Nearing the end of looking after hambam.
Seen a big shift in behaviour over the last 3 and a bit weeks. All it took was wearing him out and giving him more off lead freedom.
I’ll miss his burps and random little sleep / dream woofing throughout the night.
Goodnight all ❤️
Have you ever made a meal you’d be embarrassed to show a friend?
That’s the nachos I’m eating right now lol
I’m sure I could make Italians embarrassed with my rice cooker risotto. Me embarrassed, no way. It was good.
That looks delicious.
It should be more liquidy and less clumpy.
hot wet rice
I was a vegetarian for about a decade when I was younger, and I made a lot of dhals and lentil and legume curries. A lot of the food I ate was outstandingly tasty but looked like baby shit lol
I call it mud.
Lots of pasta in mushroom soup.
Nachos sounds like a winner though!
Butter sketti. Spaghetti (or favourite pasta) cooked, add a bit of butter and salt - it’s my comfort food.
It can be elevated by turning it into Aglio E Olio.
Yum. This was a common comfort meal in my childhood! Add some cheese too in my case
Always. Every single day.
I put cheese in packet Thai soup
Negative. I gladly share my abominations
Love a vague warning light coming on in the car. I’ll feed it some coolant when it cools down a bit, hopefully that makes it happy.
Probably worth a quick look over to see if there’s any obvious coolant leaks, or really any obvious leaks.
I have one quiz and one oral presentation until I’m finished with this certificate! And I’ve done most of that quiz anyway, just stuck on question that the teacher had acknowledged is poorly written haha.
But after Friday, after this presentation, I’ll be done! Then I just need to find a job (any tbh) so I can pay to get lessons for driving, then I can apply for more animal industry jobs.
Everything is coming up thrillhouse!
That’s fabulous, you’ve done so well.
One step at a time and you’ll have it all done under no time!
yay 😄
Yass! 💪🏻
Wooo!
I’ve finished a lot of the painting and am now setting up and organising the room . Pooped.
But once it’s done I’ll be free to do all the other things. 😊
One thing I have been doing is watching furniture repair and restoration instructional videos. It’s been good. It’s given me the nudge to be patient and get skills and the will to do jobs thoroughly. Problem now is I’m eyeing all the furniture I have that have little problems, like a wobbly leg or some scratches, and feel I should really fix them all up.
Just sent a client proposal which took a long time to complete and I know I’m being pitted against one other business for this work. Fingers crossed it comes through to me, but we’ll see. The other business is far more established / has a team of staff so it feels like I can’t compete, but I gave it a real crack. I’ve had a few proposals fall through recently (but at least they were quick to prepare), I really hope this one doesn’t end up a huge waste of time.
Gotta be in it to win it! Best of luck🤞
Good luck, I hope you get it!
Fun Numbers:
Paid into Offset acct $141,932.00
Paid Off Loan $31,895.60
Paid in Interest $69,771.62Fuck me dead.
As much as I look forward to being free from landlords, the prospect of digesting these kinds of unfathomably large numbers as a single person is also daunting. Ouch.
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t into gardening, pesky expensive thing to be involved in if you want even a little handkerchief of usable land…
Yeah I just sat there and dreamt about what I would do with 100k 😂 that kind of money I’ve never seen irl, my super doesn’t even have that much 😂😭💀
Oh let me be clear; we don’t have 100k.
This is what we’ve paid over the past three years. Think of it like rent. You add it up, it’s a lot, but you eat the elephant one bite at a time.
I know, I just like to dream about having 100k 😂
It’s gross when you add it up - did it with my rent once for one year 🤮 makes one cry how much goes to someone else’s mortgage lol
At least with this, it’s paying off YOUR home, which is much better than the concept of rent for tenants 😂
Ugh… sketchy random dude persistently knocking on my door with fidgety agitated body language. Not answering that.
Call the police. Say you are scared.
Yeah I called, police were really blase and kind of fobbed it off. 000 if he comes back
No way, especially after dark. Has he gone now?
He’s gone now
Just told my manager that I’m unhappy in my role and will be looking for another job. He took it well, said he’s happy to be a reference for me and willing to work on a good timeline with me. Really appreciate that. I’m sure HR will have other feelings, but I understand that!
Good for you!
It’s great your manager is so understanding. Maybe it’s a hint at how they feel too
He’s very open about a lot of things, which I really appreciate it. While he’s not at all blind to the issues, he’s happy to stay on the ride, so to speak.
It’s been a bit of a lazy day today, but I have gotten the new garage remote programmed and put up the outdoor security cameras. I can now check if anything is happening out the front of the house without leaving my couch.
I’m trying to summon the enthusiasm to do a bit more unpacking/sorting. I’m heading back to Melbourne tomorrow to pick up another load of stuff, hopefully I can at least get the remaining things from the fridge/freezer and the most important things from the shed.
Well neither melatonin or Restavit work very well. I’ve just bought some actual caffeinated coffee to have in the mornings in the hopes that will help.
Unfortunately there’s the risk of aggravating anxiety and my stomach. I wish I’d been able to get one of those tiny 50g jars
you have to order from the US, but sleep aid (which is basically American Benadryl) is an antihistamine like Restavit but a bit more powerful.
Have you tried CBD oil?..assuming you’re talking about sleep? Helps me enormously. Non THC version means I can have it nightly. You’d need a script, but that’s fairly simple.
Seconding this. CBD oil or even the wafers can help immensely!
Killing Heidi is playing on Gold FM.
Now I feel old lol
They have a gig here in a couple weeks!
Oh shit yeah!
Jesse was one of my ex’s music teachers, and he brought it up all the time. I wonder if he got some sort of discount to the gig.
Can’t stand people like that.
You were taught by Jesse from Killing Heidi!?!?!?!?
That is so fucking COOL!!!
My ex lol but yeah pretty cool
Goddamn I misread that 😭😭 ok so your ex got something he doesn’t deserve, fuck him! But! YOU can still claim 2 degrees of separation from Jesse haha!
😂😂
Considering the amount of money he paid, I think he did deserve it 😂
Sly Stone from Sly and the Family Stone has passed away. I’ll pour one out this Friday for the legend.
I’m ahead of schedule on work but so behind on my thesis, lalalala… At least I’m winning at something in life. Had a wee chat about options after and there’s some leeway for working remotely but it depends on what comes in. Boss is very sympathetic to my wanting a break from Melbourne to help reset things. It’s just that the next few months are very uncertain in terms of workload so, we’ll have to see.
Might be an ad-hoc/super part time thing while I’m away which is good enough at this point.
