Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted October 11 Moderator Share Posted October 11 Tried to sleep nine hours for once, and now I'm tired and my neck hurts 😛 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 5 hours ago, UP100 said: Tried to sleep nine hours for once, and now I'm tired and my neck hurts 😛 I'm normally a heavy sleeper 8-10 hours every night, partly due to the psych meds I take which make me sleepy😴 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 I'm sad 😞 My Dad is in hospital, not sure whats wrong yet... he's 84 but this is his first real health scare. His health has been fantastic until now, mum says he's been a bit tired for the last few weeks and gone off his food and drink. I guess cos I came so late in their lives... I'm still a young woman and I kinda never liked to think that maybe I would lose my parents relatively young... now that I think about it 6 of my dads 7 siblings are dead (I got 1 aunt left) and they all died in their early to mid 80s. Dad always says he will out live them all because he spent most of his life in the Australian sun instead of dreary England lol Anyway trying not too get to down about it, he'll probably live into his 90s haha... yeah 😞 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 14 Share Posted October 14 Gall bladder stones, pretty nasty for an old fella, they can't operate because of his age so he's taking this awful stuff to clean them out. Hospital for 3-4 days and then has to take it easy for a week or two at home, mum is looking at getting a nurse to come by the house 2-3 times a week. Luckily they have the money to stay at home and have the house cleaned, garden maintained and now a nurse to visit. I offered to move back home for a month or so but got told no in an emphatic way lol... they are both more concerned with how I'm coping then with dads health, I gotta admit I'm not feeling so great, kinda scared even... what if my wife and I have problems again and I'm alone and my parents die... last time I was by myself I nearly... well yeah I mentioned that before once. Its dumb that they are still having to worry about me... I'm 31 for goodness sake I should be more mature 😞 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted October 14 Moderator Share Posted October 14 14 hours ago, KittyFit90 said: Gall bladder stones, pretty nasty for an old fella, they can't operate because of his age so he's taking this awful stuff to clean them out. Hospital for 3-4 days and then has to take it easy for a week or two at home, mum is looking at getting a nurse to come by the house 2-3 times a week. Luckily they have the money to stay at home and have the house cleaned, garden maintained and now a nurse to visit. I offered to move back home for a month or so but got told no in an emphatic way lol... they are both more concerned with how I'm coping then with dads health, I gotta admit I'm not feeling so great, kinda scared even... what if my wife and I have problems again and I'm alone and my parents die... last time I was by myself I nearly... well yeah I mentioned that before once. Its dumb that they are still having to worry about me... I'm 31 for goodness sake I should be more mature 😞 If it helps a bit, I'd say it's very unlikely that you would lose everyone at the same time. Most likely, whatever happens, there's at least someone to rely on. Whoever it'd be. You even have this weird @UP100 guy on the internets as a last, last, resort 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 15 Share Posted October 15 Embarrassing, my dad spoke to my wife yesterday and last night she flew home to look after me 😞 I got gifts, hugs and lots of promises that our marriage is going great and that she's got no intention of going anywhere. Sigh... I'm such a child sometimes 😞 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 Feeling much better now, more assured and happier. I'm such a worrier, I get a silly idea in my head and my 'special' brain just runs with it the extreme. Sigh... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted October 23 Moderator Share Posted October 23 Technically vacation! The best type of vacation. Don't have any exams to do, so I'm just free to finish one final project and otherwise just chill for a week 🙂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 11 hours ago, UP100 said: Technically vacation! The best type of vacation. Don't have any exams to do, so I'm just free to finish one final project and otherwise just chill for a week 🙂 Hope you are doing well? My students have 3 weeks left of classes and then their final essays are due. I don't give exams in my topics now, they are not a very good assessment tool for Paleontology in my opinion. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted October 26 Moderator Share Posted October 26 On 10/24/2021 at 5:01 AM, KittyFit90 said: Hope you are doing well? My students have 3 weeks left of classes and then their final essays are due. I don't give exams in my topics now, they are not a very good assessment tool for Paleontology in my opinion. Doing well so far at least! COVID restrictions are also weakening, so I'll get to hang around in the city centre much more than those who entered university last year 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 54 minutes ago, UP100 said: Doing well so far at least! COVID restrictions are also weakening, so I'll get to hang around in the city centre much more than those who entered university last year 🙂 We are fast approaching 80% vaccine levels here and with 0 covid cases we are looking to ease restrictions by mid November and open the state borders. I might be able to spend Christmas with family again yay! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 My poor old dog had a really bad day today, lots of lightning this morning. I knew she'd be terrified so I asked my mum to go and pick her up and dogsit her for the day. Mum said my poor baby was cowering under my bed and had weed on the carpet, she hasn't done that for 15 years! poor baby😢 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted November 4 Moderator Share Posted November 4 How long has it been again? I'll subscribe to this place from now on 😛 Been working on my first assignment that requires it to be written like an academic paper, although extremely short one (4-6 pages!). I almost don't even care what I've written, it just looks way to professional 😁 E: Apparently I had subscribed to the thread, but without any notifications? What's the point of that!