Far and Away

Just jumped on to send Outlander and Sans911 a message and found you here too @Faith-and-Hope That was certainly a lovely surprise in an otherwise horrible day. There are a lot of tensions at work at present and then to be here and feel the same is too much. I left work at 3.30 - could not stay any longer. None of the tensions involve me directly but it is certainly rubbing off. I am in 2 minds as to whether to take tomorrow off - I would if I had more sick days but I only have one left until later in the year. I spent most of the morning speaking to some of the parties involved - letting them vent and then also talking to my team leader about some of the things that were brought up at a staff meeting last night (she was away for that) and relaying my concerns with how others are going. It was completely draining today and then to be here and feel that same discord was too much.

Enough about me - I am so proud of you Hon for doing that very special memorial artwork for your Mum. That must be both rewarding and emotional for you but does show how much your Mum is still with you, inspiring you and helping you move forward. On top of that another peer review done and you recovering a bit from your heavy workload of late. Super proud of how much you have done and especially pleased that your baby dragons are wanting to spend more time with you. My heart certainly skipped a beat when I read that earlier.

As always you are with me even when we do not connect on here - and that certainly means the world to me. Keeping being the wonderfully inspiring, caring and exceptional human being that you are - and keep putting one foot in front of the other to get through what you need to. Sending you all my love and some more of those squishy hugs ...and one to Nelly too

Very random of you @MDT and no you haven't.

Hi @Zoe7 .....

I got up to do some clean-up and missed you. I finalised about online order too, and have now mended my uggies that were starting to lose their soles. Now going to mend a heat pack that has sprung a moth-hole leak ..... I have a small love-heart decal that will patch that nicely. I have one that is a bandaid (lol) but I want to save that one for something more special.

I am sorry to hear there is so much tension for you at work at the moment. It seems like a really lovely place to be, so this is definitely putting a damper on all that at the moment. Considering all the recent community stress, it is bound to boil over a bit somewhere. You are such a lovely colleague ..... listening to the vents from everyone ..... totally understand that you had reached your limit before you checked in here tonight.

Hugs ❣️

Hi @MDT .....👋

I guess it's usual to wonder whether you may have done something to contribute to an upset feeling if you were recently on the thread .... I can relate, as I am sure most forumites can.

I hope your mental health day today went well for you. Taking a break can help us do a bit of a re-set and come back a bit stronger.

💖 @outlander .....

Good to see you guys chatting kindly here tonight, I haven't seen any conflict but not good at keeping up either :face_with_rolling_eyes: I'm glad you didn't get caught up in it. Its good to guard your heart. Sleep tight tonight 💙🌿

Hi @Zoe7

I know what you mean about the forum right now - it does seem to be a place for unhappy people right now and I don't know how to answer these posts and this is difficult

And asking for help and support too - well - I intend to anyway - I tripped and fell heavily this evening and I am sore and stiff and know this will be even more fun in the morning - I am okay in myself though - but I do feel shock from hitting the floor so hard - and I will be okay

But thanks for posting and keeping in touch - I have had a lot on my mind this week and time is passing and it will Thursday in a few minutes

I hope things at school are working out for you - I think kids are going back full time in Victoria next week - I am not to sure if it's the right time but the decision has to be made at some time

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