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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Possible job offer.
Reference check being conducted.
If they require a police check, which they probably will, it's 50/50 that they withdraw the offer.
Fingers crossed, π€πΎπ€πΎπ€πΎ
Edit: nervous that the recruiter hasn't reached out to my references yet. But we'll see.
Crossing everything for you!
Thank you! If there is a police check, I'm going to request a meeting with the general manager who I interviewed with and see what she'll say.
Hungry Jack is dead to me. How dare he.
Welp, time to grab the pitchforks and drive Jack to the border.
Looks good though. It's only when you receive it do you realise it's been slam dunked into the bag from the other side of the room. I'd still call it a parma if I ordered it.
Fucking called it!!! Sit down for for dinner last night and the mrs goes "what we we doing this weekend?" "not much, why?" "Well, I got a message from (Couple I complained about yesterday) wondering if we.." "nope! heck no we're not doing that. Whatever it is, its a no from me." She stares at me a few seconds "Why?" "We talked about this last weekend babe, we are NOT getting pulled into this shit! the other day was exhausting, i need some space from them"
She goes on to admit the message was very strange and almost like we didn't have a choice in the matter. I pointed out as adults we very much do have a choice. I so saw this coming, I may not have understood it but I was apprehensive enough to bring it up yesterday I must've had a 6th sense.
Yeah avoid that dumpster fire. Life's complex and exhausting enough without taking on other people's BS. Especially if they're in a situation where they could do something about their drama but won't due to reasons.
Your Spidey Sense was tingling for sure.
They're also adults, so they need to figure themselves out. Don't burn yourself out with their shenanigans.
I love your comment from yesterday I think, "don't burn yourself out to keep others warm." I'm gonna steal it.
I've also seen it more dramatically stated as "don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm ".
It comes up a lot on the caregiving Reddit sub, there are way too many people who are manipulated into prioritizing other people's needs above their own.
The one that really stuck with me from this whole discussion was "Youβve kind of shot yourself in the foot there, can you please not bleed on my kitchen floor?".
You're definitely doing the right thing by doing your best not to get pulled into the drama.
All good advice are lessons learned in the flames that chill, rather than burn.
It can apply to many differing situations, but the best thing you can do is look after yourself first and foremost. One cannot do anything for anyone else, if one is broken from lack of self-care.
Stage one interview done, I feel like it went well. I'll know in a day or two if I get to the in person interview which would be next week
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Lodged my tax return this morning. Took like 5 minutes
That's how you know I'm poor
When they're like "you got any investments bro? What about income from dividends? Don't know what a dividend is? Oh, just put down "no" then, you poor fuck"
So, Planet Ark are trying to register an account to join aussie.zone. I would normally have rejected their application, as they are giving the vibe of 'we want to spam'. So, I reached out to them on their contact form. I thought it possible they had a google analytics alert and noticed us discussing their products recently.
But, that was longer ago than I realised: It feels like we talked about that a few weeks ago. So now I'm back to thinking they want to spam. Gah!
I want answers, but I don't want ads. I suppose I'll wait to see if/how they respond to my website query.
Update:
Hi Nath,
No, that email address does not belong to us.
Thanks for checking!
man I cant see a good reason why brands need to be on a social media platform of this size, that's just my 2 cents.
bit cool next morning
Holy fuck that's cold.
Wish I could explain to the cat that she's allowed under the doona:
I do not like that forecast. I looked at the predications for the next week and the coldest mornings are all the ones I'm working (which means 4am wakeup). Two days -1, one day 0, and a pleasantly warm 2 degrees for the other. There should be an extra penalty rate or allowance for early starts in below zero temperatures.
Trying to be kind about an email from a friend, where they have linked me a seek job posting for... A sales rep.
When they know I'm changing careers and have spoken to them about it. That I won't be going back to call centre shite.
Ehhhhhhhhh. EHHHHHHHHHHH
Got done by a lemon tree thorn a few days ago. Tiny little prick but it's really puffed up. Headed over to Dr. google and learnt a new word:
Phytophotodermatitis, where when you get done, then expose it to UVA it flares up. Most common from lemon trees apparently.
Little fucker packs a punch. I had no idea.
I will wear gloves next time.
Retreating to bed cause itβs fucking freezing. Fortunately got the electric blanket on in preparation so beds nice and warm at least. Reckon Iβll leave the electric towel rail on tonight too just so donβt freeze my junk off when I get up at 6am.
Got a survey call today. It's the first in a long time becausebmy phone usually filters them for me.
I've received some weird emails recently too. I bet it was that damn property expo I registered for
Hot water bottle just woke me up cos sprang a leak. Only by now it's a slightly warm water bottle which is a relief. And it's only on its third year of use. Damn. TGF mattress protector. Would not be fun drying a mattress this time of year.
I go for the pre training review thingy today. They sent me the link yesterday and reiterated I had to fill out the LLN assessment prior to the PTR, so i wrote back to ask if they'd received my assessment, and they never replied which is always a good sign.
I feel like this is a bit of a pivotal moment for me, and this is about the point I'd start making saves if this were a game...
In other news, I was finally able to go watch that bad men movie on Sunday (3rd time's the charm, I guess). I enjoyed it, even though I never saw the other one(s? I think it's a trilogy). I pieced enough of it together to still enjoy myself.
Edit: it didn't really go anywhere. Apparently being in high school I need a letter before I can start the course, even though I'm apparently old enough to just decide I want to leave. And of course it's now school holidays so I can't get it until the 12th, 4 days before my course starts....
Such beautiful weather out today! I wish I wasn't stuck in an office for most of it. Tonight is gonna be froooosty, I'm STOKED that I can roll outta bed late tomorrow. Have a meeting on campus at 2, plan is to try and finish all my work off by noon and quietly clock off after that. Would love to have a stroll round campus after if tomorrow's as beautifully sunny as today.
Well, 11.5 degrees looks to be as warm as I'm getting today. I'm off to have a stroll around the neighbourhood with Mr Woof.
Victorian public service executives have now been awarded a pay increase between 3.5% and 4.3%.
If you change your password, but your password manager fails to capture it did you really even change your password? According to the system? Yes, you very much did.
A password manager that doesn't capture a password is about as useful as an indicator on a BMW.
Mmm. I love how my brain is deciding to dwell on mortality. It really helps with everything.
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and today on "searches that will get me on a list"
Moorabbin was once renowned for its springs. I am randomly trying to find where they were. Unfortunately I am surrounded by goddamn car repair shops so guess what fucking comes up when you search "Moorabbin springs" so now I'm digging at hydrogeological data for the entire port phillip bay area to find the aquifers....
You guys said Octonauts was good but they referred to a pufferfish as poisonous instead of venomous
As far as kids are concerned, the fish is poisonous. There's no way I'd want a kid to think they can fry up and eat a pufferfish.
I am trying to space out my watching of the Bear season 3 but it's so hard. You know the show is good when it's a flashback episode, and you know it turns out ok, but you are still on the edge of your seat the whole time.
I washed the woolen underlay I use as a dog blanket a couple of weeks ago and hung it outside to dry. I missed taking it in before rain hit so it had to stay out longer. Now I have a magpie coming in regularly to collect nesting material from it, so I guess it has to stay there now.
Why am I so tired today??
You ever wonder if you're just tired a lot or if you're actually Stage 3 something or other and just haven't gone to the doctor? I think I might have hypochondria.
