My Diary place
Not sure who will read it or if anyone wants to, so I guess it is for me. I can put things here when I need to and if you are reading this remember it is just the ramblings of me. So I will put things here and it will not get in anyone elses way.
@Avaray your messages have disapeared, not really sure why bad 7cups
@AmalieAnne
Hey kiddo you are back! Did you have a good time?
(ps i asked them to take my posts down, I was sort if needing me back if you understand what I'm meaning xx I wasn't sure if would affect your site so I copied a few π)
@Avaray Lady Avaray of Aprica, I am not back yet still here with the English and on this evening we go to Spain to see grandpapa and grandmama, looking forward to that but kind of sad I have to leave here as well. I am having a good time; it is nice to have lots of people around the house. I am not sure why you need you posts back if I am honest but if that is what needs to happen, it is good that happened. At times I am embarrassed about things I have written but I do not think you mean that. Perhaps we felt to exposed to the world and I kind of understand that.
To old business, poor choice of words I know, perhaps age is but a measure of living. While you walk through the autumn of your life, ever closer to death, remember the impact you have made not on the world but to each person you have meet. That is overall dramatic, even for me. When is your birthday? So why the Kite is an Alien.
Ladies, Gentlemen, Noble People, Kings and Queens and others of the Court this is my evidence for which I did make up is as follows. I have in person placed my ear to the Kites ear and heard of noises which cannot be explained by natural means. It was like singing whales, a strange thing for anyone to hear in someones head. She through my spies has it so informed, insured her left eye ball for 1 Billion Euros but kept the right eye ball without any such insurance. She knows all the words to Pirates of Penzance but only backwards, which is weird. And she once ate a sponge because she thought it was people food. So my only conclusion must be she is an Alien.
@AmalieAnne
Oh kiddo you make me smile π
Too exposed to the world, kind of does explain it well xx
Im glad you're enjoying being away xx
Autumn, you are a cheeky chop π
But kite... Hmmmm you are being brave saying she is an alien.... She can fish slap pretty good .....so I have heard π§β€
@Avaray You never did tell me your birthday. If you were born 29th February I would be older than you, silly you got born on the wrong day is all. As for Kite, if you rub her tummy like a doggy she forgets and it makes her go to sleep. Do not use it too often though or she might notice what we are doing.
@AmalieAnne
Hey there xx. If I had of held on for 9 more days you would be older than me π give you a maths problem to solve
How's your visit going ?
I write my exam in 10 days time, got these cogs a turning, eish.. Got losts still to do, but am taking a few days off next week to study and finish my assignments.
Kite is going to get you kiddo ππ§π
@Avaray
@agreeableKite4304
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@Avaray Perhaps you were very stubborn and wanted to enter the world when you wanted. I mean you could have held on for a few more days (I am not sure how it works, I guess we are born when it happens). I would like to be older than you, would it mean that I could boss you around? I like that idea. When you say you are writing your exam I am not really sure what you mean by that but good luck for Monday. I counted on my fingers and I have ten of them, so I think it is on Monday. Writing them is better, I have done some spoken exams (maybe not the right expression) and that did not go so well for me. As for Kite, do not worry I heard she is ticklish (wrong spelling of the word I mean). My trip is going wonderful tomorrow we go home though and then the bears will get me and I will be crying a bit. I am missing my bestest friend though so that is a good thing I get her.
@AmalieAnne
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Avaray
on August 2nd
@AmalieAnne
Hey there Ames xx that sounds awesome... Im so happy that you're going to see people that you love.
Enjoy your time there sweet Ames π
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AmalieAnne
on August 3rd
@Avaray Only a few more sleeps. It is almost as exciting at Christmas.
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Avaray
on August 3rd
@AmalieAnne
I'm so glad you're happy Ames, you must enjoy... You deserve to be happy kiddo.
Hugs my little friend β€
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AmalieAnne
on August 6th
@Avaray I just have got to get to Friday evening, that is not going to be easy. What with grumpiness and feeling sad, plus I do not want to go more clothes. That sort of thing.
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Avaray
on August 6th
@AmalieAnne
You can do it ames...why dont you spend some time making lovely cards for your granparents decorated with your amazing drawings, soon you will be there... I know waiting is terrible...β€ i saw monkey's today ...i waa sort of ok and was thinking in my mind im nervous of those critters they are in the trees by my son's school, so i was waiting for him to come from his classroom to my car... So i was watching these things... And thought I'm scared of them although a bit better then i used to be but in my mind i thought if they tried to go for my son i would go sort them out... Picture kong foo Ava... And monkeys flying everywhere.... Ok that probably waa a lot braver in my head and i would definitely need an adrenaline rush for that to happen... Anyway.... 4 more sleeps kiddo if you are at Monday night like me xxx
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AmalieAnne
on August 7th
@Avaray We have presents for family and they are wrapped so I hope those customs people are going to be nice. A lot of is that I do not things changing and a lot of things have changed now school is on summer holidays. I know that my sister has told everyone to say how tall I am. It will be ok though, going clothes shopping which is boring (unless it is for hats or dress up). I am not sure how old you are but one monkey attack in your whole life is not a lot and if you consider the life span of monkeys, you have most likely outlived him/her. Not that being bitten is a nice thing but perhaps they have learnt Ava is not food? I can only compare monkeys to geese which are mean, hopefully one day we can find a peaceful truce. Are you still studying?
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Avaray
on August 8th
@AmalieAnne hey there... I just wrote a message and pushed the back button by accident now it's goneπ‘
2 more sleeps kiddo...almost there.... Just be who you are cause we think you are kindda awesome x
Ps.... I'm like ancient.... But you know who..... A clue ... K I T E.... Is older then me so im still not to ancient π
Hugs Ames xx
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AmalieAnne
on August 8th
@Avaray.. darn computers. I tend to write in Word and then cut and paste Two more sleeps now, feels like forever and a day. I do not know why you think I am awesome, I am just me and mostly grumpy at the moment. I think Kite might be an alien or robot, so that does not let you off the hook. Do you celebrate Aussie Christmas? It is on August 25th because that is winter, so it is like normal Christmas. Really gross turkey and all the fixings (?), games and the oldies falling asleep in the afternoon (there are two cultural Christmas I am accustom to but I will go with the more Aussie version). Any who.. *hugs* be good
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Avaray
on August 8th
@AmalieAnne
Ames always have seen you as awesome... And to see how far you have come in your journey... Makes my heart very happy... I use my cell phone so when i push my back button instead of my next line return button it takes me back to the prior screen that i was on and then ... All gone π
Kite an alien... Hmmm careful... She threatened me with fish the other day again... π¬π I'll give u a clue to work out to keep that mind of yours busy... If i was a dog... I would be about 6 and a half years in dog years...π when is your birthday, if that is an ok question to ask?
I passed my first exam and am studying my next subject of the course and will write in September π― i have sooo much still to do before then, assignments and to finish studying... Eishπ°
Down to one more sleep .... You almost there... Will soon be flying...
Hugs my little friend xx
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AmalieAnne
on August 10th
@Avaray
Well done on passing your exam in May your clever little banana and you have an essay or exam in September but you will do just fine. I am not really sure what you mean by βwrite in that context. I love essays and exams but I am very weird. Just do a little bit each day and you will be fine. As for Kite, it has not been disproved she is not an alien or robot. I need to see the evidence for that before I believe it. I found this:
http://cdn.akc.org/DogYears_Infographic.jpg
I will go with small dog which makes you 42, that is really old but remember I do not make the rules. Let me work out a year, so 1976? Which is younger than mommy and the Alien/Robot Kite. Mommy did have my brother and my sister when she was a young oldie. I always have had a picture of her carrying them around while in the Amazon studying the local tribes [she is a stubborn girl and she is awesome]. My birthday is Noviembre 25th and I will be 15 whole years old. That is a doggy getting to their first birthday old.
No more sleeps until flying yay⦠I am so excited so there might be more sleeps, since I was up early. It is also still quite early in the day so a little sleep might happen. I tend to fall asleep on planes.. then Granny and Granddad yay. There will be a lot of crying and that is just Granddad.
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Avaray
on August 10th
@AmalieAnne
Im glad kiddo.... Finally here.ππ
You must enjoy β€
Add 4 more years onto your estimation... π eish im old!!
Remember to wave if u fly over Africa..
