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THE SHIT MANAGER IS MOVING DEPARTMENTS!!!!!!!!
I report to SLT now. Fuck yes. Fuck yes.
My hatred for my job has almost completely evaporated. This guy has been a nightmare from day 1.
Today, he shoved 2 of the team members because he got frustrated with them.
They came and told me about it and I went to the CEO straight away.
What an absolute piece of shit.
He should be reported to HR, you are absolutely not allowed to lay hands on people like that but the people who got shoved are the ones who need to lodge in the complaint.
I've got a meeting with them tomorrow morning.
Fucking cowardly piece of shit. He had to go pick on the young staff, he wouldn't dare do it to any of the older ones. Standard coward tactics.
Woohoo!!!!! God it's such a relief when a toxic personality leaves
That's great news. It seems like the Work Gods have intervened and given you the simplest solution
Yay!!!
I just got into where i'm staying at Wharingu, it's quiet and this is my view, its very nice
lots of hugs have been exchanged ๐ฅฐ
Uni results day today.
I passed my placement - yay.
HD on my final assignment in one unit - w00t.
Still waiting on the results for the other unit. I dunno why the first 2 released at 9am and this one is taking ages.
Hearty congratulations! My final assignment was submitted very late due to extensions so I don't think I'll get a grade until mid July but it's always a great feeling to get some results back after a round of hard work.
Miniest didn't get an offer from her first choice of high school. I came home to a little girl crying in her bedroom, in bed with the curtains closed. I explained that it's part of the process and probably ed dept policy for every child to be offered a place at a school in their catchment area. We still have an appointment with them later this month.. on the very day appeals must be lodged by. So there's still a (probably slim) chance. But ๐
That's tough news for her. Hopefully the meeting with the preferred school goes well. From my understanding your preferred school can offer a place if they have one available, without having to go through the appeal process.
There is an excursion on tomorrow as part of this work conference. It's going to be cold and miserable so I simply Will Not Go.
Everyone on the excursion will think I'm at the office. Everyone at the office will think I'm on the excursion. I will stay home and actually get some work done
Love it!
Today absolutely frigging dragged on - I really am due for some fieldwork so I can get out in the fresh air again but nothing coming up for a while :c
I might get moving on my plans to be away in August.
I'm so torn between (a) ending my lease and dumping my shit in storage, or (b) just leaving everything at this rental and going away then coming back.
(a) is much, much more cathartic and closer to my heart... but also challenging and stressful in the short term, and more expensive in the short term due to moving. But does give me the option to extend my break or travel while working remotely if I decide to do that
(b) is easier and cheaper in the short term but psychologically I feel like I won't get that satisfaction of closing off the past and moving into a new phase of my life with new aims, habits, etc. coming back to this place could see me falling back into a rut because it's the easy choice. Also will get more expensive if I stay away for longer.
I'm giving myself a week max to sleep on it and decide. At this point I know I'll be away for a month and the rent is 400/week so financially it'll only make more sense to dump into storage maybe if I'm away for three months or more. But it isn't just the finances... I desperately need to shake things up!
My brain is fried. 24 hours of work in 2 days. Trying to eat some veggies and then suddenly
You get a little nip on the arm.
Why?
because fuck you that's why!!
A few minutes later you settle back in to finish dinner. Your turn your head to this
You give up and go get the treats.
you in trouble for not being home
I'm about to open a container that came from her room that I think has food in it. I think there's something growing in there but I have to save my fork. Pray for me.
Update: I don't know what that was. Maybe banana and yogurt. Fuck.
Cried with frustration at the end of tonight's rebound session. Mostly frustration with myself. Unfortunately the trainer noticed and so everyone noticed. She (and everyone else) was absolutely lovely about it and I know I'll go back, but wahhh.
@StudSpud The Starchy I think you'd enjoy this video - one of my favorite channels.
I saw some Worcestershire sauce crinkle cut chips at aldi today and thought of you.
