I have fairly mild long COVID and what that means in practice is that I can work but have no ability to socialise, I can do 5000 steps but have to come home with crushing fatigue and sleep for hours to recover, I volunteer for two hours a fortnight when I used to do volunteer work every day.

Winter has been so hard on my mind and body this year. Commuting in single digit temps in the dark while my body is already struggling with chronic fatigue and inflammation has been exhausting. Bring on warmer weather.

I rewatched all of Penny Dreadful just knowing how bad the ending is, that’s me in a nutshell.

Less rare than you think: you make a very difficult decision, and then when you check in on that decision some months down the track (to make sure it was valid and is still needed), you realise that it remains a very good and very necessary decision.

Huge day for climate justice as the ICJ delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change. You can watch live at the link below starting at 9AM EST. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

I’m planning to trade in my car really soon and TODAY I scraped the whole side of it along a concrete bollard. I absolutely fkn hate myself.

Today was just one of those days that everything went wrong at work. Holy moly.

Thinking back to 🚩moments and wondering how I could have let so much go.

How do you protect your peace?

Imagine PIERS MORGAN having the audacity to call ANYONE a narcissist! Hahaha you couldn’t make this shit up.

I’ve cracked my molar from clenching my teeth so hard, good times!

Trying quite hard to engage with the world (but it’s hard to stay afloat and every interaction I have these days feels like a rock around my ankles).

Alas, Harry Fong is a candidate for Qld so I couldn’t vote my displeasure directly, but luckily Bernie Finn was on my ballot and I took significant delight in putting him dead last.

It’s just come into coat season and I pulled one out of my cupboard and dashed to get my train, forgetting the cats like to hide in the cupboard when visitors come. It looks like I have a white stripe on the bottom right side of my black coat, hahaha, oh no.

I’ve been reading more about rejection sensitivity dysphoria and realising it’s much broader than I thought it was and how much I identify with nearly every aspect of it. Oh no.

The week was long and I am so tired, but I made it through and can even manage a little cleaning today. This is what a manageable day with long covid looks like - being pleased that I can do the bare minimum.

People who tap their nails on products while showing them to you are THE DEVIL. Gtfoh with your ASMR bollocks.

So I got a little promotion for a four month project, yey!

My favourite thing about IWD while working in government is that there’s so many women in positions of authority that I’m not personally responsible for organising anything.

No thoughts just vibes.

I left twitter in September 2023 because a long time acquaintance made a post about how the World Rugby blanket ban on trans players was a good initiative to ‘protect women’. It was just the last straw in a torrent of transphobic nonsense that escalated dramatically post the X takeover.

Without downloading any new pictures, where are you at mentally?

My MIL was at my house for less than three hours today and mentioned my weight in a negative way at least 12 times. She also bought me a stupid amount of chocolate for my birthday and told me I could have one a day. What an asshole.

I keep dreaming about cudding babies but I think it’s cos my silly little cat is coming in to snug up against my chest while I’m asleep.

I’m a little late to it (less late than usual tbf) but how great is Arcane? I bet they play these visuals at raves, such endlessly beautiful art.

WHY ARE THEY HOLDING HANDS.

If the world could give me a break from constant commiserations about my father that would be GREAT.

'Amen' is to prayers what 'over' is to Walkie Talkies.

My dentist said that I brush my teeth beautifully and now I will never leave her because she’s my mum now.

Feel free to come at me for my album choice but only after you listen to this youtu.be/osDBZGu7QuE

I didn’t realise how much this one particular person was affecting me, or for how long it was happening but here it is on record - at LEAST 18 months of her trash behaviour. Lucky for me I have a 5 month secondment in a different department coming up. Byeee mean woman, I will not miss you.

In 1994 the Pet Shop Boys were invited to perform 'Go West' at the Brit Awards. They agreed and brought with them 3 separate choirs of miners. Some of those miners had marched with the gay and lesbian members of LGSM in the 1980s. It is one of the great, near-lost music moments vimeo.com/293437684

I just found out that Rosie Beaton is a marriage celebrant, and while I have generally avoided getting married, being married by the voice we heard on a zillion car rides would be quite something.

In the midst of so much horror and heartbreak I’ve been watching Schitts Creek for the first time. Such a warm and generous show that is also absurd and hilarious. Late to the game, but I very much recommend, 10/10 escapist loveliness.

This flippin cat though, can u not?!

A surefire way to lose my interest is to begin any pitch with ‘as a busy mum of-‘.

Imagine doing no work and then complaining about the work that was done. Smdh.

I’m stressed out my eyeballs. Looking forward to an era where we’re all grown in jars, with no tangled commitments to people you love but also want to pinch.

Not me doing Am I A Narcissist tests in case it’s me that’s the narcissist.

Life has truly been a bin fire (narcissists narcississing while in hospital is perhaps the worst kind of narcissism) but the solace of books and cats is eternal.

A relative of mine receives all of his news from Murdoch outlets, particularly Sky and lately Fox News. You can imagine his extreme right wing opinions on most things.

imagine if your hotel towels transform back into swans when you're asleep and snoop through all your stuff looking for secrets and valuables. Goodnight!

Shazam doesn’t recognise Machine Gun Fellatio’s Voices in My Head and I think that’s maybe the nicest thing I’ve learned this week so far.

I went out for lunch yesterday (1hr driving, 2 hours in the restaurant), & today I did the groceries (1hr) and cleaned the house (wipe surfaces, put things away, vacuum + 1 load laundry - 1.5 hrs). I’m so exhausted and aching in every joint, I can barely move. Long Covid, don’t get it.

Reluctant lap sharing ♥️

There will be a time in my future where I don’t have to take a deep breath to rally myself before Christmas lunch, and I can’t wait for it to happen.

enjoying your life? that wasn’t very live, laugh, toaster bath of you