Oh where, oh where, has my YarraByte gone?
Experiment #2:
Instead of lowering the strength of the pill, I took it at 5am instead so it should wear off shortly.
Goodnight everyone ❤️ Here’s to success hopefully.
good night
Off to the Bellarine today.
Managed to convince ol’ girl that she needs to go too. So perilously close to needing intervention because of weight, but having some moderate success with some pretty dense soups. No where near enough though. She’s off to see another dietitian (3 different concurrent ones now) next week. Having to get these people up to date is tiring as it changes daily.
Have to say it’s pretty demoralising her cracking the shits blaming me for things all the time, and it’s random. If something goes wrong (anything from hearing aids not fitting to buying the wrong sort of pastry), I’m first in the firing line. I can take it but it’s painful to watch.
The weird thing is that traditionally always been closer to ol’ girl than ol’ boy, now he’s sitting there watching me cop all the shit in real time and he’s confused on how to react lol. What used to happen if there was a disagreement (about banal shit), he’d crack it at me. Now everything is on its head and upside down it’s very odd.
Anyway will be good to knock over the last of the weeds down there. Won’t be much of an escape but at least a change of scenery for a few days.
You’re doing a cracking job. Enjoy the sunshine and the rewards of your efforts that work! Maybe she needs some aeroguard too?
Man that sounds like a hard time, but the fact you’re still there and supportive speaks volumes.
Try to get some time to yourself just to relax as well yeah?
Cream or sour cream garnish on soup might add some more calories?
Sorry to hear you’re copping it, that’s not fair
Yea lots of cream and cheese going in. New soupmaker is turning out to be very good as it blends things down to a very smooth consistency very quickly. Also cutting the fat off anything I can find and chucking it in lol. Next step is to dump tasteless protein powder in as well and see if she notices. I don’t really like doing that (putting stuff in people are unaware of) but any more weight loss she’s looking at problems.
In terms of copping it it’s fine. Sort of to be expected I suppose.
There’s a site called Bulk Nutrients that might have something. Also consider adding bacon grease.
It’s not great. She’s probably frustrated and scared, and malnutrition makes a person extremely shirty. I just hope she calms her farm
With the way you describe all this your patience is boundless. It must be tough to go through all this, but you’re doing a great job.
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You’re so cute you little pissy pants.
Cheers for later, Low 🍺
Have you seen the ferret on a trampoline? Mustolids are super cute
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Adorable 😍
Sad: Realised this library book I’ve been procrastinating on reading can’t be renewed any more and is due while I’m away. Have to drive quite a ways away to return it.
Glad: realised I could borrow the same title from a different library system on the way back, and it’s closer to home (they were all on loan last month).
Sad: couldn’t find my library card. Shit shit shit.
Glad: library staff extremely helpful in getting me a barcode to use. Book borrowed and ready to read in detail on my holiday!
Sad: well now it’s late and traffic and gah. Will I run out of time to do everything tonight?
Glad: oh wait I booked my flight for tomorrow late arvo, not midday like my brain thought. So I have plenty of time. Yey.
Edit: extra glad: tax refund came in, yeehaw. I can safely enjoy my trip without worrying too much
Frogurts are banned in this weather. Cursed or otherwise… (that’s good)
Hiya 👋🏼 everyone in my house is sick with a cold except for me (Elder not too bad but the others are coughing and miserable) so I have been busy. Also exceptionally busy at work. Now to curl up in bed, sort by “old” and see what you all have been up to!
I’ve made a Megathread on !rage@aussie.zone called Long Lost Aussie Bangers for anyone who wants to listen or contribute.
Remember if we don’t use and contribute to other communities we might lose them. Cheers 🍺
Indeed. It’s why I continue trying to tend the garden.
Mate, you do more than your fair share. Thank you.
Sorry I’ve been slacking on Food Australia, it’s been hard but I’m trying to branch out a bit more
Don’t be sorry. You do more than enough.
summons bagagawa
I’m never doing that again 🥴
I love the whole thing with “CHARaLS” the shirtless gardener 😂
I LOVE HIIIIIIIIIM!!
Among the many disheartening situations humanity faces, our propulsion systems are woefully inadequate. That is annoying.
transporters like in Star Trek would be awesome
Finally had the inspection today, and after the REA left I realised that there was a condom wrapper on the floor next to the bed I missed.
Why yes, private schoolboy lookin 16yo in dad’s faux Hawes and Curtis suit, fake tan agent, I have sex.
Unintentional power move 🤘
(He actually was very nice, I just have a grudge against REAs lol)
I considered it a good sign that my REA looks to be an actual adult. He was also nice to Mr Woof, even though Mr Woof was being a bit hysterical about the home invasion (he did calm down a bit after I picked him up, being the same height gives a dog a lot more confidence).
Same. I prefer the lady agent who usually does the inspections - she has pets as well, and dresses rather casually for an agent, she’s very down to earth and easy to approach.
This guy looked the stereotypical private schoolboy fresh out of year 12, still has broccoli hair. Teenager in me was like “this guy is a bully” 😂 he wasn’t, just hard to trust guys who look like that I think! He was pleasant! But I still prefer the lady agent for sure.
It doesn’t matter how nice REAs are. They are class traitors and agents of capital. They will not be spared when the revolution comes
Eat the REAs
A-fkn-men to that!
Welp. I’ve completely gone to town on the Rage thread if you need something to get drunk on. There’s most probably something for everyone in there.
Let it never be said that Melba doesn’t deliver.
Cheers everyone 🍺
*This post was brought to you by the chilly start this morning
I got a headstart today. Cheers 🥂
Cheers 🍺
Cheers from me and my poolside LIIT!
Lucky duck. Cheers 🍺
Cheeeeeeers!
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Melbcat is being absolutely adorable. She was being the little spoon, then was leaning her face into my heartbeat with her paw pillowed under her cheek, and is now facing me with her arms thrown over my shoulder.
It’s the norm for her to be calm and affectionate and she’s more relaxed in her cuddling so I think she’s feeling a bit better.
Also it’s band camp Friday right now so support a band on there if you know an act that needs it
I found another nice feature of the new marketing automation software compared to Marketing Cloud; it actually tells you who it doesn’t send an email to.
All email platforms have an internal suppression list of email addresses that have bounced too many times and aren’t worth sending to. The new system actually tells you who is on the suppression list and didn’t receive an email.
In the old job I had to run a query of the send list against the original contact list to find the difference. They were doing a lot of billing changes at the time so they had to make sure everyone was contacted. The new system Just Works.
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Life manages to be both fleeting and surprisingly long at the same time. Never put off things like travel plans because of that sort of fear, if you do you will find you’ve wasted your whole life fretting about things that don’t happen. It’s better to be prepared to cancel a plan if necessary than to never make plans at all.
In regards to the passport, your grandmother may be better off getting the full 10 years. She may not want to travel, but having identity documents can be very important and it can be a problem for older people when the documents have expired and they are not up to the trip to the post office to go through the renewal process. I’ve seen quite a few posts in the aged care groups I’m in from people struggling with bureaucracy because of this issue.
Very well said
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This is a really good point re: the passport. For example, getting the highest level of security on myID (which you might want to lock out scammers etc) requires an Australian passport.