Kite... Hmmm ..... π
Hugs Ames
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AmalieAnne
on August 10th
@Avaray You are still one year younger than mommy :) We will not be flying over South Africa unless someone make a really big mistake. Canada to London, does not normally go that way. I am ready to go to the airport, just got to wait for my sister and mommy. Wish they would hurry up (I have some anxiety).
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Avaray
on August 10th
@AmalieAnne
That would be an oops π (over Africa I mean)
I feel abit better... 1 year younger π i just dont know when that age snuck up on me... ππ
Almost there kiddo... Almost there .... Hugs my little friend
This is not my best, I do not have all my things with me.
The birds and butterflies start yawning, it is the last trace of day as the moon chases the sun to bed, the creatures of light also slowly go to their beds. As the toads finish toading, the badgers finish their shopping, all is stopped for snacks by candle light. Ah⦠the turnip sandwiches, what a delight. They all get sleepy as the day stops its wondering features. The other creatures all told to come out, then the spreading night is no longer a fright. As the trees bellow out their deep voices, humming so deep, the fairies start singing with flashes of light. Night creatures start their day illuminated by the fairy light. At night the humans sleep, this is not their forest at night. They live far away from the magical forest; the flickering stars are not enough to stop their sense of foreboding. The forest does not seem so silent in the dead of night. The owls so wise, this night as all nights sound their horns. Illusions of sound give rise to hallucinations of sight. Do not worry, the human creatures are starting to have their mornings. The forest returns to light, the creatures of the night now seem to experience the fright. The sun soon chases the moon, the bright removes imaginative beings, but the thing is, belief produced during the night ignores the creatures out of sight.
@AmalieAnne
Beautiful Ames x
@Avaray Thank you. You should have done your exam now, would you like some of my special moonshine? Just a little or it will make you go blind. I have heared it is reasonable in taste but I have not tired it.
@AmalieAnne
Hi Ames x i have finished my exam ... I think i passed but have to wait 6 weeks untill they finish marking everyones exam papers...eishπ¬ moonshine might helpπ now waiting for my next subject to arrive and then study.
Are you back home yet, how's the holiday going
You have disappeared, so hopefully you will be back. I am sure you did well on your exam and if you did not then you can take it again. Exams are weird things but they do not take six weeks to mark, they just like to make people wait You can have some more moonshine if you like, not to much, it is made out of carrots and chocolate. This might be weird thing to say but I always get the impression you find it uncomfortable talking with me or something... Then again I it is difficult to tell. I am at Canada home now and school kind of starts on the 27th, I will be going two full days to start with then hopefully more but kind of have to see how it goes. My holidays were good but kind of sad to leave, it is almost Christmas though which is not too long away then I get to go back. I think it is Granny and Granddad for Christmas day this year, either way is good though What is your next area of study? One of the methods I use for exams was what I think his name was Dominique Keats used. He could remember the random order of a deck of cards. If I need to remember things I create images by walking around a place in my head, sometimes made up, with hints. My brain then can fill in the miss parts, it helps with biology and chemistry which I am really bad at. Iron is a fire with two yellow flames, the first being a third of the height. Then three red flames of three the same height and two twice as high. So Iron is FE (Fire) atomic number 26 (yellow flames) with a mass of 55.845u (red flames), I do have a weird brain though. Enjoy your time off studying until the next part starts
@AmalieAnne
Hey kiddo... Don't find it hard talking to you, I find you quite amazing actually, and it's touched my heart seeing how you have worked through things since we first "met" even when it's hard you push through. I think sometimes we use humour to uplift others but sometimes also to mask sad. But that's also ok because then humour has the way of uplifting at the end.
I can do moonshine made with chocolate and carrots, technically it's vegetables and dairy rightπ so very healthyπ
My studies fall under that Financial accounting heading (which almost seems a contradiction of words) but that's what they call it and my next subject under that is computerised bookkeeping, which should be interesting. I think they enjoy torturing us making us wait... But in reality they have a lot of students all over the country that also write and so they give the results out all the same time, they also have to mark assignments that have to be handed in which contributes to our final marks.
It's weird how long it takes for something exciting to arrive and then it just flies past when you are there. Christmas is coming. What do you do for Christmas when you go to your Grand parents?
I'm going to eat my breakfast my hubby just brought me, left over curry from supper and toast and coffee... Yum a treat π
Hugs my little friend πΉπΉπΉ
@Avaray
You know saying I am amazing makes me feel uncomfortable although I like feedback because it is important, I am just me that is all. Then again, I do not really see how I have grown up (?) or worked through anything. Also, why curry for breakfast? I like curry but not for breakfast, crazy lady. Breakfast you can coffee but maybe toast and fruit. Oh ok... you can have curry for breakfast if I am allowed ice cream or frozen yoghurt for breakfast, I will let you sort that out with the mommy. Good luck.
I know with exams they have to be marked, then a percentage are remarked by another person so they can be sure they are marked fairly. Sometimes then are then adjusted to fit a bell curve, so that numbers in each standard deviation are in line with past years. So, it takes a while for that reason. Not that I know anything about it, I think sometimes I just pick things up without paying attention. Financial accounting is not contradictory but it kind of sounds a little well⦠boring. I like mathematics but forensic account sounds more fun. Will you do any of that? I guess you will do a lot of excel stuff. Wow.. I really do pick things up. You can then create macros to do what ever they might do, my brain stopped listening at that point.
Christmas I will have strawberry moonshine. This year is English Grandparents, so that is good still go to midnight mass to fall asleep (sorry but they should not have it at midnight, it is past my bedtime). Then I get to see everyone which is the best part. Then we go to Spanish Grandparents which is a lot warmer and I get to see everyone there. It also lasts less than I wish it to. Last year it was the other way and in the part of Spain I am from they have like a carnival after midnight mass. It normally gets to loud and to scary for me but I enjoyed some of it. Plus, normally grumpy from being woken up by fireworks and loud people. I normally just like doing things with people so granny it will be making cakes that she sales at the local church, they use the money for homeless people to have Christmas dinner. The church will let people stay there because it is cold in the winter. So, it is more the doing of things, not overall religious stuff. (My English grandparents are not catholic but Spanish grandparents are) Do not worry I am supervised when cooking or baking so I do not burn the house down or end up killing anyone. Do you like Christmas? Any who be good.
https://youtu.be/3eSx9lxjfOQ
@AmalieAnne
When you view from the outside you can see as a person grows xx
I loved that video clip thank you, we used to watch the muppets when it was near Christmas time when i was a kid ... Yes we did have tvs then...π
I have worn out papa, mama and momie so I thought I would draw. Kind of my own art therapy by myself, maybe one day they will be worth 2-3 euroes
Trigger warning and this is my angry post (Feminism, abuse and religion)
Now I might get banned after writing this although I will try to redact at least some of it, the method I have chosen to do as such might not work. So, this could be my last post but I am bloody angry about some things so this is me being honest. If I do get this out then I do not think I will feel all that much better. Since I have an ear infection again and my head hurts I am somewhat grumpy plus there was a really mean goose at the park. Plus, again my legs have really been hurting over the last few days. Three issues although I am strong opinions on other things, this directly involves me and my anger. If you are still reading this is angry but it is honest, good luck.
Feminism Neo-Postmodern β There still seems to be this idea that the people can tell women that they are not allowed to have complete and absolute of their own bodies this is complete horse shit. Masculinity and femininity are piss bugger concepts that are only present in our societies because we allow them to be, there are lots of men that feminists although perhaps they do not understand they are, even then some tend to be protective more so over girls than boys, this is nonsense crap that needs to fuck off. If I understand the consequences then I am going to have as much cock sucking sex, birth control stuff and abortions as a fucking well like, OK! It is my shitting body and if any kunt dickhead of a man tells me that I am not allowed to what I bloody well with my body then he can go fuck himself and then I will rip his fucking testicles off. My body is my body no one has any fucking right to tell me or any woman what the fucking hell they want to do with it (I know I am not a woman yet). At this time, I perhaps do not understand the consequences but it is retarded that someone can tell women what they can do or cannot do. If it is not your body so you can go FUCK OFF! We have not even got to neo-postmodern feminism yet we are still carrying the same shit around with us and for some twat reason not been able to let it be thrown.
