Finally made it to the laundromat, body aching and tired, having finished cleaning everything (EVERYTHING bar the fly screens/windows and insides of cupboards!) and bought groceries and inspected a rental and made dinner and washed all that up too. And god I hate mopping the floors but it does make the place feel nice when I do remember to do it. Just a shame I won't be here much longer. No more attachment.
Half a day of work tomorrow... and long-awaited therapy sesh after. I'm gonna sleep well tonight tho.
Well done! You're doing great!! 💜
The skin specialist rang to organise an appointment with me. Earliest they can do is end of next week. Ok. Then she tells me it'll cost $365 and I'll get $80 back via Medicare. She heard the thing in my voice when I agreed to the appointment and said if I wanted to cancel at any stage to just let them know by Tuesday. I just can't afford it and Elder's therapy as well. Feeling very conscious about the takeaway we had this evening, we shouldn't have had it, but I came home tonight and just didn't have it in me to cook. Mr P just laying about in bed most of the time with no energy and feeling guilty. That's what it's like after the heart procedure thing he had, my MIL reckons, as his dad was the same. Boss shuts the factory for 3 weeks over Xmas and New year, so that's 3 weeks with no dough. Time to get tougher with money.
Aw man I'm so sorry you're going through it right now, that's so awful. I hope things turn around, it sucks to struggle, I feel that. Sending you my love 💜
Thanks Spud
It is day 459. Seagoon remains lost at sea. Rescue crews have seen glimpses of her, but the plan to get her back to dry land safely hasn't been fully confirmed. Worshippers have been gathering along coastlines, along piers and bridges. They've taken up the chanting which appears to have started spontaneously among animals two nights ago...
GOOOOOONseeGOOOOOOONseeGOOOOON
She is doing everything she can to get back here.
Lodion and I have both emailed her directly. Not sure if its a first for him, but this is the first time I've emailed an Aussie.Zone user. She hasn't replied to me - I don't think Lodion has had a reply, either.
There is one last trick I have in my arsenal: to change her password myself and send it to her. Though that will leave me in a situation where I know a user's password and I'm not really comfortable with that direction. I'd prefer to get her password reset with our present approach.
GOOOOONseaGOOOOONseaGOOOOON
Maybe the Gooner is on hiatus and just wants to chill
GOOOOONseaGOOOOONseaGOOOOON
GOOOOOONseeGOOOOOOONseeGOOOOON
EDIT: has anyone spotted any sea monsters in that vicinity? I have a nasty feeling about this situation. It isn't just Euron that does the whole kraken bit.
🦑
GOOOOONseaGOOOOONseaGOOOOON
I think she’s been taken by a siren out at sea.
Lured away by an irresistible song out into the briny depths.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
Red light district gibson.
😂😂😂
That's good earnings, I should send Miss Meow out to work.
Although she'd probably blow it all on dry food and have to retire early due to extreme obesity.
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I'm loving your Goodnight from Gibson nightly posts. Goodnight you two!
Tonight is such a beautiful evening. Soft and warm, light breeze. I have opened up the house to let the air through.
Too hot for me alrdy. Air con is on. Need to buy a new fan tomorrow
Got through to Tenants Vic and got a better idea of what my rights were
The onus is on the LL to demonstrate that I'm in breach of S61 of the RTA (causing damage) and they cannot unreasonably restrict my quiet enjoyment of the property that I have exclusive use of. If it ends up at VCAT the timing of the claims and notice will be very much taken into consideration - namely that it followed a request to have the rent increase reviewed, and wasn't an issue beforehand.
Feeling a bit more relieved. Still gonna be ugly if they try to breach me anyway and we gotta do the whole thing, but at least I know I'm not doing the wrong thing here.
Sox was quite unwilling to leave, but once we coaxed her out from under a couch she was surprisingly compliant with getting into her carrier, thank god - it's taken two people upwards of 30 mins before (and many scratches). I think I've cleared out anything and everything cat related in the apt. Anything else I find can be hidden in the car.
Now, time to
dust,check for dust/stains on balcony,vacuum like madandmop the floorswhile it's still light out, then laundromat time. Gottacook dinnertoo. It's hoppin' John tonight, the beans are soaking away and there's a new brand of vegan snags at the shops that aren't too bad. Once dinner's done I'llclean the stove,have a shower,clean the shower glassand then I think I'm done. Ugh.Look. We've got a new pet
Ah some kind of skink 😍😍😍
Made caramel apples today and learned some things along the way.
