Melbourne

The heater is staying on tonight.

Goodnight all ❤️

I leave the thread for a day or so to read a book I got obsessed with (Drift by C J Turner) and next thing people are talking in German about their pets and Tone's assaulted in the supermarket! Jesus Christ on a bicycle!

Decided to book some nights down near the peninsula for the long weekend. There is a dinosaur park and children's farms that should keep the boys busy.

It's meant to be cold and wet, so no big adventures, but its a part of Melbourne so far away we wouldn't bother going down there otherwise because it wouldn't be worth the time

I went to make a cup of tea and my favourite mug just went 'crack' right through when I poured the boiling water in. And then the water was coming out the bottom somewhere.

It's probably 20 years old. Very sad. I have a million mugs (I think they breed in the cupboard) but only a handful of 'good' ones which are my go-tos for tea.

Thanks everyone for the encouragement today!

Anyway I'm going to go buy some smoked salmon now and see what goodies are available at the Nice Woolies while I'm here.

E: there was smoked salmon on CLEARANCE so it was meant to be. And I bought some vegan meat thingos and frozen fish fillets on clearance and a bag of chips and tinned sardines and my favourite brand of instant coffee. And treats for sox, which were gladly consumed.

As a master of spelling (various sorts) can you beat my score?

spelling challenge

3/12

I got an extra day working from home!!!!! So that's 2 days in office.

Yeeha.

Sometimes we play the unsolved case files games in which the players are given a murder case and a series of questions to answer. The answers for each step are in sealed envelopes and you cannot proceed without correctly identifying each clue. A file folder on each suspect is included, along with maps and newspaper clippings. We might spend weeks on it and get nowhere.

It can be frustrating, however, they are enlightening to the fact that in order to succeed, a patient and detail oriented mindset can win the day.

Gumboots have been attained. 👍

Anyone else's cat going nuts or is it just me?

Finished stressful work day. Having beer in beer garden while I wait for my friend to finish work. Then we go try a new Sichuan restaurant (kind of our hobby eating at new restaurants, typically Chinese?.

. Got the "Mixed spicy" (without further clarification listed in english) which was unexpectedly a cold dish, kinda like hainanese chicken in soup but with Szechuan flavour (lots of numbing). Very good!

Today I got no work done. Spent ages trying to find somewhere to sit and there was not really any spaces in any of the libraries around with unoccupied plugs. Then I was supposed to meet with a friend at 11 and they arrived at 12:30. I could've found somewhere to sit and asked them to join me, but I just wanted to go home at that point. Came down with a massive headache.

At least I got 20,000 steps in. Now I shall keep warm and attempt the work I wanted to do. There's always tomorrow after all.

My head still hurts this morning, it feels like a bad headache. Trying to do some work but my motivation is pretty low. Still wondering why me? Of all the people gawking at this guy going nuts, I was the one he singled out.

I called the police last night to ask why I hadn't been contacted yet, a sergeant got in contact with me and apologised that the officers at the scene didn't even ask for my details when I told them what happened. The guy had only been charged with property destruction offences before I called, what happened to me wasn't even recorded. What a joke right? I'm giving a statement on Friday.

I think I figured out why I'm not enjoying my new role.

The people are nerds, but not in a good way. They're the nerds that were teacher pleasing brown-nosers who would throw anyone and everyone under a bus to get an inch ahead.

There's also people who are very quick to make their problems our problems. Sound like communism to me 😁

I've also noticed that I can ignore emails and people eventually leave me along.

So that's good.

Does anyone here try to "one up" their partner? So, I made spag bol (lots of servings) for the man with garlic bread. He's buying me fresh oysters and caviar. I bought him grapes. I think I've lost this one.

Melbcat’s test results are good so I’m not sure why she’s still sooky and eating like a horse? She’s definitely off about something.

Her kidneys are a little bit worse though 😞 Makes sense. During the uti I’ve been prioritising wet food consumption for hydration, so have been leaving out the chalky phosphate binder that puts her off it. Maybe I’ll start trying to reintroduce it.

I’m glad she’s eating well though. She’s cuddled up with me and very cute.

Melbcat has put her tail in my coffee 🥺

Catastrophic data loss isn't a great phrase to leave a meeting with. Might happen unless the National level gets Jimmy from Admin off the tech support inbox.