Melbourne

Tucked-in Mickey

going to do the good old fashioned walk into a place hiring with a smile and a CV and maybe a handshake

big pay cut if i get it but it is the line of work i’ve always done and enjoyed instead of this random job i have right now

it will also bring regular breakfast back

For the first time in what seems like ages I haven't needed to turn any heating on. It's nice. I could get used to this.

bought ticket for 1pm deadpool

i should really get up

It's been a tough day in the office for Mr Snowy, who's now falling asleep at the desk.

Straight into the mud.... At least he's now ok with getting in the shower.

Aaaaand....

I want cooookiiieess to go with my evening cuppa... but I'm too lazy to wear real clothes to go to the shops... I'll save myself some calories tonight then 😮‍💨

So Mr P tested positive for covid today, but via some miracle or misadventure all the rest of us have tested negative. Thank goodness, as Miniest was at a party earlier and if she'd tested positive I'd have had to contact the parents 😬Now he is quarantined in his room moaning and demanding things lol.

Random question: have you heard the phrase "(he / she /it) went mad and we shot them" in response to a query, or even just answering the phone? It's something quite commonly used in my family, but when i answered a work call with it "not here, she went mad so we shot her" the zoomer on the other end lost their shit.

Edit: might be worth dating yourself, genX here

I had a dream last night that the woman buying my sewing machine on Marketplace accidentally gave me way too much money (like a couple of thousand instead of a hundred). I knew the right thing to do was to let her know and give the extra cash back, but holding a big wad of money was way too tempting. I was still wrestling between my decision as to whether to do the right thing or keep the money when I woke up.

Anti-gratitude thread.

Got like five hours of sleep and woke up late for work. Was a minute late. Every Sunday it's the same and I feel like I'm sacrificing my mental health for the sake of this three hour shift. But it's the only consistent shift I get. Time to look for a new job I reckon. Once I finish uni, I shall exit retail.

Planning has begun for a trip to LA28 Olympics. Might as well tick that box before departing this mortal coil.

My first headache in years. Ouch. I think it's dust from the new old cupboard and spring glare

A major difference between my wife and I:

• I spent 10 minutes banging a wooden spoon on a standard kitchen knife trying to open a coconut. I give up after the wooden spoon disintegrates, the coconut still closed.

• My wife comes into the kitchen and swings the same knife at the coconut a few times. Less than a 30 seconds later, we have access to coconut water.

Back from the bellarine with yet another big bag o' lemons. Never ends! will have to give more away.

Starting to get thoughts about doing icy poles though.

Basically squeeze them into ice cube trays. thaw them out come summer. Chuck it in moulds (with water / sugar and some berries).. wait for it to freeze. Grab a drill, pour liquid-ish icecream in the holes, partially re-freeze, jab the stick in, then back in the freezer... hrmm.

I am not ashamed to say that I cried at the end of Deadpool when the song came on.

Rookie numbers.

Random sunday braindump:

Had a BIG reset sleep last night. Feel asleep at 5:30. Woke up at 8 for a bite to eat and listened to podcasts for.a while then back asleep round ten for around 11 hours.

I knew I had not given myself enough rest to get over that flu and my brain has been ramping up in tighter and tighter circles all week. I feel calm finally today.

Today I will clean the sheets and make some food basics for the week and catch up on a little bit of planning work.

I think I need to reset my bujo rhythm too - it's turning into an unmanaged Todo list of doom. I think I am going to try to enforce 20 mins at either end of the day to sit down with a cuppa and review/plan/organise.

My hair turned out really nice today. Not sure why, I washed it with a detergent ’soap’ bar and haven’t cut it yet.

I think the issues I was having were only from hair being a bit too long and not remembering to brush it enough. I might grab a large paddle brush to make it easier

Just had some Portuguese chicken. Definitely challenged my spice tolerance levels. Mouth and lips still tingling 10 min later.

On an unrelated note, I find it astounding that new builds, even ones that look relatively expensive still have single glaze windows.

🎶it’s a DAAAAMN COLLLLD niggght🎵

This just appeared in the abc newsfeed - home sewers welcome apparently Still fairly exxy by the metre. Just better than fabric lab or rathdowne remnants.

Sanity check: I’ve got a little bit of chicken alfredo pasta left over. Not enough for a serve by itself, but I was thinking maybe chucking it in the jaffle maker for lunch tomorrow? Mrs says that sounds horrible, but she also says a bakedbean jaffle is gross and hates a hot chip sandwich so I’m not sure I can trust her judgement.

Gratitude thread!

The sun :) and only a few weeks (??) left hopefully of super coldness. Every year, I forget when it starts to warm up.