I felt unusually tired today. Man came home with the sniffles. It's a matter of time for me.
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what do youse guys do when cats get under your feet and you're carrying something really hot , like a kettle or fry pan or are walking up/down stairs?
i firmly tell the guys to move and I feel guilty doing it
I don't think I have ever carried hot items on stairs...BUT if that happened, the cat would get pushed away with my foot (not a kick).
Love cats, but love not having burns even more.
I try to do the pushing with foot, sometimes they do not move. I just think it's dangerous and I try to train them not to.
My experience with cats has always been that they have very little situational awareness unless it impacts them directly.
Love them to bits, but at times they can be super frustrating.
I was lucky with my old cat. If in the kitchen she'd be on the kitchen bench just watching. She always wanted higher ground (as abbys do). Stairs she'd race to the top / bottom. Only issue were the ambushes around corners. Got a few accidental kicks there but she kept ambushing so obviously didn't mind.
Firmly/loudly tell off and foot shove. Never had an actual accident with hot things, but one with a can of beetroot demonstrated just how nasty that might be.
I have my feet flat on the ground and slowly shuffle to put it down, or stop in place until they move (I also tell them to move)
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Today is 1 year off suboxone, and a few weeks ago, marked 11 years sober.
There's a couple of things I wanted to say to both get them off my chest, and maybe offer a window into what life is like with a past like mine.
tldr: It's been fascinating feeling things properly for the first time as an adult.
Sorry for the novella.
spoiler
So, suboxone is marketed as something that can supress cravings. The part they don't tell you, is that it numbs your emotions significantly.
So for 10 years, I thought that how I felt was normal. But as soon as I stopped taking suboxone, I realised what had been going on. It's sneaky in a way. It happens so gradually so you don't notice the slow erosion of the highs and lows of life.
The first 3 months were incredible. Making music felt unreal. Really anything to do with music was unreal. Waves and waves of the happy head tingles (I don't know the proper term). Everything felt amazing, because you know, I could actually feel things again. Socialising, gym, pretty much everything positive was amplified by 10.
But that wasn't going to last forever because the highs have to come with lows.
All the things I'd been ignoring, all the things I thought I was ok with hit real hard.
Imagine a decade of life experiences condensed into the space of say, 6 months.
It's overwhelming.
I realised that I'd effectively isolated myself from the world, thinking that it was fine and it didn't bother me because I was content in my little numb bubble. Then came the regrets of the wasted time. Not just about my old life, but the 10 years of the half life I'd been living that were in the rearview mirror.
In the last 12 months, I've had a couple of significant health scares, work issues, problems with maintaining friendships etc.
No cravings even at my lowest. And I know for a fact that if certain things had happened back in my old life, I would have snapped and gone on an insane bender.
I'm glad I stopped taking the stuff, don't get me wrong, I just wish the doctor that was prescribing it had been a lot more upfront about the impact it would have long term.
But like I said yesterday, the stats for people who stop taking it are fucking grim, so I'm guessing the medical literature indicates that it's better that people never stop taking it.
I think the reason I've succeeded at this whole thing in general, is that I don't have a safety net, so I have to be my own. In the back of my mind at all times, I know that if I fail, there's no rescue.
Youโre doing so well man
I feel honoured that you are willing to share a situation so personal with us. It's fucking admirable, and I am in considerable awe. Remember, we are here for you if things wobble a bit going forward. Safe space to vent and all that.
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Sometimes it's hard to step outside the circle to find out what's wrong and how to fix it. You're amazing and an inspiration. Much love โค๏ธ
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hugs
also, not failure, not wasted time, maybe you were learning the skills to cope with all the highs and lows and getting yourself in a better environment
hugs again , you did great ๐ฅน
also hugs to Gibson, who has been a terrific support ๐ธ
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Kitty hugs are better than drugs.
Youโre doing amazing. Sounds like the suboxone was the right choice at the time, things could have kept spiralling had you not made that choice. Be proud that you looked after yourself, no regrets. The medication has now done its job, youโve moved forward, congrats on the one year! Itโs a huge achievement especially in the context of those stats. Wow. Well done.
The medication has now done its job,
yes, that's how I see it
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No mouse in the trap but worked out a few things. It's not peanut butter but bread. left a trail of it going up the ramp and it got to the end, only 2 bits shy (like 4cm shy) of the spinny bottle of DOOM.
So I know 3 things.
-it will go up the ramp
-bread
-I know where it lives.. in the fireplace... (I'm not doing that).
Heading back to melbs today so will leave it set.
First interview in my new job search and it was soooo bad. Too many red flags to accept of an offer was made. Bit sad, but also hopeful it pushes me in the right direction!
I am so impressed that you know red flags in employers and employment offers and are confident enough to reject. ๐๐
Husband got sucked in a few times , hopefully he's better at that now. ๐
So windy.
The plan for today did involve a ladder. How about nope.
Laundry drying very quickly though.
rain on the way
Currently ready to chew bricks. Council web portal broken, phone hold messages include whistles and crowing roosters! Fuck the hell off with your sensory bullshit ๐คฏ
phone hold messages include whistles and crowing roosters!
seriously?
who thought that was a good idea?
Combine those with 'be respectful to our staff' messages and there's a vast level of not having a clue going on.
This is an interesting watch and relevant to now. All about ancient collapse in 1200BC and the things surrounding it. He's very clever at drawing parallels w/o being political.
Dudes first book was good and definitely going to read the second.
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no beach and it just might be too stormy to go out
I have stuff to do at home of course but I feel the need to walk
also, has anyone seen Melba, is she ok?
Hey, Iโm ok, just had a busy day getting my flu and covid shots.
is the rain coming or not
Skies darkening rapidly where I am
Very close out here in the NorthWest
be careful what you wish for
Yes. It's hitting steady here.
o lawd it comin
Holy crap just had a loud BANG out of nowhere after it had been raining and storming in the distance for 30 mins, flash warning only seconds before, my entire house vibrated. I jumped like I was watching a horror movie.
Same!!! I'm in Taylors Lakes and it looked like it was coming from the High School area or so....
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