Melbourne

First week in a higher role nearly over and I must say I'm enjoy it.

Slightly more busy and dealing with new people (who are all super patient).

Best part of it, is I actually have some influence over large decisions. So far my input has been welcomed and respected.

Fingers crossed my old boss stays in his role and I can keep this one 😁

I know I'm going to get called preachy and whiny or whatever but here goes:

Please wear a mask. I get that the anti-maskers won and social pressures make you feel self conscious, and people absolutely do give weird looks when they see people wearing masks, but the current sickness going around is totally preventable.

I have a chronic condition and even a mild illness can massively reduce my quality of life. I'm required to frequently go out and be in close proximity with people, and it's at the point where most people I see have a cough. I just want to not be at risk.

KN95 masks are a good balance between efficacy and price. Those blue surgical masks are easiest to find, but aren't great. N95s can be too expensive.

Please please please just consider wearing them when out.

Besides all that it'll make for an easier adjustment when Pandemic 2: Electric Birdflugaloo comes around.

Concrete pump in the fog this morning. I got a war of the worlds vibe. Like a giant leg in suburbia.

I gotta say.. as someone who often feels like an outsider it's kind of nice that everyone else is sick when I am too. I feel like I'm a part of something.

2 more hours before these guys go and I can leave the house. They're just pouring concrete now.

Hard to relax when people are all over the house. Been here since 9am.

Sorry, just whinging. I like my place to myself and fluffy butt. It feels intrusive.

Short-staffed at work because people sick. People also sick at home. People sick everywhere 🤧 Holding sickness at bay with Bioceuticals Armaforce, Tolak Angin Flu sachets, and maybe my A– blood type. A special shout out to all of you who are under the weather. May you be back to your usual sunny selves soon!

Edit: also still wearing a mask on buses. They are really stinky sometimes and people coughing all over the place! Between people who smell like they've been cooking in their bedrooms and people who've been sleeping in their clothes for a month I am over it!

Sometimes when I pick up the guitar, something really personal comes out. It's rarely recorded, it's never on purpose.

And no one hears it but me. And that makes it special.

I know how wanky that sounds, but it's true. I'm probably not explaining myself properly

jesus christ, neighbours are smoking shit so fuckign dank I can smell it in my house.

Both properties were built in the fucking 60's so we're not up each other's arses, and this place actually has insulation and draught exclusion

I have Monday and Tuesday booked off for a break. I do believe I will take today off sick as well

I have reconsidered and decided it wouldn't be the best decision to go out this weekend. I can't imagine being well enough by tomorrow. At least the new season of The Boys dropped today and there is plenty of NRL to watch over the weekend.

I guess for now there's only 1 thing to do... 420 blaze it.

Sad news is my microphone ran out of charge 😔 Good news is the man has so many cords, power banks and nerdy shit that it'll be up and running in no time 😀

i'm a wrangler, a schemer, a cobbler and a snagger of discarded things and unconsidered trifles. A repairer and a reuser. But most importantly, i also share the booty.

In other news, weird day today. Pic applies.

One of the really frustrating things about getting the 'rona is I've been itching to settle down into sorting and organising the spare room, which is going to be the study/library space.
However I had a burst of energy and inspiration tonight and did a little rearranging and moving around - I want to put a cat tower where one of the smaller bookcases was and that meant moving the others one up, which meant emptying one, and...
Anyway there's roughly a cat tower sized space next to the window. Next step is sorting what's in the bookshelves and cleaning them... even if I do one shelf at a time, it's something.

I called in crook. My brain is stuffed. Then I was joined by Mrs and Tinyest cause he got sent from from daycare with lice. They claim no one else in the room has it, which is impossible cause he hasn’t any any other interaction with kids outside of daycare, and we don’t have it.

Mum/Grandma's birthday cake is done for tomorrow. Hopefully she likes it.

Hey Melbourne, please warm up before I arrive with my family next week 😁

Fuck I think I’m gonna have to go back to bed. I doubt I’ll sleep cause I hardly did last night, but like… it’s better to laying in bed in the dark feeling like shit than sitting on a couch, right? Thank god the Mrs is well enough to look after kiddo.

Days like this I wish I had a house with a wood fire. The crackle sounds and warm glow are a cure for winter cold and sads.

Sharpening my pencils etc. fundraising thing GO!

Ough. Long nap. I've been really good about hygiene and masking but think I've gotten sick anyway.

Melbcat seems a lot better after going on the new antibiotics. She's much brighter. She's been refusing her wet meals though so I wonder if she's a bit queasy.

I'm tired but I don't want to crash because I spent so much time on PT today. I need some Simon time.

Edit: Simon made a big fucking mistake...

I accidentally doubled up on my ADHD medicine and I feel like I'm going to pass out. That's how I know I actually have ADHD. Too much stimulant medication makes me feel super sleepy. Meanwhile a mate of mine got one from his partner and took it at a festival and was absolutely shitfaced the whole day. Brains are weird.

Feet are feeling cold even with socks.

Ugg boot time?

Tomorrow my fam is having our birthday bash for the April/May birthdays. But late, but only because trying to get 30+ people's schedules to line up is worse than trying to herd cats.

Looking forward to seeing my grandparents. They're getting on in years and have started arrangements for their eventual passing away. It freaks me out some, but trying not to think too hard on it because there will be a time for that later on. Not tomorrow. Tomorrow is a celebration

Just got a phone call from work. "Oh don't retest if you don't have any symptoms it can still show up for weeks." ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME.

Meh, another night of crap sleep. Also, too many carbs for a few days… My guts is not happy.

Otherwise, Friyay!

Every day I give my little dog a new nickname. Today it's Viper. Yesterday it was Cupcakes.

Sad news is we only have a dozen beers between us 😔 Good news is I have a cupboard full of booze 😀

Ah the stress of seeing family tomorrow has given me a headache. Definitely not the coffees I've had, no no.

Tradies are here to restump the house. Landlord let me know in advance but I'm wrecked and no chance of sleep sadly.

Ted Cat has been hiding from Bill a lot or sitting behind me. 😡

Today was going to be the day I washed my oodie. But no. Today is for wearing oodies. Also - can you get away with tumble drying a (cheap rip-off) oodie? I'm not worried so much about losing fluffyness, more that I will set the laundromat on fire from the hot synthetic fabric...

i just realised I made lunch to take in to work yesterday and completely forgot about it. I was even annoyed at myself yesterday morning that I didn't plan ahead and took in soup instead. I have so many things on my mind at the moment some of them are starting to fall out!

looking at aliexpress art supplies, there are brushes on there that I can just tell they are good, they have vermillion ink which I love to work with. Must not buy, must finish old projects. ...lol

I appreciate all the staff at officeworks because it means I don't have to mess around with printers but jeez it makes a difference when you get someone who really knows what they're doing...

Kiwifruit are so good at the moment.