Please don't think I'm weird, and your apples are surely lovely, but the first thing I noticed was your hands looking so beautiful and young! My 51 year old hands are lined and creased from hard manual work, dry skin in places, ruddy from years of hot water and wiping and scrubbing and washing, with brutally short nails for hygiene reasons. And I wear gloves at work, but not often at home.
I say send @[email protected] off to the salt mines to teach them a lesson. Hand envy is real.
Ooh looks good! I remember the red toffee apple things as a kid but haven't seen one in ages.
They are tasty ! but yeah some techniques were learned for next time.
Last time I had one of those red things they were using the toffee to cover up a bruised apple. Yucky.
For a better version try the Chocolate Apple Factory which uses both caramel, chocolate and other yummy additions.
I bet one of the lessons was to wear shoes with solid tops to prevent harm from splashes of hot sugar ... which can burn to the bone.
Wussed out of the swim but made it to the beach:
The erosion on the dunes is extreme. They need to prod it with a stick or TNT can get it over and done with.
- New glasses ✅
- NDIS admin ✅
- back pay rent ✅
- gym ✅
All tasks for today done despite agony. Dinner is cooking and will be up shortly. As soon as I’m done eating, I will be retreating to bed with a book
Constant articles from the Guardian about how the world is on the precipice of untold calamity is really not helping at this point.
What are the practical solutions?
I genuinely suffer from this grief all the time. I am not gonna claim I have anything solved but I can share a few things I do. Firstly I understand/believe we are past a few critical tipping points and there's a good chance of things getting real bad (especially for marginalised communities - wealth buys some protection for longer). I trust any path humanity has through (waves hands) all this boils down to connection - with nature, with community, with 'source' (whatever that means).
I am devoted to doing the little things that are in front of me to do. Caring for the people that I care for, caring for nature in little ways. I am fortunate that I have a career that's in an area I care about too. And I look at the stars, the ocean, the trees. I often say sorry to them. And I know they will go on after me. Taking that time helps me.
This quote I saw on twitter a loong time ago sums up how I get through and I often look at it
Don’t read the Guardian
The world has ALWAYS been on the brink of calamity. It's just that the calamity du jour affects different groups/people differently. Some are not affected much and therefore do not care as much, and for some it's the end of the world as we know it and a serious disaster. What's different about nowadays is that the group that's going to be negatively affected is much much larger, and includes folk that up till now haven't had to think about it much. I'm with @imoldgreeg on this.
Do what you can in your own life circumstances, and help others where you can without making your own life harder. Don't forget to thoroughly enjoy the good bits of your life too - that's just as important. Possibly even more important. Cos these refuel you for coping with the other shit.
The anarchists say to get to know your neighbours and start engaging in mutual aid to have each other’s back when things get rough, but quite honestly the people around here would probably be the biggest threat for me. Like… they already are.
And the mutual aid I’ve done in the past has not been mutual.
Idk what my plan is if everything gets worse. All I can do is cope a day at a time, stay on a news diet and look after myself the best I can.
Yup pretty much!
Based on the assignment I just finished writing you should worry less on the big complicated issues and focus smaller, more local issues you can directly impact. I will be focusing on reducing food waste, which through it's connection to all other problems in existance will eventually fix everything.
For details of how you will need to wait for my next assignment.
I try to cut back on the amount I drive and reduce small trips when I can.
Mmmmm, wheatbag
They're really not that tasty
They do smell nice too, more's the pity.
I've got old reliable on my shoulder
IVE HAD A LOT OF TIGER BEER AND SOME RANDOM WHITE WINE
100 words cut from my assignment. 200 more to go.
I really hate this bit.
Edit: WOOOO HOOOO !!!!!!!!
877 words! I am so awesome, that's three whole words under!
I'll do tomorrow's thread now.
Ok no worries. I got distracted and was a little late at getting to it.
No problems. Just had an internet outage too, so wasn't sure if this thread was created properly. Seems to be OK now though.
“Don’t send that document until I’ve reviewed it” followed a day later by “Why haven’t you sent that document?” “… because you told me not to.” “No, I was talking about something else!” “You might have mentioned that when I emailed you asking for the review.”
This place fucking sets me up to fail.
I got a "I didnt know I was set up in X system today, can you please send the link?" I just replied to the original message in the SAME THREAD just a few days earlier and @'ed their name. stuff sending it again.
It sounds like they have too much on their plates to know what the heck they're doing.
