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Exo's Exposé

Exo's Exposé

Looking for somewhere to hide in the Forum, no offense to anyone, I'm just kinda used to my own space - it feels safer to me. I often feel like I'm 'butting in' on other threads, I want to say something but it isn't 'in-line' with the current flow of conversation.

It rained here yesterday, dogs & cats weren't falling from the sky, but the grounds wet, there's puddles in my driveway & it's soooooooo sooooooo much cooler 😄 Guru Google even promises more!! After this weird wet stuff stopped dropping from above, I took the dogs for their walk, I do this almost every afternoon, but after a storm with close lightning strikes, my main purpose is to check the fence is still upright everywhere. I'm happy to announce it was all in tip-top shape 🙂 I noticed new puddle spots all the way around, I was sad that some trees had to be pushed over for the fence line, but the dip of their absence looks quite beautiful with a drop of moisture shimmering within. When I had completed the usual circuit I by-passed returning into the house-yard & wandered through to the dam. I think I may have been a little rain-drunk, I was hoping to see water in it, there wasn't any. I even went & stood in the very center of it's base, I think I was expecting to sink in mud - I didn't; but the cracks are gone . . . & they were huge. So if the Guru comes through with it's promise, there may yet be a puddle for my Staffy to play in 😉

I've decided to leave my camping trip to the beach for another week, rain wouldn't stop me - it rarely rains 24 hrs a day, but storms have - they often have devastingly strong winds that can break off & pick up reasonably heavy objects, that become dangerous ammunition. I've been emailing with the owners of this place, I'll still be in the off-peak season if I leave it another week - though I worry being so close to the Easter holiday, there's a more likely chance of more people. I keep telling myself I've just got to 'get over' that, that that would be all part of the experience - but I know I'm lying to myself. I picked this spot mainly because of the dog-friendly off-lead beach, but also because on the satelite view of Google maps I could see that there's no towns around it. It's one of the most isolated camping parks I've seen {that's within 5 hours of home, well - maybe just a little more}. It also admits it has old amenities, I saw negitive feedback about the place for those reasons - I think if you want to go to a resort . . . that's where you go - not to a place that describes itself as a rustic, old fashioned bush camping park 😉

Missing you Mazy Loads of love & support @Mazarita

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@Exoplanet Hi sweetheart just sending you good wishes for the coming year and hoping that you are going okish. Always in my thoughts. You can talk to me anytime. Just tag me. Your friend peaxxx

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I'm going okish . . . not completely well. I've just discovered that my daughter hasn't made a payment on a loan I took out with her {because she & her then partner couldn't get one & a car was needed} for the past 2 months. She can't afford the loan or the car now that she has separated from her previous partner. She lets her kids drive the car, it's already deteriorating, air cons not working & has gotten a couple of small dents. I want her to sell it, I want her to park it up, clean it up & sell it. I have enough that I could lend her a small amount for a small cheap car. I don't think she's going to, & there's over 16 thousand left on it.

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That is not good at all @Exoplanet Your daughter needs to take responsibility and sell the car to get something cheaper that she can afford to pay back. You don't need this on your plate Hon

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I feel so over it, over everything. I feel like all the world is changed and the long years of my life are utterly spent {<a quote from Lord of the Rings.} I'm alright . . . just . . . over it.

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Some days are like that @Exoplanet and often there is no reason specifically but just the way we feel. You have been through a hell of a lot in the last year and that too can take its toll. Be kind to yourself Hon

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hello @Exoplanet

I have pushed myself to log back in

I found your posts where you had tagged me.

The fires have been devastating.

For you to be so close to a wall of smoke would have been a terrifying experience.

I have heard from some that there can be total blackness worse that deep fog.

We were safe.

A few family members stayed in their areas and were okay thankfully.

2 relatives families were also evacuated.

One of the people who died in the devastation actually drew up the plans for our house that we had designed ourselves.

I cannot begin to imagine how you felt then and now. Numb I would think.

I am feeling very emotional...quite estranged and disconnected coming back to the forums..

I have no words for so many others with whom I would like to speak.

I will leave a general message on living with ourselves.

Take care exoplanet you have had more than enough on your plate.

love Sophia 💚

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sending you lots of hugs @Exoplanet

Hello @Sophia1 , @outlander , @Zoe7 , @Bunniekins

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Hello @Sophia1
Thank you for your message
My place wasn't touched by the fire, it was stopped just down the road. I went for a drive when I got back & saw endless paddocks of black poles - they were the trunks left from the tree . . . & there is nothing else left. I saw a home that had burnt down, it was one that would be classed a 'shack', but there's lots of shacks out here that are someone's home. I feel for what you went through, for me, the feeling of things not being real becomes very strong. These days I have feeling that I'm not real, I can't believe my Daughter has cut communications to me again, because I asked her to sell the car I took a loan out with her to get, & now she's in different circumstances & can't afford it. Christmas was chaos, a source of yet more anxiety & depression. I'm so over everything.
Sorry, I'm struggling a bit too. I'm ok & it was great to get a message from you.
You take care too Sophia1, lots of love to you.

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