Thought crimes - One in 100 people (adults) have sexual thoughts towards children, most do not act on those thoughts and I am not about to convict people of having thoughts. Still, what fucking morons in their right fucking mind thinks to themselves, you know we have been punishing people the same way for centuries, it has not worked but fuck it let
@AmalieAnne
Hey kiddo xx
Hugs, I'm glad you got a bit of the anger out π
@Avaray Thank you *hugs*
@AmalieAnne
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@Avaray I have been thinking about something you said a long time ago about remember events that happened in the past and a fear you had that those memories you had might not be accurate. I think maybe I worked out why it is important that they do change, at least it might be it. If they stayed the same, assuming our brains where not too scared to actually do the remembering, then we (or I at least) would always be afraid and it would always hurt. Not saying they do not do that now but perhaps the process of βgetting better or whatever you want to call it involves at the very least change perspective on those memories. Not so much making them inaccurate but a lot different. Although in CBT thoughts and emotions are connected they seem to be different, at least to me again, emotions seem to be more difficult to deal with.
@AmalieAnne
Hey Kiddo x
I think emotions are a lot more difficult because they seemed to get linked to things, thoughts can be more easily convinced to change according to maybe reasoning and understanding things better maybe, emotions are more our raw state if I can say it like that? I think sometimes our thoughts and intellect try override our emotions to stop us feeling and in some way protect us. I know if I could switch off my reasoning and analysing maybe I would believe my emotional instinct and then maybe know the truth that is hidden in my core almost, but that brain and thoughts are very protective I think. I think as layer by layer is removed the inner you and emotions can be "heard" well my psychologist told me about the layers, he also spoke about a dam..... You don't just break the whole dam wall down causing a flood, you release the water bit by bit.
Hugs my little friendππ
@Avaray I think I maybe understand what you are saying I know that the CBT, it is thoughts, emotions and behaviour which is then linked back to thoughts (I might have to check though, I think it is that). So, if you break thoughts and behaviour then the emotions will not be there. Still, I kind of agree with you that sometimes emotions can be there like being scared or feeling guilty without having thoughts about bad things. Maybe though and this is just a thought, if you did not tell or it was a secret until people are all grown up then it becomes more difficult [maybe?]. So, then the scary and guilty things get pushed down so you oldies can be adults and do jobs etc. I might be really really wrong though. I think you are prefect the way you are, I am not saying that the bad emotions are good but maybe you really needed to use your reasoning and analysing so you can get through things. So it is not a bad thing you do that *hugs* I guess well.. I get angry sometimes which is ok but I have to know how to make it come out in a different way (not kick people and all that). It is all confusing. It sometimes feels though that my emotions cause thoughts rather than the other way around.
I guess this would be a good use of this rarelycharlie.github.io/avu29EOUlNiQfKBJnB3l-mBu9K4CtP1vfIoLNMmlR=
@AmalieAnne
Thanks for the hugs kiddo, hugs back π
It's hard learning stuff, but it's necessary to heal and become more whole, maybe for you its easier to kick, bite etc because that's expressing maybe the external expression of the internal things that are harder to express with words. Almost like a frustration,panic or rage maybe. I wish i could throw things sometimes or just scream maybe, it's like your emotions need a physical out or something. I'm glad at your age you are working through these emotions, thoughts and not bottling them up, it's much healthier, proud of you kiddo.
Hugs my friend ππππ
@Avaray Sometimes J and me go the part of the park that no one really goes to and then I am allowed to shout all the bad language I know. It helps a lot and I learnt some Russian as well
@AmalieAnne
Kiddo I'm glad you can get it out like that xx... And learning a new language.... That's a bonus π
@Avaray It is just the bad language for now. I am learning dutch but that might take a while. How is your studying going? I hope you wear the correct school uniform lady.
@AmalieAnne
Hey there, my studies....hmmmm. Taken a few weeks off because I have been very busy, exhausted and not feeling too good or motivated, i don't wear a uniform fortunately as i study through correspondence distance learning and then write certain times a year at a specified venue.
I might also be having surgery on my hand again end november but will see what my orthopedic surgeon says when i see him again, it takes awhile to recover so i need to try balance it out between working studying and school for my kids as i do a lot of drivin.vso i think end November will be better.
I suppose technically swearing could be considered a language πππ
@Avaray It is ok to take a few weeks off but if you need me to kick your bottom then I am of course willing to do so. Increase your motivation kick. As long as you are not giving up that is ok, if you do I will kick your bottom without permission. I am not very good at kicking moving targets so you might have to stand still. It is good you do not have to wear a uniform even though I really like my current school uniform now they changed it to blue. In my last UK school, it was a weird mix of yellow, cream and green but it was an expensive school so maybe they were trying to make sure we looked smart or could hide from tigers by blending greens and hay (or something). What happened to your hand? *pets Avaray
@AmalieAnne
Thanks Ames the butler sounds great π I'm not the best patient i normally end up doing stuff before time π¬ he's wanting to remove the joint bone at the base of my thumb and replace it with a tendon from my arm to make a spacer where the bone was, its from overuse, wear and tear. My last operations i had both hands done at the same time for diff problems, thought let me just get both done at one time..... Not too clever right, especially without the help of your offer off your butler π
I probably might need a kick for my studies, but will keep you posted ππ
Thanks Ames π
@Avaray I will send my butler called Montague Eugene over to help, he is very posh and also imaginary. You are falling apart but if you need to have something yucky done then make sure your hand is better before use or you will need to be fixed again. Oldies always stubborn and falling apart. I have broken my foot and leg more than once (darn stairs) but it must be frustrating when you cannot use your arms/hands. So Avaray it is time to learn to write, drive and other things with your feet I HATE hospitals so be brave ok. I have put my kicking shoes on ready if necessary Watch out lady.
This became almost 2000 words so I decided to rename it.
Amalies Lecture - Where are the aliens at people?
The Drake Equation version 2
So, I think everyone knows about the Drake equation, but I will go over it just to make sure that you have not forgotten parts of it. In 1961 Frank Drake created an equation to estimate the probability of active extra-terrestrials, in other words what is the likelihood that there are aliens out there that we could communicate with us. This is sort of the basis around and the purpose of SETI, which today aims to use radio waves to discover them aliens. Only once did they pick up something which is now referred to as the WOW signal. It is a Fermi estimate so it is not really an attempt to tell us how many alien civilizations. So, this is the equation:
N represents the number of possible alien civilisations out there that could talk to us. R* is the average rate of star formation in our galaxy, there is no evidence that life could exist on a rogue planet which no longer orbits of a star although theoretically it is possible. Fp the number of stars with planets around them, which today is calculated by a light reduction of light emitted by a star. Ne is the average number of planets that could potentially support life. Earth and Mars are both within the habitable zone in a traditional sense, in that both planets are close enough to be warmed by the sun, but not too hot to kill everything but not too far to freeze [like Canada right now]. This has been questioned, most likely there is life outside this zone in our solar system. As yet we do not know if there is life, but SETI, NASA, ESA and other organisations think there is a high likelihood that life, even in micro form could exist on Mars and Venus, but also Titan Saturns largest moon, Callisto and Ganymede both moons of Jupiter. Most promising of all is Europa another moon of Jupiter it is thought to have more liquid water than Earth although it is 10 miles or 16 Kilometres below the surface.
Fl is the fraction of planets that could go on to support life, this is particularly important to consider that new stars are being created in stellar nurseries in which planets are yet to be formed. Fi is the fraction that could support not just life, but intelligent life. Fc refers to the fraction of civilizations that could develop a technology detectable from space. Considering the amount of time before our species developed such technology, radios and television signals, it could be a while before aliens also developed those or similar technologies. According to Emily Lakdawalla (2012) the signals humans have produced have only travelled 200 light years, which is not a lot and most likely has been affected by electromagnetic radiation. The closest solar system to us is Proxima Centauri, about 4.24 light years from us. The most distant habitable exoplanet [we know of] is Kepler-443b which is 2540 light years away. This makes it sound like we are close to other stars and exoplanets, but the span of our rather small Milky Way is 100,000 light years across so 200 light years is not a lot. Another galaxy we know of is M87, which is 980,000 light years across. We are very tiny, sorry. The L and most important part, is the length of time developed civilisations last which might sound a bit odd, but during the cold war we could have been all killed by nuclear weapons (that was before I was born though) and with climate change we still might be. Lets all think positively and try our best to reduce our impact on the only known planet that can support humans.
