Picking Flowers

…or photos of them, anyway 😆

I’m back on the Centrelink treadmill, supposedly trying to find work. There’s lots of jobs for doctors. Or Uber drivers. Or maybe labouring of some sort…
I’m not much good anymore for 8 hour days, especially when you figure in travelling time as well. When I was younger I could work 16 hour days/6 days a week, hauling mail bags that were sometimes up to 25-30ish kilos. That was a long time ago.
When I told my job provider that I would find it difficult to do full time hours, they sent me back to Centrelink, who sent me off with medical forms for disability. Turns out I have a chance 😆 , although I’ve heard from others about how difficult it is to qualify.
I now have a (double) appointment for the doctor to go over the form with me. This is separate to the appointment I had already made with the doctor over something different, which meant I had to reschedule the appointment with Centrelink to discuss the form that would not have been filled in before the appointment that had been made initially. That rescheduling was surprisingly easy. Turns out Centrelink are more flexible than my doctor!
This morning I had another appointment added, this time for a hospital check up that’s been working its way up a referral list somewhere – I can’t even remember how many referral lists I’m on now.
I’m hoping to go out for my birthday next Friday, but we’ll see how much energy I have left!

Anyway – while I’m in a sort of holding pattern, I have time to share some photos of flowers that I’ve taken over the last few months 🙂

More flowers, but this time on the wall 🙂
(sometimes, this is how I feel…)

Hopefully in a few weeks I’ll start to see what’s growing…

Published in: on January 28, 2022 at 5:10 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Having A Laugh…

First day of December, so I suppose it’s acceptable to get a bit Christmassy.
We haven’t put any decorations up yet – maybe this weekend, or the next. I love decorating for Christmas! It just requires a bit more energy than I can sometimes access…
In the meantime, here’s a bit of a song to cheer us into the season.
😀

Published in: on December 1, 2021 at 9:16 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Found, While Looking

We’re on the first day of another three day lockdown, with restrictions continuing for a few days after that.
Seems a good time to listen to good music 😀

Here’s a cover of one of my favourite U2 songs.
It’s a collaboration involving one of my favourite bands at the moment, and it shows a bit of what’s possible, via Zoom, when we can’t meet up in person.
Creativity and collaboration have had a few detours over the last year and more, but great (and fun!) things are still possible.


Published in: on June 30, 2021 at 3:46 pm  Leave a Comment  
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Getting The Lowdown

One of the threads I follow in my internet wanderings is “reaction” videos, where people watch YouTube clips and react to them. Often these are classic songs that they haven’t heard before, but can also be comedy or other genres of music.
I spent a bit of time watching reactions to Johnny Cash, which led to this song – a cover of “Ring Of Fire” by an a capella group called Home Free, featuring Avi Kaplan, who was the bass for Pentatonix (because why settle for one bass when you can have two?)
I don’t really have a particular reason for posting this.
It’s just – Such Fun!

Published in: on June 3, 2021 at 12:48 am  Leave a Comment  
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