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Was a good idea to come down here. Needed this. Back tm though but that's okay.
Got a shitload done. Good escape.
And..
First fire in about a year down here.
I am so so very lucky to be able to use this place no questions asked. Mental health wise it is a godsend rn. The space, shit to do, beach.
Enjoy man :)
Sounds like you've had a real hard few weeks
Fire! Rest, relax, chuck some potatoes in that thing.
That looks really nice. π
Knocked off early.
Cheers π₯
Edit
Love all youse guys ππ₯°π»
Cheers π₯ π
While out for my grocery shop I ran into an old friend and we ended up catching up for awhile on things.
I didnβt want to leave but I was coming to the end of my free parking.
Had a good time!
Melbcat is being very squeaky and squirmy. Sheβs learned to cry for the heater to go on, for extra snacks of wet food, and sometimes for no reason I can see. Iβm hoping sheβs just jealous of the computer getting attention. Maybe she just wants love.
Iβm playing games way too much but right now itβs just what Iβm doing.
omg omg omg
we are going to visit a beach right on the Pacific Ocean tomorrow , not on a bay, right on the ocean
I think I will go in the water a bit π just a little
Hmm my Aunty tried to ring me.
I let it ring out.
A couple of weeks ago she tried to persuade me again to get the others to agree to the settlement of the will.
I refused to do it and told her so.
Nothing to screw a family up quite like fighting over a will.
Tell me about it.
I told her last time Iβm not in contact with any family members and I donβt want to be involved.
what is worse is not challenging a fake will π‘
I'm stressed just reading your post.
You donβt need to get stressed.
If I had answered the phone I would have pushed back quite hard and yelled at her.
Sheβs trying to use me and I know it.
At least she calls you and isn't just going behind your back
Itβs something but sheβs trying to get me to get in contact with everyone and to sway their vote so to speak.
I'm sorry, this is just triggering me into remembering how abusive FIL's last wife was and how she forged the will
I have a deep rage regarding everyone involved, cowards and fools the lot of them
Iβm sorry that happened to you, it sounds really awful what you went through.
Finally home. Guiness in hand. Butt in couch. Game loaded up. Cheers dudes π»
Cheers buddy πΊ
Had to have a serious chat to the team today.
I've put a target on my back by giving them a lot of autonomy and they were starting to get complacent.
I got the message across I think, without being too confrontational.
Had an excellent swim with a new best amount of laps in a row which feels bloody excellent. Hopefully haven't killed myself for the class tomorrow.
Now for wine, because balance. π₯
Of course my period starts on the full moon. All signs point to me being a witch, but I didn't get my letter to Strewthwarts School of Bewitchin' and Broomin', just saying.
Getting better at drums.
If I slow the part down by 50% and play it a few times I can speed back up and play it well most of the time.
I kinda like being a beginner with an instrument. I love that learning experience when you go from nothing to doing reasonably wel.
Pork roast is in the oven for dinner. I had a big piece so I've cut it in half and will do some sort of pulled pork for tacos with the other half. I put it on late so it won't be ready for a while, I might need to organise cheese and crackers to tide me over until then.
So I got my sleep study results back after a fair wait. Yeah it turns out that not breathing might be the reason for the fatigue. Off to dig into savings and go CPAP shopping I think (#thuglife)
I am low key excited - maybe I can function like a real person finally. Any tips from anyone else in the mask club?
If you have any annoyances that can be solved with 3d printed parts, hmu. Mate of mine had me make him a custom bendy thing for his hose 'cos it kept snagging on his bespoke nightstand
2.5h left... On the plus side I got an unexpected Monday off! 3 day weekend wooo
Werq
Yay: I'm getting a bonus! I totally forgot they give them out at this time of the year
Nay: not sure how to handle tax vs salary sacrifice into super. Especially with having to wait one whole year to claim any additional tax back.
I kinda really really need the cash so think I'll take most of it as cash even though it'll be taxed to all buggery. I swear to god I have not had to think so much about tax rules my whole life until this year.
Had that work efficiency session at the start of the week and I think I figured something out about why AI has been such a top down push in the workplace.
A member of the global leadership team was in the sessions, and she's all in on AI. She was telling us about all the work she was getting done with it, and it was just things like reports, presentations, communications plans, and risk strategies.
It's all just typing up a bunch of stuff that gets turned into PDFs and sits on the company Sharepoint. She's at a high enough level now she's not working on any of the implementation, so you can use AI to just write everything for you.
Really, you could probably download templates for all these documents and change the details specific to your business. It would be much better for the environment, but these people wouldn't feel like they're doing anything meaningful if they're just playing corporate madlibs.
I could use AI in a bit of my work, but I need to make Facebook ads, emails, and manage a website. AI can't do any of that, it's just an elaborate autocomplete.
And it's telling the perspective on AI is 'Look at all this amazing work I'm getting done with AI' and not 'The iPhone autocomplete can do my job faster than me, what's the point of my job?'
One of my only applicable use cases was a business case document. Copilot just wrote the most boring version of an SEO friendly article on Viva Engage, and even then I felt I had to step in and write some things myself to both make it more interesting and specific to the business. And say this goes ahead, AI can't put people into Viva Engage groups for me.
The CEO of the last place I was at was exactly the same with AI.
So fucking stupid.
3 times the dog went in and out the front door last night. The 4th time he tried I said "No. Go to bed". He repaid me by ralphing on the carpet.
I love you Friday.
My tram driver either has the hiccups or is smuggling a purse sized dog
Last day of my late-shift week. It has been a struggle but I've survived (so far). 7.30 can't come soon enough!
Start work in 9 mins. Currently in bed. Good thing it's WFH day. This might be a job for coffee....
