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Ace ([personal profile] acet) wrote2026-01-18 09:00 pm

Sleep? Long day was long!

I'm very politically involved and a volunteer for my state Greens party. I sold my soul to them eight years ago lol. Anyway, I was considering not going but a number of my friends were doing a shift today at the Midsumma Carnival so I went along and did a few hours there.

Raced home for my NDIS Support Worker but took longer to get home than I wanted cause PT. Gotta love Melbourne PT lol, so "helpful" but I'm glad she still came. She does a lot of bulk cooking for me which is so incredibly helpful cause I really struggle with cooking when it comes to my executive dysfunction.

While she did that I actually spent time tidying my living area which is looking so much better. We'll see how long it lasts.

Had a couple of hours break before going into a meeting for Message Stick work on basically being better allies to our First Nations people. That went for a bit over 90min.

A good day, don't get me wrong but damn I'm tired

Also probably doesn't help that instead of sleeping at 10pm last night like I usually do my body kept me awake and online until 1:30am hyperfocused on what I was doing and still woke me up at 6:30am like I normally do.

That was fun /facepalm
claire_chan: COMMUNISM (COMMUNISM)

I hope you're less tired now!

[personal profile] claire_chan 2026-01-18 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow! 2017... 13 years ago I was over-my-head busy as a political officer for my University (just to get a paycheck from the central office to blow on Chinese food and sometimes afford my course materials without asking for parental help). The exact title varied. Vice-President, Secretary, etc., but always something executive for the Off-Campus and Commuter Association, since I never lived on campus.
Dealing with other people is not my strong point, but I tried to learn from some of those around me.

Next semester (or is it the one after? Admittedly I don't really understand how the trimester system works because I've had fall and spring for so long I don't really know but probably) I was invited to live on campus in Britain (I live in the US at the present - in Pennsylvania) so I won't be able to resume my role with the organisation I mentioned at the beginning of this comment. :/ However, I went to all the meetings and held almost all the fundraisers.
I think that the lady who was in charge changed roles too so it might be that nobody really remembers me any more. D: Such is the way with politics, I suppose, right? Always changing to a new face.
I mean, theoretically I could, but the off-campus nature of my next move would be off my undergraduate campus, right? And I am applying for a graduate degree. I can't even remember for what right now, let me check my files...
Um...
Oh, it looks like I asked for Chinese! Hahaha. I might be medium-okay with political-science, rather. ._. IDK IDK IDK

Anyway, I have read a book from the library about the conflict between the Australian people and First Nations people about fifteen years ago. *trying not to feel old, because it takes that amount of time to formulate a good research project, right?* I hope that it gets better for you and everyone else over there soon! ^^