There are children screaming outside. I have closed the door and drawn the blinds.
I blame the full moon tonight
The dogs are already barking. Should I howl?
Yes. Let it out.
AWOOOOOOOOO
I’m hearing a lot of sirens where I am. It’s lunacy out there tonight.
Saw 3 or 4 fire trucks just whizz past me on the east end of Collins St. Got to see two of the new electric ones which don’t seem that quiet at first because of the sirens… Then a regular diesel one came behind them and holy hell you could hear the difference.
Not sure where they were heading, not much on VicEmergency.
Probably around 90% chance someone set off a building alarm.
Bad moon rising https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJwvQfraY8
That’s my ringtone for when my kid calls, no shit. 😂
We bought a new car. Cheers 🍺
I want MissGod in the driver’s seat asap and it’s gonna be in a couple months but, I’m reticent to let her drive mine. I guess I just gotta let go at some point.
This is the situation: I have a manual Corolla which she likes but can’t drive. He has a auto Camry which she practices in but hates. So I was willing to sacrifice my car so she could have one.
But…
The man doesn’t want to give mine up because it has only done 120k’s and it’s a good car in good condition. What he wants to do is run his into the ground then take mine. I’m like “ok” because I really don’t care as long as I can go about my business occasionally and the kid gets a car to drive me to the pub when she gets her licence.
Apart from car makes…this is exactly my situation.
My Camry (fucking rocks) is solid as. Wife drives manual and kids ain’t keen to learn.
Camry does rock. Not so great for petite women.
Sounds like a good plan.
At the end of the day you gotta let go so your kids can experience life.
get her a small car that you don’t mind gets dented
Congratulations, welcome to the new car club! Is is new new, or new to you?
Pre owned. New to the kid
☕️!
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yay 🍺
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Oooh, what was the final choice?!
Nissan Micra
That sounds like the opposite of my VW Caddy Maxi. Isn’t it nice there are so many different options to suit all of us different people?
Your’s is a bus compared to this thing.
Solid, reliable choice! Nice!
Idc about car but do care abt cheers. CHEERS 🍻🥂
😂 🍺
Yay! Have you given it a name? (My OH likes to name our cars, lol)
Nah not yet. It’s the kid’s choice. I’m just a part time driver cos it’s her’s.
Cars must have names! I’ve named all of my cars from the same book series since I was 16. Currently driving an i30n named Kaelas. Boyo’s fam just names them after their rego plates.
My old car was Huey, based on the numberplate UEE.
New van can probably be Todd, as the mnemonic I’m using to remember the new numberplate is whisky + tea, which is a hot toddy.
Traditionally cars are supposed to have female names for some reason (or at least that was what I was told growing up) but with equality and all I think boy names should be fine.
Maybe it’s something to do with boats having female names? I love the idea of using the number plate as inspo
OH likes mythical heroines’ names, so we’ve had Isolde and Brunhilda, and the most recent one is Endora because I like Samantha’s mum from bewitched
It’s also nicer to think we’re being borne by a Valkyrie rather than a clapped-out commodore, lol
I sat and guarded the food while the cats ate so the religious nutcase didn’t throw away their food.
This is what it’s come to lol
God I fucking hate this suburb and it’s demographics.
What happened last time? Did they just say “it’s against my religious beliefs” and just tossed it all away?
I hate people who use things like that as a shield to justify their actions.
Pretty much. Except she waited till I wasn’t there to throw it away. Coward.
Was she trespassing?
Nope. Public land.
religious nutcase didn’t throw away their food
Man that’s weird.
Just had a quick squizz at which religions / cultures don’t like cats and it’s a bit of a mixed bag!
That’s assuming it’s an organised/established religion and not, uh, one of her own invention
She’s either sikh or hindu.
Also note that I’ve been routinely been treated quite poorly by the Indian community because of my race. So that isn’t helping either.
Her issue is feeding them any kind of meat.
Like her beliefs trump innocent creatures well-being. They will die if all they eat are vegetables.
Cats are obligate carnivores, they have to eat meat.
FWIW the cats won’t mind eating kibble off the ground. No serving container means nothing to help throw it out.
That’s a damn good point. I never thought of putting it on the ground.
That said, I felt fine sitting and chilling with them. Was pretty cool. And I give them wet food as well.
Feeding them on the other side of the fence keeps me in public land. She can’t do shit except wait for me to leave so she can throw whatever food is left into the bin.
I wonder if she feels righteous when she does that.
Also, it made me smile when she walked past and saw me lol
City excursion with family today.
Always a great bonding and sharing experience for us.
Both kids confided in us about different things.
Parenting win… hopefully.
Korean BBQ for dinner and jamming out to 80s music on the ride home.
Life isn’t perfect but this was pretty close
Love to hear things the wins like this! Sounds like a beautiful evening for you!
I cherish all the time I spend with the kids. Ain’t gonna last forever, but it’s great right now.
Bit of a health scare for the ol’ girl yesterday. Fainted, collapsed went to bed. I was in the garden and had no idea. ol’ boy was down the bellarine gave me a buzz to see where she was. I found her completely out of it with fever symptoms. He comes racing back directing me on what to do / look for over the phone. Fuck she’s lucky to have a medico hubby.
but jeez ol’ boys language / demeanor changes when there are problems like the ones we’ve seen in the last 6 months. Shit gets calm, direct and accurate. He’s normally a grumpy old bastard. We have our differences but with mum’s polycrisis, we’re both on the same page which has completely surprised me.
