I got some good news! As of 4:55pm, I'm officially enrolled in my community services course! I begin on the 26th
Naturally I'm a little nervous, but I think I'll do much better in TAFE than high school. I tend to get along better with adults and older people (who I imagine will be the primary demographic) than people my own age. Although I am second guessing my decision to go for a 1 day a week course. After all, if it only takes 9 months to finish one day a week, it should only take 3 if if I did it 3 a week. Maybe that would put me in a better position next year.
But it's a start at least I suppose. I should probably prove to myself that I'm capable of doing 1 day a week (which I know I can, but also think I need to experience for myself to fully believe it) before trying to bite off more than I can chew
Cat adventures with Bill and Ted.
So early this morning Ted was upstairs meowing his head off. He wanted to get into the office. I called "Ted" at least ten times to get him to come down stairs. The meowing just louder.
Time for a plan. I used "confuse a cat".
I called out "Bill". There was complete silence in reply. I called "Bill" again and Ted came running down the stairs to tell me he wasn't Bill, he was Ted, and that Bill was sitting next to me.
Bogus. 🤭
Well I'd been going along fine without any symptoms until I felt like a bit of a Nanna nap in the afternoon and ended up crashed out for several hours. When I got up to cook dinner I started sweating profusely and felt a bit hot. With it came a hard feeling to describe, sort of oddly confused and flustered. Managed to make a curry and rice, and cooked some chicken drumsticks with corn on the cob for Miniest. Elder isn't feeling like eating much, but he ate a hotdog. Went to bed early and feel ok at the moment, but I'm not out of bed yet.
So, super karma good vibes, caught a cab from the airport and shared, and the mate paid my fare.
Such a nice feeling, can’t wait to pay it forward.
Got a case of the downers today. Feeling a bit isolated, the honeymoon period of being self employed is ending and I'm starting to feel like I did when I was WFH full time during lockdowns (which is not good). I'm making the effort to fill my social battery during the week in other ways, which helps but these kinds of down days from the isolation and lack of forced structure still pop up. I saw a photo my old workplace at some event together on LinkedIn and that's made me miss being employed (although I don't regret leaving that hellish place for one second). Just went for a walk and while it was freezing, I already feel better.
At TAFE early, for the coffee and the study 🙌🙌
I feel like really rich people should be philanthropists again. Fund shelters, schools, hospitals, libraries and animal pounds.
- floors vacuumed and mopped ☑️
- toilet and bathroom cleaned ☑️
- washing done ☑️
- windows washed and cleaned ☑️
On a side note I cannot believe how bad my neighbours let their windows and blinds get. I can see the dust caked on, including the inside. This is in part why I don't have Venetian blinds.
Heh… Melbcat used to be a friendly but highly independent cat and lived half wild before coming to me. Now she lives inside, sleeps in the bed and is a lovebug lap cat.
I’m spoiling her with how many treats I give. I need to wash the new treat tower puzzle, put some in and see if she can pull them out. I also added a discounted snuffle mat to the latest food order to see if she can find hidden treats. Try to add more enrichment to indoors. (Her bloods had improved but the kidney disease is showing up again, so I’m spoiling my elderly girl rotten.)
I am still fretting about the budget like always but have been trying to fix a bunch of niggling quality of life issues lately
I'm trying to get the will to get out of bed and get ready for bed. 🤪
Very interesting news at work.
You might remember a few weeks ago, I posted here about an acting "manager" in a department I work with a lot at work.
Well, today the "manager's" boss announced who's going to be permanently filling that role.
And it's an external candidate.
The "manager" is moving to a newly-created role leading the sales team.
The woman who currently leads the sales team is not happy about this. As in, visibly pissed off about basically being demoted so "manager" can have a job.
dat feel when your favourite eco supply store starts selling fucking alkaline water GOD DAMMIT
2 different dreams hearing 2 different original songs of styles I don't usually listen to.
Cool but weird.
