Sunday Soiree -- 22nd March 2026

@Honeymoon I love mochas. That was my go to when I was pregnant. I used to drink lots of coffee before getting pregnant, so I would allow myself to have one mocha a day when I was working.

Do you have a coffee machine to make the mocha, or do you make it from scratch.

aw I love that @Mustang67 - the combination of coffee and chocolate is just perfection💗

I have to be careful of my caffeine intake too (currently trying to reduce it!) Hot chocolate and matcha can be lovely alternatives.

Admittedly, I am very lazy and use Nescafe sachets. However, I used to have a fancy coffee machine at my old place! I don't mind either though, I'm just a sweet tooth at the end of the day!😋

How did you make your mochas?😊 @Mustang67
I would also love to hear what people's go-to coffee orders are!☕

~ @Honeymoon

@Honeymoon Since I worked in town when I was pregnant, I had a coffee shop at the bottom of the building that I used to work in, so I used to buy it.

I do have a Nespresso pod machine, and I think they do have a mocha pod, but if I remember correctly, I wasn't that keen on it.

I just drink whatever coffee my partner makes me. I usually have a coffee called Roma which is an 8 in strength.

Hi @Mustang67 this morning (and I was doing the assignment at a study area that was inside a shopping mall) I was finally able to lock-in and refine/edit my introduction draft on my lab report, so I'm really proud of myself for being able do that!

Over the past 2 days, I thought I wouldn't be able to get through it and I was really dreading it to the point I thought I would end up failing it or at least get somewhere in the 50s in terms of the marks. But this morning, I kept going and eventually I did it! 😊

yes, my lab report won't meet the distinction or high distinction standards, just like with every other assignment I did - and I'm fine with that.

I hate to think too much about what I wanna aim for and become in terms of a future career related to a psych degree. I don't wanna stress about needing to get decent marks in order to achieve a certain overall result from the unit as well as for the WAM/GPA.

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@Honeymoon I tried to go into her website, but it is not letting me theravenwolf.com

But I found one of her books here

Illuminations of my Soul Ravenwolf

When I could access her site, via FB I was able to download the book to my Kindle. I looks like most of her books appear on her FB account. I hope this helps.

@Mustang67 Thanks for making this social thread on the behalf of @Shaz51 !

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thank you @Honeymoon , @Mustang67 😍 my wonderful forum family

mr shaz has been sick in the stomach all day xx

my log in was gone from my phone and computer xx

soo sorry

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@Blackcloud I am so proud of you for finishing your introduction draft on your lab report, that you originally thought you would fail or obtain low grades in. That shows perseverance on your part, which is fantastic.

As long as you are happy with the grades you are getting and they will meet your needs in the end, it doesn't matter that they won't meet the distinction or high distinction standards. I think you are amazing being able to do two part time courses/degrees. I don't think my brain would be able to cope. If I was at my best before all the stuff happened, it wouldn't be a problem, but it would be now.

thank you @Mustang67 ❤️ yeah sometimes even with challenges, there's times where at first they feel impossible to do and achieve in, but the more you persevere through it the better it gets and you'll realise that it was so worth it at the end!

to be honest, based on my current assignment grades as well as the grades I think I'm gonna be getting for the rest of the units in the degree that I'm yet to be doing in the upcoming years, I think I'm gonna be getting at least a minimum of a pass grade for the GPA/WAM, which won't get me into the honours or grad dip of psychology (advanced) degree.

But with the grad dip of psychological science at one of the unis I'm currently enrolled at, that one only requires you to complete a 3 year bachelor degree of any field besides psych. But then that means I'll have to undertake/study some of those same core units like I did during my bachelors degree, its just that these same core units are set to the more slightly advanced/grad dip level?

I was thinking of being a neuroaffirming psychologist because I thought a psychologist would be more interesting in general than a counsellor. I don't see myself in being a counsellor when it comes to just focusing on clients' feelings, I'd like to explore a bit more on the brain and behaviour side of things and why certain things related to that make people are the way they are. But I'm afraid I won't be able to get to that career pathway because being a psychologist requires you to get some decent/good grades from the core units whether it'd be from the bachelors equivalent or the grad dip.

@Honeymoon I just read the synopsis of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and it sounds really interesting! I might have to get myself a copy of it 🙂