Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Got the news - I got the job!
Funny thing was, they were trying to call me all week but they thought I wasn’t answering until they got through and found that they were calling the wrong number - it had somehow been entered wrong, so just as well I sent my resume through to the original person!
Just a few extra bits of paperwork and the induction next Thursday and then we’ll see when I actually start (probably week after).
Well done you! How exciting! Thank goodness you’d sent your resume through, too. How will you celebrate the happy news?
Well the funeral for my grandma was today.
It was an emotional day. I’m glad my friend came with me today to lend me some emotional support.
The eulogies were really hard to get through, more so for the speakers.
It was open casket so I got to see her and say good bye to her one last time.
I’m ready for a rest after today.
I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE
I got approval from work to travel home during Christmas / NYs and work remotely so i’m going homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to family. Best part is it’s a surprise so i’ll land home and surprise mfer my parents! So excited wooohoo!
Also hope that my organs are safe cuz im going via Scoot. An other airline was charging $1000 more so fk that 🤞
That is in poor taste.
they’ll actually combust and explosively turn into plasma given enough pressure.
A bit of a ramble here. So you know when kids are young and they get asked “what do you want to be when you grow up?” A doctor, a vet, a teacher. And your reply “well you can be anything you want to be”.
Then they get a bit older and they still have those dreams so you have to let them down gently. A doctor maybe not. There’s blood and guts involved and you’re not really good with that kind of stuff are you? A vet. Well you’ve gotta shove your arm up a cow’s rear end. I mean they give you a glove and all but still are you prepared for that? A teacher. Um yeah they get paid good but you gotta put up with arsehole children and their arsehole parents. Not enough pay for that.
Anyway after much consideration, my daughter would like to do something sciencey. That’s cool. She has her heart set on uni. She’s smart. Whatever makes her happy. My only question was “Does this mean you’re not leaving home anytime soon because Mummy would like her sewing room back?” Her response “Have you seen the cost of houses lately? We are in a crisis. Nah it’s probably best I stay here”.
The thing is from the time she was little she has always wanted to do something sciencey. Sure shit changed along the way but she always had that as a goal and her mum and dad will support her no matter what. We are investing in her future so at least she can have one. I don’t ever want her to leave home.
Please be careful on this one. I have friends who are so utterly enmeshed that the daughter hasn’t left at over 30. It’s not healthy for anyone.
Unhealthy Enmeshment and multi-generation households are very different things though.
Shingles update, it’s shingle…
Oh no. Been there, done that, and it’s no fun. Have they given you the antiviral meds?
Yeah, I’ve got to take them for seven days and not interact with anyone until I’ve scabbed over. Honestly, feel fine apart from an ear ache and the rash itself being annoying. Have been given a cert for next week as well, but might just WFH and save the leave for a time when deaths actually at the door.
