. He’s spending slightly longer at school each time and he’s really starting to noticeably change. He wants to get fit so he’s roped in Miniest as a fitness buddy, doing things like dancing with those kids dancercise apps for exercise, and mock WWE WrestleMania lol. The latter is, as a parent, both really entertaining and a little alarming at times (“No you can not German suplex your brother!”)
Good; he needs a project, and he hasn’t been coping well with becoming a house husband.
Is he talking to someone about it all? Cause smashing up a bedhead is a bit of a red flag that the mental health is maybe not too good.
Maybe worth setting up some more projects for him after the bed assuming this project goes ok.
Yeah the mental health is not great. I think he talks to his mates a bit but it’s an echo chamber where most of them are drinkers/chronic long term weed users and are all enabling each other, so it’s not all that healthy. He’s having mental health assessments at the moment as part of his medication review so hopefully that leads to something positive for him. In the meantime I have lots of things for him to do lol.
Don’t dump a full list on him. “Hey babe I know you’re not feeling great. When you’re up to it do you think you could tackle X task?” Lots of praise for even attempting said task. Don’t let on there’s a backlog of projects
That’s a sound strategy.
Is there a Men’s Shed near you? This sort of thing is what that organisation is so damn good for. Bunch of blokes getting together to make shit and talk without getting stressed about it or dealing with money shit. Usually charitable projects like toy making and stuff for the disadvantaged.
There is a men’s shed near us, and it’s a great idea, but he went along once with a mate of his and didn’t like it. It was a few years ago so I can’t exactly remember the reason, maybe he should give it another go. Sounded cool to me; women’s social groups near me seem to be either sewing or craft related, full of seniors, or rich women networking while doing yoga or pilates lol.
Gratitude thread :)
Mine:
- psych appt, she gave me an extra 10 minutes because I was crying
- going to guitar trial lesson soon
Getting more interviews for next week My cat Clean sheets on my bed My studio space
Roast vegetables with spicy peanut sauce. I had it for lunch and dinner yesterday and lunch today. Details : https://aussie.zone/post/10396108/9885531
Finally getting a surgery date.
My dog.
finding a powershell script that did not everything I needed, but close enough that I didnt have to do 100% of the work myself.
Success!
My amazing GP who was super thorough, as always, and then bulk-billed me after hearing my sob stories.
The cake shop next to the doctor. Mmm, pecan tart.
so many hugs
it’s ok to cry
Helpful staff at Specsavers. My glasses frame just randomly snapped(!) he couldn’t fix it but found a similar pair of frames in his box of spare parts and popped my lenses in there. I am grateful for helpful customer service people and the ability to see again
Sounds corny but I’m really grateful for the love of my children right now. They’re grouse little people and the strong bond we share makes me feel like I am a good person, despite my various failings.
Didn’t have to wait in the cold long for my tram today! Grateful also for the impossibly cheap yet delicious bahn mi at Hung’s Bakery on Vic St.
Heading to interview now. Still haven’t heard back from the other place. I find it easier emotionally to assume the worst instead of living in a state of nervous anxiety.
Did get another 2 calls this morning for other places so that’s cool!
Enjoy your day guys ❤️
That’s the way to do it. I just apply and move on, it probably looks bad when I do get a call because I can’t remember the place or the position because it was all so long ago in jobseeker time
Exactly. Sometimes I find myself getting a bit carried away thinking about a particular role, or beating myself up over something I may have messed up in the interview.
Pessimism works well for job hunting
Sometimes you see a nice job and start imagining your life if you got it. I saw a nice communications job that could be based in the Morewell/Moe area. It would be nice to live in a small town with no commute and a cushy corporate job, but you can’t get too carried away with these things.
I’ve been fucked over by the job hunt in almost every way imaginable so I don’t believe I have a job until I receive the first paycheck
That’s the trap I fall into. Start daydreaming about what it’ll be like, what the co-workers will be like, what I’ll spend my first paycheck on etc etc
I’ve had 2 contracts withdrawn after my police check came back with a shoplifting fine from 9 years ago. Literally had the job, but apparently making a mistake while really fucked up is enough to scare clients.
That really hurt.
I’m just imagining you closing you eyes and whispering his name 3 times to summon Simon.
Simon says hire me lol
I need coffee. As much as possible. Directly into my face.
My cat is on my lap so instead I suffer
I also have a cat on my lap and a cold coffee lol
cat
😍I love Mickey!
I love cat!
☕️
an IV line would be ideal tbh
The local lolly shop is closing down so I bought up big. Pineapples, strawberries & cream, sherbert bombs, raspberry drops and an assortment of rock.
The kid bought stuff too. Gobstoppers and assortment of chews.
Oh so what will you eat tomorrow?
Beer
Hahhahhaha my cat stepped in her own puke when whoring at me for 4am food. the look on her face!
