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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
It's my irl bday today.
To celebrate I'm going to attack more jasmine. Then dins with the fam (w/ bro / SIL oh no). P's are heading off early to Qld tm morning so just doing Indian takeaway. They have a nice dining room so it seems silly to go out. 5 of us and the local Indian takeaway joint does a good deal for 4 for $99. Bro and SIL are getting half portions.
Meeting to decide my future with my current workplace in 12 minutes, send me loads of positive vibes! I just need to not cry!
Edit: Good news is that I still have a job. I just need to be⦠a little less shit at it.
Little one bought home her fathers day gift which was a 'all about her dad' poster and she has successfully made me sound like I'm an alcoholic.
Which is super impressive because I don't even drink alcohol, lol.
My dad loves books and drinks π π·
I've had My mum loves food. Correct β
There is something blackly hilarious about how many vegans are insisting they should be able to feed a cat vegan diets if they really really want to. (Blowup in outoftheloop)
Those people need to own rabbits. Or preferably no animals at all because they lack any sort of clue.
And if you disagree with them on the viability of vegan diets and cats you're 'emotionally invested in them being wrong'
Just...dude. Don't own a fucking cat. Millions do it.
It's like they don't care about the fact that cats are obligate carnivores.
Edit: in fact, they don't even know what 'obligate carnivore' means.
There's slews of 'em going 'but supplements and this single study that mostly looked at dogs said it was ok!!'
Like....jesus. They're trying to force an animal to go against its nature to suit their personal preferences and they do not see the hypocrisy. Get a fucking parrot you twonks
Love to see their reaction to chickens demolishing any rat they find!
My dog loves cucumber. But goes crazy for big meaty bones. Lettuce and celery result in a dog equivalent of a death stare. Iβm sure he would throw them back at me if he could π
Um, we're having TWO Thursdays this week? Does that mean 2 paydays????? Please please let this be true. Or is this a fiendish plot to prevent our Friday overindulgences?
I have done everything to not have to buy disposable vapes, but the run around and scams with the doctors and pharmacies is an absolute joke.
First you have to pay 90ish bucks for a script, which only allows you to use it at the chemist they are linked to. So every doctor has basically started their own little chemist to dispense the products.
And so if they happen to run out of stock, we'll, you need to pay for another script so you can access the product at another pharmacy/store.
Meanwhile, I've seen more cigarette smokers in the last few weeks, than I've seen in years. And that's not hyperbole.
Everyone is buying disposables, because the system that the government set up is an absolute sham.
So now I'm risking buying stuff from overseas that might get seized at border control, because the disposables are really fucking bad for you. They affect your breathing in a negative way almost instantly.
I've tried the patches, the inhaler, even the medicine. It didn't work for me, because it's really hard to quit something you've been taking for over 20 years on a daily basis.
Well done federal government.
Meant to be another after work drinks put on tonight but I am too knackered for twice in a row. This place is going to turn me into more of alcoholic than I already am
Sometimes I look at some things I said and done 20 years ago and think omg cringe.
lol I think nearly all of us can relate to that
Hell I don't even need to go that far back...
Cat pretending to be Orange. Got his head stuck in a tissue box.
Biscuits done.
The chilling time before rolling out was a bit too long I think, the dough was a bit too hard initially. The embossed roller worked fairly well, but I could probably use some practice to get it a bit more even. I also played around with a bunch of different cutters so have a variety of biscuit shapes and sizes - I'll pick the nicest looking to take to work tomorrow and the rest will be snacks for me.
I'm also taking advantage of the oven being hot to make pizza for dinner.
This wind fucking sucks lol can't sleep
Long day but much more satisfied today and got a wee bit of walking in... plus my favourite aunt confirmed she WILL be available when I want to go see her after all - so I have something to look forward to at the end of September!! Yay! That's really lifted my mood π₯°
Well done to our paralympians overnight snagging 4 medals. π¦πΊ
Thursday again already? Where does the time go?
Well, you know how the cookie monster steals all the cookies? The time monster steals all the time
Two quizzes for two of my theory classes have been completed with 100%
Phew, now to review my prac assessments, submit those, and finish up the quizzes for the other two theory classes.
So 2 down, 6 to go! Whoo hoo!
Can hear all kinds of things banging and flapping in the wind. Sounds like someone's gonna lose a bit of shed roof if this keeps up.
How can a fence builder get it so wrong? Our front fence failed footing and final inspection - the posts are higher than the plan, and the concrete pads donβt go deep enough into the holes. Weβre at a lossβ¦
I managed to sleep well after feeling like crapola yesterday night, and crucially, got out of bed at 7:30 instead of lolling about... got to work early to sit down and eat a proper breakfast π½
Today's wordle was mean, I had to give up and use a solver.
Alright, time to crack on. The sun outside is delightful but bom says more wind tonight... and over the weekend.... meh.
Stay warm and safe and may your house not blow away. π
Operation sort shit is going well. I have been getting rid of stuff and now have empty gaps and nothing that needs to go into them, which as a previously over-cluttered person (aka recovering hoarder) is not something I am used to experiencing. I'm doing lots of labeling today, as well as attaching a bunch of little stick-on drawers to the bottom of some of my shelves to hold smaller bits of stationery and sewing supplies. I really should do an op shop run too, the collection of stuff to go is getting quite large.
I had it in my head that all of the Victorian Carl's Jr location closed immediately a few weeks ago but apparently only a couple of locations closed and Melton remains alive.
Got breakfast from there for one last time because I didn't think I'd get to again. It was meh. It can die now.
I ended up putting a box in front of my door so it would stop flinging open (yay uneven floors), and ended up getting a decent enough sleep. Woke up at midnight with all the wind, bloody hell it was rough, couldn't get back to sleep for about an hour
I heard the bin man collect a bin, I sure I hope the others didn't blow over...
