I have: news
I thought on the TAFE situation some more and decided to see if I'd pass the assessment for the dual cert 4 in AOD/Community services, and if I didn't, I was going to look elsewhere for the cert 3 I wanted in the first place.
An hour of stressing over not knowing what I'm doing and what to answer with later, I finished the LLN assesment and got a phone call from the course lady. Apparently I don't quite meet the general entry requirements, but that given the nature of the course, I have a sufficient level to still understand what's happening. Apparently TAFE (or at least this TAFE) don't do binary pass/fails for their entry tests, it's either fine or needs work.
With that said, I've now been offered a place in the new course, so as long as they don't cancel this one too, I should be starting the same day as the last one (in 7 days). Do I know what I'm doing? No. But I hope I'll figure it out soon...
But for some bad news, I think I'm going to take a little break from Lemmy for a while. With everything that's been going on in my real life, I've found myself being more thin skinned and easily agitated than usual. Normally most things (particularly online) don't phase me all too much, but it's beginning to feel like I'm a camel that's a few straws away from a broken back. So for the sake of my own sanity, and not lashing out at people who don't deserve it, I'm going to take a short mental health break. I'll be back in a couple of weeks probably
Go you! See you when you feel ok about that.
So many hugs and lotsa love. You always have a place here. 😘😘😘
All the best Baku.
I hope no one here has been mean to you Baku, take all the time you need :)
No, not at all! There were 2 times in the last month I've been annoyed here, but again, both were me problems that I also realise wouldn't have been done out of a place of malice, and would ordinarily not affect me
I'm glad you're taking some time out to look after yourself, getting offline for a while can be a good thing.
Hope it all works out well with the TAFE! You got this :D
Take care of yourself Baku :)
Do what you need to get by. Sounds like a good time to focus on tafe as well
Do what you have to mate, know that we'll be hoping things are going well for you🤞🏻💪🏼
Hope all goes well, stay safe and look after yourself!
Good luck with it all!
I completely understand being stressed out and needing a break for your own wellbeing. I hope everything settles down for you and life goes more smoothly.
All the best, Baku on your break! ✨
I'm #1.
No I'M #1.
Idiots, circling the drain.
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Truly a race to the bottom, only to discover once they get there its a space that's been occupied by sky for years!
The age used to be good until it was taken over by nine, and now it’s just a ‘nicer’ version of the herald sun
there was a time span, about 15 years, when the age was good and it was all due to one man, Ranald McDonald, who aspired to have a great newspaper with good journalism. The age was crap before him and after.
he was eventually shuffled out then went to work for 3LO for a few years.
his 3LO show was interesting, he was so trusted whistle blowers used to call him up on air!!
There are two I still remember. The whistle blower who said that there were gangs of shop thieves to order. One of the shop owners happened to be listening and a big investigation ensued. That was Fabian Dattner shops, she went on to be an activist/do gooder.
Another whistle blower was a buyer from coles/myer who said they had instructions to always buy from china and ignore australia manufacturers. Even when the prices from Australia were cheaper. The purpose was to drive small manufacturers out and reduce competition. Nothing came of that call.
I should add that at the time the age had a good board but then there was a boardroom coup
Looked at ndis as I need help with disability. The sheer amount of doctors letters, assessments etc required is going to be insane, stressful and probably costly into the thousands. Then there’s the long wait times (over 6 months to get a response) Hardly accessible. Im struggling so hard to stay employed - wfh was so great for disabled people and now the return to office mandates has my job being threatened. It has no actual physical requirement (tech) but they insist that going into the office for “connection” with the internal team (who is across multiple states anyway ) is a “mandatory business requirement”.
Fucking joke at the expense of my health declining even further.
Would it be possible to get a dr’s letter to say you should work from home, do you think? It might be at least a temporary solution while getting the ndis sorted.
Did that to reduce to 1 day a week. But it doesn’t help during flare ups, at which point they want detailed medical info each time and end dates /durations/return to work plans . It doesn’t work like that unfortunately.
I just want to be productive and work - but at home so I can deal with my symptoms as needed and not be on public display. Plus the exertion of travel and being in an office all day. Sigh.
yeah our return to office mandate was only for those who didnt have a medical reason or whos contract doesnt state full time remote.
