Night Shift

@Faith-and-Hope, your dad sounds awesome!!

My grandma went to uni at age 73.

She and my grandad were part of a gemstone club that travelled about to different gemstone locations in Australia collecting gemstones.

She wanted to learn how to cut the pieces she had found, and turn them into her choice of brooches and things. So she studied lapidary for three years.

She rocked too ! 😊

Hang in there @Former-Member . Affluenza is going to bring a lot of people down from their high places progressively, and many of them will be learning to navigate MI. Ironic isn't it ? The people they are undervaluing are the ones they will be leaning on to learn the ropes and stay afloat. We are going to need your outlook and experience going forward.

You guys are another type of SES service ❤️

Good morning, @Former-Member, I know what you mean. But I'm trying to take my psychologist's advice on 'postponing worries' unless they are pressing in the immediate sense of needing emergency attention. Paying too much attention to the media and politics, taking it to heart, is probably unhelpful to us, especially when struggling with depression and anxiety. How are you this morning aside from our talk about the DSP? I seem to remember reading that you got out of the house a bit more recently, which is great. Anything happening for you today?

Hi @Silenus I totally agree with what @Mazarita and @Faith-and-Hope have said re DSP. I would add a couple of things. I do not feel guilt or shame about it because my family have paid way more in taxes than what I am being paid, and because I give back to society where I can. I think you do too with your writing and your contributions here.

Also I think you said somewhere that you are currently house hunting. If your money goes into buying a house that you then are living in you should be eligible financially once more.

I'm just grateful not to live somewhere like PNG (my childhood) in this phase of my life, where there are no pensions of any sort at all. Or the USA where I would not be able to afford the necessary health insurance.

You are so right @eth !

We have paid huge taxes our whole working life, and my parents did too.

Hi @Faith-and-Hope -

Thanks for sharing your daughter's health problems - now I can see it - she is in a horrible circle with one thing helping the others and pullling her down

This is more than you can handle without some appropriate professional assistance - and this depends on your cash fiow so if you are in the public system then it will take time I guess

My thought if for her to take some time off school and recuperate - charge her batteries - and to see peole who can sort out her health issues - she can repeat the year. The way things are aren't getting any better - but I guess a good place to start it to talk with her head master - that's where I started when my son's problems got far to hard for me -

I really do think about you when I am not on line - this is a very hard world you and your daughter and your whole family are living in right now - and you are getting worn down too

@Appleblossom

This Royal Commissiom coming up - is this the one you were talking about with me some weeks back when I was first in this Forum? That is a big deal - it must be hard dealing with things like that - they are important though - and as long as something good comes out of the horrors in the past then it is worth it

My best thoughts for both of you

Decadian

Not a good morning at our house so far, but I'm gonna find a way to pick it up !!

I'm wearing my favourite nail polish colour. That has to be some sort of super power ...

That, and chocolate coated almonds for breakfast. 😏

Whatever it takes.

Love the idea of a nail polish super power @Faith-and-Hope!

I just had a toasted almond croissant for breakfast and it's done wonders for my mood. Chocolate coated almonds will surely do the same.

Hope your day gets better