Oh, for sure. Way too much on the plate. And tried to shift some of it and they just ended up with more.
Things to do today.
- New glasses
- NDIS admin
- back pay rent (there’s a recent screw up I need to fix)
- gym
- Get Seagoon_ back online
- Work
- Call Christmas Holiday booking place
Things to do today
- Start on my assignment
- Find some urgent cleaning that I've been ignoring for months but definitely needs to be done now
- Get back to my assignment
- Extra long dog walk. It helps me think and is not at all an attempt to avoid writing my assignment. Really. Honest!
- Get back to assignment. Reinforce with extra coffee
- 73 additional toilet breaks caused by additional coffee
- Make dinner. Plus desert. Sugar is good for the brain, right?
- Get back to assignment. More coffee. Doesn't need to be submitted until midnight and I can stay up late.
- Half arse finishing the assignment. Contemplate whether 5% late penalty will be offset sufficiently by benefits of another day to edit.
- Submit assignment
- Sleep
Few days off so:
- head down the bellarine
- Weed / dig over chilli patch
- Find seaweed at the beach
- Swim
- Add seaweed to chilli patch
- Plant chillies out
Noice!
My day
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Dr appointment for blood test results
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Prepare some documents for approvals at work (kind of a lengthy process)
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Performance review/update for one co-worker
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Submit 3 job applications. Saw some interesting roles, so why not
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Stretching
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Evening walk
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My day today.
- Try and wake up from trying to fix my internal flock
- Survive the day at work covering for someone who went home sick
- Visit to the chemist
- Supermarket
Edit: +proof reading document and trying to figure out how hand it back without going out of my way.
lamb shanks were mid. Veggies were nice but the mirepoix based sauce was TERRIBLE. And the lamb was dry so must've been too small for the time I cooked it.. Ah well. trying my slow cooker mushroom beef thing that you were all sketch on last time. Will see how we go.
Also brought kiddo a decent sized ball, huge hit. He loves it. Forcing him to walk more too so that can only be a good thing. He can absolutely walk, he just decides it aint worth it a lot.
Forcing him to walk more
See it as training for when you chuck him on the lawn mower in a few years and you're kicking back with a beer in hand saying 'you missed a bit buddy".
Let's unpack this. Did you put water or stock in there with the shanks? Did you fry the veg first? Did you fry the shanks off?
Ps. I was not sketchy. I was the one saying go for it.
Followed this almost to the letter. https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooked-lamb-shanks-in-red-wine-sauce/ But in order of questions asked Stock, Yes and yes. And I know you werent. Everyone else was.
Bleh.
Why do I always let me coffee go cold before I drink it?
Gym ✅
Pulled muscle in my back five minutes before gym 🚫
Survived workout anyway. Medicinal honeycomb Nippy’s acquired 🙃
I don’t know what the fuck I did to my back, but it’s dreadful
Ouch. Got some anti-inflams and a heat pack?
Too early to put up Christmas lights?
ahhh fuck just busted my lovely massive 3l canteen . Trying to find a replacement is a fucking nightmare, has the world just abandoned water storage??
The beast in question. Try and find one. I dare you.
new distiller came todaaaay! It's actually FOR water, not ahem like my other one, so a 10 hour job for 4l is now 3. Plus its sexy red. Yes I am stupid adult excited about appliances, deal with it
Operation Cleanup is progressing decently. The real rush is gonna be after sox leaves around 2ish. Time to start consolidating every single cat item though so that none of it is in the house during the inspection, not even in the cupboards or rubbish. I've decided I won't be at home for the inspection as (a) I have a viewing to go to an hour after they arrive, and (b) it will be emotionally draining to hold back my resentment/negativity. Best that all communication is in text.
Poor poor sox. She's been glued to me all day and been so cute and snuggly. She has no idea that in a couple of hours she's going to be forcibly bundled up and whisked back home where she won't get to jump on the bed or get fussed over like a child. C'est la vie my little furry friend.
Meanwhile, finally got onto the magical hold music on the Tenants Vic hotline after 11 tries. Gonna just double check what my rights are regarding the demand to remove all my plants (which I have yet to receive evidence for claims that it's damaging property/upsetting neighbours, so I haven't moved anything. I'm not going to be bullied. And I sure as hell won't be breached over it). Got another rental viewing in five, chances are I'll have viewed it and still not gotten through on the hotline...
The plants thing is ridiculous. Hope you get an answer about that.
