Howdy all.
I have not been here for a long long time. Life has certainly got in the way of everything.
Hope you are all doing well and life has been good.
Haiiiii!! How have you been? What’s been happening?
Mainly just work and uni and placement and writing and just trying to have a non-tech life at times. Too many irons in the fire.
Welcome back! We’ve missed you!
Hope you’re doing well and life is treating you ok.
Heyyo!!!
Ahh you’re back!! 💜
Second last day w/ hams.
Pushed him pretty hard today (twice) and now he’s pulled his monkey from the toy box to hold his hand to pass out.
I’ve never seen a dog do that.
Naaaaaaaw
Aww hambam
He’s a good boy. 😻
Mojo is praying for him
Well, the wall heater was leaking carbon monoxide. Lucky I got the plumber to have a look today.
And apparently the valve with the gas meter is fucked so if it needs to be turned off in case of emergency it can’t be.
Thankfully my landlord is a decent guy and gets stuff fixed fairly quickly but still. Jesus christ.
Edit: cost $300 bucks to get it capped off. Jesus fucking christ.
Spoke to the energy retailer. The jobs been raised and someone will be out to fix the gas meter asap
Damn dude. That could have been much worse. Was it one of those old style Vulcan heaters?
Do not live long. Do not prosper.
omg
Holy crap! Glad you got it sorted
Holy shit dude! Thank goodness it’s getting fixed before you got to a stage where you thought someone was secretly living in your roof or something.
Thanks :) I remember that reddit story!
I was hoping like hell you had or my comment was gonna sound really odd 😆
Bloody hell glad you got that sorted!
Holy hell that’s scary!
Bruh!
Oh wow, so glad you got that sorted quickly
I’m incredibly paranoid about stuff like this. Last thing I need is to end up dead or laid up in hospital staring at the walls.
It’s something you need to be paranoid about! One of my friends wound up in hospital after CO exposure due to a dodgy heater exhaust. It’s definitely not worth taking any risks
Oh wow. That’s so lucky.
Was the leak inside your place or outside?
Inside.
Yikes! Be safe.
WTF are you paying this? Hope you’re putting in a claim.
Absolutely. This safety check should have been conducted a year ago.
One of those 🤬
Next door neighbour has a dog walker who comes around daily. She hypes up the pooch for a walk in baby/dog talk for a few mins before heading off.
Me trying the same thing with hams:
Definitely in his prime.
I just wanna lie down with him, damp ground be damned.
His coat is so beautiful but must be a handful to handle.
What are you lovely people looking forward to at the moment? I’m looking forward to my holiday at the end of next month! Anyone else got a holiday booked or a fun dinner planned or even just a day in general they’re looking forward to?
I’ve got a trip to see some close friends I haven’t seen in a decade in a couple of weeks.
Nervous but excited!
That’s very exciting, I am very happy for you! I hope you all have an absolute blast!
Thank you :) the last few weeks have been really tough so it’ll be nice to see some friends.
Looking forward to my chicken burger for tea tonight.
Oh yum! Condiments of choice?
Kewpie and BBQ sauce but also loaded with bacon, avo and cheese.
Shit yeah this sounds so good!
I chose chilli sauce instead of bbq. 5/5 yum yums.
Spring
Ohh heck yeah!
Spring, and Friday 11am (by then I’ll have done this oral presentation 😂), then also getting my certificate!
I am excited with you. 😄 You deserve this so much.
Bring on Friday 11am!! You know we’re all cheering for you!
Workmates and I are going out for dinner on Friday night for the boss’s birthday. The last time I went out for dinner was the work Christmas party 🤣It was going to be a secret but it had to be postponed a couple of times, so someone ended up telling him so he wouldn’t bail on us after work 😂
NGL, I was thinking about this dinner this week and hoping that you have a fantastic time!!
Thankee!
I’m rather short term with my outlooks.
Looking forward to getting paid tonight, dinner tonight and school holidays in 3 and a bit weeks.
All excellent thing!
I’m so looking forward to this weekend. Just want a quiet couple of days and some me time
Hope you enjoy every moment of it!
I’m looking forward to being done with THE DOOM THING and just enjoying a couple of weeks of normality without that bastard thing weighing on my entire soul. Plus a dinner with some awesome people next Friday and maybe birthday treats in the coming weeks!
Beyond that it’s a bit murky but things are definitely going to change
i’ve only just recovered from dinner with MIL and BIL the other night
MIL was grumbling about dinner, I asked if it was too hot, she said yes, it hurt her
I said i added no spice at all . she said nothing
then she ate dessert and said it made her feel better from the terrible stomach ache dinner gave her…lol
next week she’ll order a hot curry from a restaurant …lol
BIL kept on licking his knife, even after I glared at him
since he insists on eating like a 1 year old, a 2 year knows better, if there is a next time I will chop his food before hand and give him no knife
the conversation was just as riveting and social
If mushrooms are on the menu next time they visit I wouldn’t blame you at all if you know what I mean.
Lemme guess, nothing is good enough for MIL? They sound thrilling to be around.
She has her own definition of good.
Good is the opportunity to win over someone.
Nothing like repeated backhanded comments.
Must be so infuriating dealing with that.
Hope you get to treat yourself with some self care for awhile.
she was really annoyed I packed the left overs up and put them in the fridge …lol
Haha you really can’t win with her can you?
It’s clear nothing you do will make her happy.
I think dying might please her for a while. 🤣
Until she realises she won’t have such a free hand to bad mouth me , that people will be offended and will remember the nice things I have done.
She’d still complain about the funeral casket and come back to haunt you about it, you know it!
