Mine looks worse than my old one but not horrific which is ok given that I went for a ten year renewal.
I haven't had any vivid dreams for a while, I envy yours
the exhaustion from field work after not doing it regularly has hit me like a ton of bricks, but it is lovely having a few more days of fresh air and slow, quiet life with company, off my phone most of the time. I definitely need an extended break from the city once I'm done with things.
Having a tense moment with sibling who wants to split the annual health insurance for mum by 3 and saying how he's just dropped 17k on his kids overseas uni fees...
rant
My two other sibs outearn me by 3-5x and are also significantly older. This insurance costs a bomb (11k AUD/ year and growing - in a country with universal healthcare), and was richest sib's idea back when he earned a lot more.
Eldest sib has always financially supported mum the most (he has always been a high earner). But he is also the most emotionally distant and meanest to my mum and doesn't recognise the health impact that has on her (or that his contempt is obvious). His own kids have been spoiled most of their lives and he had a very cruel divorce and now needs to fork out a lot to keep his kids going.
I feel an unspoken expectation to be catching up to their high earning jobs and shouldering the financial burden equally.
I steadfastly refuse however to accept this. It has made me rather upset
I chose not to have kids partly because they're so expensive. I hate being guilt tripped into now having to pay up more than I can afford because i chose not to reproduce. The insinuation that my choices are less noble is low-class and narrow -minded.
I refuse to be dragged into the unhappy trap of flogging myself to earn more, at the cost of energy to attend to the more fundamental and important things in life like being present for others. It has taken over a decade for me to be ok with not reaching the heights of others and wanting to craft a simpler life that focuses my energies better. I am not about to be conned out of this by those whose lives I never ever want to lead.
My mum is no saint and she has had trouble with emotional relationships much of her life due to her own brain quirks and traumas, I don't hold it against my sibs for being cold to her if they feel no love. but it is utterly despicable to me that the eldest then claims the upper ground for financially supporting her as compensation.
Mum is happiest being frugal and taking care of her own health, she herself questions the need for this insurance. My sibling comes up with horror stories of how she would end up in a shitty hospital ward without it and how miserable she would be. Meanwhile she is feels lonely and low NOW partly because he's the only one in the same country as her and is totally contemptuous of her, and that's no concern to him.
I refuse to relate to my mother the way he does, and reject the expectation that I should cough up otherwise I'm heartless and selfish... I worked hard to move here and escape the narrative from our home country that life is a miserable slog and money matters above all else in the real world. I won't be pulled down by crabs in the bucket.
Holy shit those fires in LA are kicking off. And it's WINTER over there. Of course nobody would be enacting the usual fire prevention activities
Welp, airport parking was definitely the best choice given how late I ended work - 5:45pm - and thanks to cruisey holiday traffic I made it in time to spare for a bite and a drink. And got all my chores done at home beforehand. My feet are sore from doing a whole day out after a while, looking forward to relaxing...
E: noooo I ended up one seat away from the noisiest kids on the plane. Rip. At least I remembered to bring my headphone adaptor this time! Now to wait the 4 hours or so to head west...
It's utterly ridiculous. And when you're particularly sick maybe exposing everyone in the clinic to your illness isn't a great idea if it's the contagious kind. Thank heavens for telehealth. I hope you recover fully soon - surely bound to happen with the expert purrfessionalism of Dr Meow.
Starting to smell a bit rank (I need more breathable bras) and need another layer of sunscreen soon but feeling good on my feet and enjoying a pretty bloody awesome lunch spot
The perils of living alone that those who live with others easily forget...
Supply chains are fried as supermarkets and even consumers continue to poach deliveries from one another.
Do I pay $41.20 plus $11 tram fare return to the airport, at the mercy of timetables especially for the return leg when my flight arrives past 10pm... or $84 plus a bit in petrol to drive and park over 7 days without worrying about times. I think the latter is winning out and would be cheaper than uber too. So it shall be.
I spent nearly all of today in bed drifting in and out of sleep and wandering through various YouTube videos and wiki articles. It was nice enough in some ways to do nothing and rest but I felt kind of gross by the evening and haven't drunk nearly enough water. Feeling rather meh about doing one day of work tomorrow before heading off again but I'll just start early and end early as much as I can and keep it simple...
Chucked that sickie today after it hit 9am and I felt no desire to move. No regrets. Definitely feeling better than yesterday but I think I just need a day of rest entirely to myself to fully recover. I do need to do the laundry but that's about it. Oh, and pack for my trip...
Do you think that might be heritage lichen?
My aunt and uncle (mostly my cantankerous uncle) have spent the whole morning trying to get Foxtel support on the phone to help with their blurry signal. The whole thing is just pure distilled boomer