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29 Apr 2017 05:47 PM
29 Apr 2017 05:47 PM
hi @Faith-and-Hope thank you 🙂 🙂
hi @Zoe7 yes im amazed at the amount of responses! wow and not in a bad way either- these are the first forums ive been on so all this is new to me but seems great 🙂
seems like a pretty cool thread and thank you for welcoming me into the forums too 🙂 🙂
29 Apr 2017 06:07 PM
29 Apr 2017 06:07 PM
Well if this is the first forum you have been on then I must say you have chosen well lol @unknown
This is also the first I have ever been on and it really is the most wonderfully caring and supportive community here. It is a bit like we have 2 families - our real life family and our forum family (and often our forum family is the best one!!!!!!)
On this thread we have developed our own little 'corner' of the world that we call the Octagaonal Room. So if you see anyone referring to this room you know it is this thread. It started out as a place with a few corners for people to come and hide away in safety and soon needed to expand into an octagonal shape to accomodate all the people that needed a safe corner - we also have an outside area, some virtual cats lying around and a 'vitual' rainbow path to another thread.
There is a purple corner, a gelato corner, a garden corner (and heaps more)... but probably the most important for you to need to know about is the quiet corner that is solely for @Phoenix_Rising (she is our little turtle friend). This is a very special corner as it is her safe place to come where she can hide away and just BE - she doesn't have to say anything - she will often simply wave as she enters, put out the Do Not Disturb sign and wave as she leaves. The only rule we have in the Octagonal Room is - STAY OUT OF LITTLE TURTLE'S CORNER!
We sometimes watch stupid reality tv together and comment along with it for some laughs.
It really is an 'anything goes' sort of place and everyone is welcome.
Tell me something about yourself - what do you like to do? Do you have any pets? What is your fav colour? etc. etc.
29 Apr 2017 07:20 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:20 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:27 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:27 PM
Please accept my apologies @utopia - I had a momentary brain fade and forgot about your special relationship with Simon and Alene - soooooooo sorry re: stupid reality tv comment - I stand corrected (again)!! LOL
Don't be so hard on yourself my little cocky friend - we all have moments when we need to rely on others (some more than others) so accept the help at the moment with your son as you need to do what you need to do to care for yourself first so you can then care for your son. You are not a shite parent - just one that needs a little support at the moment
Even though you feel like chips you are cooking dinner - that is a positive! What are we having tonight?
29 Apr 2017 07:36 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:36 PM
Hello @unknown, nice to meet you. I heard @Zoe7 mention my name so I thought I'd pop by. I haven't been in here too much lately as I seem to have been dividing my time between hanging out in a nest sitting with a Forumite in her muddle, and dealing with gigantic waves of my own muddle. The octagonal room is a super nice place to be though. There's nothing very interesting to know about me, I'm just your regular aspie sea turtle with borderline personality disorder. I hope you find the forums as helpful as I have.
@utopia I have been following along with your story, but haven't really had a chance to chat with you for a while. Did I read somewhere that you have got a reprieve from your job searching requirements for centrelink? I don't know how you have coped with having to go through all that circus - and having to drive so far to do it! I am on the DSP and thus have none of those obligations. However, I voluntarily engaged with a couple of disability employment services a few years ago to try and get some help with my employment puzzle and it was HORRENDOUS. I had no idea how dysfunctional the whole centrelink and job network debarcle was until I experienced it first-hand. Every time I read about you having to drive for miles for a pointless 15 minute appointment I really really feel for you.
Anyway, I'm now going to jump on the rainbow slide and check in at the nest. I super love that you set up that rainbow @Zoe7. Off I go - wheeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
29 Apr 2017 07:47 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:47 PM
yes the forums do seem to be really great @Zoe7 pretty happy that i came here 🙂
haha lol that sound like a plan @Phoenix_Rising ill stay out of your corner and nice to meet you also 🙂
wow i think you might need to change the name to a shape with more corners by the sounds of it!
haha got to looooveee reality tv god they have some stupid things on there.
there isnt really much to tell about me im in my 20s my favourite colour is purple and also turqoise love those colours, umm i do have pets i own a little lap dog- a chuhowa or however the heck you spell it lol but shes cute shes only 2 but we rescued her as a puppy as she was mistreated so we took her in. what sort of things i like to do i like to bike ride and hang out with friends and also music . love love music esp the modern pop type of songs 🙂
whats sort of stuff do you like to do? whats your favourite colour? do you ahve any pets?
29 Apr 2017 07:50 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:50 PM
Hiya @unknown I have to head off for a while but just wanted to let you know that I will reply to your post a little later - my favourite colour in turquoise btw - followed by purple - spooky!!!
29 Apr 2017 07:55 PM
29 Apr 2017 07:55 PM
ooh spooky @Zoe7
thats no problems im going to head off soon for the night too 🙂 so if i dont reply tonight ill reply tomorrow 🙂
29 Apr 2017 09:10 PM
29 Apr 2017 09:10 PM
29 Apr 2017 09:49 PM
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