What Have You Achieved Today?

[FishBlast]

Achievement unlocked:
Set up a second internet connection. And will fork the modem up to my pc so that both I and dad can share the modem.
Though dad's modem is crap (only 20 mb/s down, 4 mb/s up).
Here's my internet, for a mere 14 bucks a month:

But I want to use my 2nd network adapter to have a spare connection when my main one isn't available or if I have any... problems...

 

[FishFanatic04]

So far today I've done all right.
*I haven't gossiped, cursed, or lost my temper.
*I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish or over indulgent.

I am really glad about these things.

But, in a few minutes I am going to get out of bed.

I'm probably going to need a lot more help now....

lol got a giggle from this.



-I fed my kids some yummy blueberrie waffles from scratch {as if its hard, lol} Yup, sometimes they get syrup.
-Rinsed the pool for some nice outdoor playing today in the heat.
-Water changed my 46g....again....

Now I'm having a nice glass of iced tea which is an achievement because I have a soda and coffee addiction.

 

[Box]

I achieved a tear At nearly 40 years old !
My five year olds first school report best bit of reading I've had in along time bless him

 

[MBOU]

Thats really sweet Box!! I hope it was all good!!

Today I have achieved:

-I got up and got out the house for work early which meant I arrived on time despite being stuck for 11 miles behind a luntatic in a tanker (for emptying sewage tank things?) roaring down the narrow country lanes at 45mph and forcing oncoming traffic off the road! (60mph road hence i only got to work on time instead of early!)

-I didnt kill my colleagues or myself despite being bored to death by rain and a quiet day.

-I not only had a lovely chat with a customer who happened to grow up in the same town I did which was a nice conversation but I had a customer say "you are amazing, it makes a wonderful change to have an intelligent conversation about fish with a member of staff who cares and knows their stuff. your help has been invaluable and i will most certainly be back in next week for the test kits and conditioners you recomended".

Also had another customer who came back in to buy a couple of goldfish after we had a chat last week about tank sizes and about goldfish and he went away to do some research (i know i said in the rant thread that i might die of shock if a customer did some research!! but there we go!!). He seemed very please, i hope so because he absolutely made my job seem so much more worthwhile its amazing to have customers with common sense!!

I also gave him directions to this forum so i hope he makes it here as its a lovely community

- I have also written another paragraph of my essay and edited some of what i had written already. Am exatly half way through and right on target for the word count

Today has been good

 

[FishBlast]

I have achieved:
- Waking up
- Setting up the 2nd connection on my pc
- Got my nachos with molten cheese, served everyone in the family. Mmm X)

 

[Dieses Madchen]

EDIT: Anti Anxiety meds make you feel horrible and its no fun when you still feel anxious in your head but not your body because your body has been zombified by the medication! Bleurgh. Though for a plus point... valium is fun, made me hallucinate flying cats... though.. im still convinced they were real LOL

Never hallucinated flying cats but I always thought valium was pretty fun. The docs gave me valium prior to surgury to calm my nerves (i was going in for heart surgery, so I needed it!!) I remember waving my hand in front of my face and it was really trippy....

 

[FishBlast]

I have anxiety, never taken anything for it though. I feel like all I need is to be ordered to do something (with thorough instructions on how to do it) and I will do it like a robot. But order me to do something and not explain step by step, and I cower.

Achievements:
- Woke up.
- Didn't get cooked yet by the weather.
- Not sure if this counts as achievement, but I've noticed that all the tiny fry I have set free in the tank are getting along perfectly with the adults, even though they look like a bite-sized snack. If they all survive for 3 days, I will move my favorite lyretail fry, Chrome, into the main tank as well.

 

[MBOU]

Nice going and I completely agree FB! If i dont have very clear step by step instructions i worry until im sick! I am trying to use the skills i learnt in cognitive behaviour therapy to expose myself to (sorry... couldnt help snigger!) the things that scare me.

Last night was a great example and weirdly enough, it was my dad that got me through it, he knows im a worrier but despite being back living with my parents, neither of thm know i've been formally diagnosed with anxiety disorders and ptsd lol.

We were watching tv last night (with Nick from the apprentice in it?) and it was about apple pies and my dad said "well... an apple pie would be nice... you going to go make one then Gem?"...

I got really stressed because i can bake cakes but i dont know how to make pie! And the more I thought about it, the more i worried! I dont know how to make pastry... or what to use... or anything. What if I get it wrong?!

Im better than i was because normally i wouldnt even have considered it. Baking is an awesome way to overcome anxiety! I find myself a good recipe. I think clearer about it, what IS the worst that could happen? Well... the worst that could happen is that we had no pie and we were back where we started!

It took me a bit long as i redid parts of it several times but in the end, i made the most epic raspberry and apple pie with a latticed top and pastry leaves it was a bit messy but for a first try, it looked pretty good and tasted amazing!

So I can do it! And the more i keep practising in situations like that, the easier it is becoming to control my anxiety!

 

[FishBlast]

-Woke up
- Got my main connection back (still got to pay).
- Managed to cook two perfect fried eggs. Tasty!

 

[MBOU]

I achieved getting up and going to work despite having bronchitis and full on flu symptoms. Blocked nose, sinuses, severe headache, ears blocked, dizzy, chesty cough and pains from chest infection and infection spread through my body.

I swear to god its one thing after another with health problems!!!

But i still went to work and I still coped!!

 

[FishBlast]

I achieved getting up and going to work despite having bronchitis and full on flu symptoms. Blocked nose, sinuses, severe headache, ears blocked, dizzy, chesty cough and pains from chest infection and infection spread through my body.

I swear to god its one thing after another with health problems!!!

But i still went to work and I still coped!!

Aww.. hope you get well soon.
I rarely get sick, and when I do, it's usually a 3-day cold for which I take nothing.
But I once was affected by some kind of virus that would torture me for 3 freaking months! Felt like I was being strangled the whole time, but it got worse at night. The docs were too stupid to tell me exactly what I had. They just said I'll cough and get better within a week or two, but there was absolutely NO COUGHING! Just the feeling of choking and not having enough air, similar to asthma.

 

[FishFanatic04]

Not much. My fish spawned and all I have done today is take videos and upload them and tell everyone on the forum who would read it.



INCLUDING YOU ALL. lol Boom!

 

[Llegmore]

Not much. My fish spawned and all I have done today is take videos and upload them and tell everyone on the forum who would read it.



INCLUDING YOU ALL. lol Boom!

Your rams seem to be popping up on every thread i read today. I take it you're pleased

 

[FishFanatic04]

haha. I tried.

 

[Bugdozer]

Helped set a new World Record for most number of pirates in one place (on Hastings beach). Arrr!!!