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Big hugs! You totally deserve those nominations (and hopefully awards!) :lovehug:

Yummmm pancakes :drool:

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Original post by laurawatt

Big hugs! You totally deserve those nominations (and hopefully awards!) :lovehug:

Yummmm pancakes :drool:

Awww thanks, lovely :penguinhug:

I know, right?! :ahee:

I bought a jar of Nutella especially. (Well Mummy TLG did, but yeah :tongue:

) Temptation to eat the whole jar without waiting for pancakes: overwhelming :ninja:

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DAY 833 - 24TH FEBRUARY 2020

What I'm grateful for

Grateful that today has been a rest day :colondollar:

A random act of kindness I've done

Made my mum a cuppa when she came home from work :h:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

My mum bought me a samosa as a snack :teeth:

Things I did well

Finally replying an email that I'd be avoiding :redface:

Something I could improve on

Not sleeping the whole day :s-smilie:

What I've achieved

Not much :frown:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Not much. Really need to get back into the doodling :sad:

Something I have to look forward to

Psychiatrist's appointment next week Monday. It's with a consultant psychiatrist - first consultant psych appointment since Oct 2018, when my old consultant psych left :cry2:

Have seen people on trainee placements in between :s-smilie:

Faith-related shiz

My American Catholic penfriend only seems to get emails from me if I hit the reply button (and sometimes even then, they don't go). So I've introduced her to the wonders of WhatsApp :ahee:

so that we can communicate there too :smile:

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Oxford Mum

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Thank you

It's tomorrow :ahee:

Not that I'm totes overexcited about it or anything :ninja:

Haha, OM! It's great to see you nominated too :awesome:

And thanks. Sadly it hasn't done much to reassure me but think I'm just in a weird state of mind atm :s-smilie:

I know. And I was a complete unknown last year...

And had been a massive fan of your Oxford posts for years

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Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Awww thanks, lovely :penguinhug:

I know, right?! :ahee:

I bought a jar of Nutella especially. (Well Mummy TLG did, but yeah :tongue:

) Temptation to eat the whole jar without waiting for pancakes: overwhelming :ninja:

Not long to go, then the devouring can commence :colone:

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Yay for sending the email :rave:

Also yay for easier communication with your pen pal! :grin:

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Original post by Oxford Mum

I know. And I was a complete unknown last year...

And had been a massive fan of your Oxford posts for years

Original post by laurawatt

Not long to go, then the devouring can commence :colone:

Hee hee hee :devil:

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DAY 834 - 25TH FEBRUARY 2020

What I'm grateful for

Grateful that my dad is OK and seems in good spirits. He took a flight on Saturday to attend a funeral in Sri Lanka on Sunday, but he was really stressed thinking he would miss his connection and not make the funeral. He ended up collapsing on the plane :frown:

A random act of kindness I've done

Chatted to @Pathway for a bit. We were both providing each other with support :lovehug:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

Mummy TLG is gonna make pancakes in a bit :ahee:

Things I did well

I DID SOME UNI WORK, PEEPS! THE APOCALYPSE IS NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH :horse:

Something I could improve on

Sleeping before 4am :rolleyes:

What I've achieved

Brainstormed questions to ask members of ABBA in case I get to meet one when I go to Stockholm in 2 weeks' time :eek2:

Also, I made my own brunch :proud:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Slept in :colondollar:

Something I have to look forward to

Going to Stockholm! Nervous for it but excited too :colondollar:

Faith-related shiz

Feeling really scared about Lent :frown:

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Uni work

Pancakes

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Original post by laurawatt

Uni work

Pancakes

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Pathway

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

A random act of kindness I've done

Chatted to @Pathway for a bit. We were both providing each other with support :lovehug:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

Mummy TLG is gonna make pancakes in a bit :ahee:

Things I did well

I DID SOME UNI WORK, PEEPS! THE APOCALYPSE IS NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH :horse:

