Slept with my hand under my head and my wrist is feeling fucky. I guest I can tick off ‘injury while sleeping’ on the over 40 list of bullshit.
Slept with my hand
Finally showing it some love!
It has served me well in the past, only fair I return the favour.
My best effort so far has been throwing my back out very badly by bending down to pick up a tea towel
Nice!! I threw mine out sneezing a while back.
People are so surprised when you tell them, too. It’s like they expect you were lifting boulders or stopping a runaway bus, when it’s, nah, I just sneezed/bent down slightly. So unfair
I know a guy who sneezed in the shower while bending down and twisting slightly to pick up a shampoo bottle off the floor behind him, and put his back out such that he never worked again.
Finally!
🎉
Was supposed to study today but have a migraine. Hopefully it’ll be gone soon.
Landed another interview Thursday so that’s 2 this week!
Fuck yeah! Nice work on the interviews!
Hope you feel better soon :)
hugs and 🤞🤞🤞
Ooh. Apparently there’s a meeting happening right now to decide what they’re going to do with the new kid and how they’ll manage the outcomes of it for me.
The results will be either: A. I should suck it up and go home B. He should suck it up and stop breaking the rules C. The department should suck it up and move him elsewhere
I didn’t really share very much about exactly how it was affecting me here, because it’s the sort of thing that I feel like will make me sound entitled and like a snowflake. But his move in and the resulting chaos really did affect me. I think it actually affected me more than when I was at the last place and things were really abusive, because back then I didn’t miss stability, because I never had any to begin with. But now I’ve had a chance to be in a stable and supportive place where I don’t need to always have an ear out of my headphones in case shit hits the fan, or barricade my door for safety, or have to sleep light so I don’t get woken up by cops shining a light in my face after opening the wrong room. It was really hard to adjust to that again, and I completely lost all will and motivation to do anything, even eat and drink.
I’m fairly happy in this hotel, and things are going well again, but I do wonder if it was a good idea to agree to come here. After all, I will probably just walk back into the same shit show I did after returning from my holiday last time. And I’m not sure I can handle the constant yoyo-ing
Ideally it’d be B. as it should have been from the beginning, but that’s unlikely. The next best option is C.
A. is not an option, you really do need to be plain with them about how badly it’s affected you and you’re well within your rights to crack the shits. Tell them even that you keep getting woken up by the cops and with the lack of sleep could lose your job. Really be straight up about what’s been happening or they possibly will allow the same shitshow to continue.
You’re not entitled or a snowflake. Don’t let them gaslight you into tolerating this situation because it’s more convenient for them to be lazy.
They screwed up and put this kid in a setting that he wasn’t suited for and it’s disrupting your stability. They need to fix it.
I have been honest with them about how I’ve been affected by it all. I sent it to my entire care team last monday morning a few hours before I had a care team meeting. I have a few really supportive people in my care team, and 2 of them wrote letters about the situation, too. That’s probably a large part of the reason why I ended up in this hotel so quickly.
From what I’ve heard, I actually think C is the best option. Apparently in the weeks leading up to his move in, he was saying he didn’t want to move here, and I’ve been told he still doesn’t want to be here. It also seems that a lot of the things he’s done since moving in have been the result of wanting to be kicked out. Lead tenant is meant to be a voluntary program, and it doesn’t work if people don’t genuinely want to be here
Thanks for saying that, I’ve been struggling to talk about it because I know many people have been through worse things, and by world standards I’m in a good situation. It doesn’t help that I’ve actually experienced much worse living situations before, I’ve seen how bad things can get. So being so down while being in a much better position than I was 3 years ago makes me feel ungrateful and selfish.
I get it. It’s very normal though. There’s a difference to being in a situation for so long you kind of numb out a little vs experiencing something better and then losing that hope. Also some of what you’re experiencing could still fall under the heading of institutional abuse.
