Friday Coffee and Chat -- 17th April 2026

Hello beautiful @Shaz51 ❤️

hello @MissGremlin 😍

how is your day going xx

we have had rain all day and it has just stopped for a minute 

@RiverSeal , @Greyhound , @Anonymouse1000 , @Dimity , @TAB 

@Shaz51 I'm still sitting in bed. I'm in pain today from my eye, tooth and my head pounding (I'm safe). 

There's no rain here today, it's 19⁰. 

How's your back feeling beautiful?

@Shaz51 Hi Shaz,

Yes its raining here as well .. these dark days make working hard.

Commiserations @MissGremlin . Hope you're feeling better today @Shaz51 .

back I still sore @MissGremlin 

not feeling good today 

things have happened and no one is talking to me today 

and very tired as I did not get much sleep last night 

@BipolarRich , @Dimity , @Blackcloud , @Fluttershy1 , @Flutterbug9 @ENKELI , @DogMan79 

@Dimity , @Anonymouse1000 , @MissGremlin 

@Shaz51 oh sweet, I'm sorry to hear. Here for you and sending you hugs ❤️.

Hi @Shaz51 how are u today

Hello @Dimity sweet, how are you doing? 

Sorry to hear @Shaz51 . It's sounded like a tough week or more. Does a heat pack help at all? Hope you're not still getting spasms.

Is it just the grumps with Mr shaz or are you needing to reach out to his mh people? 

I'm pretty grouchy myself today. I think I'll have a hazelnut coffee... 

Ha ha @Dimity 

You are so right with the grumps with Mr shaz 😁

Got a hazelnut coffee ☕️ with me too 

Bit warm when the rain stops 

@Shaz51 I just saw your post about your back being sore and not getting enough sleep. I hope it gets better for you

@MissGremlin @Shaz51 I'm still in pjs. I'll head for a hot shower and hope I feel better. 

Thank you 😊 @Blackcloud 

Hope it does quickly 

@MatchaToad @Nw , @Misty7 @JM 

It was stormy a few hours earlier 

... Melbourne...

Good afternoon @Shaz51 what coffee are you drinking today ☺️.

Good afternoon everyone here 👋,

I am wondering if you were to choose a teapot today out of your beautiful collection or Google hehe what would today’s choice would be 😊

my Google choice for my teapot is this one hehe however I am not sure about the handle 😂🐸

@MissGremlin @Blackcloud @Dimity @dogman + everyone 🫖 

Happy Friday to you @Shaz51 and everyone else stopping by! 😁💚

Raining again ☔ 

Hi @Chasingsunsets nice to see you again. 

oh that frog teapot is really cute😍

Hi @Blackcloud likewise! How’s your afternoon going? yess I was googling looking at teapots as I know shaz loves her teapots haha and came across a frog one!! So cute but I’m confused by  the handle it gives me a bit of anxiety, like how do you pour it 😂😂😂

@Chasingsunsets Right, like how do you pour it with a handle like that 😂😂 I know there’s a 100% chance I’ll drop it 😂

my afternoon’s going ok. I haven’t mentioned about this on here yet but I’m currently battling with a slight cough and a bit of a sore throat. My sore throat did get 80-90% better after I made a honey-lemon tea & been doing that like 4 times this week 😌

Also I want to book for a flu vaccine but it looks like I might need to wait until I’m fully better to get it? I’m hesitant to call a pharmacist about it because on google search, there’s a resource that mentions that you can generally still get the vaccine when you have mild symptoms. I did rang the reception at my GP clinic almost 2 hours ago but the lady I spoke to didn’t seem like a very nice person & her approach really threw me off. Also very disrespectful that she mentioned that I might be immunocompromised when I’m actually very healthy with mild symptoms lmfao 🤣🤣

@Dimity hope the shower helped you to feel better sweet. 

Yes thanks @MissGremlin it helped a bit. I hope your headache and pain have eased. 

Haha @Blackcloud I love that you get my anxiety with the handle😂. Surely if I put like 6 cups together I’ll manage to get water in at least one 🤭.

Sorry to hear about the response you were met with re that lady. It definitely does sound off putting but good on you for being so proactive in trying to get the information you need, it takes a lot of effort to do that so good on you and perhaps that lady was having a not so good afternoon and you caught her at the wrong moment, which isn’t an excuse on her behalf. Hmm, it’s a good question re vaccine and if you are feeling unwell, I had a bit of a Google also as I’m no expert either and read the same as you. It might just depend on you and how you feel whether you wait and get better from what you have at the moment or if you feel ok to get it with the symptoms you have. I guess in the end no rush either way as the vaccines will always be there. 😊

what’s on for your next few days? Have you been bowling recently? 🎳

Thinking of you @MissGremlin @Dimity 🫶

Hello @Chasingsunsets, thankyou sweet ❤️. 

