Melbourne

Big year for us. The kid turns 18 and doing year 12 VCE. Our 20th Wedding Anniversary. The man turns 50 this year and we go to Japan to celebrate. It's all on.

P.S. The kid got excepted into the ADF in 2026 to study what she wants.

My not pet peeve today is little ones mum has (essentially) given the all good for little one to move to Melbourne with me so that is one gigantic hurdle cleared.

Things may change and we will discuss it more in depth later on, but for now it means I can move ahead with preliminary plans. It's a relief.

Partner's dad got him an air fryer for Christmas, it arrived this week. As soon as all the packaging was out

Mickey claimed it

Tried out my new hydration vest today, fits really well and feels good when running :) Also got my MTB last weekend, just need to go and get helmet and accessories and can start training on that. Now just need to find a good second hand Kayak for us to train that part!! Excited to start working towards our first sprint race in May :)

No comet tonight. Shoulda been waay down on the horizon but sneaky clouds. Solid sunset though. Just kept changing.

Been a while since I've been to that part of the lonny back beach. Brought back a few memories.

Ah the methheads are in the alley again lol. There's one particular dude who loves to spit and swear, you can hear him huck up a biiiiiig goober and the splat on the concrete. This time he was clapping as well, so I starting clapping back, mimicking him 😂

He got very angry and even more sweary, and a neighbour yelled at him to shut the fuck up 😂😂

I shouldn't provoke them from my lofty fourth floor balcony, I know. But I needed a giggle lol

Not like the police do anything about them anyway so 🤷🏼‍♀️

my pet peeve

The throw away economy. I'm so tired of poorly made objects. It's a waste of money and time, a major cause of pollution and it's shitty to have shitty stuff that doesn't work or falls apart.

( and how long is the vintage stuff I buy going to last? )

smaller pet peeve

the fucking people who throw food garbage in the cbd streets

Feeling a bit sad and anxious tonight. Cried a few times at work today and just feeling blue. I think coming back from a holiday straight to work is a bad idea, but I hate hate HATE that I still have to give up holiday time for work, but it does make work extra... soul dampening.

Out to dinner with friends, home to do some cleaning, I'm so tired but I just don't want to sleep.

Rest In Peace David Lynch. Legendary artist.😔

My favourite Lynch films are Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks.

Everything will be ok in the end.

Goodnight all ❤️

Edit: It appears i have to use a white noise machine due to her snoring lol

Just winging today with some slight inspiration.

Quickly whipped up a stir fry with mixed up various sauces and whatever I had on hand.

I hope it tastes ok.

My pet peeve is being blamed for things that aren't my responsibility.

Has already started today with new manager.

Had my first meeting with the new manager. I don't think I'll be staying regardless of the pay increase.

Ah man the sads seems to be coming back again. Couldn't get out of bed on time today and had a whopping headache, so swapped field work for desktop work and rocked up late. Feeling dat ennui... and wisps of depressed thoughts about my apartment/life again ahead of an empty weekend (should be chores and cooking but euh...)

Well I have the pizza I promised myself and S1 of Severence lined up to re-watch so that should see me through tonight.

Doing CPR…

Strangers touching your face is not exactly my idea of Friday arvo fun times… 😂

Just got my tooth re-excavated because there was still nerve tissue left and a tiny bit of infection. Fingers crossed it settles.

My pet peeve/thing that is making me irrationally angry today is this:

Inner city: Close to the CBD, trams, night life.

Outer city: We got eggs, plenty of eggs, omelettes galore.

Gearing up for piccys of le comet tonight.

C'mon bby give me dem photons.

Lasagna lasagna lasagna!

dammit cats, after a good day yesterday misha's getting all hissy at the site of cerys.

It's your daughter you daft mink. This is literally a self-created problem.

My irrational pet peeve today is seeing these cooking videos on social media where the people are just so aggressively doing things. Jerking oven doors open. Very deliberate, slow, deep and yet rough cutting of meat. Throwing seasoning on food like it's schoolies week.

Saltbae would be rolling in his grave.

In hindsight 2 strong coffees in a row after a fortnight of minimal coffee might not have been wise 😳

My tummy hurts...

I'm glad to be home after a long day. One of the managers asked me if I have another job and asked why I don't. Then he said he's glad I'll be studying, so I can justify not having another job that is more reliable and consistent. That was an even bigger push to start applying for something else.

I later go on to find out that a girl who's only job is this one got fired because she used her discount card too much. She said she shared it with a couple of family members, but somehow, they spent a few thousand dollars using her discount card.

The person who shared her card with more than ten people didn't get fired. Although, she racked up less money than the person who only shared it with two people.

First week at the new job has gone alright. I haven't done much and that's fine by me.

This could be bearable long term as things pick up. One thing I'm thinking about is they want to move into ecommerce eventually, and I'm fine if that never actually happens.

But you know how sometimes a business wants to do something and the demand just isn't there? You're the one responsible but it feels like pushing shit uphill no matter what you do?

I think this place would be alright. There would probably be actual interest and I wouldn't get saddled with some project that just isn't working. It could be the big career break I've been looking for

I've got a drink and fluffy has some catnip. Everyone is chilled.

Edit: and yet I can't stop thinking about work.

The face of catnip

My backpack has been with me now for 10 years.

Poor thing needs to be retired. Bought a new one today.

Gonna miss old mate. I carry a backpack everywhere, every day except for nights out. It's practically attached to me lol

My pet peeve is people who spend Thursday coughing all round the office then announce they have covid on Friday 😠

I might be slightly hungover...

Got home. Glass of wine later. Do I really really need fish & chips or will I default to noodles? One of the great philosophical questions of our time. The only other alternative that does not involve putting shoes on is crisper drawer hash. Decisions decisions.

Where comet?

Phone shut down overnight apparently, so I missed my alarm. Aaaaand my first 2 meetings. Sorry about that eh.

Had a bad dream that I was at the airport leaving on a trip and I was being… horribly inefficient. Dropping things, forgetting to scan things or press buttons, then got to the end and realized I’d forgotten my passport. Not enough to call a nightmare but definitely an unsettling dream!

These MAFS ads are killing me. It looks like this year they've mixed in some uglies, fatties and dippies in with the fame hungry bitches. I just want to watch some tennis. I'm in a cunt of a mood.