Damn, just saw this. What a lot to go through mate, I’m sorry you had to go through all that (and sorry for your parents too). Mum is indeed very lucky to have a medically trained husband. And it’s good that he’s able to see what matters and put the grumpiness aside in this sort of situation. Lucky he was not the one to have started losing faculties/abilities first…
If you feel okay with sharing it I’d be interested to know what happened to your mum to have gotten so acutely ill. I do worry about my mum because of her living alone and the kinds of things that can befall her
Yea sure.
About 15 years ago she had mouth cancer, a doc nicked the carotid artery, along with radiation therapy led to her losing her teeth over time as the jaw became necrotic.
Then she had glaucoma. They buggered one op over many, and she lost vision in 1 eye.
Then the rona hit and she didn’t do any real exercise for 2 years
Another mouth op, made eating difficult…
Then she had a fall 6 months ago, her remaining eye ruptured, another 2 ops and the pressure was fucked both low then high, okay now but less vision than before
So it’s a thing where it’s difficult to eat, drink, talk, see, hear (which is unrelated to anything), exercise.
And it’s compounding. Not getting enough to eat, lowers appetite, hard to eat anyway, makes exercise harder, which lowers appetite… not being able to see clearly and poor stability / mobility due to lack of exercise and nutrition, lowers app… and around we go. The fainting yesterday was probs due to new blood pressure drugs and lack of water (hard to drink), which will increase risk of falls… and around we go.
It’s not really ‘acutely’ ill, it’s just everything that’s happened to her is working against her pretty quickly together since that fall and decline is x2 speed now. Personally I think she might have had a little bleed as her personality changed a bit afterwards but no one is investigating that.
There’s also a lot of refusal which isn’t helping her but what can you do.
She’s had a lot of expert advice, but now it’s hit a hard limit.
Mate, holy hell, that is a lot for her and you to go through. I really appreciate you sharing so much when you didn’t have to. No wonder so much is deteriorating so significantly for her, I mean shit a NECROTIC JAW?! over 15 years and everything else piling on top more and more. After a point I can totally see why she would’ve spiralled psychologically as well. My mum is very fortunate to have no chronic issues other than a sensitive gut (eats very healthily but she also doesn’t exercise much). I suspect when that sort of rapid decline starts setting in many of us will find it harder to keep up the strength needed to deal with it all.
I feel for your frustration, if the patient themselves refuses there’s only so much you can do. It’s definitely a silver lining that at least your dad and you are united on this. I hope your mum at least will get to a better emotional space even as her body declines…
I’m really sorry to hear what’s happened mate. I hope she’ll be OK soon ❤️
Thanks man.
I just wasn’t prepared for all these things to hit at once. Vision (and the shitload of drugs), teeth / food, physical mobility (and the risk of falls), hearing, memory, depression. It’s hard to know what’s feeding into each problem.
Used to visit my gran all the time at a ‘well to do’ nursing home and I really didn’t like what I was seeing. The thought of it for the ol’ girl scares me as there’s a bit of complex care involved and I’m not sure they (or she) would cope and decline would be rapid.
I suppose age comes for us all, if we’re lucky or unlucky.
I can understand that man. It’s a lot to take in at once.
The reluctance to go into an care place I completely understand. I hope things improve so she can stay at home ❤️
Oh your poor mum, and you & yr dad. Hope she’s ok and is on the mend soon
They’ve gone out again so old panic guts will sit here all day and wait for them.
He’s gorgeous. Those ears! Those spots!
Awwwww ❤️
cats! meowza
Creme brulee with dark chocolate! So cuuuyte
This photo perfectly encapsulates the first few months with Gibson.
Also this is adorable:
Skipped out on a family event because I’m just not ready for it, so went paddle boarding for hours and am now having wine and cheese in the back yard. Cheers all!
Took Minipeelers to lunch and a movie (Minecraft). By the time we walked out of the cinema it was pretty warm. Went to buy a couple of things grocery wise and some new summer hats because I have no idea whatsoever where the other summer hats have gone. We all chose identical cane cowboy hats, so we looked like some odd hick family lol.
I freaking LOVE this energy you bring to the world, the matching hats is awesome!
The best families are the ones who embrace the weird!
Sounds like a fantastic day!! 💜💜
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yay, I managed to buy 2 dozen eggs, first time in 6 weeks
I knew there was a car show in Reservoir this weekend but I wasn’t sure when it was. There was a community Easter thing on today that had cars at it so I took the boys there.
I checked my calendar and I did put a reminder in my calendar. It’s on tomorrow, so we can go down to reservoir tomorrow and look at cars again
Show us your Moon
Ah, it’s the evening service in their personal vehicle.
Yes.
Mama sea
Title
nice 🙂
Yesterday the husband and kid went and looked at a few cars. They rock up to used car yard. Spot a car. The husband says to the kid “jump in. Have a look around” then a stranger appears and in his limited English and no teeth starts a convo with the kid. Then she jerries and apologises profusely. The stranger laughs and says “no worries. No worries”. Yeah, she made herself home in a strange old man’s car.
What he was trying to say was “this my car. This my car”.
he missed a business opportunity
The old fool.
I know someone who jumped in a stranger’s car thinking it was his Uber.
But really, mistaking someone’s car for one available for sale is a bit of a compliment, considering all the cars for sale are freshly detailed. You’d never have mistaken my old car for one for sale as it’s presentation was generally less than pristine.
She said it was pretty clean inside but there was a few coins in the console that they had missed 😂
When I did crowd control, people jumped in strangers cars all the time thinking they were ubers.
Kid hits the gas
Kid was too busy looking at the screen situation.