This is a good idea, to talk to your dr and get a med cert for reasonable adjustments. The reasonable adjustments being WFH full time due to an underlying disability. If you're part of a union, give them a call and talk to a rep for advice :)
NDIS is unrelated to workplace disability laws. If you need accomodations at work due to disability, you can approach HR at your workplace to discuss your needs. Maybe have a look at fairwork Australia website to see what the rules are and how to make a request.
Some info here
I'm so sorry to hear this is happening to you, especially them changing the requirements after you started there. It's not fair at all, and I hope they come to their senses or that you can find something better.
Ah Gibson. Thank you for hocking up on my doona. What a great welcome home lol
A rare feline delicacy 👩🍳😽👌
ta da, first big chair is finished . I think it looks pretty good ( I was worried for a while it would look odd ) and when it has the matching chair and some cushions it will hopefully be awesome and comfortable too :)
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That is a very tidy thing.
thank you :)
That's a very nice looking chair!
Thank you. 🙂 It's very plain but it's solid.
Far out. Look at you go. Fantastic work.!
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Nice work!
Oh that's absolutely gorgeous!!! I would love to have that in my home. The patterns bring me so much joy. Looking forward to more updates
I love it!
What I thought was an arvo shift is, in fact, a morning shift. So 4am wake up time and shower. Ughhhhhhhhhhh! 💀
Mickey doing his best to eat the WiFi
CyberCat will now devour the matrix
All felines love delicious CAT 5 cable.
My Standard Issue Cat takes issue with the CAT 5 cable, because he feels they've appropriated the name 'CAT'
Wtf is this title ABC? Also the new design sucks
extremist language and using words that have no relation to the actual subject matter
iow, it's post modern where words mean what ever they want !!
derail and collateral are mixed metaphors, it sounds really illiterate
Ignoring the post itself I agree that it's ugly as fuck
They brought back the classic ABC News theme, which tbh is the only highlight of the new changes.
Sky foggy
Brain foggy :(
Just had two toddlers sleeping on me the way pets do when you can't move
would KILL to have a toddler sleep on me again. About the only time I'll get a cuddle I suspect.
I thought it would mean an easy nap put down but they're both awake again and have not slept yet
Reading my journal from a year ago and I was upset because I had sent my ex a reel that my friend had sent to me saying, "Have some virtual flowers, you deserve it."
He had replied back saying to send some good quality memes instead. Dude didn't like the tiniest hint of sap. I am very glad I'm not with someone I'm incompatible with anymore and that I'm not upset over such a stupid thing. Peace ✌️ :)
He sounds like he has the maturity of freshly vinificated grapes.
There's someone out there for you, and this dude was so not it lol
Mrs stole my Xbox so I dusted off the PS3 and hooked it up to an old tv to play some of the best games ever: Ratchet and Clank. Just finished a crack in time and really want to get back into some Up Your Arsenal and Rift Apart when I get my copies back from the brother in law. I know I played Rift Apart, but it must've been early days with the kid cause I remember basically none of it. Dont remember much of Tears of the Kingdom either...
I remember when I could finally jailbreak my ps3. Good times lol
Ahhhh I LOVE ratchet and clank!!! I got the trilogy on PS2 and Gladiator, as well as the new ones as well, been playing them since I was like, 10?! Literally my favourite game series, along with Spyro on PS1 (both were made by Insomniac, my fav game dev lol)
The first game I really remember was the very first one. We played the shit out of it on those demo units at harvey norman. Up Your Arsenal remains my favorite game of all time.
The Mystery Of The Missing Tram.
The absence of ding ding is deafening.
I have the tram, but not the map anymore. I don't know where I am to catch the tram.
I posted a little one but it's not the same.
Perth also appear to be missing an icon. I have no idea why, maybe the icons got drunk and ran off together somewhere and will be back after they sober up?
I have spent a small fortune over the last couple of days. Organisation supplies for the bathroom and grocery/pet food/cleaning supplies mostly. Once Miss Meow's vet visit is over this morning I might have to glue my wallet shut!
I just spent 100 on cat litter and pee pads , at least it lasts about 8 weeks
Crapola sleep team, checking in.
Ding, ding MF!
