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  • Motivation was 0 today but I vacuumed and mopped everywhere, dusted, cleaned surfaces & sofa, cleaned bathroom, changed the sheets and washed the old sheets. My house really needed the reset.

    No way I’m cooking after all that so out for a souvo & beer.

  • In 9 days I have packed 35 boxes. That is not too bad.

    • With love, I've worked with professionals packers, they'd pack a 3br house in a few hours.

      • I've had packers and they are def fast and if I recall my super expensive unopened golden tequila disappeared!!

        also sore back and skiving

  • Here's your Saturday night reminder that music is meant to be listened to LOUD.

  • Been trying to fix my partner's PC. His motherboard keeps giving a 9C error code or gets stuck on that code - which apparently means a usb issue? It happens even when all USBs have been unplugged.

    So I swapped the mobo for another one, took me a bit unscrewing the fan and GPU in the way, and unplugging all the bits from the mobo, rearranging the screws on the case so the new (smaller) one fits, got it all back together and turned it on, but it keeps powering off and on.

    I forgot to put the CPU in it... 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ I forgot the bloody brains!

    Now I have to remove the mobo fan and put the CPU in. I'm having a coffee before I do that lol

    • I’m having a coffee before I do that

      lol after all that I find wine helps seat the cpu, gives a steady hand for the thermal goo and hitting your hand against your forehead hurts less. :)

  • Ugh, the downside of nice fresh clean sheets is it's so tempting to spend aaaall day in them. I told myself I was having the day off but I really need someone get me out of bed to cook these eggplants

    E: my internal sense of "this is gross and depressing now" kicked in; I have made most of the bottle gourd and half of the eggplants are cooking right now.

  • Missed out on some DnB / jungle music tix but the place is basically corner of flinders st. / elizabeth st. which I'm happy to avoid no loss there.

    INSTEAD!

    There's a free techno / breaks day park party (until 10pm) which is tempting. Just near La trobe uni. Looks like there'll be a fair few peeps going. Seems like a more sensible option. Probably a more fun crowd too.

    Also just got off the phone to the ol' girl and she is really pushing hard to jump back behind the wheel again. She's been told that it's too risky by every doc she's seen, and her friends have said the same thing to her. She doesn't seem to grasp how much of a risk it is. Breaks my heart to keep telling her no.

    • Dude I was just thinking about you and your mum recently as my mum's cataract surgery lens thingo is coming loose and she's booked in for a surgery in 2 months time, but we're all pleading with her to go private (she has insurance that us kids pay for), and get it done faster because she lives alone and she's had a couple of small falls... not only would the lens come out and she'd need urgent surgery (assuming she stays conscious) I'm so worried about the risk of more permanent vision impairment.

      • Oh no your poor mum. So many unexpected things happened with mine over the last few months, defs keep trying to persaude her to do it asap. Crazy how a fall can change things so quickly and how complex things can get.

    • Would it get through to her if you told her about the risks involved for others? It sounds brutal but what if she killed a child? Or hit a car with a young family inside? You and everyone else involved are absolutely correct in your stances. They say, "oh I'd be really careful." What about reaction time? I'm edging towards having this conversation with my MIL and preparing myself. They fear a loss of their independence, but there are other ways to have independence. Plus the half price taxi is really cool!

      • reaction time

        Yep it's too poor to drive.

        I hope your conversation with the MIL goes a bit more smoothly. It's a tough one.

  • back from new house, spent very little time there, no beach or chips, but did meet a nice neighbour

    it's a very small suburb

  • Was thinking another beach day to round out summer but the current temp in Geelong is 23.9 whereas it’s 34.7 at Essendon Airport. That’s a wild difference.

    I suppose I should clean my place today, but I don’t wanna.

  • I have spent way too long comparing the prices and qualities of moving boxes. I think Storage King is winning so far. Now I have to try to figure out how many boxes and what size I need. It would nice to be rich enough to afford a full packing service.

    • When I moved last I think I ended up going with Bunning boxes. I remember storage king were cheap too but Bunnings were nearby.

      • Storage King are a bit cheaper and do free delivery over $150. Bunnings were 2nd place.

    • Eco-crate and other hard crate rentable boxes are another option.

      Kent sells great boxes too - 30 multipak will do most of a regular 3br. Reader paks if you have a lot of books / paper.

    • There's also a heap of second hand boxes on gumtree / marketplace.

  • Finally some air movement outside. Have opened up the house to let the breezes through. Not exactly cool, but the fresh air is welcome.

  • Have had a productive day reorganising and cleaning the kitchen and especially the messy herb and spice storage situation, tackling Mount Washmore, a bit of shopping, lunch out with Miniest (Elder didn't feel like going out). Have got a hidden veg Bolognese on and everyone is climbing the walls going "When is it ready? When is it ready?"

  • Okay wth Voices of the Void is so good! I've been playing for freaking hours

    There's a lot to do, and it's only pre-alpha! I've barely scratched the surface, too busy driving the ATV like a maniac trying to fix satellite dishes and get hash codes and decode signals and fix the radio tower... I haven't even really cleaned the base or seen any major events yet!

    I did turn off "getting hurt by physics" because the ATV drives like a beast on cocaine lol

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