Melbourne

I did it! Teacher loved my presentation!!! 😭😭 OMG!!! I'm so CLOSE!

ONE question on the LAST QUIZ! AND I'M DONE! AHHHHHHHHHH!

Anyone want an overbearing 7kg cat that refuses to listen, insists on licking your face while clawing your neck, flicks kitty litter everywhere, opens every cupboard that he can, must be involved in everything and is currently nuzzled my fingers while I try to type? Anyone? Please?

Of course I'm not being serious, but he's really A LOT today!

good day today, got lots done , made some stuff, less chaos, more skills,

I can see a tunnel far away, can't see the light yet but I know it's there

🙂

What a life. Full of treats and brushed to sleep.

Yeah these guys are definitely rotund now

So apparently last night I screamed in my sleep. I didn't know that I did, until I got a call from my dad saying that he couldn't sleep and had to drive into regional Vic at 5am. Maybe it's stress and anxiety, maybe the coffee I had in the morning, but I feel so guilty for waking everyone up when I didn't know what was happening.

Dog stepped in his shit whilst we were walking. But he's clean now.

Nothing got done today. Melbcat and I are being slugs

Whilst I do enjoy a good drive in the countryside, in the dark trying to get home from work is not really the time. I think the GPS was trying to send me the long way around to avoid some traffic, but driving back country roads you don't know in the dark is not fun.

In good news though I had many packages when I got home, including the lost Bunnings parcel that has been spending the last week touring the state. Miss Meow has some new steps, which arrived with a bit of damage but seem to be holding together ok, and she also has a new mat to go in front of the litter trays to help contain her wild litter flinging ways.

I also have a couple of rugs which look fairly lightweight but should be decent enough for occasional use in the garage, a stand to put the toaster oven on, a rolling stand for my computer cpu, and new rollerblade style castors for my office chair. I just need to figure out how to get the old ones off.

And also a set of coasters I threw in as a last minute impulse buy and actually look pretty decent - each one has a similar but different pattern.

wooo last few feet of the path beaten into submission. That's over half a metric ton (literally, 600kg) road base compacted by hand. Hopefully sunday's rain is rich and fulsome, I'll see if there's any problems or dishes on the new part, correct, then SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND for my pavers

time to upgrade my phone

I am dreading transferring music, the apps seem to always change my import albums or album extras to standard albums and I lose a lot of good music

Fuck it. It's beer o'clock! Cheers to all those who are celebrating something this week and to the DT cake day recipients. 🍺

*This post was sponsored by laughing black cats

Come on 4pm. I'm already done for the day lol

No exciting plans tonight. Been too cold to go out. Just hassle the fluff goblin and maybe get pizza.

package, yay, I got a new computer mat

Woop protest on Sydney road, I think heading into the city. Good luck city dwellers 😬

Mickey for good luck and good vibes

This is now cat thread: add cat pics (and other animals) to boost luck by ✨purrty purrcent!✨

Today at the beach I found a red spiky sponge thing.

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/06d91597-cc7b-4150-bead-363d6dfba83f

clear skies again, it's very pretty here

Spoonman - Soundgarden

After the awful news out of India I decided to revisit a happier ending to a crazy situation and watched Sully. Damn near cried a few times just thinking about the goodness of people compared to what we see in the US today. Now I'm off to go watch some Mayday episodes and feel grateful for my life.

E: also, massive boo to Clint Eastwood and his anti government dickhead views for making the NTSB into some kind of villain, I guess it was just the beginning of the Trump years after all. Which is all the more sad to contrast with 2009, when it actually happened... Can't believe the GFC years feel better than what we have today.

I go for a walk on the beach and all hell breaks loose in the world

oops, too much socialising at work and not enough work being done.

Come on motivation!

Went to bed in a thin thermal top, this was a good idea, looking at the cold ...

I've been taking melatonin these days to counter the lingering effects of the coffee and small amount of stimulant meds I'm back to taking. My dreams are not as clearly remembered as in the past but they seem to involve family a lot more, and combine them in very very weird ways...

Still really behind on writing although I powered through a heap of readings in one area yesterday. Read all that I really need to. Now there's just one more major area, and one minor area... And then I need to start working on slides and shut. Urgh. Looks like I won't be working much next week.

baileys for breakfast vegemite toast for second breakfast tide is low, sun is out

Back home.

I will miss doggo and all his quirks.

I did leave him some bad habits which Aunt will not appreciate.

Also will miss the community vibe in that suburb. Even though I'm literally 1 suburb away, the difference is pretty crazy.