The house over the road is having it's roof cleaned. Maybe I'm being too picky, but I don't think I'd have gone with a company called "Bad Roof Restorations".
I'm watching a doco series about a con man called Conn. I kid you not.
There’s a mob near me call A&L doors. Not sure if it’s intentional or not…
18% rent increase for the piece of shit I live in. Not unexpected, but still sucks. I wouldn't wish anyone live here let alone pay for the privilege. Going to start demanding the agent to get awnings installed as it's been about eight months since last asking and nothing has happened. Figured that the worst they can do is evict me as they can't increase the rent again.
Mine went up 400 last time. That's 25%.
I'm out when the lease runs out.
There is a desperately anxious part of my brain that is just waiting for a notice like this to come rolling in any day now. I feel like I'm on a decent wicket but I absolutely don't want to be slugged with a rent increase this year, next year I can handle it, just not this year pls...
Didn't help that the real estate agent (that my landlord no longer uses - we transact directly) called ME by mistake last week asking if I wanted a new valuation of the property. Fuck off, I hope my landlord told them to take a hike too because inevitably it'll come back saying "look how much more rent you could be getting!" ... and my rental provider, I should say, is probably only going to maintain prices up to a point.
Anyway. Sorry you had to get slugged this, it's an awful stomach-pit feeling and just generally shit given the quality we put up with for the prices. I hope you get some traction with the awnings...
This humidity and fog is gross, fuck off!
You get what you're given and if you don't like it you go to bed hungry!
I definitely had to take it and unwillingly at that.
operation get rid of stuff continues
so much out of date stuff in the kitchen the chucked out 👍 not from fridge ( which is always really clean ) not like 10 years, just a few months
Okay, printing out these papers and trying to study in the uni library (albeit a very sad and neglected place now) is helpful, but I've had a ridiculously slow start to the day... and I'm dreading having to go to work the next couple of days, breaking the concentration/energy I need to focus on a very different mode of thinking/writing.
Maybe doing this work and study thing isn't a very good idea :c I thought I had it in me but I don't have the energy that I did 4-5 years ago. Okay okay, no more dwelling on these negative thoughts, just keep on with what I can do at the moment. I'm making some progress on this assignment outline.
Launching study lemons straight from the tree in your general direction for alertness and energy. I can also launch calamari and veg gyoza to accompany for sustenance but my trebuchet wasn't designed for those.
Gracias! I will gratefully accept all calamari and veg gyoza offers even if they arrive the slow way via train (maybe throw some potato cakes from your chosen train station in as well). I need all the moral support I can get 💪🏽
Academic writing is very different to the SEO blog content I used to crap out at an old job, but that approach to writing might behelpful.
I'd start with the title of the piece, then skeleton it out with subheadings, and expand on those subheadings to populate the body.
It's a great way to structure your writing even when you don't have the mental capacity to start. Then you can think about your argument before you do a bulk of the writing and you're not staring at a blank page when you sit down to write again.
Also, check if the text editor you're using has a referencing tool. It makes putting them in and your bibliography so much easier if you're not using it already
Well, I have a bit of a skeleton going now thanks to a few meetings with my supervisor and emails summarising the overall logic flow.
Where I'm getting a bit stuck is going through the literature to actually understand what the hell I'm talking about. I find myself getting lost in the weeds without being able to understand what I need to focus on at this stage of the project. The specific area of research is an area I didn't have much exposure to in my coursework so it's kind of on me, choosing to jump into the deep end... but I feel like I've made some progress by getting through a couple of particularly dense papers and starting to how everything is connected, adding notes to the skeleton as I digest the papers.
I like need 3 more entire days to just smash through this but I frustratingly have to work to earn money and all that shit, and it's mostly screen based work... I'm going to see how much I can get away with phoning it in at work this week so I don't lose my study momentum
Would a ritual before and after help?
One thing that does help is working in the same place.
A ritual before and after study?
I could definitely see that helping. Being physically in the library does help me focus a bit better (like the ritual of getting to uni, setting up, and acknowledging that now is uni time)
I haven't worked out a good way to get into that mindset when I'm at home or have had work that day though. It seems nigh on impossible for me to work up the energy to think about uni after a day at work. It took me years to work out a ritual to help me get into 'work mode' when working from home.