Something I could improve on

Sleeping before 4am :rolleyes:

What I've achieved

Brainstormed questions to ask members of ABBA in case I get to meet one when I go to Stockholm in 2 weeks' time :eek2:

Also, I made my own brunch :proud:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Slept in :colondollar:

Something I have to look forward to

Going to Stockholm! Nervous for it but excited too :colondollar:

Faith-related shiz

Feeling really scared about Lent :frown:

Glad your dad is OK. :redface:

Thanks for being there for me. I really appreciate it. :jumphug:

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DAY 835 - 26TH FEBRUARY 2020

What I'm grateful for

Grateful for another rest day. Have to go to uni tomorrow and not sure I can face it :frown:

A random act of kindness I've done

Wished Daddy TLG a happy birthday when he phoned at stupid o'clock (aka 6.45am) :tongue:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

My friends have been rallying around because they know this is a hard time for me :redface:

Things I did well

Had a shower and rearranged Daddy TLG's eye hospital appointment :yep:

Something I could improve on

Not looking up Stockholm boat trips when I can't afford them :ninja:

What I've achieved

Not much but that's OK :redface:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Not attempted going to church, despite really wanting to :sad:

Something I have to look forward to

Seeing my PhD supervisor next week :gah:

Faith-related shiz

Trying to be kind to myself about not attending church today :frown:

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DAY 836 - 28TH FEBRUARY 2020

What I'm grateful for

Grateful that I slept OK last night :redface:

Was up 'til 7am the night before :sadnod:

A random act of kindness I've done

Did the washing up so that my mum has clean mugs for her cup of tea when she gets home :angel:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

@Pathway listened to yet-more random **** from me. She has the patience of a saint :adore:

and I am grateful for her :love:

Things I did well

I made myself dinner without resorting to Deliveroo. Even though I really wanted Deliveroo AND had money in my account that I could have used for it :teeth:

Something I could improve on

I missed training at work because of fatigue :frown:

What I've achieved

Set a new budget for my Stockholm trip, now that I know how much money I have towards it :colone:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Missed the training at work :redface:

Something I have to look forward to

Finalising interviews and interview questions over the weekend for my Stockholm trip :excited:

Faith-related shiz

:jebus:

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Pathway

I'm grateful for you too. :hugs:

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Original post by Pathway

I'm grateful for you too. :hugs:

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Feeling a bit meh tonight. Super-paranoid about everything.

Wrote up some notes for my consultant psychiatrist appointment on Monday morning. Quite sobering reading :s-smilie:

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DAY 837 - 2ND MARCH 2020

What I'm grateful for

Grateful that the days are getting lighter/sky bluer/flowers blooming :woo:

A random act of kindness I've done

Does not punching the consultant psychiatrist in today's appointment count? :mad:

A random act of kindness someone has done for me

My mum didn't have a go at me for napping :ninja:

Things I did well

Been working on my interview questions for people. Also sent out a semi-scary interview request email :work:

Something I could improve on

Not sleeping so much during the day :erm:

Also I should probably be more sympathetic towards my mum, who is getting wound up about this whole COVID19 malarkey :s-smilie:

What I've achieved

SFE have said they will reimburse some money they owe me! Should come into my account while I'm in Stockholm next week :yeah:

ABBA The Museum shop, here I come!!!!!!!!!!! :teeth:

Plus, I am officially the third most friendly TSR member (joint award) and the third favourite oldie :shakecane:

What I've done to look after my mental health

Had two naps :getmecoat:

Something I have to look forward to

Reading through my Stockholm pocket guide and getting more restaurant/cafe recommendations from friends :colone:

Faith-related shiz

Made the rookie error recently of innocently answering a thread on TSR, not initially realising it was in the Religion subforum rather than the Faith and Spirituality subforum :facepalm:

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Sorry I'm being a bit quiet, peeps. Really tired and just a lot to do/think about before I head to Stockholm on Monday! :eek:

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