So, the updated version The Drake, Ward and Brownlee Equation
Now that you have absorbed all that lovely information we can move towards version 2. It would look something like this:
This will include some scary maths but hold on, I will end with hope. This new equation now includes five more factors, one of which is mine. Wc is the cosmic weather in 1859 an event called the βCarrington Event hit our planet caused by solar coronal mass ejection or solar flare. Since it was 1859 it did not cause much damage to us, but what is cause for worry is that earth and any other technological advanced alien civilization that uses the same kind of technology as we do. This in effect produced a massive EMP blast which has the ability to completely destroy every electrical device which could never be fixed. In 1859 it did destroy telegram stations as well as electrocuting telegram operators. Today we rely on satellites, iPads, computers, power plants, nuclear power plants, planes, cars and in fact everything. If it happened the 5000-6000 planes that are always in the sky would crash, nuclear and chemical plants would do their thing [blow up or whatnot]. In short if we were not dead in the first go, the lack of food, heat and light would kill the rest of us shortly afterwards. Scientists and governments are slowly reacting to this possibility, but we are far from safe. If the same is true alien cultures they would also share our fate.
Ni is that we are simply not interesting enough, I know us not interesting who would have thought it? Our planet has a lot of life on it, but we might not be remarkable to alien life which closely links to the next two factors. Ls is not enough resources, although we think that oil is important to us because it is, if an alien civilization had the ability to find us and they were looking for resources earth does not have a lot of them. Our moon as more helium 3 than Earth does, but then we have found a quasar called APM 08279+5255 [such a catchy name if you ask me] not only does it have a black hole 20 billion times the mass of our star it produces more energy than a thousand trillion suns. What is more interesting is the body of water around it containing 140 trillion times more water than found on Earth. Water is important for many reasons, not only is water essential to life [as we know it] it can be broken down into oxygen and hydrogen, which in nuclear fusion could create an almost endless source of energy. That reaction would also produce helium yet another source of energy. So, we come to Mo being the motives of any given alien civilizations, they could be more interested in exploring inner space not outer space, they could be interested in themselves not to them aliens like us. On our planet, there are other species that can plan, adapt and many other things, but none of them so far appear to have an interest in exploring space. For aliens this might also be true, perhaps we are the only ones that can even think about space travel as it requires bizarre abstract thinking to do so.
Last of all we have Ci, Stephen Webb who will are soon to meet, says that if our moon was a mile bigger or smaller we would have an unstable climate. That fact for eons the moon has helped to stabilise earth's climate and also stabilised Earth's rotational axis means we have had a very stable climate. Allowing our species to develop in relative constant conditions. So not only would alien planets have to be in habitat zones relative to their sun, they would also need a moon about the same size as ours to make exoplanets habitable. The fact we are here and our planet is here is remarkable, for there to be another planet with aliens capable of communicating with us would also have to be remarkable. Before we get to the maths there is good news, we know that comets can carry amino acids the building blocks for life and we do not know a great deal about space. We could be wrong and what we can see from our little planet is just the start. We are here against all odds, we are lucky and there could be another planet as lucky out there waiting for us to find it and perhaps the aliens on that planet to find us in the vastness of space. And space is VAST beyond all imagination, the furthest human made object is NASAs Voyager 1 spacecraft launched in 1977. In 2000 it passed the Heliopause, where the influence of our sun is so low it matches what is found in interstellar space. As of February 2018, it was 3 billion miles or 21 billion kilometres from us, that is 0.0051032338506975 light years. Yes, we still have a long way to go, but lets hope and never give up.
So now comes the depressing and rather sad part thanks to Stephen Webb. It is time for the mathematics. What are the odds of their being an alien life out there which match the Drake, Ward and Brownlee Equation.
Out of the trillion planets we know only some are habitable exoplanets planet for life this reduces the number to a billion.
Out of the billion planets those that have a stable climate reduces this to a million.
Out of the million planets those that could start life, reduce it to thousands.
Out of the thousands of planets, complex life could be found in 1 of those planets.
Out of the 1 planet those that have developed complex useful tools reduces it to 1 in 1000 galaxies.
Out of the 1 in 1000 galaxies those that develop complex knowledge of science and maths reduces this to 1 in a million galaxies.
Out of the 1 in a million those that have social aliens able to communicate abstract concepts like space exploration reduces to 1 in a billion galaxies.
Out of the 1 in a billion that are not destroyed by cosmic or self-destruction reduces it to 1 in a trillion galaxies.
I did a picture to cheer you up. Thanks Stephen Webb for that depressing maths but remember two things space is vast and we really have not started out on our own exploration. Still, lets make sure we survive by looking after each other and our planet. In time we might just be able to find intelligent alien life that can communicate with us. The cosmos is amazing.
Visiting Six Exoplanets - I found this which is a VR thing but if you are using a computer you can use the mouse to look around. These are some exoplanets that people have found that are out there.
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Love the profile pic xx
@Avaray Thank you, it just my face I am now 150cm tall (rounding up), put weight on and my percentile went from 21 or 22, to 44 for my age. So I am catching up YAY
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I'm glad you're feeling good about catching up xx
And just letting you know it's not just a face it's a lovely, beautiful face kiddo.
@Avaray Thank you, it kind of came with my body (my face are catching up with my ears which is good)
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@Avaray are you hands better? even a little bit.
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Hey Ames xx thanks for asking π
I'm going for an operation in December on my hand it's called, thumb trapeziectomy and ligament reconstruction.
I'm not the best patient at keeping my hand strapped up because that irritates me and i have things to do, hmmm so I'm going to have to try be good....
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@Avaray I hope that the operation is not too painful or scary but make sure you be good and let your hand get better. If not then we will have to cut off your hand and then you will have to become pirate on the high seas. GRaaahhhh... you can only drink rum. I am not sure what that taste like so do not take that risk.
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A pirate.... Hmmm something to think about, adventures at sea, treasure hunts.... Rum.... Not too sure about that, i dont drink alcohol so i would probably get drunk just on the fumes.... Ha ha... Practicing my harty laugh... Ok i need practice. I have a dog with only one eye so he could wear an eye patch and really make me look the part.
But I'll try my best to be good, have been practicing writing with different fingers.
Hugs my little friend.... 4 more sleeps untill someone turns a year older... I wonder who that could possibly be....ho ho ho, ok now I sound like santa instead of a pirate.. Oh dear π¬ππ β€
@Avaray If you are good you can remain a land lover, so be good because the Rum is mandatory requirement of being a pirate. I do not make the rules sadly. There was a famous pirate called Cheng Shih, she had control of 1800 ships and scared the Chinese imperial navy, to be honest I think she would scare anyone. So if you do not let your hand get better or the East India Company might come after you. Even though she was quite progressive for a pirate she would not put up for any rule breaking or you would no longer have a head attached to your body. You doggy might not like being at sea as well.
Will you have to have the physical therapy afterwards? It is good that you learning to move to your other hand, we just need to train your brain to be good. It is Wednesday here so 6 move sleeps until the 29th, then 7 more sleep then I am almost 16. Ahh.. I am getting so old. I will have to start drinking coffee and stuff.. not sure what else. Kind of been a weird day. Ho ho ho are you going to be on the naughty or nice list? Only time will tell, they are still doing the maths for most people and then they need to check it a couple of times.
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Hey Ames x
Ok I'll be good...ok I'll try be good π
2 weeks in a splint/cast thing and then 6 weeks in another type of splint that they mould for my hand. I will need to see an occupation therapist to gain the strength back etc. I won't use the other hand , although she said i could reprogram my brain to do that with a course that they do, but I'll use the hand i have the op on but different fingers to support my pen.
I think my dog wouldn'tike going to sea he's scared of water and can be quite a stroppy old dog.
Hope u are keeping well x
What you doing for your birthday...
@Avaray Sounds kind of painful, how did you hurt your hands so bad? You do not have to answer of course, just be careful ok. Plus your hand might be smelly after all that splint things and casts, on the time I broke my foot *Darn stairs* I could not wash it, so you might not be able to wash your hand until it is healed up. I am dyslexia, I think you knew that, you could do your course using a recorder rather than writing. Speaking is not my best ability though but if you have a 'disability' then you should be able to submit it through recordings rather than writing. Any problems with your teachers send them to me for a good telling off [and maybe a kick].
