Discussion Thread 🌏 Thursday 17 July 2025

Ooh...I feel ... Oxygenated. That's cool. Score 1 CPAP Con full face masks are not fun but not as bad as I feared.

Good morning everyone 😎

HELL YES!! Love to hear this! May you and your CPAP have many happy sleeps together!
How would it work if you sleep on your stomach with your head to the side?
- You can get special pillows but I dunno. I did wonder that because I am a sometimes tomach sleeper but mostly was getting my head around side sleeping last night

Back in melbs.

I miss my bestie down the beach.

She came inside yesterday and hopped up on the kitchen bench (hasn't happened before) and just stood there when I was cleaning up. Honestly she's more domesticated than a cat or dog. Zero need to chase her out of the house. Found her something to eat, walked outside and she followed at walking pace with no stress. I swear they're evolving.

Birb friend! That's so sweet. Can't lie, I'd be worried about poop, but that's still very sweet.
- worried about poop
  lol yeah that was my first thought too.
  Everytime I accidentally leave beach towels on the outside chairs there's always one on there. I suppose that part isn't very domesticated heh.
They are really smart creatures.
Hey Maggie
One of my goals for wherever I move long term is to have birb friends. Specifically maggie friends.

I wish I could sit on my 3rd cat tower and glare menacingly at someone until they give me treats.

Oh yes

Never seen feet move more quickly lol.
- Ha. Must get home to set up fastwalk
Enjoy your new favourite relationship 😋
Oooh how exciting!! Whatcha planning on playing on it?!
School holiday fun!
Get ps+ it's absolutely worth it!

The team lead at my woolies is stupidly hot, and I hate it because he's so damn hot. Dammit.

That chiseled jawline.
Those roast chooks don't fall from trees.
Unless chicken sale.
-unknown, 2025.

Been really depressed lately, not helped by the hormonal hurricane I'm in with this period 💀 been trying to keep my head up, but I think I'm feeling the effect of not having a scheduled patch appt lined up.

My sleep cycle is a bit messed up, and I'm constantly drowsy. I feel like a big ball of whinge and woe-is-me.

On a positive note, I've applied for some jobs which I'm hopeful I'll get interviews for, and I've been playing cult of the lamb and am very happy with the DLC content! It's entirely worth it to me, and isn't just "here's some new clothes and follower forms, bitch" - there's more interactions with the bishops and much more endgame content.

So many hugs.
sometimes I feel modern life is we are running twice as fast to just stay in the same place, it's nearly impossible not to feel anxious and depressed
just keep doing the right things 😘

Had a big (for me) adventure today. Took the Minipeelers to Melbourne Central and had a wander around and look at things. Went into the Emporium part and had lunch at the Schnitz (kids choice) upstairs. I liked the upstairs part, it was cleaner and quieter than the other food courts in the main part.

At some point Elder asked if we could visit the museum and I thought, ok, why not? So we went there and Miniest let it drop that Elder was really keen to see the Lego Star Wars exhibition, so we saw that. It's pretty cool, lots of displays and a couple of good interactive displays. One of them you make your own fighter space ship thing and put it in a machine which scans it and then projects it flying through space on a big screen. Another one, you make your own lightsaber, attach a receiver to it and stand in front of a screen which shows it glowing, and you can download the picture. There was also a part where you do a bit of Lego and it goes towards a big mural. Warning to anyone who takes kids: you have to leave via a pop-up star wars retail space (I saw a few tantrums!). The theme cafe was ok (could've done better with star wars themed food ideas) but I was hanging for a coffee by that point and any port in a storm I reckon!

Then we walked back to Melb Central and got Cinnabon to take home. Wish I could remember the name of the scroll place that used to be at Melbourne Central about 20+ years ago, it was the same kind of thing but heaps more types of scrolls and was really popular. Does anyone here remember?

Saint Cinnamon? I’m not sure if that’s correct but the name popped into my head. They were so good!
- Saint Cinnamon 🤔 It didn't ring a bell, but if all they sold was heaps of different flavoured scrolls (I remember loving the butterscotch ones, and there was some kind of cheesecake flavoured one 🤤) that were freshly baked and they had a location at Melbourne Central then that'd be it. God I loved those scrolls!

Fire alarm. FFS.

I’m going back to bed 😠

why the fuck is it only thursday

I had a dream I'd slept through Thursday and woke up Friday morning. Was very sad when I woke up and it was Thursday.

It took me all day of getting distracted and bullshit avoidance strategies, but I've finally booked the campervan. That's the biggest hurdle over. I splurged an extra $300 for a newer model that has cruise control even though I don't like the layout as much and it's not as spacious. My right knee isn't the greatest these days so I am not putting it through 1000s of kms solo.

I'm just going to book campsites tomorrow because my brain is fried. I will definitely feel a lot more excited about this once all the bookings are over!

