Melbourne

Got the news - I got the job!
Funny thing was, they were trying to call me all week but they thought I wasn't answering until they got through and found that they were calling the wrong number - it had somehow been entered wrong, so just as well I sent my resume through to the original person! Just a few extra bits of paperwork and the induction next Thursday and then we'll see when I actually start (probably week after).

I NEED TO TELL SOMEONE

I got approval from work to travel home during Christmas / NYs and work remotely so i'm going homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee to family. Best part is it's a surprise so i'll land home and surprise mfer my parents! So excited wooohoo!

Also hope that my organs are safe cuz im going via Scoot. An other airline was charging $1000 more so fk that 🤞

Well the funeral for my grandma was today.

It was an emotional day. I’m glad my friend came with me today to lend me some emotional support.

The eulogies were really hard to get through, more so for the speakers.

It was open casket so I got to see her and say good bye to her one last time.

I’m ready for a rest after today.

A bit of a ramble here. So you know when kids are young and they get asked "what do you want to be when you grow up?" A doctor, a vet, a teacher. And your reply "well you can be anything you want to be".

Then they get a bit older and they still have those dreams so you have to let them down gently. A doctor maybe not. There's blood and guts involved and you're not really good with that kind of stuff are you? A vet. Well you've gotta shove your arm up a cow's rear end. I mean they give you a glove and all but still are you prepared for that? A teacher. Um yeah they get paid good but you gotta put up with arsehole children and their arsehole parents. Not enough pay for that.

Anyway after much consideration, my daughter would like to do something sciencey. That's cool. She has her heart set on uni. She's smart. Whatever makes her happy. My only question was "Does this mean you're not leaving home anytime soon because Mummy would like her sewing room back?" Her response "Have you seen the cost of houses lately? We are in a crisis. Nah it's probably best I stay here".

The thing is from the time she was little she has always wanted to do something sciencey. Sure shit changed along the way but she always had that as a goal and her mum and dad will support her no matter what. We are investing in her future so at least she can have one. I don't ever want her to leave home.

Shingles update, it's shingle....

Just got back from port melbourne beach.

Been a while since I've been but that water isn't too good. Swimming through a shitload of plastic and probably a thin layer of bunker oil.

Also poor form award to the wanker who was sinking tinnies and yelling at women that they looked hot. The beach should be a place where you can get your kit off and not have that shit happen.

The thread in the other place from someone thinking they were ripped off by their property manager is a trainwreck.

OP has now learned that monthly rent is not 4× the weekly rent.

And a bunch of commenters have learned that there aren't exactly 52 weeks in a year either.

Classic.

goddamn depression. I get triggered into negativity and feelings of rejection , some days it's like I'm on a wild seesaw of emotion,

I came here for tea towels

Omg guys I have gone to a 4/10 from a 1.5/10. Need to apply another coat of paint but we're getting there 😳

Link to photo: https://i.imgur.com/lv7iuLQ.jpg

mmm, unless you look really closely at the door - you can't see the little divot but hopefully it's gone with the second coat of paint. Else, do I wait for paint to dry and putty+sand again?

If one more person knocks on my door I'm gonna let them full have it. 3 people this week trying to sell me shit. this is my home. I dont harass you in yours so leave me the f alone.

Sometimes I fold the laundry as I take it off the line. Today is not that day.

Cheers everybody 🍺

🔥🔥🔥

It looks like I've got shingles (appt later to confirm since I'm developing the symptoms my specialist on Wednesday said to keep an eye out for)... What a pain in the fkn arse!

That's going to be an embarrassing email to my new section since it's contagious to those who've not had chickenpox.

Done my back. Don’t know how. Faaaark!

I didn't get any work done yesterday, but I did get started today - the trick was to tell myself I am good at what I do and people need me, and actually believe that for long enough to get the dopamine going. It probably helped that I caught up with someone from work yesterday. Stupid brain tricks, it's like working with a petulant child sometimes to just pay for a roof over my head

Good morning from sunny Inverloch

I don't wanna go to work ☹️

Let’s be safe out there today. Look up and live.

C'mon guys. We're nearly up to 300 comments. It hasn't been done in a while.

I appear to have discovered a new method for sprouting stubborn seeds: give up and order seeds of a different variety. Knowing there is competition on the way could just do the trick. It appears to have worked for my artichoke seeds, anyway.

forgot to press the cook rice button
icecream it is

Got a full day of meeting and i'm still expected to have a bunch of extra work done. One of the meetings later on is why I havnt done a certain aspect of work. I'm going to laugh and say "what would you like me to have dropped to get that done?"

I only have a 30 minute 11am meeting today so it'll be good to get out in the sun. I might pop over to IKEA and have a poke around. I haven't been for a couple of years and I need some new tea towels anyway so that's a good enough excuse. Get me some meatballs with loganberry sauce or whatever that weirdo berry is, and gravy.

Vodka is a great pain killer. Shall we play a round of dodgy art requests? Pet portraits welcome but you can also just makeup things. Beep mm boop.

Holy shit. My physical and mental state are just further deteriorating.

But I’ve got a vet appointment lined up for the hairy baby next week and have ordered two different types of new biscuits to see if she will eat those

Something stinks and I can't find it. Smells like something died.

I've already cleaned a few likely suspects but am just going to have to go down the list one by one

I think there might be a bit of a plague of those "pretty white butterflies". Coming back from IKEA and I was startled by how many of them I saw in huge clusters. Most looked like they were trying to get it on too, in pairs.

Look, I know Coldplay is a bit naff these days, but goddamn I love Parachutes... And also that Fix You song, especially when the guitar riff kicks in.