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General chit chat

Hi@Faith-and-Hope, @utopia, @Mazarita

I'm still not very good at 'navagating' this site, maybe that's why I kept trying 'instant' chat sites - they seemed easier. But I like that messages can be checked, that it's not instant feels like some sort of barrier against instant shock I suppose - though I know this is a public Internet site so anyone can use it. I also think, though I hate the term Mental Illness, as I think it takes all the physical out of it, that the people that cause trauma probably suffer from it, so they would have just as much right to use it. But I feel a bit like typing I think, so I thought I might just blurb a little?
I've went away for a few days. I go every month. I visit the center of my Universe 🙂 The one person who has been there with/for me, their whole life & I believe will remain that way until I die 🙂 . . . & quite the large Family they have provided for me to share in 🙂 I go from, it almost seems like another Planet sometimes, my life is very quiet; to the center of my Universe, which includes 5 grand-children ranging in age from almost 2 to, going on 18; then there's the partner, the partners Parents and a large variety of friends 🙂 I often find myself thinking 'alein sound dimension' - there's so much noise on so many different levels! Every single one of them has every gadget known to mankind, and most of those gadgets make noise! And my World is a lot calmer, with a lot less going on - we're usually driving in the car, taking children to school, doing whatever shopping is necessary for the day in time for whatever seemingly endless appointment is due, . . . by the time my alarm goes off to make sure I wake up in time to get tired in time to go to sleep in time 😄 There's no way I could keep that pace up anymore! After a few days I find myself almost running away with my tail between my legs 🙂 But it's the perfect balance really, I do spend a lot of time alone - apart from my 3 furry, four-legged friends; but I am extremely lucky, my bond with my only child is of a strength I can't see breaking; I get a phone call or text every night & welcomed by a dozen open arms and smiling faces every month. I am lucky, I have a good life. Well, I think life is just a word, neither good nor bad. I have good experiences and I am happy 🙂

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@Shaz51 thats alot of rain! I eish we had abit more here.

Morning @NikNik

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Hi @outlander 🙂
Love your new avatar!

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Thanks @NikNik 🙂

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Good morning, Niqua, wow that's more like a 15 hour round trip for one day's stay. Hardcore travelling. It so sounds like it was worth it though with the love you experienced with your child. Wonderful that it continued to flow freely in your phone call last night. That seems like a close relationship you have really, phone calls every day, not every mum would get that. Mum and I talk on the phone about once a week, but that's enough for us to still feel the connection over the distance.

A back seater in the school bus, eh? Sounds like you had a clan of friends there too. I was travelling Melbourne trams alone from when I was only 7 years old. Almost aways up the back in the corner. I remember mum taking me on a trip to teach me how to travel alone and show me what ticket I had to buy - it was a little pink ticket for 5 cents a ride. She had to do this because of work and being a single mum at the time (dad was away working interstate on one of their many long breakups). I had to get myself from school to my uncle's place at the end of the tram line every day, then walk about 3 kms uphill to get to the house at the end. It seems perilous to me when I look back on it - to have had to do that at such an early age - but was just what had to be done at the time.

I do remember that you have had better phases with your housework. In fact just about everything about your life seems to have improved since I first met you, Niqua. It's wonderful to see.

The rubber duckie is getting wet a bit more often than previously but still not at the every day or second day stage yet. It seems like that will be the last thing to improve. Will keep plugging away. How are your rubber ducks these days?

Love straight back at you in a streaming beam of warmth and friendship. @Former-Member

Good morning, @Shaz51. That is a huge load of rain overnight. It must have been bucketing. I'm guessing you need it but hope there was no damage to your property. Hugs, scotirish sister.

Good morning, @NikNik, always great to see you around. Hope your day is awesome.

Good morning, @outlander, may today bring moments of peace and contentment to you.

Good morning, @Faith-and-Hope, thanks for your message in the other chat thread. This new dose of anti-depressants has me more active and less tired than previously on the whole, which is so welcome. Another side of it is that I seem to be feeling my feelings a lot more than before too. That means my moods are shiftier than I've been used to. I did wake up for some time in the late early morning in a bad way and I'm not fully recovered from it this morning either, to the point that I cancelled my long GP visit today. But I am okay. Thanks for checking. Hope your day unfolds better than expected.

Good morning to anyone else passing through this thread, good vibes for the day to all.

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Morning @Mazarita - always lovely to see you!! I hope your day is a sunny one!

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Thanks @Mazarita i hope you have a good day too

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Thanks @Mazarita ...., 💐💕

Hope you’re feeling better progressively.

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everytihing good @NikNik, @Former-Member, @Mazarita, @outlander, @Faith-and-Hope, we are lucky we don`t get flooded but plenty of water around

they say there is more coming

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Good to hear the wet doesn't flood you, @Shaz51. Wow, more after that much already. I'm about to go offline after being on here almost all day. Hugs and sending good vibes for the rest of your day.

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Ok my awesome scotirish friend @Mazarita

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