curse of money...

I know the feeling too well...I'm far from 'cashed up' (very worried about my next life phase money-wise), BUT I gave all I had to 2 partners. Both gambled. One couldn't work because of cancer. I gave the latter all I had PLUS stole from my accounts+sucked me dry. Just moving on.

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 3, 2022

Stayed with cancer-ridden partner right to the end. His children cut him off...Suspected a great deal, but he denied wrongdoing...He was dying alone, so I stayed. My conscious couldn't leave him alone. Found many lies of who he really was when I met his children at his funeral...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 4, 2022

I feel that there's no point in continuing to drown in my 'heartache' stories...Solves nothing...I refuse to be bitter+take my pain out on others...Even struggling to accept (without guilt) my daughter's temporary assistance...
I guess I'm proud+used to fighting my own battles...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) April 4, 2022

motorbike musing...

I may not own a motorbike, (my son does), but I have been a fanatic taking photos of motorbikes for years...Till the last couple of years, I used to go to parades, festivals, bike gatherings just for the photos...always looking for that unique bike...

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 16, 2022

Inspired by Jade Stone's@Schwarzwald09 post of an orange motorbike...

Here is one I spied in a Dromana street in March 2010...
I have only ever seen this type of bike once...on that day... pic.twitter.com/YngxuXrDAd

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 16, 2022

Darwin calling...

Wow...Sounds like some exciting times ahead for you...Enjoy 😃

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) March 6, 2022

Wordle 251...

Grrrr....
Yes...It's back to 4 attempts...
And that was final desperation...

Wordle 251 4/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 24, 2022

Awwwww...Not really...Mine is usually a very slimly better result, if at all...There is a large dose of sheer luck involved esp when the final letter required could be 1/5 possibilities...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 25, 2022

Still can't face doing this one. You are very brave...😀

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 25, 2022

cannibals?...

I could not reply straight away...Just took a mouthful of porridge when I read this...Finished breakfast first then came back...Still feel quite ill...That is simply gross...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 23, 2022

dreaming of a quiet place...

I would give anything to stay awhile in a place like this - away from my stream of removal boxes...But the time will come, and I am sure I will enjoy it, even more, when all the technicalities of getting there are done...
Just a little longer to wait...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 22, 2022

Wordle 248...

Hooray!...
Lady Luck loves me today...
(Not a 4 attempt in sight)
Wordle 248 3/6

⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 21, 2022

We were both on track today...It's a good day...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 21, 2022

youth and scars...

Juggling shit this week, so need a holiday, counting days til I can get up into the hot sunshine into crocodile country..
Besides delivering steel today I have to find time to buy new shorts and getting all my botox and filler done this week.

— Jade Stone (@Schwarzwald09) February 20, 2022

My youth has long fled on the outside...Tragedies leave scars... But the scars are only on the surface... There's lots of youthful bite+grunt underneath...I'm preserving that... Packing multiple boxes for moving sustains that attitude...Wish my bank account looked more healthy...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 20, 2022

Love the balance... Preserving all that you are...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 20, 2022

Wordle 246...

You guessed it... 4 attempts again...
I think I am stuck there...

Wordle 246 4/6

🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜
⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 19, 2022

Just for fun, I tried the Wordle archive...
And guess what...
Did I mention that I am stuck on 4 attempts?
Grrrrrr....

I just played Wordle Archive! (4/6)
https://t.co/d5zYme7K9V

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 19, 2022

I took just one glance at Quordle, swallowed hard and murmured 'pass'...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 19, 2022

Be brave...I'll just watch thanks...😉😉

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 19, 2022

cool summer morning...

Just now risen to 17°C, but cooler earlier on my Mornington Peninsula...Weird how this temperature feels cold in summer...
Some cloud determined to blur the day too...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 14, 2022

self-care day...

PASSING THOUGHT: Think I need some self-care today...32°C on my Mornington Peninsula forecast...Still aching from yesterday's packing 4 boxes+cleaning+lugging Salvos stuff to car...So, morning Salvos drop+'non-working' blood pressure monitor to doctor's drop then home to read...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 13, 2022

I weakened (inspired?) after the Salvos + doc visit this morning + packed another box. Poor doc had all his computers down but he managed to get my blood pressure monitor working...That was good...No more packing though. I feel the heat rising. Please stay cool and safe today.

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 14, 2022

morning packing splurge...

PASSING THOUGHT: My morning packing splurge has achieved 3 boxes...That's successful?...
The more I do, the more I realise what I need to do...
For now, it's break time...
Packing is so much more than packing - cleaning+loading the car for Salvos+trying to think what's next🤔...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 13, 2022

the Tarot message...

O thank you...thank you...I need all the encouragement I can gather...Big changes in my life with retirement close + interstate move...Hopefully this major upheaval means I am 'on the right track' at last...Thank you again...🙏🙏🙏

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 4, 2022

Don't let small things drag you down, it's all a curve for the big picture.

— Jade Stone (@Schwarzwald09) February 4, 2022