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My friend is hosting a lunch at her house this weekend and everyone is bringing their children and partners. As the only childless person in the group, is it bad that I want to bail on this because...I don't want to hang out with kids this weekend?

In my car waiting to head in for this official event. Dilemma. I need to do a poop really badly, but I don’t think I’d ever get over the mortification of doing a poo in a diplomats house. I would, however, like the experience of pooing in a house that costs at least $15,000,000. The toilet alone probably costs more than my car.

The last couple of nights we've been having dinner early and having a light supper later on. It makes sense because the kid comes home from school hungry and by 6pm I'm starving. The man doesn't care when he eats. I normally do this on a Sunday but this is working so it might become regular.

My dinner

Image: One bowl of Thai red curry and coconut beef stew soup with vegetables, rice and a dollop of sambal oelek. It was delicious and warming.

It’s a hat trick for the bot!

Spent so much of the day exhausted, I decided just to use my seated ticket and I'm super happy with it, the view is great.

When you want to cover your bases. At least they put the correct way first.

I had to (well, chose to) wear heels into work today because I have an official thing to do straight after to do with diplomats so I need to look professional. As I was leaving the house I thought about packing flats or slides or slippers to wear under my desk or just around our floor, but couldn’t be bothered carrying something else into work.

And let me tell you that I’ve never regretted a decision so much in my life.

Yesterday, I discovered that the doctor supervising the nurses doing the vaccinations at the clinic near me is a bit of an anti-vaxxer who tried to talk me out of vaccinating my daughter for COVID-19 (never mind the ATAGI recommendation is that everyone over 5 years receive it, and lots of recent science shows a clear net benefit for children of all ages and comorbidities), and played down the benefits and played up the risks. And when I said we still wanted to do it, he said the nurse would call back when they confirm they still have the vaccine in stock - and then they said it was too late to do it that day and we had to reschedule for Thursday.

It makes me sad that doctors get in the way of parents vaccinating their kids with vaccines that a committee of more specialised doctors than them have recommended every Australian over 5 should get. I wonder how many other parents he has done this to, not all of whom may have been such a strong advocate for their child as to push past the anti-vaxx nonsense coming from someone who should know better.

I think im going to apply for a volunteer photographer position for a Vic dog rescue organisation. Will be great practice for the studio my partner and i are working towards opening and ill get to help the doggos find their people :)

I've decided to go at a semi normal time and ask for a ticket swap and if I don't get it, no big deal, I tried. Lol. Either way, I'll be seeing Lizzo a second time ❤️ if I can't give her the bag, then I'll keep it for myself and use it.

They should make the Commonwealth Games like they do Eurovision. The winner has to host.

But as no one wants to win, countries send the weirdest teams.

In the office today. I've caught up on all of my outstanding work and it doesn't look like I'll be starting any new work until after my holiday so this will be a masterclass in looking busy.

video is of a cat looking very busy mashing a laptop keyboard

I've decided to take a day off on Friday for some self care and to have a long weekend.

Part of it is because there's no public holidays till next term and maybe the weather has been making it harder for getting up but a long weekend sounds like a good idea for me this week.

Not sure what I'll do, with my tax return coming I thought I might treat myself to something.

Lmao someone just tried to tell me "mum" was incorrect spelling...

Reading through the yes and no case pamphlets for the referendum this year.

The no case is shorter, but, unlike the yes case, it includes web links for further reading. Seems like a bit of an oversight for the yes case committee... or some kind of strategic choice I'd be interested to hear the justification for.

I'm having a crack at making steamed eggs. Going to have them on microwaved rice I think. If they work, could be a nice easy weeknight dinner option. Following the instructions in approximately 1 zillion youtube videos.

Omg the cancellation of the Commonwealth games is getting more media coverage than the actual games would have.

Can I just say how lovely it is to have running water? I got up in the night to go to the toilet and the water was off. I had to find a bottle of water to wash my hands, after spending way too long with the tap on while my brain tried to compute the fact that no water was coming out. Can confirm that turn it off and turn it back on again does not work for plumbing.

Alright, apparently I can try and get a ticket upgrade/swap for Lizzo if I go to the box office, I wouldn't go crazy early to line up, so I would be risking not being able to be up the front. Haha. But I just really want to show her my T-shirt design and even give her the bag I got printed. Thoughts? Suggestions? Feelings?

I woke this morning to a leaking bathroom sink in my 5 year old house.

The stupid builders did not fit a drain (or waste) with an overflow so the water was pooling inside the sink cavity and causing corrosion.

I saw a replacement at The Warehouse for $30-something that did have an overflow but was crap. I kept driving to a professional plumbing supply and picked up a much better quality one for $40-something.

It was a good thing I had today off otherwise I would be brushing my teeth in someone else’s bathroom until Saturday.

I just posted something on Reddit that leads back to Lemmy to be viewed. What do you make of that experiment?

kid jumped across myki machine
all of the machines turn red
my destination isn’t a just walk out one
goes up to staff to tell them i can’t get in
staff: “do you know who did that?”
ma’am i ain’t no snitch!

Hello it is me, I did not die in my sleep
I clenched my jaw while fears did seep
Into my thoughts and out my pores
A fear response one can't ignore
She cries and screams, a constant shout
All the things I dare not talk about
I cannot keep going, I'm at an edge
A metaphorical one-way precipice
Memories bloom at the base of my head
Can't make friends like this
I'm a weirdo and a freak
Can't make amends like this
My future is quite bleak
Can't keep myself safe
Can't keep up with the race
Can't help but wonder if I'd be better off dead
So I'm going back to bed

Welp...I was gonna do some reading on my lunch break but a discord I'm in decided to implode. So I'm just reading up about the gossip.

Still confused, but I guess I'm reading... Just not what I planned to read.

So baby sleep can go wonky when they are developing new skills. My baby has been a bit off for a few days so I was like, awesome, maybe he’ll be crawling soon!

The new skill he’s actually developed? Biting! 🙃 And he thinks it’s really funny too. Especially when I say NO!

Lol accidentally posted this in the wrong daily thread, my phone loaded yesterdays.

Star date 18.07.2023 nutrition unit

spoiler

ALT TEXT: nutrition unit to include: grilled salmon, green bean and chips with the house hot sauce Diemens Stinger.

I've gotta get a new job. there's this big change coming at some point. But its been so poorly managed and its going to change my work almost entirely and there's basically 0 assurances beyond "Oh yeah, we will keep you doing what you are doing", but this whole change is going to strip away all my responsibilities. I mean like, it MIGHT be fine, but I don't think I will be waiting in the dark to see what happens. The uncertainty is a killer. Looks like we just lost our second "Head Of" today too, this one was replacing the one who resigned 6 months ago for unconvincing medical reasons. I'm thinking its GTFO time.

I was given extra food because I had to wait a long time for dinner and then I stupidly ate the extra food and it was too much food and now I am too full of food and extra stupid.

Just picked up takeaway of the delivery meal I've been getting off and on for months through Uber. Was half the price. Need to get off my ass more to go get pickup.

It must be the full moon, because everyone at work - myself included - was horribly out of sorts. I’m exhausted

how come there are so many replies on the discussion thread but barely any posts

I am SO bloody excited for this camping trip next month. I'm no closer to having decided what tent/swag Im going with, but I would sleep under a bloody tarp at this point if it meant getting out of this house. I just need a change of scenery.

Good morning to all