Have reached the stage of illness where I’m feeling better but still not ok enough to be at work. Hanging about the house has made me realise how much being at work stops the snacking. Do not need any extra fluff
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I caved and got doughnut fries.
Chilling with music, games and Fluffball.
... What are doughnut fries? Pic please? Are they good? I'm glad you're treating yourself, sounds like you've had an ordeal!
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Mini dog walk done.
Ran into a recently spayed doggo so naturally hambam tries to get it on.. naturally at the wrong end. Poor other doggo was a little confused.
On a lighter note, link to the Other Place but the pet names are an absolute scream
I slept through my alarms again. Permatired.
Cancelled a dental appointment I no longer need to avoid being charged. Now I have to ring and sort out a time for this inspection. And make a vet appointment for Solensia and vitamin b.
Melbcat just cried so I gave her extra pain meds. As soon as she gets drowsy I might see if it’s possible to wipe some oral gel onto her back teeth/gums and clip her nails.
Then back to the dishes and laundry. Also there’s tidying and sweeping.
My stomach hurts and I just want to go back to bed.
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Hmm so I don't think I had the cold after all, I think I was going through a caffeine withdrawal - built up far too much of a tolerance and wasn't flushing it out of my system properly all these weeks, hence constantly feeling tired (and then trying to drink more to keep myself going).
After a full day of hell with the headaches, nausea and not getting out of bed, I feel heaps better - woke up clear-headed, without feeling lethargic (haven't felt that way in a while), naturally got out of bed at 8am, put away my dishes and having a light breakfast with a SMALL amount of coffee.
I can't wait to finish this thing so I can properly investigate dialling down my caffiene intake altogether, maybe switch back to green tea like I did years ago.
Ughh… I’ve spent most of my energy shredding papers instead of tidying for the inspection. Doing that while tired is going to suck. I did find some important paperwork and sort out that bill though.
I just want to get my shit back together
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not on my smashed avo style rant about a class mate being disrespectful
I have a particular class where the tutor spends a lot of time talking about her lived experience, and asks people to share theirs (to less of an extent than she shares about herself though). Sometimes she can spend the whole two hours talking, to the detriment of our learning. She provides some bits of knowledge important to assessments that are quite valuable because of her lived experience and research, but the rest of her speech just doesn't resonate with a number of people in the class.
Not everyone has to enjoy her style of presenting, but the blatant disrespect from one particular class member is just disgusting. We had to sit in a circle and share ideas, and someone spent a really long time trying to articulate their ideas. They were just rambling. This one particular class member said within earshot of me,
"Shut up!"
I don't think anyone really heard it, but I did, because I was right next to him.
Then during the next class, I sat near this classmate again, and the whole time, he was scrolling through social media and messaging people. Every so often, he'd glance up. Because he only paid attention to what the tutor was saying for short moments, he only heard the parts where she hadn't made her point, and just heard rambling.
He started to bang on the table, and then he turns to me and says, "This class is so boring!"
The way the tutor teaches is based on story sharing, and is part of her culture's pedagogy. I can understand the other point of view, in that, having to listen to someone talk for almost two hours straight is a drainer. I find it quite difficult to pay attention to whatever the tutor is saying, as despite her prolific lived experience and wisdom that she shares amongst her rambles, I am just not good at listening for that long. I don't think anyone is.
However, banging on the table and telling someone to shut up, is blatant disrespect. I was always taught to be respectful to the people around me, and even if I wasn't able to focus for so long, I wouldn't be inclined to start making comments about it. I would potentially give the tutor feedback in private about wanting to participate more actively in the learning.
Also, I should mention that this person is a FUTURE TEACHER.
I felt like I should've called him out. Imagine if someone did that in his class.
the disrespect is in not running the class in a way that everyone is treated equally
the young man is correct in his feelings he just isn't expressing himself well
regarding feedback in private, the tutor is disrespecting the class publicly so approach the issue publicly, choose your words carefully. This will also give others the opportunity to say their piece and will support you too
BUT, is she powerful, is she vindictive, will it be bad for you and others to speak up. Think carefully before saying anything, even in private.
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