My Mosaic

[Jynx]

Yeah I should do that more often @Snowie especially with nice hearty meals like sheppard's pie! 

Yeah they're hard work hey! I kinda like that my psych is an hour's drive away, because it means on the drive home I can sorta spend that time processing and stuff, esp cos it's usually before I start work - need that buffer space hey!! Hope it was a good (or maybe better word, effective?) appointment for you today hun 😊

[Bow]

Hey @Snowie @Jynx  …. I’m floating around a little bit. Just having a moment on the couch. 

I did the groceries this morning. And then home for a Telehealth appointment with my dietitian. I was then suppose to just chill on the couch for the rest of the afternoon cause I’ve been so tired. But the fighting in my head was too much and I gave in and got on the treadmill.,, but I did limit myself. 

I then did some craft. I made this cute little concertina book for my daughter. It was pretty easy once I managed to top the video at the right spots to get the measurements! Can’t show you what I made cause it’s got our photos all through it. 
Then I did some watercolor Christmas cards. I volunteered to do that as a craft activity in a couple of weeks at my arts and craft group- thought I should have some examples of what they will make. 

 

I gotta go drag all the junk from the garage out to the front of the house shortly. Council  kerb side clean up tomorrow. Hopefully I don’t have to bribe D too much to help!

also got a call from comm mh reminding me of my pdoc (the one that I have been seeing in my old pdocs absence for the last few months- she is lovely!) appointment tomorrow afternoon. CRAP! Forgot about that one! And it’s after school, so panicked! But thankfully I was able to book D in to after school care again. SW won’t be there though 😩 

I’m tired! Again! And headachy

how are you both?

[Jynx]

@Bow oh my stars what a big day you've had!! 

Hope there's not too much junk to drag? Nothing too heavy I hope!! Seems the spring cleaning bug has bitten everyone!! Teehee

Aww those lil xmas cards are super cute!! Your class is gonna have a hoot!

Phew, glad you could sort it so you will be able to attend your appt!! 

I'm doing alright! Enjoying some sunshine 😊

Spent a bundle of hours last night meticulously brushing all the dust out of my desktop computer - was well overdue, pretty gross! But you know when you just get suuuper absorbed in something? That was me last night, head torch on, paint brush and rubbing alcohol ready, on my back on the floor so I could see up underneath the graphics card where there were like... I dunno, a whole FAMILY of dust bunnies!! Anyway, got so caught up I didn't hit the pillow till like 5am 😅 So my eyeballs are scratchy today lol

[Snowie]

I always have some in the freezer @Jynx Especially for days when I've seen either my psych or pdoc and I just need to rest.

My psych is about 45mins away. I like that drive on the way home too. I always stop at the same place and get a coffee, then start to process it too. Depending on the session, sometimes I need to just sit in the car for awhile before I feel like I have the concentration to drive home, but at least now I know myself to know if I need to do this. Guess you could say it was productive!

@Bow I like those pictures, they look really good. Great examples.

At least you limited yourself on the treadmill. I'd take that as a win.

Good that you've got pdoc tomorrow afternoon. Do you think that you can say what you need to say without your SW being there?

I hope you get what you need onto the kerb hon. It's good that your council still do that. I wish ours did.

[Bow]

Everything dragged to the kerb @Snowie @Jynx  and didn’t need to nag D too much to help. We get 4 a year @Snowie and we always use all of them! 

Hopefully I’ll be ok to talk to my pdoc. Not sure if my CM will be present or not. I think it’s always nice to have that support there, but then sometimes I wonder if I would be more honest and candid without anyone. I don’t know.

@Jynx  had a little giggle picturing you on the floor with your head torch playing with little dust bunnies with a paintbrush! 

[Snowie]

oh 4 a year @Bow I would certainly use them if we had them. My garage looks like a tip!!

Glad you got everything on the kerb.

I guess all you can do is see how they appt. goes. I always see my pdoc by myself so couldn't tell you if it's better someone else being there.

Have you got much on tonight or can it be an easy one or you?

[Bow]

Haha our garage is a tip too…. Or it was @Snowie  lots of market stuff, gardening stuff, lots and lots of bags of cans and bottles that I need to take to the recycling centre. But we have cleared enough stuff and made enough room to park my car in there when we go overseas. 

Yeah will see how I go tomorrow. Gotta put my big girl pants on…. And go get my bloods done. As much as I don’t wanna do it, my SW would be so disappointed if I didn’t do it. Again she usually comes with me, there was a time where I wouldn’t do it… so she came. And then we would have a cuppa. 

not much on tonight. I’ve got a butterfly chicken in the air fryer, so that’s dinner tonight and tomorrow! Talked with my dietitian today about how hard Mondays are after schema group and how mum does dinner so I don’t have to think about it. I struggled last night and she suggested that I do something similar on a Sunday night so all I have to do is reheat it. So I’ll do that. 
then I’m gonna just vegs on the couch. 

what about you?

[Jynx]

Yeah @Snowie been in that trap many times - of having no energy, needing food to get it, but all I have is raw ingredients 😅

Ooh maybe what I will do is make some mini sheppards pies, or mini quiches or something - just like, single servings to chuck in the freezer. Cos defrosting a whole tupperware is a pain too lol. Thanks for facilitating that inspo!!

And I agree with ya, @Bow curbing her treadmill time is a definite win!! 

@Bow yay nice one, task complete!! 

I can totally understand that actually. Every person added to a space will change the vibe; suddenly you're not just talking to someone, you have an audience. Might promote a bit more of that 'deer-in-the-headlights' kind of feeling, I reckon it would for me too. 

If you're worried you might not be able to be fully honest, maybe write some dot points and pass em on to your CM beforehand? Build a bit of external accountability into the process ya know? 

Teeheehee tis a funny image indeed! And with all the cat hair I've scraped and vacuumed up over the last couple days, I could probably make a whole family of bunnies... except, you know, gross 🤣

[Snowie]

Well at least you can park your car in there whilst you are away @Bow One less thing to worry about.

Maybe you can treat yourself to something after you have gotten your bloods done tomorrow. Maybe a cuppa, a nice slice, something crafty... 

That sounds good with the cooking tea, especially if you can do two nights in one. Saves time, especially when you've had a busy day and struggle to cook.

I actually find cooking a good distraction for me. It has in the past been able to calm me down.

You can come for dinner any time you like!!

Not much on tonight. S working till 10:30pm so will be a late night here. Luckily I don't have to get up early tomorrow. S has an exam so only has to be at school in the afternoon.

I have lots of single servings of things in the freezer @Jynx. Have 3 freezers so lots of room. Also made a huge batch of sausage rolls and then froze them in little bags of 5. Good snack for the kids.

[Jynx]

@Snowie THREE freezers? 😲 I mean, I love it!! Why not! Especially with big family. Haha growing up, my dad always loved to go fishing - our freezer was huge, but also regularly full of fish. Lemme tell ya, vanilla ice cream with a hint of raw fish is NOT a delicacy 🤣