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12 hours agoIt makes everything so unnecessarily complicated :(
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Cake day: July 27th, 2023
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Being told I can’t send or receive email because Onedrive is full and being leaned on to upgrade…
I already copied all the files over to a separate folder previously but just to be sure I did it again so I can drag that one onto a hard drive. Deleted some old recordings and photos I had backups of from Onedrive to free storage, and unlinked the pc.
I don’t like how everything is a subscription model and in the cloud now. I really need to get the rest of my stuff out of cloud onto my computer and then onto separate physical storage.
Could be stress hitting you when you get a minute to yourself. Great news about how it turned out though
No, I don’t overreact or overclean. And I’m not dramatic.
It may be a fungus but is not always a simple easy thing to get rid of if you have a google. My immune system also isn’t good (I’ve been treating it for 2 months and it spread). I can’t get the drops without a prescription.
Plus other people’s laziness means I’ve had to deal with something shitty that’s not my responsibility. And now have to nag them about it. And risk conflict if I report the neglect.
The only difference between this and weaponized incompetence is that they don’t even care enough to do it consciously.
I am so tired of other people’s bullshit.
I’ve done the caring for him as an outside cat and it was incredibly stressful for me. A lot of labour and encourages him away from home. I just can’t do it anymore.
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I had to routinely don long clothes and gloves whenever I saw him then wash hands change out of clothes and shower fully with antifungal products and reapply treatment on my own lesions after. So much laundry on hot with sanitizer, and carpet shampooing. Frequent vacuuming. You have to regularly clean your house to prevent picking it back up from the environment so it’s a whole thing. And I can’t take constantly having to prevent reinfection after handling him. It was also hurting my mental health.
He refused the ringworm tablet hidden in food, I got two doses down the hatch by wrestling him but then the next two nights he started hiding from me and I had to go looking for him. At that point I realised “this is crazy”, dumped all the cat stuff on the owners doorstep and emailed asking them to take him to the vet.
I don’t think they have. I’ve handed over all the treatments I have which will be expensive and an hassle to get more of. (The tablets are prescription only and came from the rescue lady. That liquid requires a script to be uploaded to buy it and vets don’t prescribe to animals they haven’t seen. The lime sulfur dip alone was $50 and I don’t know if he’d let me bathe him.) And I’m not legally able to confine someone else’s pet for treatment or take him to the vet myself. They will have to do it.
And he’s still hanging around my door waiting to rub up on me or door dash in while contagious.
So unless I want to be on an endless ringworm reinfection treadmill (I really don’t) I am going to have to be a Karen, make a report to RSPCA or the council. And I’m worried about the backlash when I do.
This is actually kind of a nightmare. I can’t begin to tell you how much I didn’t and don’t want to deal with this.
I agree. My own stuff is enough to deal with for now.
The problem is I’m trying to avoid and ignore him, but he sometimes blocks me into my house because I’m trying to avoid physical contact and he’s waiting near the door to actively pursue it. It’s stressing me out. As is the idea of continuing to nag or confront neighbours (I don’t know these people and have had some dangerous experiences/sustained harassment in the past).
To make it clear - I’m very much not trying to adopt or take in the cat. I’m not after a new pet. I’m trying to make his owners take him to the vet and treat him so he stops reinfecting me. (Also for his own comfort because damn.)
I’ve just tried to submit a report to the RSPCA with photos and a video from my phone but it’s hanging on send. I’ll try again later on the computer.
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Oh no. The black kitty has heard some noise and come to sit on my doorstep wanting to be let in.
Not a big deal except I’m kind of trapped inside due to trying to avoid being touched by him and prevent him from dashing in. It feels terrible because I do care about him and he is a nice cat. But I’m pretty sure he’s not been treated for the ringworm (and could still be contagious if he had), also I’m trying not to encourage him away from his owners.
I don’t have a plan honestly. I just don’t know. For now I’m just trying to stay inside as much as possible to rest and sort my own life out. But if he doesn’t get vet treatment and it continues affecting my life I may have to start reporting to RSPCA or the council. Which I don’t want to and don’t think will improve matters but may eventually be forced to.
Because I am still treating the first round of infection I caught from him brushing against my leg. It’s so hard to get rid of. 😑 FFS people, take your cat to the vet or even just use the expensive medicines I left on your doorstep which you received. Why are you making this poor animal my problem
Edit: I’d be glad of any opinions, what you would do if this was you. Or if you have actually managed to sort something like this. It’s a legit problem and genuinely stressing me out. :( I just want to be freed up to focus on myself.
I don’t know these neighbours to just have a casual chat, failed at treating him myself, get really stressed about confronting people and from the constant deflecting via email they aren’t interested in doing anything.
All respect to the troops but there’s the risk of tipping into jingoism and forgetting some important lessons about war
I have a young pic of my grandpa but due to a strong family resemblance it’s a bit doxable. He was an Anzac. I saw his medals when I was 8 but don’t remember what they were for. I’m not sure of the exact historical details or whether there has been any stretching of the truth but I’m told he was sent in as ground troops in the weeks after Hiroshima, and the remaining radiation is why he was bald for the rest of his life.
Guess when I return to android I’m not going to be able to use apps :(
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Or I wade into the waters of Linux based phones with the higher stakes of it being my main device, so I’ll be forced to adapt and deal with any tricky problems under time pressure or I won’t be able to use it. I’m not the most technological person.
I don’t really use apps except my banking app but am increasingly being pressured to for things like maps, and the way things are going may eventually be forced to.
This is really dumb by the way. Or just a naked data grab. You can verify for OS or apps all you want but at such a general level without even having a profile or requiring any impersonation there’s nothing to stop someone else from simply using the phone. Parents do actually keep their child occupied by handing them their own phone… Passkeys may help but can be given for that purpose or guessed. All of this would be better handled by using parental controls.
But Google just has to be evil.
Edit: I don’t currently use any apps to access Lemmy but it probably improves the experience
/snip Complaining about money and health.
I’ve done 10 lifts of the kettlebell, folded the towels into where they go, set another load of washing on delay. Taken meds and when I finish this last cuppa I’ll brush my teeth and get to bed.
Borrow Butters?
I’m playing catchup
Future Melba better appreciate this
Even I am avoiding me…
If there are 5 of me why aren’t they taking their share of chores 🤔
Ate something earlier. Scrubbed down and rinsed the shower while I was in it, then stepped out and misted it with spray bleach. Put a load of cups and utensils on in the countertop dishwasher (the uneasy alliance continues).
If I fold the dried load of towels that will be four things. The last might be a few minutes with the kettlebell or trying to find the calcium pills I’m meant to be taking.
Life just seems to be sleepwalking through chores and trying to get back on track
Doppelgänger
I should really get organised to use an old computer to store backups