• StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    3 个月前

    Mentally exhausted with a black veil of hopelessness resting on my heart.

    depression

    That clanker didn’t call yesterday, so I’m relieved I don’t have to talk to it.

    I’m not expecting everything I want to be handed to me, nor did I expect it to be easy. But it does still hurt, and has me feeling so low as to question whether I’ve made a mistake pursuing this at all. Maybe I’m too old now and I should have just stuck it out in CC. Maybe that’s all anyone will give me a chance to do, and maybe I should just be happy with that.

    Just because I want something, doesn’t mean I’ll get it, I suppose.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        7·
        3 个月前

        I’ve got my cert III already. To do cert IV in vet nursing I need a placement in animal industry first, hence why I took the cattery rejection so hard lol

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            4·
            3 个月前

            Not from what I saw. Other industries yes, but vet nursing they want us to source the placement ourselves. Even their grad careers page had nothing in animal industry. Totally wild considering the resources they had for the actual classes I took

            • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
              4·
              3 个月前

              Yeah I saw their grad jobs board and it looks like the ones unis use. That sucks that they make you source the placement.

              I did a bit of research into the course and it looks like they want you to work as a vet nurse before you actually start the course. At least this one did unless I read it wrong.

              Cold call a bunch of vets?

              • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
                6·
                3 个月前

                That’s the next step, I think, that’s a good point 💜

                Shame the vast majority of vet nurse jobs posted want me to have the cert IV already lol riddle me that Batman chicken and egg shite 😂

                • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
                  6·
                  3 个月前

                  Exactly! I thought the course was supposed to teach you how to be a vet nurse 🙈

                  Just remember it will get better in time and eventually you will feel less shit, even if your mind is being a biatch

                • Eagle@aussie.zone
                  4·
                  3 个月前

                  Forgive my butting in on the matter… but one of the vet clinics I use has over the past couple of years upskilled their ‘reception’ staff with vet nurse training. I know its not the job you want, but it could be a start given your previous experience.

            • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
              3·
              3 个月前

              Is this something you can circumvent by volunteering at the Lort Smith? Though I don’t suppose you’re allowed to volunteer for nursing… or with qualifications, are you? I don’t know. I’m not qualified to know how any of this works.

              Just looking for loopholes.

              How the hell do they expect people to get enough experience to be hired if nobody will hire you for lack of experience?

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      6·
      3 个月前

      nooo

      you are doing the right thing , even in tough times education and pursuing a career is the best way to improve your life, it also means you are making the decisions as far as you can, not just letting other people determine your whole life

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        6·
        3 个月前

        Thank you! I am exercising my autonomy and self-determination, I just feel really terrible.

        I appreciate your support and kindness, truly 🙏💜

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      2·
      3 个月前

      Im so sorry. It’s hard to miss out when you’ve put so much work in. But you shouldn’t despair yet. I know people who graduated from all sorts of things where it took time to get a foot in the door. But they eventually did, and it worked out for them. If you are still keen to pursue it, then keep going. This may be irrelevant, but are you able to travel out of town for work? I knew a person in a similar field who got a placement in a rural area, far less competitive. Commute might be tough for a while but might give you a start? I hope you can be kind to yourself, get some rest over the next few days.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    9·
    3 个月前

    I just had a ham and salad sandwich for lunch. Salad just hits differently at the start of summer than the end. Give it a few months and I’ll be ready to stop the endless salads and go back to soups and stews for winter, but at the moment I’m all about the salad.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 个月前

      i just wish I didn’t get so knocked about by the vaccinations , 12 days and I’m still tired

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
        4·
        3 个月前

        I found the Covid ones made me horribly sick for 2-3 days then tired for a couple of weeks. Actual Covid was much milder but lasted about twice as long.

  • Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone
    7·
    3 个月前

    Meant to be going to colleagues birthday dinner tonight but it’s only me and her and two other colleagues, with like 15 of her non work friends. I am scared and dont wanna 🫣

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 个月前

      Always found the ones that you don’t wanna end up being better than the ones you do wanna. Universe is very mysterious that way.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    7·
    3 个月前

    It actually worked and it’s pretty tasty. I panicked a bit when it came out because it was soft so I squashed it down a bit while it was still warm. It’s kinda like a brownie. Crispy on the outside, chewy in the middle.

    • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 个月前

      It’s very similar to a basic ANZAC bikkie recipie - just baked in a slice tin and not separately. The chewy in the middle is the best part imo.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
            4·
            3 个月前

            My understanding is they were originally made hard so they could last the distance of travel and wouldn’t go mouldy before receiving them. Once they arrived soldiers dipped them into their drinks to make them soft and palatable.

            I have no literature on this but I’m sure there is.

            I know what people prefer though.

            • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
              3·
              3 个月前

              The original recipie was different - didn’t have any butter or baking soda or coconut in it. Yes, they were iron rations - and about as hard as iron too. Had to last through a long sea voyage through tropical waters with no refrigeration without spoiling. And could be eaten by both men and horses for a quick energy boost. Cheap ingredients that could be made by anyone with a woodstove and a husband/son at the frontline. One of the most outstandingly successful examples of getting the home front involved in a war without putting them at risk.

              Modern recipie is different - and is inherently much softer. And burns a lot more easily (the coconut) so is baked for a crispy outside and a chewy inside so the bikkies don’t burn. If baked until juuuuust a little bit burned at the edges, they’re the absolute best bikkies to use for a cheesecake crust.

            • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
              2·
              3 个月前

              Should be outlawed, but I concede that it does make anzacs biteable when cooked too long (crispy). Can be replaced with an equal volume of rolled oats without changing the bikkie too much if cooked chewy. And coconut is essential for impossible pie cos specific gravity. All other uses of coconut come under the rubric of cruel and unusual punishment. Yes I’m including lamingtons in this.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    6·
    3 个月前

    I have lasagne in the oven with a couple of trays of veg, now I just need to wait. I’m pretty happy with past me who decided to make a bunch of mini lasagnes for the freezer.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    6·
    3 个月前

    The cats have declared war on each other over a large piece of cardboard which is apparently the best bed ever. Boyo is mediating by sitting on it himself.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    6·
    3 个月前

    Aaand, I have finished listening to Project Hail Mary . Got it all analysed. Nice work.

    Now for a final listen for fun. 🙂