Melbourne

Please enjoy waking up to a photo of a bear having a bath

uuuuhhhhhhhggggggrrrrrrhhhghgghhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuggghhhh

bleh

$750 gas bill..... Jesus Christ man....

New guitar day!!!

I'm wasted on this audience (my parents). The TV just had some ad where a woman had all of her toes amputated due to diabetes, showed her nub foot. She said "you never think it'll happen to you, but until you put your foot into someone else's shoes..." and I said "Ha! Was that a pun?? That was toe-tally a pun.." and dad was like "yeah".

I crave appreciation for my comedy and I'm not getting it from these supposed "loved ones".

Righto peeps, you've all heard of buses replacing trains, but what about... taxis replacing buses?

Got higher duties at work (yay extra cash).

Tasked with performance managing someone (book extra work).

Good news is that we have a new manager and they've been leaning on me to guide them through what we do and asking for my advice quite a bit. We get on well and think along the same lines.

Bad news is that higher duties kind of require me to be in the office 3 days a week.

Approx 6mg of gummy, a good episode of Star Trek TNG, off to a traditional no-name diner next door for a hot meatloaf & gravy sandwich and a tall cold country style lemonade.. now I've plonked myself on a layback lawn chair in my hotels courtyard where the wifi is fast and plentiful. Not a bad way to spend a summer evening in Deadwood, SD.

Update: I have relocated myself away from the flagpole because a thunderstorm has rolled in. Enjoy 79 seconds of Deadwood Summer Storm with me as I sit here: https://youtu.be/-OHD2UdU40c

This DT is losing to r/melbourne DT today, quick start shitposting

White lighting is toxic and abusive and it should be outlawed.

Ugh, just remembered due to schedule changes the person I am relieving tonight is someone who I dislike immensely, think I'll forgo my strict punctuality and relieve them last minute. I hate to be rude, but with a week like the one I've had so far I couldn't bare having to listen to her crap for more than a minute.

I thought I had sold one of my Marketplace items, but I think it's just a better quality scammer than the last one. ☹️

Made a impromptu Japanese curry with what I had, which was onion, capsicum, zucchini, beef mince and a tin of diced tomato. Added chilli, ginger and garlic and curry roux cubes. First time using mince to make Japanese curry and it worked well!

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Finally going home, I'm just happy to get away from the tradies. So bloody loud! I don't think anyone else was in the office complex except for me and my boss lmfao

Am sick, miserable and depressed. Anyone got any cute pet pics or funny jokes? Funny stories?

The same cat who turns up her nose at her wet food if the chunks are too large is now scoffing the tails off the prawns from the sorta-paella. facepalm

I am death warmed up, but I wanted to remain cold;
They say death becomes you, and so does getting old.
The pains of life seem to have increased threefold,
But they're worth it as long as you stay bold.
No, not all that glitters is really gold,
Sometimes it's pyrite you get given to hold.
But it's still worth it, even if we get old.

I finally had my hot water system replaced. It’s so nice to have hot water again though I’m going to have to get used to this system.

It doesn’t seem as hot as what the last one was as it doesn’t take as much cold water to cook the water down for a wash. Maybe I can adjust the temperature on the unit itself but I’ll leave that for tomorrow since it’s dark already but….

Oh my god is it so nice to have it on demand again!

Also dinner will be organised soon and photos will come.

Lovely day outside. I've just been outside tidying up my outdoor setting to list for sale, and the fact that I've come back inside instead of sitting out on the neatly set up lounge in the sunshine is a good indication that selling it is a good idea! So, if anyone is looking for a second hand outdoor lounge setting, bargains to be had on Marketplace now! Meanwhile, I'm off to find more things to get rid of.

Here is my dinner for tonight.

Tub of creamy tomato pasta salad with Parma and chorizo and a side serving of discount potato salad.

Nothing fancy, deeply discounted and wanted to be a little bit adventurous as I’ve never tried the creamy tomato pasta salad before.

photo of pasta and potato salad

My contributing shitpost for today is that I had kippers and bread and butter for dinner. Now I'm enjoying a cup of tea.

Awesome snack of the day post

No exercises for me today. Why? I have a cold, finally I've succumbed to the thing which has gone through the whole family. Easily done when your partner coughs wetly all over you! In the kitchen, no less. It was as disgusting as it sounds. Also my MIL has apparently had the same thing and keeps coming in to our place while I'm at work, coughing and touching things and dropping in cheap NQR junk food for the children (because that's what sick kids need🙄) spreading more germs around. Didn't learn anything from the pandemic did we. Fuck them both. No, I'm just the only breadwinner, supporting 5 people with my wage and paying the bills for the entire house, her part and ours. People are stupid.

Luckily I have an awesome hoodie (thankyou dear friend 💜) to wear in bed whilst running like a tap. I'm not good at being a sick person, I haven't been sick since 2017 when I had glandular fever. Please forgive me being a grumpy bum. I just get crotchety when preventable things aren't prevented.

I was only supposed to be out in the field from 8-11 but I ended up being out from 8-2 because the weather was SO good and I really liked the job we're on (and I won't have the chance to help out any more as I'll be based south side from tonight). WHAT a mood booster!

I have still got a lot to do but it doesn't feel anxiety inducing at all - kind of looking forward to smashing out some work this evening knowing it'll be the last I see of these projects - and I still have plenty of energy to get through it after a short break waiting for the traffic to die down.

Meds, huh. Who knew getting the right one could actually make a difference

Busy day today, my desk looks like a disaster. I could almost make a fort or a wall with all these books on my desk.

Well at least the sun is shining today, good to see it out.

Super busy day today, I hope I can find some rest or break time somewhere.

Also as a continuation to my dinner plans, I'll eat that pasta salad thing I bought and microwave it to melt the cheese ontop with the chorizo layered under it.

This latest loaf of chili cheese bread is delicious

These tradies are doing my bloody head in.

They're right above where I work and the drilling and cutting is just actually painful. I can't wait till this is over!

Edit: I had a phone call meeting, unlucky, but lucky in that he needed to reschedule so whoo! Still can't wait for the heater to be fixed, it wasn't so bad yesterday.