New car day, yay!
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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Nellie quarterly update just landed 😺 She likes custard.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5n5KSJrU0SQ&mc_cid=354bafff42&mc_eid=c13fdc5f58
Ahhhh so cute! I have to remember to go visit the next time I'm in Perth!
Termite Custard is such a great enrichment idea!!!
I’m really sorry if my mood lately is affecting anyone else. I used to tough things out, macgyver my way around problems or distract myself with projects but life has been really difficult for a long time now and I am struggling severely.
If I seem really fractious, getting upset at what seems like small things, or oddly rough/blunt in my manner it is not at you.
-big hugs-
I wonder if constant strange weather is going to effect each of our psyche's and well as national mood.
it's known hot weather and windy weather effects us, what if strange weather was a constant
Going to try to get part of Big Assignment done today!! Shall report back.
Can't wait until this is all over and I can finally study my education course (that has no lectures yay)!
I want whatever drugs the BoM is on. Supposed to be 20C tonight? Going up to 23? In what universe...
Is the average teenage population really have a lack of respect?
Appointment booked for 7.30pm last night. Quick c++ basics lesson and homework help as a favour for my wife's classmate's kid. I never used c++ by trade so I spent some time getting familiar with it, and how to play Farkle.
7.30pm comes and the 17yo just bails and says they're having dinner, no apology. Wife and I were like, fuck it, dumped the appointment and went to sleep at 8pm.
Sent another message this morning reminding them to be there or cancel 4hr before, some notes and a reminder that they don't have enough time now, and don't chicken out. Straight up says they promise, no greetings.
Sent another message this morning reminding them to be there or cancel 4hr before, some notes and a reminder that they don’t have enough time now, and don’t chicken out. Straight up says they promise, no greetings.
Nope. Message 'em back and say "Sorry no longer able to assist you". If they ask why just be blunt "Mate, you were disrespectful as heck, I was helping you as a favor, if your gonna be rude then I dont have to do shit"
Lack of consequences is also part of it.
If they got charged for not cancelling in time they'll learn real fast.
They did go through a few years of covid that probably fucked them up in ways like this. You could let them know their tone seem unappreciative of being given a tutoring favour. Mind you, I'd've thought there was enough online about learning C++ in a self directed manner so maybe the kid just isn't interested. Don't measure all 17yo's by Baku's level of maturity.
The Void has discovered that he is actually athletic enough to get to the top of the fridge. The house parkour range has been noisily expanded.
Why do universities insist on group assignments?
To break you, keep you sleep deprived and lower your scores in other subjects.
It's absurd that you can work your ass off and have your mark lowered because of someone else.
Sadism
I'm doing an open day trial at a co-working space today as I seriously need to get out of the house at least one day during the week, full time WFH gets super monotonous and negatively affects my mood. As sad as this sounds, I was excited today to get dressed up and leave my house on a work day. The office I'm at is new and super nice, if a bit loud. It's nice to be around people during work time but nobody doing the trial (I think we're all sitting in the same area) is talking to one another? I'm not sure it's worth paying to use a co-working space where I just keep to myself, I can do that at home for free. I need to suss whether the place organises networking opportunities for members to mix, to make a membership worth it.
I totally get it. I come in to the office every day to help my mental health
just heard a long time raver friend passed away.
Her family went over to hers' on father's day to see why she wasn't picking up. She had a fall in the bathroom and hit her head. Apparently she'd been there for 2 days. She was only in her 30's. I really cannot imagine what that'd be like finding your daughter and sister that way.
I'm at a loss for words. edit and by that I mean shocked
Off for a drive in the country today. Fingers crossed I can still get petrol at under 190c this afternoon when I need to fill up. I do have a lock on 180c at 7/11, so if it has a massive jump I can at least get the 25c discount. These 40c+ jumps suck.
If the kids go down well enough tonight I think I'll go watch British Lion.
You have to respect Steve Harris' organisational skills to bring his side project along with his main band and play the Croxton one night, then Rod Laver the next. He's been playing stadiums for decades now, so there must be something humbling about playing such a comparatively smaller venue like the Croxton before the big show.
Vaccinations aren't on the PBS, getting hep a/b; and whooping cough+tetanus . $110ish.
EDIT: Are you male under 26 who plans to eat a few vaginas in your life? Consider getting the HPV-vax while you're eligible: +1 Vs. some oral cancers.
Sounds like a good investment. Would cost you more to treat either them.
BOOM
15L of ginger brew. Hesitant to call it beer because the readings make no sense. Fucked up the temperature both directions. Meh if nothing else it will be tasty water to base punch on for party in a few weeks.
The carpet cleaner has been cleaned, suppose I better clean the carpet eh, but just in the bad spots.
there is NO innuendo intended ...lol
Woke up in sweat from a bad dream. Now the wind is keeping awake. I think the bad dream is a manifestation of some catastrophising I’ve been been doing lately over an issue.
Same. I wonder if the wind itself is adding stress.
My dreams and sleep have been bad lately too.
Cat and general rambles
Antibiotics finishing soon… relieved. With the normal routine of mixing meds into wet food morning and night, adding 2x daily antibiotics could have been easy.
Unfortunately bumping the pain meds to 3x daily for the uti spaced the doses out awkwardly and Melbcat stopped accepting medicated food, so I’ve been having to catch and wrestle her 5 times a day.
I have an appointment tomorrow so will be too tired then, but I plan to declutter and sort the bathroom next. The shower stool was a good idea in theory but is actually more of a space hog and a trip hazard.
Note to self: Never drive from the Ring Rd to the Eastern Fwy via Bulleen Rd. Ever.
That was not a fun route, in the dark and riddled with roadworks. Plus my GPS seemed to think I was a truck over 10m long as it tried to send me on a very inappropriate detour.
Bulleen Rd has been fucked beyond recognition atm with all the NEL work. Kind of better to just go via Manningham Rd sometimes
I've been reading a book on Hoarding and watching some hoarding clean up videos and it's seriously making me think about my own tendencies to buy things and keep things.
I do ask myself now before buying if I actually need something , if what already have at home suffices and where would I keep it.
I also take into account if an item makes work. For example, husband wanted a coffee maker, I thought ok, a simple one that's easy to use and to clean and look after since I'm the one who does that. Not one that would take 20 minutes a day to upkeep. Nope,, he wanted one with all bells and whistles . I thought a simple drip coffee maker would suffice but husband wanted the "best". To me best includes how I am going to use it and how it fits into my life as a whole. I bought a press coffee maker which is a little fussy but not too bad.
I'm good at chucking stuff out or giving it away and have given up keeping stuff that needs repairs but takes too much effort. Overall I see it as I have had use out of an item and that is good, now I have no more use. I got my value from it. :)
I'm good with cleaning tho.
Fell back asleep after waking up early for the first time in a long time. Thankfully I'll only be like five or ten minutes late to work, coulda been a disaster
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September is the month to try wake up early and enjoy brighter mornings before daylight saving in October takes them away again
Daylight savings is a lie! Why do you lie? It makes the cows confused!!! - a random complainer to CSIROs customer service (source: my dad works for them 😂)
Up northside for my haircut after ages and ICE CREAM SOCIAL IS PERMANENTLY CLOSED??!?!?!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔 I see from insta it's for serious health reasons, totally understandable but... I miss being able to treat myself to a drop dead delicious slice of pie when I'm in this side of town. Their baked goods were truly sublime