Melbourne

Feeling better. At the end of the day, I never give up. I wouldn't be here now if I was like that.

So the job search continues.

Owing to Chef’s obtainment of a second shift job, Breakfast at the usual Breakfast time will cease in one (1) month. Would patrons like Elevenses instead, or for the daily food service to meet its end?

Guys this is my birthday present. And yeah this baby connects to the amp/receiver thus beaming my singing voice through the Wharfedales × 7. Friday nights are gonna be even more funner.

Very full. Can't move. Cake has been postponed until tomorrow.

be me

have lactose intolerance

have two big spoons of extra creamy yoghurt

30 minutes later, why do I have tummy ache --

Still upset about what my friend said last night. I somewhat gave up on our closeness a while ago since he got into a relationship.

But to think that someone you considered family thinks so little of your capabilities is hurtful.

Full disclosure: I'm on disability support pension. The way it works is if you're employed you report your income and if something happens, you don't have to reapply.

So when he said "maybe you should just stay on DSP", it was like a knife in the chest.

Sorry for the rant, but it's been bugging me.

Today is World Environment Day and also my birthday. I shall be spending this earthy day preening myself and later, drinking margaritas.

Final night in Japan. Pretty bushed but satisfied with how the day went and also ready to go home. It feels nice to think of somewhere in Australia really as home after over a decade of uncertainty.

My bag is absolutely packed to the max with stuff including like 1kg of tea in 13 different packets. And thankfully there's a free laundry at the hotel so I don't have to travel with the last few days clothes stinking everything up. Feeling pretty good about things and glad not to be dreading work...

@Force_majeure123@aussie.zone @underwatermagpies@aussie.zone good luck with your interviews!

@MeanElevator@aussie.zone I don't know if you took your interview yesterday or if it's coming up, but I hope it went well or otherwise best of luck!

It's also SAUSAGE ROLL DAY. Very good day today. Very good day.

My interview seemed to go okay, I got the impression that I was all but confirmed, pending formalities. The conversation of my salary was not broached. I suppose I will need to bring it up when they make their job offer formal

Volunteering shift today. Hopefully I won't be alone for four hours of it like last week. I think it'll be me and one other person today but I can't remember.

Wish me luck

So our public holiday threw my start to the week all askew. I only just checked the AFL tipping results and well, I sucked at tipping last weekend. I only got one game correct. 😞

I know this sounds crazy but I am envious that America has all those Trump and other corrupt traitors on trial and going to jail.

If only the bastards here would be brought to be justice we would be so much better off. They just do evil shit here, politicians and business owners , and get away with it.

I bought a humidifier a few years ago but never used it. Mainly because I was worried about the water settling on a nearby powerboats and causing problems, but I've found a nice place for it to live in my room not so close to electronics that I'm too worried. I didn't know what to put into it so I just used a couple drops of lemon juice until I get some essential oils. Omg this is so nice. Nobody told me it was more like a vapour than steam. I just assumed it was a heating element that steamed a tank of water out a little hole in the top.

I still am a little concerned about potential humidity issues and mould, but I might just run it for a couple of hours before bed to make a nice smelly atmosphere with some lavender or something

Edit: I'm just now realising that a diffuse and a humidifier are not the same thing. I have a diffuser, not a humidifier

Morning.

I’m off to a good start. My accounts are done, my flat is clean and I have footy tickets, and it’s not even half past nine

Melb central station flooded or something. It's partly closed, Coles is wet.
Bread top is still open 😌

Rest has been had, PB toast nommed, will put on some telly while I potter around the place.

Let’s see how this one goes for today.

Throwing up another emoji question thing.

I'm up late having tried (very unsuccessfully) to finish this giant bottle of sake given to me last week. I've packed all my gifts into bundles with food items separate. Now I'm hungry...

...but I remembered I bought gyoza from the combini. Snack time!!

For some reason last night I had a random bout of motivation and decided it was time for a yearly thorough clean in my bedroom. It's not quite 11 months since I moved in, but I have the motivation now, so decided to get it over with. My desk was kinda gross underneath. I didn't realise how much crap managed to fall under it (it's a wheely one with the top desky part but then another desk layer thing at the bottom, so nothing underneath it is visible). It's easy to move, but my computer and screens and such are on it, so moving it requires unplugging everything, hence why I haven't done it before.

The area around my desk also ended up caked in several layers of dust and grime and I don't understand how it's possible for it to be that dusty. It's just the area near my desk. Even the areas in my room I've never wiped or moved aren't that dusty. They have a thin layer of dust, sure, but the stuff next to my desk has like a decades worth of dust accumulated. The housemate was getting rid of an air purifier with a HEPA filter before he moved out and offered it to me, so that should help. Unfortunately, it seems to have been a one time aldi special buy thing from 2020 and nobody sells filters for them, so he said he just vacuums the filter out every few months. Hopefully it'll do the trick though

hahahs one of Microsoft365's outgoing mail serves got dinged by spamcop. I have just had to inform the fourth separate company that no, there is not a problem with our email server, you are on a global shitlist, you need to go speak to your mail admin.

Tried to mellow the extra spicy ramen I accidentally brought a 4 pack off cause I'm trying to waste less food. I managed to get 3/4 of the way through the bowl before losing it. My lips are on fire!

Testing

Ahh... Today has sucked for Miss Molly Moocat. She got gross antibiotics for her uti. Then she didn't want to drink her expensive shop bought broth... (Maybe because there's turmeric and parsley in it, I don't know. Maybe I might lash out on some meat next shop and stew some very plain stuff for her at home.) She also got her wiggies cleaned because she was growing potatoes in there. Plus a sensitivity to this antibiotic is going to give her at least one ear infection and they need to be clean for the medicated drops.

I'm pretty pissed off myself. I'm pre-emptively tightening my belt for Winter and bracing for any more medical costs for either of us, and saw that this lady had been having a self righteous whinge about being "demonised" for owning multiple investment properties. My god, have a sook.

Edit: Also the whining about her and her husband not getting certain kinds of welfare (because they don't need it) and self righteously claiming that they're avoiding being a burden by not taking it... nice to see that casual classism and ableism there. Real nice. Because obviously vulnerable people choose to be disadvantaged and/or disabled.

...I wonder what quality of stew a landlord makes.

By the last light of Durin's Day

Aye, it's a lovely movie.

Goodnight everyone. .😘