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After months of endless rain here, it's been good weather for the last 2 weeks. Because of the sodden ground, the bloke who brings his tractor in to mow my field hasn't been able to for months and I've had to line-trim the field this week to a reasonable height so he can.
3 acres and fatigued back, legs and ankles and couple of pounds weight-loss later, it's 95% done. A quick couple of hours today and it'll be a soak in a bath, out on the Honda for a couple of hours then back to a 5L keg of hazy IPA....
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Happiness Scale:
After months of endless rain here, it's been good weather for the last 2 weeks. Because of the sodden ground, the bloke who brings his tractor in to mow my field hasn't been able to for months and I've had to line-trim the field this week to a reasonable height so he can.
3 acres and fatigued back, legs and ankles and couple of pounds weight-loss later, it's 95% done. A quick couple of hours today and it'll be a soak in a bath, out on the Honda for a couple of hours then back to a 5L keg of hazy IPA....
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@nzzp said in Happiness Scale:
Trying for a happiness boost with a kayak fish tomorrow morning, with (hopefully) low winds and a glorious sunny morning on the cards
Wish me luck Ferners. Could be cold. I am looking forward to it.Lovely morning out.
Bloody cold, 4 degrees to kick off about 630, and had a shocker getting the yak on the trolley and down to the water. Glorious though, being out on the water as the sun rises is just magic. Got an undersized snapper on my new lure, but was out at the top of the tide and it was bloody hard going - no interest from fish at all.
Then my feet got cold (literally cold feet), so rather than hang about for the bite to start up I figured I should commit to family requirements. Stunning start to the day, and I definitely filled my bucket (just not with fish). Learned a lot about gear to take for winter fishing - and will definitely be out there doing that again.
Lowlight was a bloke in a tinny rocking up ... yaks are stealth - don't come and have a chat you scare the fish!
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
Genuinely thrilled for you fella.
From what you’ve said you may find the kids don’t need it. I have no direct experience but a sister in law has dragged the whole family down with her shit.
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@MajorRage I don't disagree. Perhaps a bit of smoothing out with Mrs TA will help stabilise a few other things.
The daughter unit is presently in a slump because of what a boy may or may not think of her, because she overthinks shit. Same 16 yo who was in the car with me - not 2 weeks ago - discussing how other peoples' opinions were worthless. Hormones are fun. Not.
The Boy (now 20) is having his existential shit. Mate, you live at home rent-free, get pretty much everything you want, and yes, one day you're going to have to leave the safety of this nest and find your own way. It'll suck more than when I had to do it, but we managed. And yeah, you're going to die some day. Maybe it's all pointless, but please wake the fuck up to yourself and let's get through this Goth phase eh?
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@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA Honestly, the youth of today over analyse everything. They need to do less thinking, more doing sometimes, fear less, try more
It's not just the youth. This also applies to any fucking Irish client of any age I've ever had.
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@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
Are psych's (cologist or therapist?) not covered under the x amount of free appointments under Medicare?
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@Nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
Are psych's (cologist or therapist?) not covered under the x amount of free appointments under Medicare?
IIRC the govt subsidised 10 appointments?
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@antipodean said in Happiness Scale:
@Nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
Are psych's (cologist or therapist?) not covered under the x amount of free appointments under Medicare?
IIRC the govt subsidised 10 appointments?
Yeah, 10 sounds about right, but I'm not sure if it's only covers counselling or psych's or both.
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@Nepia said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA said in Happiness Scale:
Anyway what's bugging the shit out of me at the moment is - quelle surprise - the wife.
In a move that has amazed onlookers (me), she booked herself in to see a psychologist.
I'm happy this moment has finally arrived. Not thrilled about the fact that both kids are also seeing a psych as it is a bit of a drain on the finances, but hopefully something good comes of it
Are psych's (cologist or therapist?) not covered under the x amount of free appointments under Medicare?
As above: you see your GP and get a referral for a mental health plan. That gives you access to a clinical psychologist for 10 sessions subsidised at about 55%.
You can get private health cover for it but the premiums aren't worth it as you can only claim a few hundred per year.
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@canefan said in Happiness Scale:
@NTA Honestly, the youth of today over analyse everything. They need to do less thinking, more doing sometimes, fear less, try more
I really don't envy the youth of today. My oldest is 11 and thankfully seems to have a really good head on his shoulders, but navigating the teenage years with the internet, social media etc I can already see is going to be very tough. Humans evolved to get out and do stuff, not sit around all day interacting with each other over screens, so I can see how mental health issues are rising. I'm kind of glad I have 3 boys in this regard as that stuff affects females even more.
I think I've said it before, but kids that grew up in the 80s & 90s had it the best. Modern comforts without the craziness of the internet and all that has come with it. Spend all day on the bikes with mates, come home to a home cooked meal and some TV in the evenings. Simpler times, great memories.
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Flying to USofA tomorrow - and it's really kicking in finally - it's fucking happening, and... what the fuck was I thinking to agree to this?
I know there's gonna be a metric (fuck I'm going to miss metric) -tonne of "Just make the most of it, enjoy it for what it is" advice - and yeah, I've been telling myself that for the last few weeks... and promised myself I'll keep telling myself that, but... this is just a bit of a rant to excise current psych-demons...I've moved around the world heaps. And always just... "Fuck it, let's try it out". This is the first time (I remember) being this nervous, as it approaches. Night before I'm due to fly, and I sit on the shitter, and say out loud "What the fuck am I doing?"
I know what I'm doing - I'm following through on my normal approach of having something new presented to me and saying "Fuck it, why not?" But for the first time - being old/cowardly/lazy/wise? enough to hesitate and go "nah... fuck... nah fuck that"And yeah - I know... "first world problems" - moving to the US is a dream for a shitload of people around the world. Just... not for anybody living anywhere else in the 'first world'.
Sorry... this is just a vent. Rather drunk on my last evening in NZ, and... if I'm honest, probably cap-in-hand begging for all those positive-encouragement responses that I pretend I don't want. But even more so... actually hoping for some that will help...
Deal with the fucking Imperial system. Fucking tipping culture. Fucking mm/dd. Fucking... trying to get an apartment lease without any credit rating, or a bank account, or a Social-Security-Number; because I can't get a fucking bank account without a proof of address... and I can't get a credit rating without a bank account, and I can't get a proof-of-address without an apartment with utilities (who will also want credit-rating); and ... just... fuck it... I'm landing tomorrow, I'll see how it goes.For now - I'm gonna watch some professional wrestling, and get in the mindset.
'Murica! Land of the Free! Whoever told you that is your enemy!!
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