@Dimity I'm glad it helped a bit. I'm still laying in bed, my headache is really bad and the pain is hard to deal with (I'm safe). I'm currently laying on my bed with Casper fighting back tears. 

Sorry to hear that @MissGremlin ... sending gentle hugs. Glad you have Casper with you. I had a really bad headache and earache for days that  turned into snuffles, I'm still shaking it off. Maybe it's something going around. 

Can you get to an urgent care clinic if you need to? 

@Dimity thankyou for the hugs sweet. I'm sorry you came down with the snuffles after that, hope you are all better soon. I think I'm just completely worn down which isn't helping things. 

Unfortunately my car has issues so I don't like my chances of going anywhere. 

@Chasingsunsets omg haha literally same, I feel you on that one 😂

Yeah I've never met her before whenever I come to the GP clinic and I can't put up with workers that give me that attitude cause then it'll be an instant end of phone call for me in that case 😂 and you're right, yeah it seems like for the most part I might have to wait until I'm feeling totally better but then theres also the chemist that i can ring up and see if they're fine with me taking the vaccine when I'm having the mild symptoms. 

I haven't been bowling recently, no. The bowling events that the support work provider organises that mainly during the weekends but because I started joining a filmmaking inclusive program since late january this year and it goes on every saturdays, im no longer able to go to any events with a support worker on that day. i also can't do sundays because the NDIS support work rates for sundays are the most expensive compared to saturdays.

tonight i'm gonna be facilitating a peer support group as part of my current placement for the cert IV of mental health peer work, and then the next 2 days are gonna be pretty chill for me. a bit of shopping and cooking here and there i would think.

hi @MissGremlin my friend, i miss talking to you ❤️ how have you been this afternoon? 😊

Yep worn down, worn out... how much can a koala bear... rest up lovely, hope you have food in the house.

Pat Casper for me. I miss Tiger.

@MissGremlin 

Hello @Blackcloud my sweet, i miss chatting to you too. Today's been a really hard day. How are you doing sweet? Did read that you've had a bit of a cold, hope you're feeling better soon. 

@Dimity that's about how it is. Unfortunately I needed to go to the shops today but just couldn't manage it. 

I shall give Casper pats for you. It's hard missing our pets. 

hi @MissGremlin so far today's been fine for me. I had an appointment with my naturopath this morning & last Friday i had a massage session with her and i felt great as always after the session 😊 but I'm gonna see if I can book for an afternoon one rather than a morning to early-afternoon one even though its almost a 2 hour drive from my place but it depends if my support worker would be available during the late afternoon.

Thank you my friend, I hope I get better too. I just have to keep going with making my honey and lemon tea for it ❤️ 

I'm very sorry to hear todays been a hard day for you my friend, have you been doing anything for yourself as part of self-care today - even if its just resting? 🌿😊

Good evening @Shaz51 I hope your day has been going ok. Every time I see your name now, I feel like a cup of coffee. Lol

@Blackcloud I'm glad today has been fine for you sweet. That's great that you had an appointment today and that the massage helped. Hopefully you can organise the appointment in the afternoon if it works better for you. 

Honey and lemon tea is really good for helping sore throats. 

I've actually been in bed all day as I just haven't had any energy whatsoever. I just got up to feed Casper and take him out to the toilet. 

Sorry @Blackcloud for delay 🤪, yeah I don’t blame you certain threshold then byeee haha. I hope you are feeling better soon my friend 😎

Ah I see no bowling for the moment, maybe sometime soon then 🙂. 

I hope tonight goes well! Happy to hear about it if you want! Sounds interesting and would like to hear what you enjoyed about it. M I wonder what you might cook, ahh o wanted to do pasta sauce but too much time at appointments I ran out of time so I am hoping I can cook it tomorrow! I have wanted too all week 😂😂

@Chasingsunsets thank you friend ❤️ and I got a bit of a nosebleed last night lol, I wonder if drinking the honey-lemon tea that I made myself with boiling hot temperature played a part of it? Nosebleeds are the worst to get and I wish I never had nosebleeds ever in my life!🥲

I’ve been volunteering as a chat facilitator for a bit there since February and then when I decided to apply for the cert 4 of mental health peer work, that’s when I decided to do that role as part of my placement for this certificate that I’m doing right now (at the same organisation I facilitate the peer support groups). I know I mentioned to you last time that I was gonna plan on finishing the accounting certificate course but that plan fell through & looking back at it now, I’m really glad that it did!☺️