Melbourne

Got an interview tomorrow. Let's see what happens. 🤞

Today was a particularly shit day. And I have to go to the stupid xmas party and pretend I'm excited to be around a bunch of people who make 350k+ a year.

Been at my new place of work for just over three months now and they have the new batch of people sitting with me, watching me work, and asking questions etc. also a manager (not my direct one, but same role) spoke to me yesterday about having my mind on my future with this company, as they need good people and are expanding in Melbourne. Feels quite good 😊

I don't get to have any fan lol

Goodnight all ❤️

You know that feeling when you're too hot and tired to feel hungry but you know you'll regret it in bed if you don't eat anything... yeah that's me right now.

I've worked 23 hours over yesterday and today. That's ridiculous. I really hope I sleep in on Wed morning. Maybe make myself an omelette for breakfast. It's a bit silly now how much I'm avoiding cooking in this kitchen. Right now all I need to do is soak some rice noodles in hot water, drain and rinse, and stir through premade vegan larb. C'mon, I can do this. It's not even cooking.

Edit: yay I did it. In a pan, on the stove, with frozen veg to bulk it up. Now I have 3 meals worth of food. Easy.

bastards did a last minute no show, I'm hot and this is now my lunch

Time for a few days of solitude down the beach. Only irl interaction will be 'ellos to randos on the beach and their dogs (and the local IGA for goon, love those peeps). Cannot wait.

Absolute zero risk of anyone popping 'round.

Just redid the ol' girls drug / drop schedule - calendar after today's appt.. Still full on but seems to be working well so far and logical. Keeps changing after every appointment as there are a few docs involved. They can't communicate for shit. Crossing off shit that another has prescribed. I'm in a very privileged position to know very deeply, that kindergarten kiddos with a few cans and some string could do better here with respect to communication it's like herding fukn cats.

Edit. Just taught mum how to break tablets with a bic lighter, she has to do half tabs couldn't use the splitter (these are prescription).. My youth mispent turns out was well spent. lol.

Her: "how did you know that"?

Me; "err trust me it works".

Right, so Nellie is up for renewal. Ought be one more email. Shall I or does anotherbody want this year?

That humidity-less breeze is beautiful. I’ve got the windows open to let it in the house.

Bit of a rant coming up.

Went to my GP to get a referral for a minor procedure. Referral was sent to the surgery clinic (Western Health), I was told it takes about 5-7 days for the surgery to send a confirmation text and set up an appointment. It's not urgent but needs to be done.

After about 2 weeks, hear nothing, call the surgery clinic, turns out they didn't receive the referral. As GP to send another one, and now have to wait another 5-7 days to actually find out it was received.

So either the referral wasn't faxed the first time OR it was misplaced at the receiving end.

I'm not really interested in investigating any further (like asking for sent receipts from my GP), but it's pretty frustrating.

Private is not an option due to lack of insurance and costs unfortunately.

Cool change just swept through. Now it’s 23-24.

DAISO…

I don’t understand. You sell all these binders, but no inserts?

What is this?

Feels like the whole of Melbourne has been transported to somewhere in FNQ.

My car insurance renewal came in with an increase of over 25% so I'm getting to spend the morning getting quotes for alternatives.

Youi just crossed themselves off my list with a bait and switch process - the online form says they will email you a quote, then asks for a phone number just to send you a PIN. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt, gave the number and it goes straight to them phoning me instead. Lying to me to get personal details is not something that makes me want to deal with a company.

I’m suddenly craving toasted ham and cheese sandwiches.

Today is a I feel like crying day, and i don't even know why

where rain?

I have successfully re-hung the mozzie net over the bed. It fell down late last summer when the sticky 'removable' hook peeled off and I never bothered to re-do it. But it's done now albeit a few days too late. One of the major delay points is that it is very very difficult to buy just one cuphook. Packets of 25 or so, no problem, but just one? Impossible. Especially in Richmond or in the CBD. Not even Kmart sells them. So I've improvised with a long screw and a small butterfly nut filched from work put together arse end first. Might even be better than a cuphook as less subject to the mozzie net hanging ring sliding off in the breezes.

They still haven't taken my parcels (now 3!) to the post office yet. Not quite sure what they're doing with them. After sending them to Truganina for the night, they sent them through the airport this morning, then at 3pm they were marked as "in transit" at my suburb (which doesn't have a post office, the local post office is in the suburb over). I think they may be holding them hostage

I just want my ABBA vinyl 😭😭

In better news, the department approved my transition from care funding, and purchased pretty much everything today. They sent me a Kmart gift card for general setup, and I got to choose a table, chairs, and couch. Also hit them up for a dryer, super energy inefficient I know, but I can't stand air/sun dried socks. Everything else, sure no worries, socks, the rough feeling in my shoes all day makes me physically nauseous. That's gonna be my version of avocado toast I guess

(I found a reasonably priced and small enough heat pump dryer, which apparently is the cheapest to run long run, and they agreed. So with infrequent use I'll hopefully be ok)

Uh oh, I continued working after coming home from a 9h day in the office and only just finished at 12:20 for like a 14h day... this is the danger of having a nice cozy wfh setup. And stimulants after a 2 day break. Too easy to lose boundaries :')

At least the overdue stuff is all done, but I've got three more things to start and finish by the end of tomorrow so they don't get overdue. Stupid pre-xmas rush and poorly timed leave. So glad for the flexible hours.

Also some slightly disgruntled feelings over finding out a hack who left my former workplace basically straight-up copied the eork I did there at their new employer, where i knew they're paying big $ for this person's "skills"... not cool, not cool at all. Basically slapped a new logo on top... but due to confidentiality reasons with my current work client I can't share direct evidence. What do. Hmm.

Bikini, soap and bucket. Are you gonna wash my car Seagoon? Yeehaa

warm day, hot to do housework but it must be done

And for the second time in two weeks I've had "your interview was fantastic, we really loved you, but we've gone with an internal candidate this time." Arghhhh

The dishes are rotting in the sink and I’ve spent all day in bed. Feeling like shit in a way I can’t seem to climb out of.

Entire balcony scrubbed and tidied. Outside table wiped down.

Too hot to do the bathroom right now though; the lightbulb blew, and the only ones left are the heat lamp ones. So fuck that!

I'll leave it for my partner to do when they wake up lol

Made it down the bellarine.

It's been a few weeks since I've been down here and my heart sank when I saw all the weeding / mowing I have to do over the next few. This was never going to be an actual break. On the plus the chillies have enjoyed themselves with this weather so that's something.

My phone won't work properly until tomorrow. Thank god for WiFi at home!

Marge!

It's too hot. I want a glass of wine but have "bills" to pay instead

Fuck it's hot out there and the BO is ripe cos my nostrils told me so.

Bit of a mood today which is kind of nice cause I don't often get the nuance of it all. If you need some vibes, it started with Take 5 - Chet Faker Honestly not a MASSIVE fan of the dude, and some of his takes were a bit artsy. But theres something about hearing another guy bare their emotions and admit what they dont know gives my anxious mind permission to relax a bit and let in some feeling. Got into some Trophy Eyes as well to really sell the moodiness.

I had a nap and I had a dream. Some older lady attached herself to my husband and kept referring to him as her "jungle boy". I am so confused right now.