Melbourne

Go into the office, come home with the sniffles.

Stupid dirty infected denizens.

I was supposed to go to a funeral today but when I got up this morning I just didn't have it in me to go. Mr P was going so I said he could represent our family. I seem to be reaching some kind of depressing events threshold. They were all going out drinking afterwards at one of the shittier local hotels 😬 definitely count me out, would rather stay home than deal with drunken people today. Especially people who had already started squabbling about money barely a day after she died. I felt a bit guilty though, especially seeing as I'd taken the day off work to go, so I had a go at repairing the dishwasher and succeeded! Am kind of enjoying having a day off that's not a public holiday.

i started to clean but i cannot locate the fucks so i'll just game or whatever

Look at it go!

Crumpets have been made, now to rest the rest of day watching telly.

Testing jerboa...

My kid: I think I'm gonna wear green to the sports carnival tomorrow.

Me: But that's not your house colour.

Her: I don't care. I look good in green.

Me: True.

Beef stew (with lots of wine) has been cooked and is currently in jars in the pressure canner. Seven serves, so one tonight and six for later.

Now to balance arriving in Prahran early enough to find a parking spot, but not so early I run over the parking space time

I made a dentist appointment.

Now run in circles and flibbertygibbert to un panic.

It's new washing machine day! My landlord has finally arranged a replacement. I hope it's a nice one!

Edit: in true landlord fashion it appears they've opted for the cheapest they could find. It's one of these: https://www.haier.com.au/laundry/washing-machines/combi-front-loader-washer-dryer-10kg-plus-5kg-hwd1050an1-62378.html

I found the corkscrew! I cunningly placed it on top of my box of wine. Where I had already looked, but obviously not very well as it was just pushed to the back a bit (under a shelf, so not very visible).

Having used the first bottle of wine in the beef stew I have opened another bottle to drink, and have been able to use the un-screwed cork that I had to push into the bottle as a seal for the newly opened one, which means I have been able to use the wine stopper in the bottle of soy sauce that for some reason had a non re-sealable bottle top and has been sitting with a bit of foil squished onto it as its lid.

some howling wind there

does anyone know where I put the corkscrew?

So have my internal job interview next week. I've put my expected salary as 10% greater than I currently have, but about 9 months ago they made the role that I'm going for no longer an automatic pay jump. I know they will say my pay will remain the same and I don't know how to respond to that. They are desperate for people right now, but so is the team id be leaving. I am definitely worth a raise but my company is cheap. The company also loves to bluff - like you ask for a raise, they will tell you no chance UNTIL you have another job offer and say you're leaving. It's a tricky one. Any thoughts?

On a cross-town trip to prahan. Love it when the trains all line up so well

it's gon' rain

Trying to get the mrs to understand that servicing a modern DPF diesel engine, plus tyres and brakes on a big SUV is gonna be bloody expensive (and given its "my" car cost ME), meanwhile I can replace her whole engine for 20 bucks and run the thing off the smell of an oily rag. Meanwhile the SUV has copped 10k km and shitbox hasn't hit 2k km.

I shouldnt call it a shitbox, its such a fun little car to drive I love that thing to death.

Rest day today, I really need to try to get some sleep

I like going to musicals but haven’t been for some time because the current offerings are so boring. It’s just the same shows being recycled. I feel like theatre has followed the same trend as pop movies, just reboots and reruns because they are safe. Original creativity is seen as too high risk. It’s a bit sad when the art has left the arts.

Went to Aldi and saw some of those extreme thermo boots.

I almost bit the bullet but I wasn’t quite sure if those boots were going to be comfy enough or too warm for me to wear as I normally wear work boots to work and they’re starting to go.

Still thinking if I should have gotten them or not.

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