MORE PLS! I'm excited to see where the story goes!

I think we need to teach more driver safety. In Aus we're rolling out Mobile Phone detection cameras and whilst I hate that they're mostly for revenue raising, I don't hate that they'll hopefully encourage at least some people to get off their damn phones whilst driving.

But I'm learning that it's also okay to do what I want to do even if she doesn't want to.

It's okay to still Do Stuff if she's going to bed. It's okay to be my own person doing my own thing sometimes.

Life is weird, and complex, and way too short.

Do The Things. 🩵

Better. Life with Amy is helping me grow as a person.

I apologised exactly once, and her response was to ask why I was as sorry!

I'm new to being my own person. I'm learning. These last couple months I've been resolving to do More Things.

I love hanging out with her! So much!! +

Where people seem to know each other, at least for some of the bars.

It was also nice to let myself do things alone, without my partner. I'm not used to that, and I'm trying to get better at being my own person.

For several years I've been one half of someone else.

Life with Amy is different.+

Now that I'm committed to being in the hospo scene, I want to be a familiar and friendly face to other hospo workers.

It was really nice. Everyone was lovely, it's a weird scene here 😅 there's the corporate bars and hotels and then there's the independent and cocktail bars +

Fuck I love my girlfriend. 🥰 She makes life better, even when it's shit. 🩵

It's so dense. The bonus of crocheting a blanket is that now that it's so big, I have a blanket on my lap to keep me warm as I'm crocheting it 🤣

it also takes 1.5 - 2 hours to crochet each skein, so that's *at least* 25 or so hours so far.

This is painfully relatable

It just be like that

The more mental illnesses you have, the more you'll know about how brains work, especially if you've done therapy. Similar to how those of us with chronic illnesses have higher base levels of medical knowledge. Especially when we spend time around other mentally/chronically ill folk ❤️

IT FELT RELATED. Is the nanny like schitts creek?? Will I cry??
They mentioned earlier today that the nanny is *not* mindless viewing and is "funny and comedy until it's not" IM SCARED 😅

Oh hell yeah! I'm glad they had a nice time. 🩷

In my mind, I *am* more important than them. Not in the way that I'm ever going to neglect them, or actively go out of my way to shun them. I'm still gonna give good, attentive service, I'm just *also* going to have some water. Or step outside for literally five seconds.
Then come back and serve.

It bothers me when other people don't look after themselves when I work with them. Especially when they complain about it. Like bitch, take a damn break. We're not doing life or death shit here. We're a bar. We serve drinks and snacks. That's it.
I prioritise myself and my comfort above customers.

It makes me a tired and clumsy colleague to work with, it makes me forgetful. A break gives me the chance to rest and come back invigorated to finish my shift. Or at least slightly less in pain.

It lets me breathe for a moment.

Breaks are important. Taking time to drink water is important.

I'm going to go to the bathroom as soon as there's a reasonable half second.
I'm not going to make myself suffer so customers can get drinks.

And I'm damn good at my job. I used to be the tough it out worker who didn't take breaks if I wasn't forced to. But that makes everything worse.