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 9 minutes ago, UP100 said: How long has it been again? I'll subscribe to this place from now on 😛 Been working on my first assignment that requires it to be written like an academic paper, although extremely short one (4-6 pages!). I almost don't even care what I've written, it just looks way to professional 😁 E: Apparently I had subscribed to the thread, but without any notifications? What's the point of that!? Haha 😄 I wouldn't even know how to write a paper that didn't look academic now lol I've published 5 times this year in various journals, thats above the average but cos I only work 25% hours I've got much more time than my colleagues. Right now I'm working on a paper detailing a new species of Ediacaran biota I identified at Woomera, right now I'm working through the bit where I talk about the radiometric dating for the rock samples from site and the layers in which they appeared in the section. Very dry stuff 🙂 also getting help from a geologist colleague for that one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted November 4 Moderator Share Posted November 4 9 minutes ago, KittyFit90 said: Haha 😄 I wouldn't even know how to write a paper that didn't look academic now lol I've published 5 times this year in various journals, thats above the average but cos I only work 25% hours I've got much more time than my colleagues. Right now I'm working on a paper detailing a new species of Ediacaran biota I identified at Woomera, right now I'm working through the bit where I talk about the radiometric dating for the rock samples from site and the layers in which they appeared in the section. Very dry stuff 🙂 also getting help from a geologist colleague for that one. ...and now my replies can be this fast thanks to that subscription! Although sometimes writing English seems like such a pain in the butt that it'll take me a day to reply That last part of the message got away from me a bit. Does genuinely sound interesting though, I just can't allocate time to look into what all of that means 😅 Any free time I have will just immediately go to programming anyways. Monday and Tuesday I did over 6 hours of programming for example... Jeez, I should spend that on studying 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 9 hours ago, UP100 said: ...and now my replies can be this fast thanks to that subscription! Although sometimes writing English seems like such a pain in the butt that it'll take me a day to reply That last part of the message got away from me a bit. Does genuinely sound interesting though, I just can't allocate time to look into what all of that means 😅 Any free time I have will just immediately go to programming anyways. Monday and Tuesday I did over 6 hours of programming for example... Jeez, I should spend that on studying Yes writing in proper english is hard lol, I am very very lazy on here with my spelling, grammar etc. But yeah, writing in a second language is very hard, you should see my writing in French, omg so labored. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 2 more days of classes, about 3 weeks of work left, but I got very little to do now before Christmas holidays yay!😄 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted Tuesday at 07:07 Moderator Share Posted Tuesday at 07:07 Helsinki has "some snow" now, which means that it has all melted away by midday 😁 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted yesterday at 07:01 Share Posted yesterday at 07:01 (edited) Wow snow! We're having an unusually cool November here, been mid 20s mostly, can hit 40 sometimes! I've been soooo busy with work, marking essays and getting ready for next year. A colleague had a minor car accident 2 weeks ago and so the rest of us have been helping him out with his marking etc. Got my performance appraisal next week, a bit more marking and then I'm off work until late Jan. Wife is home end of next week too yay! Oh and I won Favourite Lecturer from the students for the second year in a row. Chocolates are yummy thanks guys! Edited yesterday at 07:58 by KittyFit90 Spelling 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moderator UP100 1,388 Posted 23 hours ago Moderator Share Posted 23 hours ago 11 hours ago, KittyFit90 said: Wow snow! We're having an unusually cool November here, been mid 20s mostly, can hit 40 sometimes! I've been soooo busy with work, marking essays and getting ready for next year. A colleague had a minor car accident 2 weeks ago and so the rest of us have been helping him out with his marking etc. Got my performance appraisal next week, a bit more marking and then I'm off work until late Jan. Wife is home end of next week too yay! Oh and I won Favourite Lecturer from the students for the second year in a row. Chocolates are yummy thanks guys! Don't you dare to doubt yourself after that prize 😁 I'd burn in a second there, figuratively and literally. I was burned almost everyday when I was doing military service as it was way too hot and there were practically no cloudy days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KittyFit90 335 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 4 hours ago, UP100 said: Don't you dare to doubt yourself after that prize 😁 I'd burn in a second there, figuratively and literally. I was burned almost everyday when I was doing military service as it was way too hot and there were practically no cloudy days Don't visit in Jan, we once had 7 consecutive days above 40, a day at 39 and then another 3 days above 40... that was about 8-9 years ago. I still shudder at the memory! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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