Melbourne

Doggo much more comfortable after his second summer haircut.

Offer for new job received. Will peruse and accept when I get home.

My current bosses are very happy for me

Handover documents are almost done.

Spoke to my old manager.

Turns out it'll cost twice as much to replace me than what I was asking for a raise.

Fucking idiots.

In more positive news managed to complete a new track from the music sesh last night. Pretty happy with the outcome!

On the airbed at the new place tonight trying to get the cats acclimatised somewhat before the Truck tomorrow. LittleOne coping much better than TheVoid. The bottom corner under the stairs is his lair now and he is NOT coming out. I feel so mean.

I just had the most outstanding ice cream. Mango and cardamom is love, mango and cardamom is life

Took the dog down the beach this morning, he's getting on but he absolutely loved it.

In the last half an hour the temp in my backyard has dropped from 38 deg to just over 30. Thank you clouds.

Long long day out in the heat but at least I was out in the hills all day so that was slightly less heinous. Something that really unexpectedly lifted my spirits on the way back was having a ute coming in the other direction flash me a warning about a mobile speed camera ahead (although I already had a warning come up on Waze). Idk why but it was just so heartwarming. Maybe they were being extra nice because I was in a work suv with high viz on. (I know it's a done thing especially outside the city...)

I also saw an old cream-coloured 60s car (Chevrolet?) with club permit plates... that was a LEFT HAND DRIVE. I thought you needed a sign on the car but evidently not. Props to the young woman driving it who had to look around pretty well to merge and shit

Time for a nice cold shower and scrub, and then maybe one of those shitty frozen fillets with a bit of raw carrot and celery, and call it a day. Back out west tomorrow ugh.

"This just in:

Man gives up and just let's cat bite him. Figures it's better than getting the claws."

If you have applecare and need a repair dont stuff around with apple stores just go to mymac in the city. Apple and I have been playing "is it cracked enough yet?" for months! Mymac were like "its damaged. its your care plan, lets fix it!" no debate no arguing nothing. Heaps better!

Everytime I read the DDT, I am always in awe at how such a community exists. I've never seen any online community that's as wholesome as this.

the final clean out has commenced packing starts tomorrow
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sky very pretty

I woke up at 4:45 and at the time decided to roll with it and actually join my 5am online yoga class live instead of waiting for replay (teacher is USA based). Regretting it now - so tired and so much of the work day left

Morning. I look forward to the idea of today being better than yesterday

Why did I wait till today to clean the house for the inspection tomorrow?

Not very clever lol

In other news, my nap to meeting schedule has become more "nap aligned" lol

woooo a little bit of shimming on the side with the wonky wall, and the pull out drying rack is dooooooooone.

High and wide enough for a towel, and we have ikea cushion pegs hanging that slide back into the enclosure when not in use!

I have harvested seeds from the red and yellow manzano chilies ready for next season. I think I'll plant them up in autumn and grow them in a protected area to get a head start.

For the retro techies out there... I have a CRT monitor that needs repair to fully complete my retro gaming rig. Tube, cables, HV/flyback etc. are fine, it's got other electronic issues resulting in no video, that are a little more outside my skillset to fix.

Places willing to fix CRTs are now basically non-existent that I can find, anyone have any tips for somewhere that may repair such a thing? Most hear 'CRT' and nope out.

Extra frustrating because my dad used to DO exactly this for a living! I swear I have aches that stem from helping him move mega-heavy CRT TVs around his workshop as a kid! I have no doubt he'd have been able to sort this thing out in a hour or less. 😔

My parents had carpet in the kitchen. Dumbfucks.

booyahhhhh

next steps (when i can be arsed)

• Cut down the top doors so we don't have to open them to roll out the drying rack
• paint top cupboard innards / shelves
• fit a drawer facade (tasmanian oak, stained to match the frames)
• Test route the offcuts, if the chipboard holds up, put a nice decorative groove on the doors, paint, maybe jus up the inset with some greenery / tropical wallpaper (going a victorian theme in here)
• fit something along the line of these babies!

....not necessarily in that order

(please excuse Mount Washmore, 'tis the day)

Delicious toastie

Junkie lady is having a meltdown next door. It was almost a perfect day. Date was awesome, the day went fantastic.

And this is why I hate the company I'm leaving. I'm stuck here for another 6 months.

Ah well. Can't win em all.

I have just worked out why I've been having trouble with the connection between my phone and headset. I've got my GPS unit on in the other room and it's trying to make a handsfree connection through that instead. Most of the introductory recorded message got played in another room, if it had been a real person they'd have hung up on me before I got it figured out.

omg omg omg, picking up a calligraphy brush after 2 years and I remember it all, still have the skills 🥹

now to complete some projects 🙂

Wondering how you'd all approach this:

I'm thinking about leaving a polite note? (rather than just shoot them dirty glares like they seem to prefer). Just saying something like "The singing is fine, but lets maybe be considerate of those around us with the volume and time of day of our performances"? We don't share walls or anything (this isn't Officer) but you can absolutely hear a neighbor fart in their backyard if you are in yours.

Pre-teen daughter is really grinding my gears in the mornings these days....just so looking forward to the actual teen version of this.

Decided to go into the office today....it's dead as.

I'll take it but can't even chat to anyone.

Booooooo