Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 2

elsien

I have just has a long walk in the sunshine with Gitdog. We found a beagle whose owner wasn't worried about Gitdog breaking it, and Gitdog got outbounced, which is a novel experience for him. Unfortunately it's woken him up and he keeps bashing me with his toy.
So the garden it is today, to blow away some of the cobwebs. Hope things are a little better for those who've been struggling.

codemonkey

Morning everyone. It's a lovely autumn day with soft light here.

My back still really hurts but I can straighten up today so I'm going to take the tiny win. I'm currently basing my shoe choice on 'can I get my feet in without bending over?'

Renovations begin this week so going to be a bit unsettled.

whitewing

I am really enjoying myself, watching back to back episodes of Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week on BBC iPlayer.

What are the rest of you up to?

elsien

I have gardened, (still loads to do out there) and done some NVQing. Weekends go too fast.

Georgiegirl256

Been to a craft fair for Hospice at Home. Had coffee and a cake, then bought some more cake (well, it would have been rude not to. ) had 3 goes on the tombola (my mam won some blu tack :rotfl: ), they were selling tea towels for only 20p each, so I got a Tetley tea folk one and a Coronation Street one (Rovers Return), and my Mam bought a Gibralter and a Cyprus one

She bought me a cute little Onyx elephant tea light holder too. Was a good turn out, and hopefully they'll have raised a fair bit.

Just been getting some ironing done for our holiday as we're travelling down on Tuesday. Tomorrow will be spent doing last minute cleaning and then packing at night.

Oh, and the metal towel ring came flying off the wall and landed right on my foot, now got an impressive bruise....great.

Pyxis

Hiya! I'm back home, after a super weekend singing in Zummerzet!

Just snuggled down in front of Teev with a beef and noodle thing!
Still feeling a bit rough, but not as bad as last night.


Elsien, has Gitdog started his dancing lessons yet?

You'll just have to get him a doggie Tuxedo!

Or at the very least, a bow tie for him to dance in! The smart dog about town, tripping the light fantastic!......

Pyxis

Flybaby

hugs n {squishes} to all who need them - sounds like some have been having a really rough time.


WaS - the things you post are so well written and ring so true and half the time I have no idea that other people are feeling and thinking the same things. It is a help to not feel so alone in these feelings sometimes. thank you -{WaSSquish}


The Uni thing has stressed me out beyond belief this week and I am/was on the verge of quitting straight away. So many thoughts running round in circles in my head that I have driven myself nuts and a large amount of it comes down to feeling I am not good enough/smart enough/ nice enough etc etc and feeling like I am clearly the odd one out in the class and must look so stupid. Add in to that the fact that the administration of the course is woeful and I don't even have the final rice for the course yet even though I have started!!!! It is almost laughable, but the quality of the teaching seems great and I have had some fascinating lectures this week.
I had a complete freak out one night after lectures provided information on the state of the planet - the true state of the planet from scientific fact and not political or marketing information - which made me feel awful to be a human and guilty and yet no one else seemed so affected. Calmed down in the end, but realised that I clearly react very differently to things than most people around me too. I need to figure out a way to handle my sensitivity to bad information/mean humans/nasty people - I know ( and clearly reading all the helpful posts) that I have to learn not to react to it or let it get to me - but I am at a loss for figuring out how to do that - is there a particular type of therapy for that? Lets just say that all in all it has been an interesting week!!!
Wish me luck as I am going to get up tomorrow and drive to uni and head for the library. I usually love libraries, but this is a huge modern one and it is so technological that I don't even know how to get in the door.....everything is computerised now ( so different to when I studied before) and I have to learn how to use all the specialist online learning resources. I was going to go on Saturday night after lectures but I walked up to it and was so nervous, my heart started pounding and I had to walk away. How ridiculous is that - a 40 year old grown woman scared of a building full of computers and teenagers? I suddenly feel so old. I know once I get in there and know my way round I will be fine.......but am really struggling with new things and new people at the moment.........but then I think I managed to walk into the uni campus and register and start a blinkin course last week but I can't convince myself into a library? Geeeeshhhhhhhh...............
Anyhoo - I have a meeting with a tutor at midday tomorrow and I am going to uni for 9am - so if I don't go into the library I am going to get very cold sitting outside it for 3 hours!!!!!!! Hopefully I will be able to convince myself into it in that time..............


Can't remember who it was that is now a pigeon - but you made me laugh!! coo coo.
Moo - did you contact anyone for help yet? 6st is not viable and you KNOW this - imagine what you would say to one of your workmates if they were like you, just from the professional point of view, not even as a friend?
Welly - as the advert says -" you are doing great"........wishing you and escapette a fun and adventurous, puke free, nap ful day tomorrow.

Georgiegirl256

:rotfl: Pyxis! Quite spooky you posted that actually, as it explains something that just happened to me....Fun Fact No:3! D showed me a funny video, and you know when you laugh so much that you can't breathe (so much so I needed my inhaler), well that was me, and he was like breathe through your nose, and I was like "I can't!!" Can't remember poking my tongue out, but it's quite possible as I was choking from laughing so much!

ETA: Just read the above fun facts properly and realised you can but hadn't read properly past no:3, oops!

Here's the video (don't think there's any triggers for anyone?) if anyone's interested.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e4YtwliQK8o Simple things amuse me! :rotfl:

Waves_and_Smiles

Evening all! Nocturnal again! If anyone can't sleep in the night and feels a chat I will be here. I was back on track then TOTM started in all it's horror and I slept for 12 hours straight for what was supposed to be a nap. Great...

Flybaby I would be panicking too, even without the people fear! It is new so it's bound to be scary. You are doing so well, though! As far as responding to bad things you learn, try to stand back a bit. They were this bad before you knew about them so nothing in your personal world has changed. Try to counteract it by looking at scientific theories about how we can change things for the better, there is still a way to make the planet better as long as we all act on it. Obviously, that's the tricky part.

All of the students will be feeling nervous and out of place right now, they will just be hiding it. Remember how many will have come straight from sixth form, they will have little experience of the world and be on a huge learning curve to independence. You have already learnt how to function independently in the big wide world and I bet many would wish that they had the experience that you do. I ended up befriending a lot of lost souls in my first year at uni because I had already been living alone for 2 years and working, for many they had moved from home and had little life experience. They were terrified and most of their confidence was half excitement and half bravado. I used to have groups of homesick students round for dinner and generally spoilt them, it used to make them feel a little like they were back home again even though I was only a year older than them. Remember you do have advantages they don't, too.

Gitdog was out-bounced? Impossible!

Hope you health gets better soon, dragonette!

How are you today, Faerie?

I hope tomorrow goes well for you as it can, ono.

Hope the tummy is better MU!

I also hope you are doing ok Georgie and managing to distract from the worrying thing.

Hope you had a good weekend, JM! Any concerts?

Melly, we both know what you need to do, please do it. I am worried about you. Big hugs.

I hope you feel a little better today, Calley. I have been thinking of you.

Hope you feel better soon, Pyxis! I am glad that you managed to have a good time away anyway!

Also hope you enjoyed your hopefully relaxing Sunday, whitewing!

Love the video and the list, both had me laughing out loud!

Apologies to anyone that I haven't replied to, I did to try to remember everyone. I am not always able to remember everyone's posts by the time I get to the end of the thread but please know that I am cheering you on as I read individual posts and sending lots of positive thoughts.