Oh no a stroppy doggy ahhhh! But she would have to earn her keep on a pirate ship, could she fetch gunpowder for the muskets? Molly my adopted doggy that lives next door can be grumpy but she normal makes a sound to say I am not being silly with you. I am keeping well, at school today I did not cry or anything and was good at least 95% of the time. As for my birthday there is something still, it is a surpise next weekend so I am not really sure what is going on. Some sort of conspiracy I thinks, I am watching people... anywho even though I fell asleep in the car on the way home from school it is past my bedtime. Ni ni oldie Avaray
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Night night kiddo
My thumb joint is what that would say "wear and tear" overuse and age... Yeah i know I'm old π the joint wears down and then the bone rubs on to each other.
I have a problem with talking out my work, cause I sort of think with my hand if i can say it like that, i need to physically write for my thoughts to think correctly. Even if i am talking on the phone i normally start doodling on whatever paper that is in front of me... Not good if it's my work papers π¬
Ive decided to postpone my next exam to May instead of Feb, to give me a bit more time, but not to worry I'm a tough old duck π
I have had lots of operations, I take it as a vacation while I'm in there, no cooking, cleaning etc.
I'm glad you had a good day at school Ames xx
Hugs
@Avaray You are old and sometimes you oldies get broken [I think you have been beating up monkeys but I would never say that], so it is good you will get fixed and then back to normal. Still kind of sounds like an icky operation thing to go through, so be brave and close your eyes if you get scared, it works for me. I learnt to write with my right hand but it is about training the other hand. Maybe you could get some colour pencils and colouring books so it is fun and you can train your other hand at the same time. You will still have to not do some things so you can get bossy and tell other people to do the cleaning I would offer to cook for you but I would burn your house down so that is not a good idea at all silly. *huggles*
@Avaray I kind of a parent question if you would not mind me asking it? As you are a parent and another reason but not sure how to say it. So my question is about mommy and me being disabled a little bit.
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Hey kiddo x
I only saw this post now, you can ask Ames....
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I thought your birthday was on 25,.... Sorry π―π
@Avaray No two days to go and then three days until I am almost 16
An OCD update
Although I do not consider myself to have OCD, the compulsions of reducing anxiety through certain behaviour is still present, perhaps more than I care to admit. Washing my hands once is now more normal than it has been for a long time, but the anxiety to wash them again, as it feels, is still there albeit weaken by rational reinforcement. I cannot eat food that has been prepared by someone I do not know unless of course it comes from a place where it is wrapped. My brain being as such, does not wish to consider it was made by humans rather is produced then manifested by mystical forces for my consumption. Little devils talk to me providing doubt what is safe and what is unsafe regardless of truth.
Those around me, challenge me through exposure and talking, it perhaps is working, but again, I do not wish to admit, that is not the precedent wished for. It can only be followed by more anxiety and more challenge. Going out wearing gloves does not resolve the need to wash my hands when I return to the safety of a known place. As if the gloves do not provide protection other than from the cold. It is then easier to say the anxiety follows that which is not known to me rather than those things which are. For the known a compromise with myself can be achieved, it is unclear how this is accomplished. I never said I was rational, that would be too normal and normal is what everyone is. Such a boring state to be held within.
Achievements of eating unwrapped food by the unknowns and washing my hands just once are and should be considered to be steps towards significance. Still, our species is disorganised and for that I am ungrateful, for me since it cannot be achieved internally it must be presented externally. Order is not an option, at least not for now. Things have to be the way they are but things need to be different. A shelf of fairy tales, a shelf of theology, a shelf of science, these things need to be separate but as I learn more the less distinctive these categories are. Now I understand why certain ignorance is a blessing least it to be compared to stupidity. It also provides a contradiction for unknowns to become knowns should in theory make them safe.
Self-abasement is cruel to push upon myself, it would be cruel to anyone but then leaves me feeling uncomfortable. Perhaps it is time to admit the self-abased approach is no longer warranted, like guilt and shame, it should not be held by me. As those words feel wrong, they mean something at least in the part of myself that I considered to be controlled by me. So, acceptance, perhaps is the answer. Things have improved and like an overture it needs to be played from beginning to end before such acceptance is truly acceptable, before understanding is known. Like all things, one step at one time is the way of knowing how to resolve such preoccupations. It would help though if anxiety would itself be directed at things it needs to be rather than things it does not. That it should be said is not only the difficult part but unpleasant.
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Hugs Ames x
@Avaray Lift your poorly hand up, ok now but it down and lift up the other one. OK I go there, now bring your arm down. Ok, so what story would you like?
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π yeah a story too... Hmmm let me think... I enjoy Dee Henderson's books, that would be nice, thanks Ames.
I see the orthopaedic surgeon on Tuesday and he will take this horrid thing off and probably take the stitches out if they not desolvable onesπ then i see the O T and she will make a splint brace thing to fit my arm and then i will wear that for about 6 weeks and do ot to regain the proper use of my hand (but i think that one can be removed if necessary, so won't feel so trapped and irritable)
I've been getting pretty good with using one hand even was helping make some Christmas decorations yesterday. π i will attempt driving tomorrow, fortunately i have an automatic so i don't need to change gears, and it's a short drive .
Thanks for the story and care my little friend....β€
@Avaray I looked at Dee Henderson and her books are well⦠kind of for oldies and I have read books from the 19th century so that is saying something, not sure what though. I was perhaps thinking more of legends and fairy tales, you can pick the [European] country. If you are feeling brave then a ghost story but it has to be the morning or keep every light on just in case you get scared (which means me). I will even try to do the voices
Good luck for the orthopaedic surgeon, hopefully it is much better by which I mean hopefully the Avaray has been good *looks at you with a stern look*. Dissolvable stitches that is the work of magic or such me thinks. Where do they go? No one knowns! So, then you have a brace thing, try to keep that on although I get the grumpy part. Once it is all better, do they have to do the other hand? Sorry I forgot but I think you said both. You will be fixed soon just remember it will hopefully keep you fixed for a while.
My bestest friend is learning to drive in the spring, she is getting so grown up. I still have to wait a year I think it is 16, then you cannot drive without an adult until you are 18 [it is confusing] but I will see how Sophie does because its kind of is a lot of responsibility. Do not drive unless you can do it in a safe manner, do not make me get the stern look out again. It is only 11 more sleeps until Christmas, might be 10 for you and on the 20th we leave here and head for granny and granddad who will both be at the airport. Yea⦠so I will be crying at the airport for good reasons. I am heading for one less sleep, school was difficult today and I did not get to go walkies with Molly. Any who, ni ni Avaray.
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Night night sweet Ames.... Thank you for keeping me company.
I'm glad you're going to have a good happy cry xx
Hugs my dear little friend, β€
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Sorry school was difficult xx
Ps you forgetting i am an oldey.... Like ancient π¬π
Hugs kiddo
@Avaray *huggles* I think granddad might be older than you but we are not sure how old he is. I think that you would be a ghost story kind of person, I will bring torches, oh a torch is like a candle but modern hehe. Update me on Tuesday please I need to know because of the naughty and nice list, let's say you might be on the boarder (that is the wrong word but sounds the same) but I cannot tell you anything else of course. Only 10 more sleeps
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You are a cheeky chop π I was using the knitting needle today, so tempted to rip this thing off. π€
Got into our plastic pool that we have on the back veranda just to try cool off as it is so boiling hot, sort of looked like a whale waving a white flag in the air (my bandaged up arm) π
9 more sleeps by us its the 16December, i think u get to Christmas first.
@Avaray I guess a cheeky chop is better than a silly sausage. Did it go ok yesterday? And I hope that you did not rip the bandage thing off before you got to the doctors. It is winter so you should not be⦠of you are the upside part of the planet. Normally when it is hot you go for a sleep but I will throw ice into the pool but you have to talk to me using whale language. We are spending Christmas at Grannys and Granddads house so I think we are will a couple of hours different. I know time travel, so confusing. So only five more sleeps until Christmas.
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Hey chop π
I finally got that thing off me yesterday... But now i have a splint formed on my hand/thumb/arm to emobilise it for 6 weeks so scar tissue can build up where the took the bone out and put the tendon in. Been uncomfortable/sore. Then after 6 weeks the ot exercises start. But the positive is i am alowed to remove it for about half an hour a day, so the thought of having that moments of freedom are helping me be a tad less grumpy. My orthopedic surgeon said my scar looks like something from a Harry potter movie. I don't watch his movies but i think it's because it looks like a lightening bolt. π
It was 40 C yesterday i think even ice cubes would have melted in a few moments, i prefer cool days.