New glasses ✅
I'm jealous. Waiting for mine to arrive ⏳
Spent the nice weather this morning around Canterbury, imagining what it would take to live there these days. I like the leafy streets and packed in shopping precincts of those areas
I was in Canterbury before to give something to my dad who is working there. The houses are massive. It's crazy.
You can tell the place is from a different time. The houses are so big, the streets so narrow, and there's no parking
I'm trying to pick a Jeff Buckley song to learn. They are really hard because his voice is absolutely amazing.
So far narrowed it down to: Mojo pin Forget her Lilac wine
I really hope I can get at least one down before next open mic.
He has got an amazing voice. How about something like
Never heard it before, will suss it out!
As much as I love Lilac Wine, how can you go past The Last Goodbye?
Lilac Wine please, pretty please.
Seconded
Good morning - for a Monday. Nuff said.
Took a very rare long weekend to hang out with visiting family today and even though they do my head in sometimes it was just lovely to have a day in the sun not having to solve anyone's problems 😎
“Bring me the toes of a parking inspector”
KRWWWWWW
WAAAAAAAAA
BZZZZZZZZZZ🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟
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I'm up I'm up!
Been trying to track down info about this because it really rather threw me - in the Northcote area yesterday, there was a whole bunch of laminated signs on posts up and down All Nations. I glanced at one and it looked like antivaxx propaganda, but no one else online has mentioned it. Anyone know what that was?
During covid there was a bunch of anti-vaxxers active in that area - including a lot of hairdressers for whatever reason. Might be that mob has gotten active again. Don't know though.
said hi to orion
saw a bat flying towards dawn
Sneaky weekday brunch at a fav café that I haven’t been to in months.
This weather is just delicious.
Dog got the runs on our walk. Poor thing.
He was very happy to be cleaned in the shower. Luckily my sister was home today.
It's crazy how nice it is today. And tomorrow will be 31c!!!
Fuck yeah!
a lion from the zoo, to help with the Monday blues
:::he deserves all of the scritches and belly rubs
A majestic mane
For the Monday pain.
They really are just big cats
Rawr 🦁
Some days I have a pep in my step, today there is no pep. Feel like I’m just dragging myself around to do the things I need to do and no motivation for work.
This mood calls for happy songs playlist and a nice walk in the sun.
😴😴😴🥱😫
All goals listed earlier have been accomplished.
What do now?
The little stuff that's been accumulating until 'when I have more time'. Your underlings will hate your guts but that is what they are for. Their hatred is your validation.
Cheeky work day wank?
Best done at home though. Bit gross in the office.
It was considered but family is home now and I need to be stealthy
I've still got a few things left on mine. Maybe you could do a couple of them?
- Start on my assignment ✅️
- Find some urgent cleaning that I've been ignoring for months but definitely needs to be done now✅️ (well, I did some washing I didn't really need to do)
- Get back to my assignment✅️
- Extra long dog walk. It helps me think and is not at all an attempt to avoid writing my assignment. Really. Honest!✅️
- Get back to assignment. Reinforce with extra coffee✅️
- 73 additional toilet breaks caused by additional coffee ✅️
- Make dinner. Plus desert. Sugar is good for the brain, right?✅️
Get back to assignment. More coffee. Doesn't need to be submitted until midnight and I can stay up late.
Half arse finishing the assignment. Contemplate whether 5% late penalty will be offset sufficiently by benefits of another day to edit.- Submit assignment✅️
- Sleep
Watch the peregrines on YouTube.
Kind of boring....
Cake
Was advised by GP to reduce sugar and carb intake......so perhaps not
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋I'll have one platter of everything fried, and another platter with everything containing excessive amounts of sugar please. Plus a large pitcher of strong coffee.
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🧇🍞🥖🥯🥐🥞🍜🍙🍚🥮🍨🍦🥧🧁🍰🍧🍡🍭🍬🍫🍪🍯🧃🍺🍻🍹🧉
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Kaju katli please
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My inlaws live within viewing distance of middle Brighton station. I look forward to the well reasoned complaints coming up.
tell them to shut the f up, its ~650k to buy something in pakey these days. over 700k to buy in Drouin. Shit is INSANE.
Oh they know the reality and they'll actually get over it much faster than the usual karen, but FIL in particular looooves a bitch.
Bubs might have another uti… she’s a bit antsy, I’m sorting a vet appointment and letting her beat the crap out of her toy mouse.
Sending you both my love and good vibes to both feel better soon!
Thanks, hoping she’s okay