K A R M A
I had a decent night’s sleep last night, but my body decided 5:30 was wakeup time for no reason at all. Managed to get back to sleep at 6:40, and then woken up again at 7:02 because there’s tradies next door and they did not miss a beat. They started clanging stuff around and sawing the moment they got here. Maybe that’s why the Airbnb people were desperate to get away
My sympathies. Did they blast MMM as well?
Surprisingly I can’t actually hear any music. Just whistling and yelling
Update: I suspect they may be fake, because they still haven’t put on MMM. They’re just listening to the foxy
This feline needs a nap.
I decline to comment about there being crayons and Tomsauce before noon.I got this in my letterbox
Apparently if you give catnip to dogs it may work as a mild sedative. I wonder if it works on very active Jack Russells? Experiment time!
Update: Wasn’t sure how much to give him. Gave him the whole lot. He scoffed them down. Now I just wait.
when I first got Bill Cat all he would eat was temptations. I slowly got him onto a better diet.
Are they bad in moderation?
My Jacky is as addicted as the cats to Temptations. But none of them like the catnip ones!
My dog eats everything except vegetables.
Gotta be up at 4.45am, to catch the tram at 6am, to be at my volunteer shift at 8am. Hoping I can get arvo shifts from now on.
I wish I could teleport there - one of the very few times I wish I could drive lol
That’s an insane commitment for a volunteer role. Any chance you could carpool with someone who lives close by??
I got a phone call from the TAFE people about that course I wanted to take. They scheduled a meeting with me for Tuesday morning for a pre-training review or something. I have to complete a literacy and numeracy assesment before then. I was nervous, but they let me know that even if I don’t score as highly as I need to, it won’t necessarily be a disqualification. They said that the LLN assesment is just their prefered way of assessing whether I could actually understand the work, rather than being a firm requirement. Wish someone told me that before, because being worried about failing is the only reason I didn’t leave school for TAFE in March.
I’m still worried they might not accept me though. They don’t list eligibility criteria besides the LLN assesment which I should pass anyway, but I just feel like I must look like a terrible student. Although I guess they shouldn’t care since they get paid either way
Your posting habits show a level of literacy well beyond many of your age peers. And apparently more than a quarter of Americans. You got this!
Yeah, it’s not my literacy I’m concerned about, it’s the math. I did a mock LLN assessment (BKSB) my school offers, and I scored a 5 in english, and a 2.9 in math. Apparently the equivalent BKSB score usually needed for cert III/IV is a 3. So I’m not too far off what’s probably need. But they’re different assessments
I have no idea what those mean. Apparently math is taught in a different style now. I used to tutor, would be useless. Er, I do know the guy who writes some of the exams, but tutoring would prob be a conflict of interest
A BKSB is an assesment used in high schools (at least my high school) that assesses where you are in math/english out of 5. I believe the general idea is that by the time you finish year 12, you should be a perfect 5 in both, 4 in y11, 3 in y10, etc etc. Most TAFE courses require year 10 levels of things which matches with a 3 in BKSB. I think that’s how that works, anyway. But TAFEs don’t use BKSB, they usually devise their own LLN assessments or buy one from another company I guess
I’ve not long done a LLN test. Even though I’m a nurse, maths hates me. But I managed the test fine, as I’m sure you will. Your posts here tell us you’re a pretty clever person.
Aw lol, the math requirement was my weakest. I scored 5 in English and 3 in Math, and still got into my TAFE course.
It isn’t a hard requirement, and anything math related can be taught. Don’t stress it. Take your time and don’t worry if you don’t know answer to a question. Just do your best :)
♥️ thanks Chiddy, I appreciate you! I didn’t actually know you went to TAFE, mind if I ask what you studied?
I actually start next month lol, cert III in Animal Care Services. But I applied in Feb and did the LLN already. I’ve done them before, iirc I had to do one when I did a short stint at uni a few years ago. And the many many “personality tests” that certain jobs make you do as part of the application process.
Oh, cool course!
Through to stage two of one (of three total) application which is some kind of test provided by third party. It includes the need to respond to a video in real time 🤔. If that goes fine, then interview. I also had to go through a list of emotive words/phrases/personality traits - about 100 of them, and select ones I agreed with. I guess this is now the norm for large corporations
I did one of those once, lied and then deleted the profile after I didn’t hear back
We once had the low level managers all sent to this bogus psych testing thing , the results of which was then shared with everybody in all the teams around them. It was horrific. I walked out.
🤣
I took the LLN assessment because I didn’t want it hanging over my head. It didn’t tell me my score/how well I did, and nobody told me what I needed to get anyway.
I think I did well on the communication and written portion, but I think I sucked on the math part. I know I screwed up an answer that I know, because I misclicked and pushed the wrong button, but I couldn’t go back… Thanks for being so understanding, computer system.
I guess I’m happy I’ve done it, because it means I can’t forget about it. But now I have to have it hanging over my head until Tuesday, not knowing whether I passed or failed. My course is due to commence on the 16th, too, so I don’t have much time to fix myself if I colossally fucked it up
You probably did better than what you think you did.
Maybe
I forgot to have lunch. I am now very hungry so I think I’ll go straight to early dinner.
