Melbourne

Had a super deep but also at times heavy conversation with a family friend here about a family member we mutually know who has had a lot of troubles and is going through a really tough time readjusting to life after being institutionalised. As opposed to being sad and draining, it was a really invigorating and honest conversation despite the really intense emotions that came up at times... I feel alive because this is what life is about, it feels real.

really grateful for these conversations and being at a stage of my life where I can freely engage in them above the veneer of pleasantries that much of life consists of.

Maggie not complaining. Was out there when the thunder hit. All the other birds freaked out but not her. She's a professional.

This humidity can get FARKED

Melbourne being storm-cucked ffs

I'm going to do so little work tomorrow lol

It was nice having a holiday. My probation is up in 10 days.

Yeeha.

Still wish I was i had her life though

Oh man, just noticed another neighbour's SUV is sitting their driveway with the sunroof open.

They're away for the weekend too. I threw some large plastic bags over it and taped it to the windows. Hope it holds.

Had a wonderful night catching up with friends ❤️

Also I have this that I got from hard rubbish and had framed

Tonight's beach

Almost all in. Only thing left are the poppies.

Hoping it's overgrown af eventually (without weeds).

Have spent most of the afternoon getting all the Lego we own in the house for inventory. We have 3 sets which have never been opened, several almost completed sets (they were completed but bits fell off), most of the assembly books for the sets we have, and two additional 35L tubs choc full of Lego. There's a place that'll buy unsorted, preowned Lego by the kg. The kids have been sorting Lego from non-Lego and playing with it all afternoon. There's some we'll keep, but the rest has got to go. So many memories! I've been buying Lego for the kids for 10 years! It's basically 2 giant suitcases full and we need the money and lack the room.

Dutton also said the Coalition would increase the number of Medicare-subsidised psychological sessions from 10 to 20 “on a permanent basis”.

This should be Labor policy, though people should not be forced to stop seeing a psychologist after any length of time, if they still need it.

It finally happened. Had to pull a floater out of the bath last night. Can’t believe it took nearly 2 years to happen.

Bucketed on me and my friends head as soon as we set up chess pieces in the park. Then had to help her calm down to drive for the first time in rain, and it was severe with flooding streets etc. escalated quite quickly! I'm home safe now but the streets were fucked. Friend confident getting herself home after a pep talk

I'm patiently waiting for my neighbour to start watering his garden.

Marge, babe, you couldn’t have waited five minutes?

It’s coming down in sheets and I’m soaked from head to foot, and I was only caught in it for two minutes

Everything is making me angry and sad, I've been trying to work out why as I recognise it's irrational.

Turns out, it's just my stupid uterus making itself the centre of attention again 🙄 such an attention seeker, it would fit right in with a mean girl clique lol

24 hours ago, I was lounging on a beach. This city is something else, eh?

Foghorns popping off left right and centre down here with boats going through the heads. Always an eerie noise. Makes you wonder how it would've felt going through pre-gps. Made me wonder how many perished. Turns out 50

Why does art take me so long. Why is it so scary. And why tf can’t I concentrate to learn the proper way of doing things.

I have learned how to divide the canvas into thirds/a grid and do a wire skeleton. But otherwise I basically just lock in and copy really closely by eye (and do everything out of order).

IT'S HERE!!!

Bin night tomorrow, thankfully. After this hot week you can smell it when I open the front door. So gross.

Good morning. I feel much more human today. I think I’ll go out

hey guys, back from a nice bbq out in the suburbs. The air there smells of trees. 🙂

A local bakery here makes the best tiger rolls I've ever had and now when I have a different roll it seems mediocre.

Just a slow housework and gardening kind of day.

And I have another bag of stuff to take to the op shop, good stuff so I will take to the small shop, the one that does not extort buyers.

I'm gonna have an early night. No DT from me tonight. Night people

Sky pretty

We went to the Diamond Valley miniature railway today for a birthday party. It's huge compared to Box Hill.

Fortunately we got the last ride out of the way before the rain came down and just had to do the rain under the gazebo whilst it really bucketed down. A memorable end to a great party

I just remembered the manager who had access to check my device and see what I'm doing resigned at the end of last year

Oh fuck yeah!

Shoulder is fine - still twangy but I overreacted. Taleya was right, I don't think it's my rotator cuff; I most likely just slept on it and didn't move for hours. I guess I am a bit of a hypochondriac, thanks mum 🙄🙄🙄

The exercises have helped so much though, anyway. Another wake-up call from the Universe to quit smoking and actually look after my health - mental and physical.

In other news, and maybe a controversial take, but Myer Briggs and Enneagram tests are so fucking bogus. People basing their worldviews on psycho-babble like that need a different kind of help. The only thing they're good for is self-relection, but only if one is self-aware enough to interrogate their own thought patterns objectively and fairly. Otherwise, they're just excuses for people to never grow or change. Hate that shit so damn much.

Looks like it's going to be a good one. Send her down, Huey!

Good morning world, today I must kick my own arse into cleaning and not being a massive slob.

Tried yesterday and failed so we'll see how that goes

Sky pretty

Wow, what a welcome home, Melbourne!!! Thank you for waiting until we had our bags in the car before unleashing the rain!

Early because I'm really tired and falling asleep

Night peoples

I’ve got the tennis on in the background while making dinner and all I hear from the kitchen is loud grunting and yelling. I’m doing my best imitation of it.

It's dark now. Considering putting on the lights.. Loving the thunder.

Got woken up by the windy (outside!)

Skies darkening with thunder. It’s about to go down. A rainy indoor day is just what the doctor ordered too.

Edit - just got absolutely smashed with rain and house vibrating thunder, this storm’s angry