Melbourne

will go to asian supermarket this evening for something high sodium and quick to cook in anticipation of the hot weekend

planning skills
risk mitigation

2nd harvest is in:

Those little ones take faar too long to pick. Dense little shrubs and trying to navigate to the middle with scissors is a PITA. Still don't really know what they are. Probably birdseye but they taste different to the shop ones.

And finally full sized habs (and hot af) unlike last year.

Edit.. ooh looks like they've changed the forecast... ouch.

Hope the organisers of moomba have thought about cooling stations / misting spots.

Managed to get a bronze with one of my entries in my first ever mead competition, pretty stoked!!

Today is le hard, and I am le tired

Morning all. One of my favourite people resigned at work and today is her last day 😢 Elder minipeeler has started therapy but is still not going to school 😕 Miniest has decided today she is joining him, and I didn't have the time or energy to argue about it 🤬😔 Old friend is in Australia for a week and is coming over for dinner tomorrow night 😃 Managed to get a load of washing done because I wasn't trying to get kids ready for school 😐

😢+😕+🤬+😔+😃+😐=?

Just saw the forecast. Talk about last gasp of summer!!!!

I just read that it has been ten years since that MH370 plane went missing. Honestly, the older I get, the more time blurs.

A 22 year old man has been arrested in connection to the disappearance of Samantha Murphy. No charges have been laid as yet.

Nellie’s first newsletter has arrived. There is a quiz.

https://perthzoo.wa.gov.au/conservation/saving-wildlife-products/adopt-an-animal/adoption-quiz/numbat-quiz

Help I'm addicted to NYT puzzles. I'm in bed for hours doing crosswords

Slight headache and drowsiness. But got a few loads of washing done, as well as the dishes. Overall a relatively productive day.

Pasta bake for dinner, which is just leftover pasta in a dish with cheese on top... Which was made from the roast pork and veggies mein liebe made. Not a single scrap wasted in this house.

Booked a last minute trip to Hobart as it didn’t feel like I was making the most of my leave unless I got away for a bit of it. Got here today and went to the summit of Mt Wellington. So so beautiful. The city is great too from what I’ve seen, feels like a country town in Victoria. MONA planned for tomorrow.

Hungry hungry Montague. Nom nom nom.

So how did I end my mundane work day?

By catching a trapped bird in the building and letting it fly out the window.

I think I’ve had enough excitement for one day.

💤

Also bring on the Footy!

Today for lunch is sandwich: Gypsy Ham, rare roast beef, jalapeño Monterey jack, hot English mustard, brioche bun.

10/10

I keep having nightmares 🥱 Must be overtired or getting too hot during the night. Definitely been letting myself get too dry

Melbcat is going so much better today.

My house is an absolute tip because I decluttered some areas but ran out of energy to keep tidying. I did collect a bunch of stuff that can go though. Might sort it into leftover Coles bags so I can just ask someone to drop them off at the op shop/food pantry

I didn't have any long weekend plans and now it looks like I'll have even less with the forecast

I think I might go for a short walk. Getting so stir crazy in here.

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Day 4 using "expired" milk. 💪

chatgpt what are skills what do i put on my cv i didnt know problem solving is a skill that is so abstract

making good scrambled eggs is a skill
getting a cat to purr is a skill

I'm copying a fine art youtuber and it's working. Bright primary colours are turning into muted subtle ones. I don't have a colour wheel and am not swatching but they look close. Mixing little dabs of paint with a toothpick in a paper bowl works too but is pretty awkward. (No palette knife.)

Ps. Melbcat got very excited when I opened the paint tubes. Sounds of plastic? A bowl. Something being opened. 'What are we eating?' To be fair to her I am drinking something from a cup that looks the same as the paint water cup so may actually commit the classic blunder

Behold a precariously positioned beach toasty.

Only one lady on the beach walking her doggo tonight which came up to say hello. But the toasty was long gone all it could do was smell its shadow and look disappointed (the doggo not the lady).

I'm guessing it'll be packed over the w/e but nothing compared to the other side of the bay.

I just realised it is a long weekend, I guess I will put off my Monday plans until Tuesday. I'm glad I'll be driving up the Hume tonight and not Friday, long weekend traffic and the swarms of jet skis can be a bit of a hassle.