IANAL and not familiar with the eligibility criteria, whether there’s a child protection specific instance, but I do know there are organisations to protect vulnerable people in resi. Perhaps you might be able to find an independent visitor or someone to advocate for your best interests in all this. Because this current bunch aren’t…
This one is in Queensland but perhaps there’s a Victorian equivalent https://www.publicguardian.qld.gov.au/i-am-a-child-or-young-person/who-can-help-you/community-visitors
Ok, if you scroll down there’s an entry for the Community Visitors Program in Victoria https://providers.dffh.vic.gov.au/useful-contacts-supported-residential-services https://providers.dffh.vic.gov.au/useful-contacts-supported-residential-services
Whether or not you want to contact them is up to you, as you’ve seen there can be blowback from mismanagement and complaining is risky when the organisation controls where you live. But definitely keep that in your back pocket if they try to send you back into an unsafe situation. Perhaps even call them now with a view to asking if they can help you
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A is not a goer imo. B sounds like it was dreamed up by an honest politician (which does not exist). C means the department has to acknowledge it has fucked up - again. Which may not happen. Not a lot of good outcomes on offer here. For now, the hotel is looking more and more like the better short term solution until the kid either goes or cleans up his act. I really hope this situation works itself out in a way that you can cope with.
So I dont really know the specifics of the situation, but guessing there is a good reason they cant say “B, and if you stuff up one more time you’re out on your ass” to the other kid?
Yeah that’s sort of what I meant. There is the strike and warning system thing, and he’s been issued with 1 warning. So 2 more stuff ups would mean being kicked out
hows he only on 1 warning if the cops had to be called or your having to barricade your door?
There’s 3 strikes before the warnings start, and 3 warnings before a kick out. They also do a grace period where they won’t do a formal strike, just a verbal warning.
So essentially it can go something like this: 3 verbal warnings, then 3 strikes, then 3 proper warnings, then kicked out
Also the barricading my door is more about not wanting workers opening my door. The workers are here for him, but aren’t his workers. But they’re not really trained either, and never get briefed on who’s room’s who’s
yeah… id be reporting to whatever org that people are opening your door at night, that turns scary real fast.
Hope it turns out well for you.
Want to be my cat today. Day of napping on the couch, right in front of the heating……
I was just thinking… imagine heaven like they show in movies and shows and stuff where there are people in white clothes up amongst the clouds with harps and stuff. Except imagine the weather is like it actually is at that altitude. Just super windy and really cold.
Anyway just thinking about my grandad. Miss you, pop.
Bad day to be working from home with no heating. Hands and feet are CHILLY.
pair of fingerless gloves from reject shop is a game changer! If you have a small room you can close the door on you’d be surprised how fast the computer warms the space up too.
Good morning friendship pals! The sun is shining(somewhere), the birds are chirping(but not so much), and HOPEFULLY my delivery is coming today. “Transferred at Sunshine West” yeah you BETTER BE.
I had a dream where robots invaded the earth so that was cool and I fully support then in their hobbies.
I ordered some sheets from Kmart almost a fortnight ago and had them redirected to my post office, but then a week ago it said it was “in transit” twice in my suburb and has never updated to say it’s arrived at my post office
Did they send it via couriers please? Every time I’ve gotten something from them they have, and couriers please has managed to fuck something up.
Nope this one’s through auspost. They did send me a heater through couriers please at the end of last month but they managed to fucking lose it so I ended up with no heater
That sounds like them. I swear they’ve never managed to deliver anything well.
One time they broke one delivery, and then broke the replacement that was sent.
“Your delivery is coming today” message received. There’s construction across the road so time to look out the window every time I hear a van for the next 4 to 8 hours
Edit: Est delivery is 2:55 to 4:55 noooooo
I usually get deliveries by 1pm due to being in a good spot on the usual routes. This suffering is immense.
I have a very strong opinion about the nuclear power debate. It’s new-clear. Not nuke-you-luer, not noo-cloo-la, not newk-yah-lah.
New-clee-ah
Is this 2008 again? Flashbacks to Sarah Palin…
And Shrub.
I still think the private sector is gonna RBMK the FUCK outta traralgon. I’m not saying thats a dealbreaker for me though.