I may need to accept that I'm only going to get uni work done while I'm at the library. Luckily, it's only a 15 minute drive from home.
Miss Meow has now been successfully taken to the vet. I managed to get her into the carrier with only one scratch. She was so terrified about the whole thing the vet has prescribed sedatives for next time. She has also been declared overweight and in need of a diet, so of course the first thing she did when we got home was make a beeline for her dry food bowl and stuff her face with comfort kibble.
On the way home I beeped at a pedestrian for the first time ever. Seriously Miss Pedestrian, you have right of way to cross the road, not to stop half way contemplating life or admiring the view or whatever it was she was up to. Then, to add to the excitement of the trip, when I got home there was a police crime scene unit parked next door. I am guessing someone robbed the new townhouses over the road, empty houses filled with brand new appliances tend to be a bit of a target.
I love when pedestrians cross the road, but do so at an angle or diagonally or whatever, then wave as is we are ok with it. no you muppet! Cross is a straight line, quick as you can. Dont stuff around talking on the phone or whatever.
I just had that happen this morning when I went out for a quick chemist trip.
Blocked me as I was turning into a lane, blocked me from reverse parking and initiating it and blocked me when I need to go back forwards to angle myself correctly.
Also got in my way as I was walking into the shopping centre.
It’s amazing how non attentive pedestrians can really get in your way.
Action filled morning!
How come there is no good aussie budget cooking folks on youtube? are our grocery prices just making that stuff redundant. I know americans eat like shit, but there is some real bargains in their grocery stores.
The One Pot Chef does cheap and easy meals.
Americans eat really well, some Americans, but not everyone cooks because not everyone has the ability or the time and energy.
Home brands are very cheap there and good quality. The basics are so cheap too. It's all about choice.
What we hear in Australia is the American middle class looking down on the good basics. ( it's so classist there ) And there is a tendency to diss America in the press here too.
I ate like a king in America.
that pink grapefruit juice is so yum, I totes miss half and half, jalapeno jack and Wholefoods homebrands. omg, and the peaches from down south 😭 avocados from mexico really do taste better.
The food here is expensive. I don't know why.
Home brands are very cheap there and good quality. The basics are so cheap too. It’s all about choice.
I think thats it, their pantry stuffers are so much cheaper, more varied and give a lot more basic meal options.
Booktopia is trading again - link
Dunno how long this will last.
I wonder how they’ll generate profits if they already had such a massive debt.
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A selection of sweet pastries for me, and some low-calorie cat food for Miss Meow please.
🍫🥐🍑🍞🥧🥮🧁🍪
miss meow is looking forward to taking your pastries 🎣
Chicken burger please and fries on the side.
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I'll get a big jack please
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Been out for a quick shop for chemist stuff and also a tub of chin chip ice cream.
Working from home today while listening to podcasts and got my coffee ready and the sun is shining!
My day is all set!
Blargh! Using my new special leave. They tried to word it to avoid saying Blood or Broken Brain, but nobody is fooled.
Yay, eight hours of sleep! No to a massive headache and waking up at 9 instead of 7!
But I slept more yay :)
Larry Emdur won the tv popularity contest?
who?
Lol I had to look that up because I didnt know his name haha, I know his face tho
They still do tv?
Headline: "Older adults don't benefit from moderate drinking, according to large study"
Why is this news? Is there any doubt at this point that alcohol for anyone in any amount is a carcinogen?
Reminds me of a headline I saw recently ‘study finds early childhood tablet use linked to tantrum outbursts’. No-shit-Sherlock-scientists. They’ll soon discover water is wet too.
I have now completed a full clean of Miss Meow's litter boxes. Hopefully she is impressed, and not too alarmed that I have also rearranged some of the furniture in the area.
Butter chicken or chicken korma for tomorrow nights tea?
I'd ask the roomies but one will say Butter chicken and the other will say I don't care.
Ps. The Spice Tailor is half price at Coles.
My vote goes to Butter Chicken.
I’ll eat whatever, Im just happy you’re cooking.
Make butter chicken but with extra spices so it's more like korma flavour, but retains the buttery gluttony of the butter chicken
butter chicken, no doubt.
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