6 more sleeps our side and my moms birthday on 22. So 2 celebrations.
Hugs Ames
A picture of my cast.
@Avaray Aww that means you have been good but the splint thing looks like it will not give you much movement, you only have to wait until the end of January then it will be fixed (mostly). Your cast reminds me of a weird mediaeval device used to protect the arm in combat by talking the hits, kind of like an act as a shield, it never worked against the long sword. Any who, let me sign it on the white part not sure I can sign the cream parts. At least you can take it off for a little bit each day but I am timing you Mrs Grumpy. I have not seen or read Harry Potter either! It is currently -1 here so a bit cooler than 40 degrees, so you come visit although we are leaving today. I will leave chocolate just in case you decide to visit. Happy Birthday Avarays mommy and Happy Christmas oldie Avaray if I do not get what I wanted finished. *hugs*
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Thank you..... And a happy Christmas to you dear Ames, and safe travels and a wonderful time with your family...
I might try sneak through the airways to get that chocolate ππ
Hugs my little friend
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@Avaray I hope you are being good with your cast... remember I have spies everywhere lady. Only two more sleeps until Christmas YAY. *hugs*
@Avaray I have my granddad pillow so I am very happy and my granny who is looking after mommy
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Hey Ames, pillows, especially special ones are great for hugging and feeling comfort. I hold the cushions in my psychologists office and at times hide behind them, something about them makes me feel safe too.
23 hours and 33 min to Christmas π
I'm trying to be good i went back and she changed my splint and put padding under that i have to leave on now ππ€ apparently a sensory thing where my body needs the equal pressure over my arm/hand otherwise the irritation is worse. But now that i know you have eyes every where .. I'll have to be good. π―π°
Sent you some chocolate π«π«π« ππππ
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Ok i just got that, it's actually your grand dad not an actual pillow ππ sorry i was a goof, I'll blame it on my pain meds and sleeping pill, or my age or that it's after 12 at night or ...... π ok i was just a goof.
Hugs my little friend, enjoy your grandparents πΉπΉπΉ
@Avaray NO more sleeps until Christmas, it is 5am'ish here waiting for the oldies to get their bottoms out of bed or me be jumping on them (at 9am). I take my blanket and other things when I see S. my therapist but I did mean the granddad, he makes for a lovely pillow and cuddleir. So taking things with you to see your psychologists (spelling argh) is normal It is bad you cannot take off your splint but keep going being very good (it will add to next years naughty or nice list points), you need to fixing even if it is frustrating, still in the event of a monkey attack you can use it and it will not hurt you. Also bedtime lady!!!!!!!!!!! So stubborn!! Thank you for my chocolate.
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Only half an hour left until 9... Hopr those oldies have got their bums out of bed by now... π
Have a love Christmas my dear Ames
@Avaray *huggles* I hope your cast has remained on your body or you will be in trouble oldie. Happy New Year
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Hey cheeky chop xx ... All I'm going to say is..... I've been half good ππ
Happy new year Ames π
@Avaray You are in trouble oldie lady!!! Where you cast or... something... naughty step 30 minutes and no coffee for a week. One of those things should do it.
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I'll take 2 hours on the naughty step if i can have my pillow with... That sounds like a vacation, oops I mean torturous ππ. Time out on the naughty step pleeeeeaase π
I'll confess to the O.T. today because she sees me today.
Hugs Ames π
@Avaray You can have a pillow and a teddy but still no coffee for a week, I am told everyone you are not allowed it. Plus no phone or book on the naughty step. I hope your OT does not have to remove your hand for being a naughty, personally I would put a cast like a broken leg one on so you cannot misbehave. I am very strict. I think I am seeing a doctor today I have an ear infection, I am really tired but granny said I have to wait to take any more medicine (it is 5:17am). So I am a little grumpy.... I would hug you back but I do not want to give you an ear infection as well, we do not need a super grumpy Avaray. You will be running after monkeys and everything..
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Ok now you are threatening me..... No phone π‘π§ππ
That's like torturing me. I'll be good... π
My Ot was happy with me, she showed me how to massage the scars and I am allowed to remove my splint to clean my arm an massage but only a few times a day, so another 4 weeks... But at least i feel I can breathe and not stuck... Avaray. A lot less grumpy now,
Sorry you're not feeling well, ear infection is horrible, take your meds and get some good rest. Ava will read you a story this time while u go to sleep. Hugs... (No worries about getting sick, im tuff used to hugging sick kiddos. So I'll sort that infection out if it tries to come my way β‘β‘β‘β‘)
Rest up and get better Ames π
@Avaray OK I am not threatening you silly but you could have made your hand not get better. Even though it was ok I still think half an hour on the naughty step with no phone is acceptable. *Naughty Avaray* I am very happy that your hand is ok, do you have something like bio-oil? When I had the tummy tube thing removed for the last time, that helped reduce the scar even though my belly button still freaks me out more to be honest. It is good you can remove it for the massage and cleaning, now you will not be running after monkeys shouting bad language because you are too grumpy.
I am feeling better, silly ears. Mama wrapped me up and tries to carry me around even though I am too big now. I am really tempted lick your ear but then you might get the ear infection and then you would go back to being very grumpy. Can I pick a Nordic fairy tale please? I have to read them yet - https://fairytalez.com/region/nordic/ - Christmas is weird time lots of people I do not know visiting. Anywho it is 4am so bedtime, Spanish people are weird I know Even though it is actually quite cold here, not Canada cold. Ni ni
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Thanks for only half an hour.... I'll be a good girl and do my time out π i have heard of bio oil thanks for that, and have also found a cream that they use on babies and it's helped to take that tactile crazy feel away quite a bit... So i feel like i can breathe a bit better.
Your mom loves you, no matter how old you'll always be her baby, just a mom thing..and I'm glad you're getting abit better xx
I can read you thr fairytale.. But then you need to fall asleep young lady.... 4am indeed.... !! Ok here is some warm hot chocolate to make you hopefully sleepy and not give you a sugar rush π
Ok, drink up.... Snuggle down under your blanket, Now close your eyes..
Long time ago in the land of neverending happiness there were princesses, prince's, fairies, castles, knights but the most important and loved person in the whole kingdom was a beautiful princess called Amalie, she had a heart made of gold, this made her the kindest most compassionate soul who helped and loved any person, because that's who she was.....
Zzzzzz zzzzz
Ok you sleeping.... Avaray tippytoes slowly back through cyber space back to the 36 c and higher sunny land of the Lion, hyena,Giraffe, springbok, hippo and oh yes the monkey....π¬ avaray tippytoes even more quietly now that she thought about ...monkeysπ
Sleep tight Ames xx
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Lady Avaray of Anjou, former to the Family of Bourbon, must be well behaved in order for your hand to get better. I Queen Amalie of all the land, tyrant to those who disobey, will seek to the naughty step where ever mischief is to be found. I hope your battle scars against the monkey armies of the south have healed and will heal to completion soon. Ok I will stop talking like that now⦠Hope your hand feels better and less tactile crazy feeling (not sure what you mean by that but it does not sound nice). I am feeling better as well just still feeling a bit icky.
When I say mama, I mean mommys mommy, I do not really call her grandmama because it sounds weird but I make a gu sound before it. She can sometimes be REALLY over protective so mommy has to tell her to stop, it is not a bad thing but I am not going to argue because I will never win. It is just kind of pants still being the baby of the family. I have requested a niece or nephew, still waiting though. I am taking papa (mommys daddy) for walkies later so we might have hot chocolate since it is kind of cold here going to be about 14 degrees or so. Feel free to send me some of the warm heat over here.
Thank you for my bedtime story although I am not a princess, I am the Queen and can be a tyrant when grumpy. You have beaten down the monkey armies so you can rest now although I would like to see you ride a giraffe like a horse because it is funny in my head. Any who, it is 7am here and no one will be up for a while [Spanish way of life thing for the old oldies] although mommy will be up soon. I have some fruit to eat and then maybe invade mommys bed for some more sleep. Be good Lady Avaray of Anjou *hugs*
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Queen Amalie..... Hmmm dont like the sound of grumpy queens,,i will just have to sing her a magic lullaby and make her fall asleep anytime she starts to be grumpy.. π
We call my mom or dad's parents a few different names, it can be grandpa, granddad, or granny or grandma, my kids call my dad grandpa and my mom granny they call my husbands dad pops and nanna. I last had grand parents when I was quite young so i don't really remember a lot of things only somethings of what it's like to have someone like that. Your grandparents sound so lovely and caring people.
