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      I feel like I want to take Friday off but at the same time it might be a waste if I don’t have much work to do.

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    I had the strangest dream. I was in a room with people and we were all hooked up to some kind of device.

    We had to have our body temperature lowered to the point of freezing so we could survive what was about to happen. I think we were supposed to phase through the floor and go somewhere.

    We were all sitting on what looked like a kids adventure playground set.

    There was someone with me, someone I cared about (but don’t recognise in real life), she tells me it’s going to be OK and I have to do this.

    I have a lot or trust in this person, maybe even love, but I can’t remember much past this point. I start feeling really cold.

    We had to go through with this. It was a life or death/end of the world scenario. Something bad was going to happen if we didn’t all do this.

    God I love dreams.

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    Next door to me is selling up, and they spent the long weekend clearing out the house. Including putting an elderly and derelict vinyl lounge suite out on the footpath, but no-one took it. I’ve just watched a compacting rubbish truck eat the whole lounge suite - impressively loud noises.

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      Even more important, don’t panic, sell everything /move to cash and crystalize the losses. Super is a long term investment and the losses are always followed (eventually) by gains, if you are out of the market when that happens and have to buy back in when it is more expensive you lose even more. And if the situation is worse than that and the world as we know it is actually ending your super balance won’t matter anyway.

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          That is more stressfull, but even if you are nearing retirement most of your savings generally have a longer time frame. Generally you would be moving some of the money to a lower risk investment in the leadup to retirement as the investment timeline gets shorter, into things like bonds which have been going up.

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    I got maybe 2 hours of sleep and now I’m wide awake. Was it the pizza? I don’t know. I’m chugging water to see if it helps.

    E: that was some very poor sleep with a conga line of unsettling dreams - including having my mother snooping around on my laptop while I’m pretending to sleep and trying to see if I’ve sent in forms to stay in uni longer. what

    Also various natural disasters, erotica gone wrong, slips and falls… note to self do not eat a whole pizza before bed

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    I reckon it was someone on here who recommended Talon to get rid of ants, ages ago. That stuff is magic.

    Last night they were mounting a full-blown invasion of the kitchen. This morning, not a sign of them.

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    What a day! After telling the boss I wouldn’t be able to come in early to beat the heat because I had to get Miniest to school, Miniest refused to attend school because I “woke her up wrong” (!) so I had to leave it to her dad, knowing he’d probably not do it either (it sets off my anxiety in the morning to argue, ruins my day at work and I’ve had my threshold of that shit) and got there earlier anyway. Everyone was like “thank god you’re here!” Worked like a Trojan in the heat and smashed through the work. I think I’m getting used to it, just as the season is about to change lol.

    Then I finished early, discovered Mr P couldn’t take Elder to his appointment due to illness, and bussed home to get him. I only had time to wash my face, replenish my deodorant and change my shirt before we bussed out to his appointment. I felt sticky yucky and itchy! Came home, ordered dinner, put the bins out, reordered as the order was cancelled and tidied up a bit. Mr P had a dental appointment tomorrow but couldn’t remember where because he didn’t write it down, so my MIL and I worked it out. Dispensed her eye drops (she needs nightly eye drops and can’t do it herself; she calls it Eyes on Call, but I’m rather partial to the Royal Eyeing Doctor Service). Talked to the kids about how we’re going to wake up in the morning and who’s getting who to school, with added pep talk and motivational barracking, had a shower and now I’m laying in bed feeling like I forgot something.

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      You’ve forgotten to take care of yourself! You’ve been worked to the bone, friend!

      Sending good vibes and thinking of you! Being a mum to 4 other people is hard fucking work!

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        Thanks mate 🙂 My shower was a longer one than usual and I’m using a nice Aveeno oil spray mist moisturiser stuff which smells lovely and feels (to me anyway) really indulgent🧖🏼‍♀️

        Edit: got the brand name of product wrong. Only been using it for weeks lol

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          Aveeno is super indulgent! You deserve that!! You deserve all the self care and massages and nice smelling perfumes and oils!

          I’m really happy you were able to give yourself that!!! 💜💜💜