That sounds like it will be awesome fun. And amen on all the stress of organising travel.

I got put in Reddit jail hehe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5s4jIF9UDA
Obviously you are doing something terrible.
I've just made someone delete their entire Reddit account, got someone else to delete a post and leave a Facebook group, and gotten into some pointless arguments with people over what day chores are done and been downvoted for saying sourdough is sour. It's wild out there.
- It’s all a bit silly out in the cesspool.
What did you do this time?
- Those people at r/pasta are insufferable. I called a persons mother a “ hor d’ oeuvres” haha
Someone’s been naughty.
Into the corner you go.

It's nice to sleep with my own pillow and blankets again. 🤗

Welcome back!
- Thank you. 😘
  Later I will post pics of NZ and of my hauls.
  I am anxious to go visit my own little beach and see how it is. It's a small beach and more 'personal' because no one else ever seems to be there. 😊
Welcome back! I hope it was a lovely sleep. Look forward to hearing about how you beach is looking!

That's so cute!
that's cool 😊
- Hopefully Miss Meow will agree, she is still napping on the couch and hasn't been in to see it yet.

Thank you Before Holiday Seagoon for making the house clean and having a really well set up office/desk to come back to

Cat are fighting over who gets cuddles.

Husband is happy to have chef home again, except we are having defrosted dinner tonight cos I'm tired.

I have to reset my watch, argh, two clocks on it and I want to do the chime too.

Airport was interesting, for the first time ever I had to tick boxes yes for border control. Yes I have been on a farm, yes I have wood ( shush ) , yes I have shells. After an interview they sent me through saying I was fine and could keep all my stuff. 👍 They did say if I didn't declare I would have been fined!! ( to be positive, I saw the Icarus statue . 🪽☀️ )

I did two lasting self improvement things, I stopped playing bubbletown and I learnt about self instruction, where I tell myself out loud to do things, it works!

Never ate so much dairy in a long time. My clothes still fit but it's time to diet again.

Grocery shopping has been ordered. Clothes in the washing machine. Unpacking has started. ( so many shells to wash , they 🐽 )

Love that the cats are fighting for cuddles, not acting aloof like "how dare you leave us?"
Welcome home 🤗😻

Hey fellow Lemmylings(?). Last week I did Run Melbourne and managed to cut open my foot whilst running (not sure how), limiting my ability to walk. Thing is, I was going to propose to my partner on Saturday and was going to do it during a hike to one of our favourite places.

Given I can't walk, that's not all that doable anymore. Annoyingly I've booked various other things around the engagement.

Any ideas for proposals that wouldn't require significant walking? We don't have our own transport, but are willing to Uber if need be. Thanks everyone!

EDIT: We're in the Inner North on the Mernda/Hurstbridge train lines.

Congrats mate! You might wanna narrow it down for us. North, West, East, South East, South West etc.
- That's an excellent point, thanks mate! Edited the above, but we're in the inner north, Mernda/Hurstbridge train lines.
I take it you want a romantic spot to pop the question?
First meet location? First kiss location? Back of a volkswagon?

Happy World Emoji Day 🙂❤️

Today at my neighbourhood beach I found a piece of coral, a shark tooth and saw a rainbow over the bay.

Very cool
- thanks, it's my first shark tooth ever 🦈
  and it's nice to see rainbows 😊

Mission accomplished

What was the mission?
- Acquire socks!

I survived work and returned my library books. I can chill for the evening

"Behind every great man is an even greater woman".
It's no lie that dudes dump their shit on women more than they should.
- is it dumping or is it team work ?
  Is women complaining about men showing their emotional side and showing their vulnerabilities part of the problem
  do women want strong men, and let's define what strong means
  do women get to define who men should be
  Everything I just wrote is about intimate relationships, about a partnership
  if people are just casual friends then it's a boundary issue
This guy sounds like a drag.
Woof, that sounds like a lot. I'm glad you're still chatting to him and have nudged him towards an EAP, but do you think it would be beneficial to point out his constant negative viewpoint? It's nice that you want to possibly include him, but it sounds like it'd be fairly risky from a draining your energy view.
But haaaard agree that mates need to talk to mates. I noticed when boyo would catch up with his mates it's always incredibly superficial chatter, he's got no idea how his mates are doing in life. I asked about it and he said "that's just how they've always been. They'll talk if they want to." But will they?!
the observation about taking things literally really resonated with me
I have a strong tendency toward that, it's from too long in relationships where there was no joking or fun , also a lack of self trust in figuring things out
And I just this past week noticed Miss Seagoon is the same , I joked that the chairs and loos in NZ were all too low, and in a way laughing at myself for being a but unfit, and could barely get up. A half day long lecture on fitness and strength training for seniors ensued.
I just have to tell her not to be so serious and not take me so seriously. We do laugh a lot but not enough.
How did we get this way. More importantly, how to get past this. I think awareness is best. No need to pathologise everything, it's just a habit.
This does not sound like it will end well to be honest.
- Yeah...