Ooohh must have! Will do research at local Aldi (both of them) to see if there's any left.
7 hours to go lol
I won't be doing this all day. Just once and that's enough. Hopefully we don't have to stay as late but we'll see ๐ค๐พ
rain and spiders, so many spiders
no matter , this i all about rest, plans, and doing things
and spending time with the young seagoons :)
Eek, I hate spiders.
these are harmless
There is also a cheeky pupster, she already stole my breakfast buns from the bag when the car was being unpacked
the buns were gone is one sec and then she ran away around the corner because she knew she was naughty , but she's cute
this country is also obsessed with feijoa fruits ๐
Well this is proving to be difficult.
In better news turns out I accidentally crossbred habs with thai:
Fruits way later and has a hint of habs flavour but not too much and with all the heat. Always found the thais do better in the cold so will be keeping those seeds.
Is being home harder than the hospital? Is Ol' Girl eating?
I think it's easier for her here at home, but she's gone back into 'I need to do domestic chores' mode which might actually not be that bad. I know this might sound bad but I'm leaving small light stuff out for her to put away just so she feels like she's doing something.
Eating is the hard one but she's getting more down here than in hospital. In hindsight should've disregarded advice to not bring anything in.
Went out with an old friend tonight who reached out and asked me to a game of warewolf (similar to mafia) at a pub in Balaclava. First Tuesday of the month if anyone's keen for a bluffing game with randomly assigned roles. Really friendly bunch of people.
Raging cat fight in the backyard. Not enough light to see who is involved. Set the neighbours dog off too. Just what we need World War Fury.
World War Furry mayhap?
Indeed. Unicorn suits and claws out at 3 paces.
So I've volunteered to spend the night overseeing an unknown number of kids on music camp.
*Numbers may change dependent on enrollment
Overnight stay in dorm room with year 5/6 boys from xxxxxxxxxxxxxx primary
Now that I'm staring at the email and imaging what this is going to entail, I can see why they struggle to find parents willing to do it. I think I need to accept that I'm going to get five hours sleep that night if I'm lucky. Set aside time on the Sunday for a good nap.
No story spoilers, but here are some Death Stranding 2 thoughts:
spoiler
I wish most producers were given as much creative freedom as Kojima. There are a lot more weird and sellable games out there that never got made because big players in the industry are so risk averse. Very few game series have been such a weird fever dream and so deeply moving as the Death Stranding games. I can't re-watch the final DS2 sequences without tearing up. So beautiful and sad.
There wasnโt that much I could have at Aldi and Kmart is no longer cheap. Oof
Things have been achieved today. I have changed the sheets on the bed. I have organised a rubbish collection for the last of the stuff at my old place. I have changed the date of my upcoming rental inspection. I have cooked soup and have yellow chicken curry on the stove now. The pet's water bowl has been thoroughly cleaned. I have done the vacuuming and just need to do a bit of a mop and clean the sinks etc. and the cleaning to do list should be done. I think I'm even going to have enough time to do a bit more sorting / unpacking.
I just want to do nothing today. Couldn't get out of bed, now can't get into work at all.
Feeling pretty fuzzy today myself. Mehhhhh. Not sure I would've wanted to rot at home either. I just want to get away!
Have zero motivation and even less interest in doing work today.
Bosses got on my nerves this morning by giving me another runaround task instead of actually doing what I asked of them (5 min job for them, several hours for me).
Time to stretch those hours into days it seems.
Soooooooooooooo it turns out all that render i've been bathed in for the past year gots the lead.
Personally being genX i have a fatalistic view of life, raging systemic lead poisoning and zero shits anyway, but husband is losing his mind so off for a blood test i go.
Today bites and I am very ready for it to be done!
Well hello awesome tax return, nice to meet you too!
Edit: from last year. Also another 12 hour day in the office. I'm taking tomorrow off. Fuck this lol