It was 30 c at 6:00pm this evening, i don't like the heat at all, that makes me grumpy ππ
I much prefer cool days or days with rain, my granny came over from England as a little girl so maybe part of me remembers that i have some British genes in there.
Any way Oh Queeny, let me bid you farewell for now, I'm just having a short laydown as i have been out most of the day and then i need to help make supper for the troops. The people ones not the furry ones that swing in trees.
Hugs my little friend xx
@Avaray I am sure that would sort out a grumpy queen and there are tricks to get me to sleep but I cannot tell you, strictly secret of course. It is sad, however, that you did not get to spend more time with your grandparents they tend to be special people. Although you must have some English genes, the melting point of an English person is 28 degrees so I might have to throw you into the sea at times to stop you from melting. Hopefully it has cooled down a bit though. I have to wait until August before everyone in my family comes together though but I am looking forward to it. On Friday evening we go back to Canada and I checked it is -7 at the moment. So I might freeze a little arghhhhh.. I hope your troops answer βYes Drill Sergeant, you have to keep them inline so they are reminded you are the boss *hugs*
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I could do with a dip in the sea....but as long as i don't get bitten by a shark π―π¬ i dont like things biting me...
- 7....hmmm ... Sounds freezing ββ, crazy extremes on the same planet.
Hope you travel safe, do you go back to school soon? Some schools here went back Wednesday and others next week Wednesday,
Hugs sweet Ames, you are a lovely soul kiddo xx
@Avaray It is a little spooky you talk about sharks, we the aquarium yesterday and I got this poster. https://www.aquariumbcn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aquariumbcn_POSTERtauronsmediterrani1.pdf l was thinking more of throw you into the sea but yeppers.. I have worn the oldies out completely and we are leaving today, of course I am ready unlike the mommy! Just got to not cry at the airport which means I will be crying at the airport.. I go back to school on Monday yay.. do you say that you were going back to school in February? Sorry if I got that mixed up. *hugs* you silly and remember only 348 days until Christmas.
@AmalieAnne
Are you already counting to Christmas ππ
Eish those sharks do look hetic, π¬π§π¦ maybe a dip in a swimming pool or one of those walk in cooldrink fridges to cool off might be a better optionπ
It's sounds like you have had a lovely break ... Ps it's ok to cry (well I think i read that somewhere, it's meant to be healthyπ) but seriously I'm sure saying goodbyes can be quite an emotional thing, but at least school will be a distraction from next week and keep you out of mischief...π
Me and school....hmmmmm i wanted to try write in Feb, but I'm glad i decided against it, i would never have made it, i battle to write at work so all the preparation and the exam and stress been busy at work and kiddy winkles etc, so my aim is to write in May which should work out a lot better.
33 c at 6:30 tonight, Avaray is melting...aaaahhhh
Travel safe kiddo
Hugs AmesπΉπΉπ
@Avaray I am not really counting down to Christmas, there is summer for us northern people before that so the summer holiday will be amazing. Us northers are like your southern people but grumpy at different times of the year. Everyone is coming on holiday and hopefully it will not be cold, so really looking forward to that. As for your studying, not sure why you say write I am not sure what that means but learning is one-part intelligence (which you have) and two parts stubbornness (ok determination). Mommy tells that to her students but not to me, so if that does not work try having a good shake and then trying again the next day. So, you will get there and May it will be cooler. We do not want you to melt, maybe we can get you a big freezer so at least you can sleep in it.
Sharks do bite/kill humans but everyday humans kill at least 1000 sharks, so even though I am really scared of them if we all remember it is their home then we do not need to be scared. Or at least learn to keep out of each others way. As for crying I think you might be right and maybe I cried at school a little. I am not normally in mischief though but maybe I need to work on that, if I am good all the time then people will get used to it and we do not want that. I maybe cried a little when mommy went to work but then I got frustrated at trying to understand Marxism. I will get there⦠I am stubborn. Any who, it is -7 degrees here feel free to share of the heat. Be good Avaray!!
@AmalieAnne
Please give me some of the cold how about you take 23 of ours and that will leave us at about 13 /14 and you at about 16 what you think about thatπ now just how to make that possible...π³π― ok... I'll have the freezer to sleep in..ββ
Your mom sounds like a very smart lady, most things in life need you to give that determination to push through to the end result... What does your mom teach people about?
I was impressed with myself splint and all, Kiddos go back to school tomorrow and i needed to sew hems in my sons sleeves and elastic in his shorts, I pinned the sleeves and threaded and used my sewing machine and did it!! π
13 more days.. My countdown to freedom... I hope π― i think i will sit and cry (which i don't like doing especially in front of people, but need to learn toπ) in the doctors office if they say i have to wear it longer. But i suppose they know what they are doing and Ava will behave π‘
Anyhow kiddo, I should start thinking of going to bed need to be up by 5 and on the road by 6:15... Avaray doesn't like mornings, well i dont mind mornings but then they should start at a reasonable time like 10am...just sayingπ
Hugs Ames, have a lovely day xx
@Avaray
I can send you some of the cold but that does mean you have to accept some bears as well. All we need is a very big and powerful fan⦠any ideas? Until then you can sleep in the freezer, just make sure you wear a hat and gloves in case your ears and fingers do not fall off. They are kind of important. Not many days before you can have a free hand, although it sounds like you are doing OK with one hand. In case you decide to become a pirate at least you have had some practice. Grahhhh.. naughtiness on the high seas. You get to wear a cool hat as well It is ok to cry just not in front of the other pirates but that is an extreme situation. Normally it is ok.
Mommy helps people get their doctorates in just psychology I think now, she does other things but mostly that. She does a bit of undergraduate in psychology and anthropology lecture things as well. I think that is why I like history so much. So, this afternoon when we go pick her up, I have to growl like a doggy so they leave my mommy alone. Normally it works and they go away because they think I might bite. I do not bite though but it helps they think I might. Any who, have a nice weekend and you can sleep until 7am and then one of your helpers will jump on your bed. It is kind of our job
@AmalieAnne
You're funny kiddo,
Yeah I get that it's part of kiddos "job descriptions" π just like being a wiggle pot so you end up with knees and legs knocking you.
Nope i cannot do the 1 arm pirate thing, even if I get to do mischief on the high sea.... Avaray has been good but as we say here... Eish!! She's reached her limit. Off with her splint, I decree that it shall be so... Oh please let it be so ππ
What would you like to do when you get older, is there something that you really feel you would like to do?
Your moms work sounds interesting, I guess having mom as a psychologist she knows a lot of your mischief before you think she does... Actually that sounds just like a mother not just a psychologist. π
Hey kiddo.... Thanks for keeping me company on the "high seas" it has made the journey a bit more manageable... Thank you xx
Ps: I'll like one of those walk in freezers please, with a recliner massaging chair, a slush puppy (not sure you get those in your country π, it will give you something to google if you don't... Ps a clue... It's not an animal π)
It was 39 c at 5:30 pm... π‘π¦π
Have a great day or good sleep, I just can never seem to get this time zone stuff right ππβπ i admit defeat so i just covered both bases π
@AmalieAnne
Ps... I don't mind bears... Better than monkeys.. Although they also bite... I may become a snack... Hmmm I'll have to think about that one π¨πββπ»ππ»ππ»πββ
@Avaray
I think you said your splint thing comes off on Friday or next Friday, well that is what I wrote down. So, you do not have to be a pirate for now, although you have to get the other hand fixed so *fingers crossed* you are well behaved for when that happens. Eish the Avaray needs a fixing. If you have been naughty then the splint stays on! As for what I want to grow up to be, I think me but bigger. I am not ready to leave mommy at all for some years but I would like to study at University College Dublin. Not sure what as yet but who knows. I never want to be defined as one thing, to me something I love doing is better than being defined as a profession or something like that. I would like to maybe work with disabled children or speech therapy just because I think I understand the frustration. I have a lot of time to think and maybe it will find me
It is collective job to annoy the oldies, jumping and whatnots. We have to keep you in line or you will get into all sort of troubles. As for mommy she promised that she would not know what I am thinking before I have thought it. She mostly keeps to that but sometimes she does it, sometimes it helps to be honest if I do not want to say something. I think you are right though that is just a mommy thing not a psychologist thing. I have organised a freezer for you but you have to work in an ice cream factory. I hope that is ok? I agree on your behalf and no you are not allowed to eat it. It is -4 and snowing here so you are more than welcome to come stay here for a while. If you eat/drink a slush puppy here you would freeze to death. As for the bears do not really come into the city, sometimes they do but then you there are people that come get them and put them back into the mountains. Just note that the time is -7 hours GMT so you will always be ahead. As in your bedtime is before mine Now bed oldie lady, I do not need your even more grumpy!
