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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
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Little peace accords between species this morning. Someone hangs out a seed mix that's the neighbourhood buffet breakfast
Multicultural Melbourne β₯
I heard what I can only assume was an ibis warbling, sort of like a magpie, coming out of the cemetery lake colony this morning.
Omg that is an amazing photo!! The one male house sparrow being eyed off by the lorikeet π
I love pigeons, legit my favourite bird. I just love their shape, their cute coos, and how funny they look when the males try to dance for the females.
Iβm back with pizza!
Looks like pineapple and some green capsicum and something leafy.
Breaking News
The Surprise Pizza, formerly known as The Mystery Pizza, has landed. The most anticipated pizza all day. Enjoy lucky Winner. Enjoy.
Goodnight everyone β€οΈ
Earlier I was going to go out to buy some coffee on half price.
Walked out the door dressed up and gave up and went back in.
Having of those days today.
Cried for like the first 1.5 hours of my work day. Awesome.
Oh no. π
Staying up laaaaate because fuck it, why not? I'm and adult, I'm allowed to relax with no commitments tomorrow!
In fact... I'm going to have chocolate ice cream.
I planned on a nice relaxing day today but the man is here and it's hard to relax with the energizer bunny hopping around asking if there's anything I'd like him to do. Yes, go outside and don't come back for a really long time. I know that's mean and I know I'm lucky but he's been bopping around since 8 am and I'm tired watching him now.
I completely understand. 'What can I do to help?'..... sit there and pretend you're not here because I've got stuff to do.
I'm trying to update my bank account details on my work's payroll software and it's not letting me do it. So I sent an email to payroll, and almost signed it off with "Retards" instead of "Regards". Just one of those days.
It's my birthday in a month.
It's rare that I'm excited for it, but for the moment, Im looking forward to it.
Also, tuna pasta sauce doesn't last as long as I thought, as I found out today...
I dug (another) hole!
This one will be dedicated to potat and only potat. Should be twice as big hopefully by the end.
Was also about to start the chillo patch on the left there (which looks awful for now). Not stressed have a month to sort that. Disconnected the water but apparently I left it on and it went off just as my head was right near the drip line was aimed at my face.
I sounded like this
Grappling with extreme anxiety attacks lately. Just taking it day by day and trying to arrest the doom spiralling and catastrophizing.
Great way to lose weight though.
Hang in there mate. I've had a shit time recently too. Day at a time is the way to go. As banal as it sounds, recognising the doom spiralling and catastrophising is an important step towards trending back to a stable state. You got this
Thank you, appreciate that.
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be normal and well adjusted. Truly envy people like this.
When Mickey is dozing on my chair he is always in the mood for kisses. He starts purring like a tractor when I kiss his belly, and he starts rolling over more to make sure I kiss it all. It's the only time I can touch his tummy without losing an appendage; hands and arms are absolutely no go, only face!
Pic of him rolled over after I kissed his whoooole tummy, I stop when he stops purring π I'm not gonna push him with my eyes so close to his claws lol
fluffy belly boi
Train issues. Catch an uber. Driver gets out at every traffic light to stretch.
Interesting.
Car seat doesn't fit/badly adjusted. Back issues consequent on that.
Laneway Festival ticket acquired. Friend and her friends got some too! So now we are going together as a big group and I have something to look forward to :)
A dude just got on the train with a 6 pack of beer and a huge pizza. Tempted to offer a trade for an iPhone 13, the smell is incredible!!
Did you know one third of the risk of developing GAD (generalised anxiety disorder) is genetic? Yet another reason for me to not reproduce.
But, 0% chance of passing on any disorders to a cat. And fluffy friends definitely make the world better.
Linux sysadmin horror story
I did the thing....the rm -rf *
thing in the wrong directory
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Did not take out the server but did take out one of those legacy Cron jobs that's been running for years but no-one quite remembers how it works and it turns out it was not being backed up (that was a fun additional realisation) and kinda sorta really important.
Eek.
Just spent the last few hours surgically reinstating the code from and out of date backup.
Fingers crossed.
Second big thing done for the week, finishing up at one job. While I know it was the best choice for everyone there is certainly a feeling of sadness/loss. I'm going to try walk some of it off and let it flow through.
After uni tomorrow my next biggest things for the week are (a) ramping up the rental search, (b) massive cleaning on weekend
E: walk done, sweat exuded, shower and OMITB and dinner and early sleep tonight I think. Uni library first thing tomorra
Oh that reminds me. The pigeon babies left the nest. both seemed to survive ok. But before I could trim the damn hedges another pigeon moved in and laid some eggs. Damn things are like tribbles.
I'm counting down until we find out what the mystery pizza is
patience is a virtue πβ
Wanted to import the discussion about this address from the other place.
https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-toorak-146320444
It's super nice but no way it's worth $50M+ right? It's not even in the part of the Yarra where you could go for a swim.
Ok Iβm tracking now. Itβs like the minutes of last meeting in the title. The mystery pizza.
There must be at least couple common ingredients that they always have leftover, but then it depends on the pizza joint as well and the longevity of the ingredients. Hmm tricky.
Although anchovies probably arenβt regularly requested, they do keep well so Iβm guessing they wonβt be a topping.
I canβt think of any pizza I would turn my nose up at though.
New glasses ordered and paid for. Fuck they weren't cheap :(
With private insurance, I get a ~$200/yr annual allowance. Curiously, some optometrists have sales of glasses for ~$200. Pure coincidence, I'm certain.
Anyway, I effectively get glasses for free (I don't, private health insurance is expensive) and was browsing on the weekend for something I don't actually desperately need because that allowance expires in 8 weeks.
Someone is eating corn on the cob above Thornbury - Marge style rain falling.
Possums scrambling at top speed along the fence⦠they sound like a herd of elephants
Busy busy day tomorrow πππ , will have to make a list