Saturday Soiree - all welcome!!

Hi @Doglover @outlander @Gazza75 @MDT @eth and anyone else joining the Saturday Soiree yesterday and Sydneysiders suffering storms yesterday

It must have been chaos and I hope everyone is okay - I only knew about this after I had aksed someone at the Sunshine Coast Airport why so many planes were delayed and one cancelled - my plane was very late but the most important thing is that as far as I know all the planes got to their destinations safely - I do feel for the people in Sydney who have lost so much from such a bad windstorm

I would have had the perfect chance to join the chat yesterday but after I had posted one message I realised my battery was flat and I thought to charge it but that was not a good idea - I took my snack and my computer back to Departures and stayed in my seat - those who did not were standing for a long time and that is not something I would have managed very well

But here I am back in chilly and rainy Melbourne where I like to live - I was wearing cotton trousers and a short sleeved shirt but didn't feel the cold until I got out of my taxi - brrrr - and into my unit which was fr-eezing - warm enough here now but yep - I am really tired today

I hope other people had a good day and good luck everyone in Syndey

Dec

Hi @Owlunar glad to hear you're home safe and sound and warmed up. Maybe next week we'll see you here.

Thanks @eth and @MDT

Perhaps I will get around to the chat in the Saturday Soiree next week - if the weather doesn't ease up of course - we have had a few glorious weather in Melbourne but only a few - we have had a lot of rain and icy wind - perishing weather

I have warmed up - it was actually hot in the airport yesterday - the flight back was good though - a bit bumpy - I saw the most glorious sunset - it lasted for about an hour - I kept watching that and the moving map on the IPOD they gave me - then I fell asleep for a short while and when I woke up the beautiful pink and red colours right alone the horizon had gone - it was worth taking the late flight to see that and I really thought I might miss it when my plane was delayed but we took off on time

My heaters have been on high all night and all day - still I can feel the draught - it is really cold here and stormy

I can't use my oven right now so without my usual fresh food I didn't have anything to cook on the stove top except canned food which is okay - I am looking forward to my own home cooking though - I have someone coming to take me shopping tomorrow and I have (hopefully) defrosted some chops for dinner. I have to wait until an electican checks my oven after a bit of a cooking accident

Perhaps I could have gone shopping today but I was tired - I feel better now than I did earlier in the day - but go out in the storm and get thoroughly chilled - no way

What a bleak night

Dec

Hi @Owlunar hope you've managed to warm up today and that your outing with your support worker goes well.

Hi to you too @MDT hope today is a good one for you.

Thanks @eth

Today has been okay - not quite as icy as it has been over the weekend and considering tomorrow's anniversary I have been doing okay - this year has been so different

So I went shopping with my worker and have some fresh vegetables to cook with my chops for dinner tonight - I am looking forward to this - I also saw my doctor and he was surprised that I had been away - I guess he was pretty busy

I seem to have caught up with my chores since I got home - of course I had a lot of washing - don't we all when we have been away - the first load dried over night in the warm room and I have the second load airing now

Twice I have had bad dreams - they do leave us feeling strange when we wake up - that's normal - I have read Carl Jung on dream analysis at university and these dreams which very vivid - didn't need any indepth explanation - very straight forward and horrible - normal though

The difference I have been feeling compared with other years even last year has been incredible - I think we never ever get over that kind of trauma - any serious trauma really - but we can somehow come to some kind of acceptance - yes - it's was terrible and always will be but we can endure and to live the best life possible - we need to learn how and maybe I have.

I wish I could teach it though

Dec