@AmalieAnne
Hey cheeky chop xx this oldie is a night owl but not a morning person so 8pm here faaar to early for me. And then i take a sleeping pill to switch my brain off otherwise I'll stay awake for so long π
AN ICE CREAM FACTORY!!! now you're talking kiddo. Chocolate is my favourite flavour, yippee ππ
Yesterday it was 40 c at about 4:30 pm π Is there some places in Canada that you don't become a popsicle?
Guess what I'm eating...π my kiddo just brought me a piece of chocolate cake they baked last night...yum. Could have sent you a piece but worried the troll and bears might devour it before it gets there... Sorry π
I see the orthopaedic surgeon and O.T. on Monday. I'm hoping it will come off. My kiddo knocked it the otherday that was very sore so I'm hoping it didn't do any damage. I'm looking forward to getting it off but also a bit worried cause it's very sore if the thumb moves. Oh well step by step, Ava is a tough cookie πͺπ
We are getting some rain tonight, an answer to prayer, i love the smell of rain when it starts to fall on the hot earth. I think rainy weather is my favourite. I got home on Monday and found a rock pigeon had somehow got into my lounge so i had to do a birdy rescue.finally caught it and released it out the window and it took off like a rocket happy to be free.
Any hoo Ames.. Have a lovely day π i know i probably got that wrong, but i know you'll give this old duck a break. Xx
Next time I'll tell you about a hen.. True story π
Where i live when you drive you have to watch out for cows, goats, dogs, people, birds because they walk or run across the road, well the cows don't run they just take a stroll like they don't actually care ππ and you have to watch out for potholes, so you have to be quite sharp when driving. Oh yes and don't forget the monkey's they sometimes also run across the road. And there are some places i drive past and they have game instead of cattle so i see zebra and some buck grazing in the fields. Ive also noticed the increase in llamas, kindof weird looking animals. I think zebras are cute like horses wearing striped pajamas π
@Avaray
Monday is the big day; will we have a grumpy Avaray or a non-grumpy version. I hope the accidental knocking it did not last that long. I am feeling confident that you have been well behaved enough for it to be better so you just need to do some exercises to teach your hand what to do. Just be good over the weekend, remember I have spies. Also, well done on saving the pigeon and if you can put some water out in case they need a drink in the hot weather. In any case outside you need to do your fancy pants rain dance every evening, it is proven to work when it is about to rain! Now I am just going to see Zebras as wearing pyjamas, naughty you. Where you live sounds almost as dangerous as Australia where over 1 million people die a day from snakes, sharks and other weird creatures.
@AmalieAnne
Hey... I'm going to have a meltdown!!!! (excuse the pun, that was a good one dont you agree π even for before 8 in the morning, i kind of need some points for that ) no chocolate flavour!!! Ava stamping her feet having a tantrum.
I think Avaray will hold the chicken story as randsom and demand that chocolate be allowed in the factory, π‘
There's a song about bananas in pjamas come walking down the stairs... just to give you an additional visual both zebras and bananas wearing pajamas π
-17..... Eish!!
@Avaray Well how did the OT/Doctors go? Or how grumpy is the Avaray? Hopefully your arm/hand/thumb is better so you do not have to wear the cast thing and no tantrums were necessary. Although I would like to see if you could do a tantrum correctly, it would be funny. Eish that lady has issues! hehe As for the chocolate flavour.. ummm... maybe they could start making chocolate frozen yogurt. Frozen yogurt is very unrated and is lovely.. darn it.. now I want some. It will be winter soon so think of that, I am not sure where you live but on the weather thing it looks like it is still hot unless you live on the east part where it is only 25'ish degrees. You can sort of live through that mostly. Bananas in Pjamas are walking down the stairs.. granny used to sing it to me although that is all I remember. *hugs your hopefully better enough hand* Molly and me have been for our walkies but it is only -7 degrees, Molly runs normally and I get dragged along so two coats, a hat and gloves while being forced to run normally keeps me warm enough for 20 minutes or so. Molly has a coat and doggy shoes but she does not like them. Any who, I am going to go annoy mommy maybe raspberry her tummy. Be good.
@AmalieAnne
Hey there
Ava is free.... Sort of, drs all happy so now i only wear it when i sleep or if i feel i need to, it was silly because i almost didn't want to take it off because i was scared it would be too sore, but it was ok now i do exercises quite a few time a day, so im on the mend.
I can go with the chocolate frozen yogurt..sounds delicious....
My brain is so tired so i don't have lots of words tonight, but a thought you should harness up a little sled and let your pooch pull you along, that sounds like fun. What type of dog do u have?
Hugs Ames... Avaray is just exhausted and my neck muscle is spasming again, normally a stress reaction i think π so next time I'll tell u about the hen and how brave i was on the weekend... A monkey story ππ
@Avaray
Hello, I am happy you are free but wear your cast if it helps not cause pain. If you are asleep you most likely got used to it and if you knock it accidentally it might hurt and wake you up so is maybe a good idea to wear it for bedtime. So rest and make sure it is completely better. It will get better soon and you made it to February (it is still January here) so well done. For that your reward is living in a ice cream factory and you can eat as much frozen yogurt as you like. I had the doctors today and I have almost put the weight back on from being ill over Christmas. We got (mommy and me) got strawberry frozen yogurt which was very tummy yummy. Get yourself better, so maybe have a bath with lots of bubbles it might relax you or give yourself a good shake, it kind of works for me. I borrow Molly who lives next door and she is a Charles Spaniel I think. She is white, brown and naughty all over. She is quite big though and she outsmarts me all the time which I do not like. I have given up trying to give her a bath because normally I end up having a bath but she is very kind and does not lick my face anymore. When we came back to Canada she was happy and did but that is ok. So I just borrow her and go for walkies if I am not too tired but normally I go over almost everyday to see her. Any who *hugs* feel better soon oldie.
@AmalieAnne
Hey there, thank you for the live in frozen yogurt factory, Ava is a happy girl π but i have a bit of a cold so feeling sick.
Why don't u ask mom if you can get your own dog, then it can sleep with you and watch tv etc with you all the time?
What dog would u get if u were allowed?
I'm glad you're getting better kiddo.
My boss bought me a new aircon to put in my new office so I'm feeling happy about that, got so much work to do though so will go and try catch up tomorrow.
Have you ever had a braai?
Have you eaten biltong?
Have you eaten lemon meringue?
Those are some of my favourite things
Some homework 4 u..... Have you heard of a rain spider?....
It's a friendly spider (i hope) that crawls down the wall to the bottomish when it's going to rain and goes back up when it's not. They are quite accurate a lot of the time, quite fascinating things. I don't know what it's real name is.
The hen... There is this henthat likes to hang out in the parking lot outside the one shop in our town. It was perched under one of the trolleys the one time, then it walks around the parking, not a care in the word, no one seems to bother her and she just does her thing. The otherday i saw her walking on the pavement which is across the road from the shop, it was like she was coming from wherever her home is back to do her shopping in the parking, it was just so funny, like fascinating funny not haha funny, she doesn't seem afraid of much.... Come to think of it i haven't seen her for awhile...hmmm maybe the owners fixed the place she was getting out...
Hugs Ames
Please come home again,
before you disappeared I neverβ¦
I hoped you would come home,
to be with me again.
I never thought one day,
things would simply end.
If I knew perhaps thingsβ¦
could be different but
then again.
Things could have been different
dreams though becauseβ¦
Now you have disappeared.
It feels like this will never end.
Having no hope again.
Because there is one thing,
that I need to say.
I love you until the end.
Please come home again,
Please let this not be the end.