I recommended to the boss on Tuesday that we should get an Apple Watch to test because our customers will likely have them and use them with our managed Apple devices, so we need to be able to see what managed data is available to them and test policies applicable to their use.
2 have been ordered and arrive tomorrow :D
New toyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. That's a MacBook Pro, iPad Air, iPhone and now Apple Watch. I'm collecting Apple products like Pokemans.
This is going to sound really dumb, but I am planning to call our Employee Assistant Program cos I really do need someone to talk too and I'm good and I want to do it, but then I think about calling and I don't know what to say when they answer the phone. How to initiate that initial 'Hello, welcome to blah blah, how can I help you?' kinda of greeting.
Warm enough to not need heating in the office? Whoa.
Just about broke my big toe earlier, in fact I might actually have broken it. I got up from my desk after doing my lunch notes and my foot got caught in the straps of my work back pack on the floor. Proceeded to trip and stopped myself falling by reflexively slamming my toe and foot into the ground absolute full force. Oh man did I want to yell, but I'd only just gotten the kids to sleep and I was right outside their door. It's really fucking sore, like proper really doesn't feel right sort of sore...I think I actually went into shock for a couple of minutes, couldn't stop shaking, got really really cold and felt like I was going to throw up. Currently icing and it's numb which is nice. When I move it I can feel a horrible icky pain in the toe, on the top of my foot and up my shin a bit.....I don't think that's good.
Guess I'll see how it is in the morning....
got errands to do and another load of stuff for the opshop 👍
have a good day guys
IG gives me the absolute *****.
The only notifications I want are direct msgs. That’s it.
I have turned off a bajillion settings and I am still getting notifications about things I do not care about.
In fact the amount of settings should be illegal. It’s like bamboozling someone with fine print they can’t read.
Bugger. Apple has decided to change the theatrical release of Wolfs (Clooney, Pitt) to a one week limited release and my cinema are no longer going to show it.
Was so keen to see it at the cinema.
stars peeping through the clouds 🌃
I never tire of seeing the stars
I did not want to get out of bed this morning. I think I’m a grouchy hibernating bear.
Weather’s warming up a bit so I’ll have to think about Summer clothes… clothes shopping is probably one of my least favourite things at the moment but I do need to do an overhaul.
I just bought some $20 eBay scrubs to have something lightweight and practical to clean in or wear around the house. Hope they fit and are comfortable. (I have nice linen pants and cotton shirt but don’t want to ruin them in casual wear. Think spilled coffee and snagging cat claws.)
I don’t like wearing yoga pants outside but maybe they’re a cooler option around the house.
Really stuffed myself for dinner tonight because I've been feeling interminably hungry these days. Just want to curl up like a cat and sleep in bliss now. Gonna be cutting my hours at work real soon and although the reduced income for a time isn't ideal, I'm really, really REALLY looking forward to more breathing space. I can feel my body relaxing more. Never wanted to do full time hours for long...
Watching The Third Man for like the 20th time.
The dissonance between the mood of the music, playful and happy, is at odds with the subject matter of the movie, which is black market medicine trade in post wwii Vienna.
Just like the dissonance between the cheerful character of Harry Lime and the evil he does.
gees I love movies, such art
Lol, apparently paradox have delayed the release of prison architect 2 (again). It was meant to release in March, but they decided they didn't want to do that anymore, so they pushed it back to September. Now they've decided they don't want to again, and are pushing it back indefinitely.
Tbh I think the game looks like shit, it's basically the original one but in 3D on a 2D screen. But it's concerning that they keep doing this. They pushed back life by you 3 times before eventually cancelling it.
Also this is the same company that owns cities skylines, charged like 100 bucks for cities skylines 2, which barely even works unless you're running it on a very high end computer, then released like 800 dollars worth of DLC for the first one. I've hated them for a long time.
Chill night, has charcoal chicken for dinner. Been years since I had it and just had a major craving. Partner was my saviour and got some on the way home 💜
Breach Wanderers time, I'll get to you, depth level 4 goddamn youuu
