Life and trauma

@Former-Member 100+ BUILDER BEARS!?!? i'm just imagining a room full of them. sounds like plushie heaven!! please tell me you've gathered them all in one room and jumped on top of them before?

awh that sucks that you've had to sell some!! yes gatekeep the stitches!!

eeek sounds overwhelming!! @Former-Member do you have headphones/earplugs/ear muffs that can help reduce the sound a bit? oh and i love using the 'i need to pee' excuse to hide in the bathroom for a break too... feel free to use that!!

@rav3n i actually did once 😂. Yeah I don't know if I can get rid of my Stitch ones but I won't have anywhere to put them.

@rav3n there's 5 people in my loungeroom being very loud. I'm sitting in my dining area trying to not breakdown. I can't go to the toilet when other people are in my house.

@Former-Member

You never need to feel like you're letting anyone here down. I'm sure we all have days where we just need some 'self-time' and responding to posts is just too much. Personally, i have a lot of times like that. So don't feel bad if you don't feel like replying at the time. People here will understand.

You certainly seemed to have looked into everything as far as the housing. Certainly everything i can think of. I'm frustrated with the situation, so i can only try to imagine how you must be feeling with it. I really hope something comes from this letter tomorrow.

Can you go and sit outside while everyone is there just for a bit of respite from the noise? I find when we have a lot of visitors, i just need to get away from it for a litle break sometimes.

@Former-Member I do know the feeling! And then there's still clean up waiting? UGH

Hope the bolognese was good, if you were able to chomp into it!

Ach, sorry to hear your space has been invaded again, but this time not in the fun way 😣

@Shaz51 oh that's so rough! Gets so tricky to try to cater too hey!

@MJG017 I'm usually ok but the last few days I've only been able to chat in a few threads but when there's so much happening at once I find myself overwhelmed.

It's so incredibly frustrating and heartbreaking. That letter is literally my last hope, if that fails i don't know what I'll do.

They should be leaving soon, just before 7pm. I'm just avoiding my loungeroom.

@Former-Member that must've been so cosy and satisfying to lay on!! oh yeah keep forgetting how big all the lil stitches are!! and i'm guessing you probably have even bigger non-stitch ones too.

sorry to hear that they're really loud!! how long are they staying till? hope its not too much longer.

@Jynx i had a few mouthfuls. Clean up it's all done, i do that as I'm going so most of the dishes are done before I sit down to eat.

Ok, I have my peace and quiet back, well mostly 😂.

oops just read that they're leaving soon (thank goodness!!) - you got this!! @Former-Member

and with the letter, if it doesn't work out - we're still not giving up on you - we'll try find another way. but FINGERS CROSSED the letter works!!