Not Coping

[ENKELI]

@Birdofparadise8 I don't have any plans for tonight. Fridays used to be movie night but now I no longer do that - it was an ex friend thing.

Usually I will just watch TV or read a book, do boring stuff like write a shopping list and look for recipes for the week.

What are you up to? 

[Birdofparadise8]

Ah okay @ENKELI 

You could still have a movie night. 

I'm just waiting for my lasagne to cook. 

[Birdofparadise8]

Oh, okay, I hope you feel better soon @creative_writer 

Yeah, not too bad today. 

[Former-Member]

There are extraordinary things in life that just turn the best laid plans completely in the opposite direction, and it sounds like the plans your mum had were one of these times when what was planned had the opposite happen @Birdofparadise8  🙂

And, to have entered the world so early as you did would have been such a different experience for you at the start of your life, as well as your parents 💜🤗

Private hospitals are very expensive, I had a surgery in one, and the two night stay along with the operation (half knee replacement) cost me a cool $20,000 out of pocket back in 2017. 

I hope the prep for the upcoming exams goes well.. how do you find preparing for open book exams? I sometimes find them a bit trickier because you need to know pretty much everything anyway, so you can find the extra info in the right place in the text or your own notes anyway... I was wondering what you thought of them?

Yes, the assessments seem to come in waves that dont have a lot of space between them, for sure 🙂

I am studying at uni, its a grad dip 🙂 xx

[ENKELI]

@Birdofparadise8 one time I had a girlfriend who lived in Qld and we watched Sex and the City together for a season. We'd both be online on messenger and talk about the episode. It was lots of fun.

It doesn't really bother me, when I'm working it's good to wind down and relax on a Friday night.

I'm waiting for our rec centre to reopen on 11 May so I can start going to the gym and sauna.

Lasagne, I'll be over in 20 minutes. I love lasagne!! Do you do a bechamel sauce or tomato based? Clever girl, I've never made lasagne!

[Birdofparadise8]

Yes, well, she wanted four kids but ended up with me, and one passed away and quite a few miscarriages. 

Yeah, I know I'm still paying for it cognitively. Can you believe my "crawling" would be me on my back, scooting my bum? I had to be taught how to crawl properly. Plus, there are a lot of other things. I was very dumb at school, always behind until grades 11 and 12. Things turned around, so I decided I would give uni a shot and look where I am now. Three years later, hoping to get an HD on my Lab Report. 

Yes, that can be.  

I don't know. They are all quizzes with multiple choice, so who knows? I'll go over my notes and look at past quizzes to get an idea. I will go through the learning objectives and write notes on them. 

That's cool, are you enjoying it? @Former-Member 

Hahahaha @ENKELI 

Yeah, well, it's very mushy this time. I think I put too much white sauce in. Yes, I make it the sauce. Tomato for the bolognese part. 

That's a good way of doing it. That would be really just doing it virtually. 

That's good the rec centre will open soon. I hope you enjoy it. 

[ENKELI]

@Former-Member I hope you don't mind my butting in. I think you are one of the kindest, most decent people I've had the pleasure to interact with on the forums.

I love reading your posts, you sound well rounded educationally and it makes me strive to be a kinder person.

This meme made me think of you x

[Birdofparadise8]

I 1000% agree with that @ENKELI 

@Former-Member is very kind. 

[Former-Member]

hey there @creative_writer 🙂 

I hope you have a lovely dinner out, and the aches can settle with some rest this evening, if you get the chance 🙂 xx

I am doing well thank you - have the oxygen concentrator doing its thing, so I am feeling better than I have in terms of oxygen in a long while 🙂 

I have emotional wellness news Id like to share: I have heard back from the psychologist who works at the same location as my GP, and she is very happy to take me on as a client.. she told me she wants to do EMDR, which I dont really know much about, nevertheless Im willing to openly explore it 🙂

I hope youre doing ok in how you are feeling? We are here and Im happy to hold space for you anytime 🙂 xx

[Former-Member]

Thanks @Birdofparadise8  🙂 that is really nice to hear, and I feel we have a really great connection of support, and common interests/study topics 🙂

Its really nice to see the connection you have with @ENKELI , its very heartwarming to see xx 🙂

I hope you both are doing ok this evening, and the change of seasons is coming gently for you 🙂