So what did I achieve today?

[Loopy]

Chis, it is really that important that they be done tonight. you are stressed, rest up the rum will not go away.

loopy

[Aonaran]

Oh Chris,

Tyger, Tyger, burning bright!

I hear ya.  The emotional demands can be just bloody exhausting.  I'm sending supportive vibes.

For my own part, I'm soooo bloody pleased with myself!  I've just finished the hedge!! Huzzah!!

(Thanks everyone for the encouragement!)

And I'm pleased with myself on another score as well:  a fair few neighbours passed me as I was doing it, and even though i greeted them all, only one actually spoke to me.  Her only words?  No hello, just "'Bout bloody time!"  I roared with laughter!!  (For once, I didn't retreat into my energetic cave)  And then I laughed all the stronger when she scowled at me and stomped off.  No hits scored, lady!!

I think I feel even better about that than about finishing the hedge.

Now I'm just resting up my back (don't know if I mentioned it, but I fractured it in three places and it's never properly healed) before I go out and vaccuum up all the detritus.

I;'m a bit pleased with myself.  Could you tell? 😉

[Former-Member]

-

[Neb]

Goodonya Chris.

I too sometimes have to acknowledge "small" victories......like having a shower! I mean, why is it so darn hard to have a shower....anyone would think I must be having an acid rain shower or something. I drag my sorry carcas eventually into it, then I don' t want to come out....I love hot water and smelly bath products....its a girl thing.

Chocolate is giving me monster migraines. I hate migraines so even though I ADORE chocolate, it has got to go......watch this space

[kenny66]

Well, today was pretty special. I took my medication on time-I ate properly and went to the beach, which I haven't done for ages.

But the biggy was that I caught a public bus part way to the library, which meant I actually had to talk with the bus driver and other passengers.

I couldn't go the whole 10km but went way more than half way, then walked. For anyone that knows me that is a bit like me skydiving when you have a fear of heights.

kenny

[Alessandra1992]

Onya @kenny66!! Sky diving and public transport.great analogy, and you incorporated a 5 km walk so well done for exercising too!

[kenny66]

Ha Ha I don't want to boast, it was only about 3km

[kristin]

Hey @kenny66 

Well done you! I'd hate to go sky-diving, I'd be petrified literally. So what an amazing thing to achieve, thanks for sharing with us! 5 or 3 kms still a significant walk. Hopefully let out some of the tension of the bus ride. I don't like buses much, I'm better with trams or even trains.

(Funny just writing that I had a visual picture flash through my mind of a boy on a school bus in the States when I was 10 biting me on the wrist. I haven't thought about it for many years. Horrible!)

Kind regards, 

Kristin

[Rick]

Well I have bathed every day this week. 

It's a big deal I assure you. I hate to see myself in the mirror. I makes me ashamed.

But have bathed and shaved consistently this week.

Hope does endure

Rick

[Ellie]

What is it with buses? I hate them too. Kristin, your early bus experience was much worse than mine. At least I didn't get bitten, but I was terrified of catching something..........

It was on a bus in my home town coming back from the CBD and with only three of us on it. It was one of those older buses with one long seat down each side. Towards the middle and opposite me was a little girl not much younger than myself seated with her mother. Suddenly, the little girl leaned forward and threw up all over the floor. The stench was terrible! I moved up towards the driver and huddled in the corner hoping the noxious fumes didn't contain some horrible disease.

Funny, I've never thought why I hate buses so much until I just read your story and it reminded me of that poor little girl who was probably only suffering motion sickness......... but in less than a kilometer??

I also dislike buses because they're stuffy and the seats are far too close together for my likings. I guess modern trams are the same, yet I don't mind huddling on them. I actually love catching the train to Melbourne