Yeah, I’m not going to call it that…
Noo-klier
big pot of minestrone is on the stove
and my hands are cold
Perfect thing for this weather!
I made corn chowder today, which looks like a pot of milky sludge… hopefully it turns out ok
I’ve never made corn chowder. Maybe I will try one day. :)
Another beautiful sunrise
It turns out it was option D - the option I never mentioned.
They’re going to move him out, but not yet. They said he currently has a 2 week transition to the next place, but that still needs to be officially confirmed. Apparently it won’t be longer.
In the meantime it looks like I’ll be staying in this hotel. Although I did ask if I may be able to move to one with a washing machine because I don’t want to have to handwash things.
Apparently they also told the other kid a number of my concerns I’d expressed in my email (but hadn’t actually told him) and he got angry and started threatening me. So that’d probably be why I’m staying here until he leaves. Before this we were on more of a neutral footing, now he has an active dislike for me. So that’s nice I guess
That sounds like a pretty good result, all things considered. As much as living in a hotel in the short-term isn’t ideal, it’s your own space & safe.
And not great that the kid’s now angry at you, but it sounds like you won’t have to see him again?
Hopefully everything stabilises quickly.
but it sounds like you won’t have to see him again?
Hopefully. The timeline that’s been proposed is 2 weeks for him to transition elsewhere, but only 1 more week for me here. But that’s just what they’re starting with, there’s room for either side to change as needed
Apparently they also told the other kid a number of my concerns I’d expressed in my email (but hadn’t actually told him) and he got angry and started threatening me. So that’d probably be why I’m staying here until he leaves. Before this we were on more of a neutral footing, now he has an active dislike for me.
Ugghh. They mismanaged the hell out of that and actively aggravated the situation. Whoever is doing this sucks at their job.
Also this kid needs to take some responsibility - there were conditions for him living there so if he broke the rules and has cops coming around then that’s on him.
Lol. At this point mishandling things seems to be their M.O.
You should read “The Trial” by Kafka if you get the chance. Great critique on bureaucracy. It’s not a long book.
Couldn’t have gone more wrong if they tried
Does the hotel have a laundry service you can use?
Washed my hands after throwing away the corned beef plastic wrapper. Water was cold but think nothing of it. Realize I need to pee so I go to the bathroom, stand there, pull it out (as ya do) and then YELP and jump 20 feet into the air. Yeah so turns out the water had made my hands VERY cold…
What about the shrinkage?
Shrinkage? Mate, its run away!
I was in the pool!
I decided due to my current cough/sniffle combination to call in sick for tomorrow. Risotto will be cooked in a few minutes and I plan to waste the rest of the evening watching videos before going to bed happily knowing I can sleep in as long as I want to. It would be a lot more relaxing plan if I didn’t keep sneezing. Mr Woof is not a fan of sneezes and has already evacuated the lounge room.
Bit of a disappointing work today. On Friday I messed up a spreadsheet by simply copying and pasting things wrong. However, I didn’t pick up on it until late today, when I had already done a heap of work on it (and spent the whole time wondering why it was throwing so many errors). I really felt like I dropped a notch in my manager’s eyes, as I had to bring them in to work with me to fix the sheet, not to mention other people who I showed the report to who picked up on the same thing. Ever since my interview for this role, i’ve been approached by people in different departments saying ‘they’ve heard a lot of good things about me’ - apparently someone on the panel has spread word that I’m some fantastic contributor to the role, and now I feel like that reputation has been tarnished because I couldn’t figure out a very simple mistake. Sigh. Wish I could just undo the last few days.
These kinds of mess ups really feel so big at the time, but I reckon… You’ll be able to look back on it and laugh in the future. It might feel really far away, but I promise this absolutely won’t define you!
If you reckon you thoroughly messed up, maybe an upshot is people have a more realistic expectation of you and it won’t feel like you have as much of a burden on your shoulders. And then maybe you’ll get to prove your worth in unexpected ways down the track 😄
