Hello everyone! Got logged out of my regular login without my knowledge or consent - and couldn’t get back in until I made a new account. All sorted now.
Am currently in Munich - have had a busy few days. Basically my daughter in law is about 38 weeks pregnant with her second, and developed major problems on Saturday (in Aust). Had to drop everything and leap onto the next flight to get there an wrangle her first one (aged 3). Son was completely distraught what with everything which should not surprise. DIL is still in intensive care, and son is spending as much time there as possible. Lil one is a handful - smart enough to know that there’s something seriously wrong with Mum but unable to really regulate her own behaviour and emotions. DIL’s mother will be joining us here at the end of this week so we can hand off kid wrangling to each other as required. Somewhere along the way my login here got cut off, and have only now been able to get a new one.
Haven’t seen much of the city yet - son & DIL’s flat is over the road and down an alley from some huuuuge gardens - I think it’s called Nymphenbourg and there’s some kind of historic palace there so kid & I have been checking them out. I have discovered that one year of high school german 50+ years ago is not sufficient for food shopping effectively in this town. Have fallen back on on-line ordering & delivery. The pictures really really help. Next time I brave the shops I will take my life into my hands and try google translate or similar. Any recommendations for a suitable app?
EDIT: Thanks huugely everyone for all your well wishes and advice on translations etc. We’ll know more about DIL’s condition in the next couple of days. Still touch & go rn.
Very much hope DIL and baby will be ok. You are an angel for helping. Sounds like a very stressful time for the family.
Oh wow that sounds full on! I hope your DIL pulls through without any issues.
Google Translate app is the way to go - just point your camera at whatever needs translating and watch the magic. The translations are not always super coherent but enough to understand what’s going on.
I found shopping to not be so difficult in foreign countries… Eggs look like eggs, bread is bread, if a can has a picture of a cat or dog it’s pet food.
And so much much well wishes too fam, hope it all goes well. 😽😽😽
Oh jeez that sounds rough.
Hope it all goes well for the birth.
Sorry I just saw this. How full on, I hope things go as smoothly as possible.
Hug little one and let her know that mum is busy being helped but family is here for her
🍀🤞🙏
Nice to hear an update, sorry to hear it’s not all roses. No specific recommendations but I think there’s some kind of translator camera available where you can point camera at the words and selecting the language and it shows translated on the camera app
Sending all the healing thoughts for your DIL - may she have a speedy recovery and good birth
Happy birthday to this Demon Child!
Happy birthday!!!
Happy birthday floofy. You’re so cute ❤️
The painting in the background almost frames them as Vigo the destroyer. APPROVED.
Now I’m going to have to line him up in front of that and see if I can really make it happen!
What a beautiful cat! Happy birthday sweetie!
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Alrighty. I have an interview at 1pm and an interview every day this week.
Making traction!
Meanwhile
She’s so lovely. I can say that from all the way over here without getting scratched.
I’m going to get my tetnus shot in an hour lol
How’s she coping with the cone?
E: just read further down - hope you found something that worked
This one is a lot better as it has a collar instead of just a bandage wrapped around her neck. Seems to have accepted her fate.
We are at the sulking stage
Tell her things could be worse, she could be wearing that sunflower instead. And as we all know being told “it could be worse” when we are pissed off and grumpy always instantly lightens our spirits and makes everything ok.
/s just in case it’s not obvious
Oh believe me I’d love to be making fun of the cone but I’ll wait till she’s feeling better lol
I ordered Melbcat a fabric cone that was like cow print material with horns on it. Lucky for both of us it never showed up
We’ve all felt this way after a bender, especially when we’ve thrown hands while intoxicated.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 throwing hands indeed lol
Teen comes up behind me in gym. I turn around. He says nothing, just gestures with his hands. I knew what he was asking but I said “sorry, are there any words?”. I’m not hurrying up if you can’t be bothered to ask nicely how long I have left on a machine.
Being in this place gives me an interesting insight into Gen Z manners. They said millennials were entitled….
This is where I usually rip out the old “the fuck do you want?”
too scared to say words because they haven’t been socialised, taught to live indoors and to not trust strangers
That sounds like Gen Alpha manners
Those kids were raised with instant gratification and devices from the moment they were born.
Good night all from me and sulky ❤️
good night
I have been home for long enough to put a load of washing on and crack a beer
Feeling better now 👍
just rest
hugs
Great angst at team meeting, as “do more with less” edges closer and closer to “do everything with nothing”
I begged for more resources at my last role multiple times a week. I was let go because the team wasn’t performing the job of 10 people with 5.
This seems to be the current business maxim across the board
The patient decided to rip her cone off at 3am. After several attempts at getting the collar back on I sedated her.
Rang the vet and they said keep her sedated the next few days.
Jesus Christ lol
She has a reputation at the vet clinic now hahaha
Edit: back we go to the vet for a better collar. I turned my back for 2 mins and caught her licking the stitches. And this is sedated AND on painkillers.
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol
I too will be sedated for the next few days. Get well soon Gibbo Cat.
All the best! I hope it heals ok. I’ve shoulder problems the last couple of years and it fucking sucks ❤️
Ta
go to your local cheapy shop and get one of those small dog puffa jackets. Put on cat.
Could be a heat issue.
Gibson’s on a bender.
If only it stopped her licking the wound :(
gees, poor sweetie,
My name is Otto, and I love to get blotto
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Bills paid, payslip checked, grocery delivery ordered. I’m running out of excuses to avoid doing my assignment.
A house a few streets away got aggravatedly burgled the other night. The dad was sleeping on the couch, and had his car keys right near. He didn’t wake up, and luckily he didn’t, because the offenders had machetes. Does the government think every house has a machete amnesty box or something? Maybe it will make it slightly harder to get machetes, but I highly doubt the people who already have them and use them for malicious intent would give them up anyway.
Anyway, I get kids are kids and there is the potential for retribution. But I think there definitely needs to be harsher penalties for them. I really hope there is some reform soon. In schools, sometimes kids face little consequences for their actions, and it seems that way in society too.
an older teenager with a machete is just as dangerous as an adult with a machete.
This isn’t kids being kids. This is young people with anti-social tendencies. 99% of kids don’t commit crimes like this.
In a confrontation they don’t get special treatment just because they are young. They get treated just like anyone else with a deadly weapon. Sorry, I would shoot if I had a gun.
And this is not burglary, it’s aggravated burglary and they get long prison sentences for that shit.
The people who broke into the house a bit away were not found. But it is absolutely horrifying to think what they could’ve done to the occupiers of the house.
It’s unsettling to know it happened so close to your house. Agree that machete ban is useless. It’s just for show, because the government wants to seem like they are doing something. If you have a teen that doesn’t care about getting caught for car jacking, aggravated burglary, stabbing, murdering, gang violence, then why would they care about something so minor as owning a machete. It’s nothing by comparison.
There needs to be both effective deterrent and effective rehab, ie jail and education and support programs. But that costs money, better that innocent people get attacked and if they are lucky escape with lifetime ptsd, if not just die via machete murder. The world is depressing.
Hoping it’s not raining at 5ish when I finish work. Keen to make this whole walking home thing a routine
rain coat
but you’ll still get trousers and shoes wet
Yeh I’d rather not walk an hour in the rain getting everything else wet. Just crossing fingers
Goddamit auspost… another ‘attempted delivery’ my arse. No soundcard / HDDs today :( I was in the front garden at the time of ‘attempted’ delivery lol.
complain. Every time they do this. Complain complain right up to the ombudsman.
I got the fuckers parking across the street and crossing with the lights to deliver my shit now.