travel non drama, best thing I did was buy extra baggage before the flight, it cost hardly anything, stress instantly gone

so the thought occurred, why the fuck didn't I do this all those other times I travelled or the fam travelled

Because I wasn't the one doing the booking and organising. We're not poor, we could easily pay, so why the drama and anxiety of worrying about being a few kilos over? Because it was all about the drama. 🤨

Im so sorry. I feel this too. I was always barked at sarcastically whenever I wanted anything for myself that would be nicer or make things easier, told ‘thats stupid’ or ‘it’s a waste’. Yet, this didn’t apply to my mother, she always had the nice things she wanted. If you tell this kind of story to a normal person, they think you’re being dramatic. But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth, it won’t make sense.
So I’m grateful you share your stories, because it makes the world make sense. Makes me feel less alone in my experiences. And hooray for extra luggage, and finding little wins to escape the consequences of the drama.
- Thank you so much and hugs back.
  Sometimes i worry that some of my stories are not nice , but I do try to show what is going on, why, and how to overcome situations , so the stories aren't just making more drama
- -But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth
  Ouch, that really struck a loud chord 🫂
It's similar with me but not with luggage, the hill I fought everyone on was about food. When I book a holiday I expect to eat out for pretty much every single meal, I anticipate and expect to be spending extra money on it and I budget for that extra in the holiday. When I holiday I am really looking to go exploring and experience food in a different place lol. Otherwise I get stuck in these self catering nightmares where it's just relocating home base and cooking dinner and lunches the whole time and that's no damn holiday for me. I'm dead clear on it when discussing the holiday initially, but there's always been a blow up because someone wants a "home cooked meal" and I'm like "well go home then." When I was younger and used to go camping, that's different. Now I'm older I want my little luxuries damn it!
The older I've gotten the more it's worth it to have that peace of mind to save time and stress. It was always about being stingy with my parents (for diabolical reasons I did not find out until my late teens) and much of my extended family but I have to ask if the arguments, anxiety, etc. were worth the money saved. It's meant to be a holiday.
I make it a policy now to have enough luggage for the reasons you mentioned, and also book flights at reasonable times - no more red-eyes to save money and throw off my sleep cycle.
Welcome back btw 🤗
- hugs back 🤗
  so sorry your parents made holidays difficult when they needn't have been
  and totes agree on making holidays stress free,
I'm a chronic overpacker so I need generous baggage allowances. For my last trip I had 32kg allowance! And you better believe I used it, I don't let precious allowance go to waste. Left some spare kg's on the way there and new purchases filled up the rest for the way back.
I also found this nifty gadget on Amazon to weigh your bag by trying a strap around the handle and lifting, so I know exactly the weight before going to the airport. Honestly it is a game changer. Baggage stress eliminated.

Everyone wants their shit done asap. Get utterly fucked. I barely have enough in my team to do our own stuff.

Grrr.

Clocking out for tonight to be happy with myself since I can’t even share it.

hugs

Today’s…challenging

Spent a few hours in the garden today, mainly weeding and clearing up, and the thing that really surprised me was how dry the ground is. Thought with the rain we’ve been having it would be damp, but no. This also explains why a fair few of the plants out there are kinda sad. A watering system is now on the to-do list

The early morning ride to work was about 3 minutes faster than usual. I feel like I can chalk that up to less traffic so less time at lights.

Maybe I should try these super early starts more often.

Beep Beep 🚚
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Grapefruit and avocado salad with pickled cabbage and a glass of pink moscato please chef.
- 🍊🥑🥗🥬🦩🍸
Ramen, please!!
- 🍜
Mixed platter curry blended into a smoothie, iced please
- 🍗🥩🦀🐙🦐🥘⚙️🧊🥤

I’m a bit worried about a black spot on the tip of Melbcat’s nose.

Animals, like humans, can get little skin spots, tags, lumps as they age. Very normal. Our dog had quite a few lumps and age spots as he got older, none of them anything dangerous or abnormal. It would be wise to check with the vet, but it’s a much higher probability that it’s nothing rather than something.
- I hope it’s something that isn’t serious… thanks for the reassurance, I’ve been having the most awful sinking feeling and have been resisting contacting the vet because I’m afraid of the answer.
  I might just fire them a photo even if it annoys them 😣

Only about half an hour left to vote in:
https://hottest100.abc.net.au/

I voted a couple days ago, what a great list of songs. I stopped paying attention to the triple J hottest 100 many years ago because I’ve aged out. But a list of best of all time Aussie hits will be a great nostalgia trip.

Huh. A Switch 2 game besides Mario Kart World. I haven't been able to justify upgrading. I'll likely go to Steam Deck instead.