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  • Have made a gingerbread dough and it's chilling in the fridge. Miniest made me do it 🫡 I'm sure she likes to eat the dough as much as the finished gingerbread, it smells like Christmas. I just realised I don't have a gingerbread emoji, so 🫚🍞

  • Not so bad outside as it's overcast rather than skin-peelingly burning hot. Wait for blood test took an hour but at least it was air conditioned inside so I caught up on my crosswords. Grabbed some Argentinean empanadas for lunch on a whim (yum!!!), and a late coffee... Apt has stayed pretty nice and cool so far. I've been running the extractor fan in the bathroom which I think is kinda sorta helping to suck cool air in from the lounge via the bedroom?

    Cringing a bit at how much drying I'll need to do at the laundromat. I've put the towels to air dry a bit in the bathroom until I'm ready to go so there's less paid drying involved. So dumb to have to use a dryer on a day like today. I won't be here long enough to warrant buying a dryer for the unit, either... once I've opened up more space here I'll look into some strategic clothes horse positions for drying work clothes and the like.

    I will say there is something about living within walking distance to SO much stuff and activity (but not having to hear most of it at home). It's like being on holiday in a downtown airbnb.

  • Not hungry this morning. Have made a large jug of peppermint tea which is currently cooling on the countertop prior to being put in fridge. Some essential shopping only this morning, then I'm going to sleep the day away. Punctuated by peppermint tea over ice. Cool change is due fairly late tonight so not looking forward to this afternoon.

    • Not hungry here either. Just going to get a blood test done, pop over to IKEA, then hunker down and snooze for the rest of the day aside from doing loads of laundry then taking them to the laundromat dryer (unbelievable in this heat - but no outdoor drying areas here). Maybe assemble my bed frame. I need a day of solid rest, today's probably the best day for it.

    • I'm looking forward to the rains lol I hope it turns into a storm because a summer storm would be lovely

  • Great. That’s all I need.

    I think the split system using AC is leaking into the roof and wet spots and stuff have appeared.

    Only noticed it today.

    No proof that it the AC but I can’t think of any recent rain that could have caused it.

    Dammit :(

    • From experience get on top of that asap. trust me.

      • Just trying not to stress about it but I guess I am and it’s coming out in really bad ways right now

      • I’ll have to.

        It’s appeared in strange spots but I’m not sure how the piping was down and is actually causing the wet spots

  • dinner has been cooked and eat. I had a shake and one thai small chicken skewer with onion and capsicum, no sauce on it.

    There is also pineapple fried rice.

    num, skewers

    I rilly want to eat some more

    • I'm incredibly impressed with your mental fortitude if you resisted. But if you didn't, I completely understand. Especially with the pineapple. Oh boy.

  • Out and about. Took some serious self-convincing. Overcast, but still feels like burning face off weather.

    So many of my favourite chicken sandwiches available I have no appetite for it. Also, weirdo I am I still have hot coffee in this weather… Somehow I have received an iced one. I must look like I need it.

  • Market shop complete. I have procured

    • a nice piece of ocean perch for dinner tonight
    • beef for stir fry
    • bagels
    • milk
    • 2x pistachio cookies the size of my face
    • potatoes
    • carrots
    • mushrooms
    • baby spinach
    • cherry tomatoes
    • cucumber
    • capsicum in assorted colours
    • baby corn
    • yellow nectarines
    • green grapes (straight to fridge, yaaaaas)
    • blueberries
    • cherries
    • toy for Chook, as he is a spoiled baby

    • You've got me craving ocean perch as well tonight! Nice bit of grilled fish with spinach, potat and an orange dressing...

  • Lost another Wicket.

    This could be over by tomorrow afternoon.

    Also we’re not even halfway to India’s score.

  • Far too hot.

    There is also about a 50% chance that the air conditioning at work will end up being too cold at some point today, so I have brought in my cardigan.

    • I've got the opposite problem of working in a large non air-conditioned factory kitchen. It gets stinkingly oppressive "I can't do this anymore" hot. Both extremes of temperature suck. My sinuses play up with too-cold aircon. But I'm thinking of bringing in one of those misting fan cooler things that you put iced water in the top of. I'll wear it lol.

  • To make up for not feeling hungry this morning I now have a horrific craving for greasy sausages. I wonder if the Coles nearby has the brand of vegan snags I like. But after this morning's jaunt and then the boiling hot laundromat journey I'm not going out again. Ikea and the lot can be left to tomorrow.

    ...although, despite my recent extravagance^, I think I'll go for that pizza dinner. They do a mock beef Mexican, i have to try it.

    Gonna have to work extra hard over the next few weeks to make up for some of this.

    ^ (and also eyeing off a $750 phone to buy on sale to replace my device bricked by the 3g shut down)

    • I used to love these but my local stupormarkets don't stock them anymore 🙁 They had a black bean and beetroot flavour I liked too.

      • I loved those, and the Eaty brand - both disappeared :( then vEEF brought in some nice ones but they then proceeded to be constantly sold out at the Woolies near my old place

  • Somehow my comment disappeared into the ether.

    I am out with the masses after a late dinner of wagyu beef roll wirh dipping gravy. Om nom.

    What dis weather, though.

    Humid and ambient heat seeping through the pores of the city.

  • ugh, trying to do a crossword and the clues just keep moving up and down, forcing me to keep looking for them and messing with my head and eyes

    think I'll drop that one

    seriously, reminds me of early tv when they would use special effects just because they could even tho they looked shit and had no actual artistic purpose

  • I have stuff to do, made a kinda list. I suppose if work thru it slowly it's still done, eh 🤷‍♀️

    mmkay, two things crossed off list, the searching thru boxes to get european art papers

  • I finished The House on the Borderlands yesterday. It was ok. Not as engrossing as The Night Lands but still very imaginative and having all the elements of a gothic novel.

    I've read the Poe short stories just a few years back in a lovely edition called Steampunk Poe, so I might skip them for now.

    Gormenghast? It's been quite a while since I've read the trilogy, I find the characters and the world engrossing. 🙂 Greatly recommend. I think I'll do this, then Poe novels and some HP Lovecraft. These are all rereads of course, oh god I did so much reading in my 20s and 30s,

    various renditions of Titus Groan have been sampled, the audible version is best and has been bought 👍

    also, art books 🥶

  • The cool change has come across at just the right time. It has cooled down enough that I could take Mr Woof for our after work walk, and we are done in plenty of time to avoid the rain.

  • Beach walk and quick shopping trip done, now to hide inside for the day and plan/book a trip. Cool thoughts to you all!

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