Good Morning!

You went to Turkey didn't you

@Glisten ?

Hi @Ru-bee @oceangirl @TAB @MDT @Glisten

@MJD3979 @MJG017 @ENKELI

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Hi @PeppyPatti

Hey @MDT

@oceangirl @Glisten @TAB

I'm back in Perth doing my life. @MDT

I'll take what you write - you write

"mental health work with mindspot (a free service I"

Iv been reading and listening on Audible a psychotherapist who is pretty awesome.

He focuses on unacknowledged childhood trauma in order to foster genuine intimacy in adult relationships. He believes that by understanding and healing from past wounds, individuals can break free from destructive patterns and create more fulfilling connections with their partners.

So I got last three sentences from Ai because I wanted his knowledge to be shown here

I'm calling them tomorrow. I want to sign in for something on Friday

@Oaktree @Oaktree @oceangirl @Glisten @MDT @TAB

I wish I had a 14 yr old because they can show you how to log on to the computer lol 😀

Nah, you don't even need a 14 year old... a 4 year old will do @PeppyPatti These are our technology natives. @PeppyPatti

You're know that don't you ? You have a niece or nephew ?

Lol 😆

I'm quite sad about our friend because there are two carers I feel would steal his valuables everything he has - because it's not secured - but we were just friends - perhaps maybe if we go back we could ask him if we could help him with a safe or something ....

It wasn't our place to comment on anything. I felt bad for him.

Yep! Both Nephew and niece are capable @PeppyPatti .

That's so hard to hear about your friend. It shows how cruel this world can be - because of money....

@PeppyPatti sure did go to Turkey 🇹🇷

Istandul, then Antalya, Myra - where St Nick aka Santa came from. Finike, then Kas and finally Aperlae.

Antalya polis held our passports for two weeks. Took us 8 hours to drive there and back to liberate our passports for AU$300.

Spent 6 weeks in Aperlae recording tombs.

@Glisten wow! I go to boring places like North America and Asia, you go to interesting places! My brother went to Egypt and Poland, my mum spent my inheritance going to Morocco, Mauritius among other countries. I am grateful though that I have been able to travel as much as I have.

BTW horse is hevonen in Finnish. Just thought I'd throw that in there 😂

Good morning and good evening @PeppyPatti @Glisten @ENKELI @tyme @TAB @Shaz51 @MDT @Appleblossom @Jynx @Ru-bee @Clawde @Faith-and-Hope @oceangirl @Snowie @avant-garde @Oaktree @Historylover @Meowmy

@rav3n and all forumites here tonight. Happy Monday!

@Oaktree @PeppiPatty I’m so happy you’ve each decided to go back and study! Well done! I’m sure you’ll both do well in your academic endeavours and I wish you the best of luck🍀! I’m still debating on going back to study dementia care - I had experience with this last year on a TAFE placement in Leisure and Health and I really enjoyed it so that’s why I’m undecided if I’ll study it in case I fail to complete the course due to self sabotage on my behalf. If I do, it’ll be part time due to the demands of the course.

@MDT I’m glad you enjoyed your holiday to the Gold Coast with your partner. I’m counting down til June when I get to escape Melbourne for 10 days on a cruise to the Great Barrier Reef again which includes a day in Port Douglas which I haven’t been to. I’ll also have a few days in Sydney either side of the cruise ship holiday.

@TAB Thanks for keeping me posted on your adventures. My sister didn’t want to visit me in my new country town and only did so as she gets free travel as part of her workplace and as an opportunity to tell her customers what the town is like where I’m now living. I hope things improve for you and you can get work after your study last year!

@Shaz51 I hope your health improves with your diabetes issues! Sending hugs your way!

As for me, I’ve been absent from the forums as I’ve had personal issues to deal with, including mental health issues which I’m struggling to manage. I think I know now what it’s like to live in a country town as my housemate has been struggling with physical health conditions since November and it hasn’t improved since we moved in December to the country town. The local hospital can’t really help her and she’s had to be treated in a metropolitan hospital over the last 4 weeks on and off. She’s also had several incidents of having to call for an ambulance due to her health issues, including low sugar levels as part of her diabetes condition. Her mental health has also been implicated due to her physical health which became a medical emergency on Friday night requiring an ambulance and hospital treatment which she struggled to tell me until yesterday morning when she came home. She’s now back in hospital with suspected sepsis- another ambulance visit earlier tonight- so I’m really worried about her. I’ve got the tennis on tv - Alex Di Minaur is leading at the moment in the first set - and I’ve been knitting a blanket whilst watching the summer of tennis since it started out in late December. Knitting beanies and kids jumpers has also helped me cope with things. I’ve been delaying getting mental health help as I need to be there for my housemate and keep hoping things improve for me and thinking I can handle it by myself but I do know I’ll crash eventually like I always do. The only good news is the mental health team in this area is better than the team I had in my old metropolitan town (they visited my housemate today at home after her mental health episode on Friday night) so I just may have to reach out and call them. It’s just a matter of getting the courage up to make that next step to make the phone call for help.

Thanks for reading this.

Take care and stay safe!

Judi9877🌻