I meant me dying. …lol She would like that.
Oppsies! Well…she’d complain about your casket then!
That sounds very stressful. I vote for you cooking no more meals for these people. If they want to see you, arrange to go out to a restaurant instead
sounds like an idea
Does your husband stick up for you, or is he at least on your side here?
Not once. In fact he will often side with others, might join in attacks and might keep attacking when they are gone.
Not sticking up for you, that’s disappointing.
Go over to your her house and complain about her cooking. Does she cook for you at all?
she has never cooked for us anything more than a sandwich
maybe she’s just jealous that she can’t cook like you and she’s taking out her insecurity by belittling your cooking.
But that’s just me speculating.
there was that one time she cooked one of those egg and flour bakes
What an a-hole :( I think he should cook the dinners himself or take his relatives to a restaurant if that’s how he’s going to act.
I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.
He sounds like a piece of shit 🤷🏼♀️
Boo! Mushroom dinner would be too on trend…
Heheh… next time serve completely bland unseasoned food, not even added salt. (Condiments and salt on the table, she would just have to openly reach for them.)
Then smile sweetly and ask about her tummy.
So sorry. These people sound obnoxious.
The thing I hate most about being sick is it fucking with my emotions.
Feeling sick I can deal with, but depressed and anxious I can do without
At least I have some company
…the email is neverending… I am working back until I have inbox nearly zero. There has to be a better way
At some point we have to accept that emails are endemic and we are living with email.
There has to be a better way
people used to have secretaries
Hell yeah. Am putting together a case at the moment for an admin assistant. There is too much ‘enabling work’ to be done an sits crippling. And modern apps offload so much executive functioning back on the user.
Neighbour has been trying to start his wife’s car for a good hour now. Keeps clicking without turning over.
He had the same issue a few months ago and was convinced it was the battery. Gave it a jump start and charged it up.
Myself and another neighbour suggested it might be alternator, he didn’t want to hear it.
Looks like he’s up for an alternator for 99 Honda Prelude.
My ol’ '02 civic did that a few times. Turns out it was a faulty battery lol.
Let him live in hope.
I’m pretty sure he’s put a new battery in it after the jump start.
I’ll be listening out for more engine noises over the next few days.
Melbcat has started patting me to communicate what she wants. Treats? More treats? Help her get under the doona? Pat pat.
I’ve thoroughly spoiled her but don’t care. She’s old and very loved and deserves a soft life of being cherished.
You also deserve a soft life of being cherished 💕
Don’t we all
aw, you are the best cat mom ever
and you deserve some of that spoiling too
I’m getting it! I’m receiving pats
🐈🫂
Gonna be a cold one tonight, my house temp is dropping fast without the heater on. I don’t want to see my next gas bill.
Yeah I thought it was just me but it looks like a cold clear night ahead - and the following nights as well ❄️🥶
This month’s electricity bill will be quite nuts but I’ll wear it. Next month can be about budgeting and shit…
Not a fan of these 2 degree evenings coming up.
Yeah, plus 14C during the day, and some of the shortest days of the year… ughgh.
I absolutely must plan to go somewhere warmer by July.
Workboot socks are really good bed socks.
Also if you have an electric blanket with safety cutoff you can leave it on low for Sox while out. I leave Melbcat napping in the bed and when I come home she often hasn’t moved
Oh dear, 4c at 6am, that’s going to be rough.
Imagine getting meowed at angrily because you’re talking on the phone
Her RBF is impeccable!
She’s finally asleep lol
Airplane ears in fine form
🐾
I accidentally left my personal phone at home today. Unsurprisingly, I had an extremely productive day at work. Probably did 2-3 days’ worth in 1… If I was on full time hours I’m sure I might’ve dragged it out, but the pressure of that thing is mounting!!!
Sox is being particularly whiny today, maybe because I got home late. Time to play a bit of snack-throwing I guess. I have her until next Saturday which is great for relieving the huge amount of stress coming up!
Is there a deadline for your work looming?
And don’t you forget dinner as well!
No no, that thing is the thesis that I and everyone around me including this DT is thoroughly sick of hearing about 😂 It’s due at the end of the month but really, I wanted to have been done by it by the end of next week! I have a dinner at which I wanted to be able to tell people I was done…
Maybe it might happen because of the way my brain works, idk. But if I need to take all of next week off to make it happen, I can…
Oh that thesis, keep at it and see where you are the end of next week, you may surprise yourself!
Maybe set that dinner as a goal and keep working at it as motivation.
If you take all of next week off is that going to impact you negatively at work?
Next week won’t be a problem with work precisely because I’m so ahead of schedule right now! And things have slowed down a bit. I had a quick chat to my manager about it and he’s very supportive too if I need to do it, at this point we all just want this thing done haha.
Your YouTube premium family subscription cost has just been increased again because we as company only made $35bn in the first quarter of 2025… Fuckers…daaaaaaah!
SmartTubeNext for Android TVs and Revanced Manager for Android phones are both very good options…
Yeah. Except I pay for other members of the family who do not have the tech knowledge to do this, and I do not want to have to do it for them…stuck
Maybe it needs to be thought of as a “convenience fee” instead then… The point at which $10/week costs more than your time and energy, is the point at which you might decide to switch.
I haven’t got my mum onto any of these things as she lives several 1000s of KMs away so I have to suck up some of these things, I get it :c
Damn straight
I need to do this
This reminds me, I was using revanced for spotify and then it died a couple of days ago. I gave up and just paid for it. At least the student version is discounted (unlike my myki fees 😞)
Holes to dig and washings to do on a full work day yaaay
