🇦🇺Baku @ Baku @sh.itjust.works

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Such a shit sleep. I had a farewell party yesterday with a bunch of the workers from here, it was good. When I tried to sleep it all started replaying over and over again in my head and I completely broke down realising that was probably the last time I'd see most of them, including people I've known for 4-5 years. I couldn't recollect myself so I ended up watching some tv for a few hours until I'd calmed down

Then at 8 today they had painters in painting the vacant bedroom next to mine, and that woke me up. Then at 10:30 he left so I was going to have a nap, but then one of the other kids got angry over god knows what and had 4 tantrums in the span of 2 hours and also decided I'd done something, so she broke 4 plates, 2 cups, and a toaster by throwing them at my door

Thanks heyhey. Username checks out

(also you totally missed the opportunity to just reply with "see username")

Yeah, I was planning on turning the 2nd one into a sort of private living room for having people over. I was going to chuck a workbench for my various electronic tinkering projects and a bookshelf and couch for a bit of atmosphere. It will all fit, but it's more about positioning things without it feeling cramped

Oh, please don't apologise. It's okay. A small part of the reason why I do share my updates here is to educate people a little, and I could yammer on about this for the rest of the night. I'm not sure exactly which of my posts you've seen, and how much you already know about the system, so forgive me if I say some things you already know

Basically I currently live in residential care, so rather than living with my parents I live in state care (it's essentially a modernised and lower capacity version of an orphanage). There are workers here 24/7 who do most things, cooking, cleaning, washing, dishes, etc, etc.

Lead tenant is for people in residential (or in some cases, kinship/foster care) care 16+ to essentially act as a transition from residential care (where everything is done for you) and total independence (18, when most support ceases). There's a "lead tenant" (although some organisations just call them "mentors", but I call them both) who are volunteers that live there and are supposed to guide/mentor you to build independence. They are more like helpful roommates, rather than full on workers. Dinner, washing, dishes and the rest are all left up to resident.

Technically lead tenant is optional, although as soon as I brought it up, they'd already started packing my bags (metaphorically). What I meant from being forced to move before I was ready was essentially just the above. The first meeting I had with the lead tenant program leader was on the 14th of June, and on the 2nd meeting a week later I was told CP wanted me in there by the 14th of July. 3rd meeting, I was sick, and I couldn't make it. I asked for an extension until at least the 1st of August, and they got back to me saying that the best they would do was the 24th of July. I didn't end up seeing the house until a couple of weeks ago. It also wasn't really about the date, more about my control over the situation being taken

Hope this helps, let me know if you had anymore questions

Thanks hongo, I appreciate it

I hope so. I got to pick out all new furniture for this place, so I'm not taking the furniture from my current place. I also get 2 bedrooms rather than just 1, though they are on the smaller side. I think it should fit though

I had a pretty crap one too. I went to sleep stressed and with a headache radiating across the entire left side of my head. And then I woke up 3 hours before my alarm but couldn't get back to sleep because the stress didn't evaporate

You can add me to the sads list too. Hugs to you, duneman, and heyhey as well

I've got just over 2 full days left before the big move. It's a lot easier to cope with now that I've been to the house a few times, know it's not a shithole and I've met the lead tenant mentor people and know they're alright. I'm still a bit annoyed by the whole being forced to move in before I'm ready thing, but I'm trying not to think about it too much because it's kinda just a waste of energy and emotion

There's 1 other kid there at the moment, and he was meant to move to a different place today, but then the supreme beings of child protection changed the date yesterday, because of course they did. So my move in was pulled a week forward, and his move-out was pushed a week back, but from what I've been told (I haven't been able to meet him), he seems chill and does stuff most of the day, so things should be alright. But if worse comes to worse, he's only there for 4 days after I move in anyway

Yeah there's a few things that vary by store. But they all seem to be doing the $1 cone+flake promotion at the moment which is good

(Also, they do chocolate now, and it's so good)

They're 70c-$1 now, depending on store. I'm young enough to only remember them being 60c, but I remember the day I had exactly 60c and stopped at a maccas in Melton and finding out they were 70c broke my heart. No soft serve was had that day

I don't watch sports, but yeah I love this too. I kinda feel the same way about other states in a way too

Yeah it is quite weird. I mean, most bank cards don't even work until you enter a code into your app. But that's what happens when government agencies get privatised or given budget cut after bduget cut

Buses replacing lyrics

That's so cool! What bank?

I remember being on the CityLink from the east once approaching the burnely tunnel and they closed every single lane into the leftmost one, opened it up, then closed every single lane into the rightmost one. So it went 80, 60, right lane closed, 40, middle lane closed, 100, 80, 60, left lane closed, 40, middle lane closed, then back to 100. Each section only lasted for one of the overhead speed limit gantry things, no wind, no roadworks, no roadworkers, no machinery

Deffo seemed like someone in the control centre was bored

Blog! Please share (if you feel comfortable with other people reading it, of course)?

The dentist is such a mixed concept for me. On the one hand, they come along with their little wizzadry hand tools and save your teeths from falling out, and hopefully save you a little pain. But on the other, as an outside observer the noises those machines make 100% sound like a torture device

Teeth are the weakest link

Who's knocking themselves out?

Interestingly I've always found that caffeine doesn't do a whole lot to me. If I'm tired, I'm still just as tired afterwards. I only really drink it for the taste