Melbourne

The RAT finally arrived, and the results are in. I am officially out of the never-had-covid club.

Is talking to birbs in his sleep

Guess what? House actually now available for the offer. Banker off on medical. I have a headache.

Today is hard

Holy shit those fires in LA are kicking off. And it's WINTER over there. Of course nobody would be enacting the usual fire prevention activities

I’m actually wrecked

I want her life

Ever since I've come back from my holiday I've been feeling flat. I'll get over it but it's hard to get motivated in this weather. That's all.

3 days left till annual leave ends. It's been great to have a break but I'm definitely stagnating.

If I had more disposable income saved for the break it would have been better but that's OK.

My probation ends on the 23rd of January. Once it's over I can start looking for a new place asap.

Fawker and Moonee ponds are looking reasonable for house rental. I don't think I could go back to an apartment, dealing with everyone's noise.

Looks like house is a no go. Vendor trying to playing bidding games well above projected value. Ho hum, I'll stop pricing curtains.

Urge to kidnap rising...

Hiya

Brunch was cool, nice to get out for a bit. Came home and tidied up the kitchen and lounge and then felt tired. Am trying to do the VicRoads learner's permit course thing online and it's going ok so far, but I've come to the first tutorial and nothing was working. Tried my MILs laptop and it wasn't working on that either. Looked up what OS versions VicRoads supports and they only do current versions and the previous ones. My 4 yo android 11 phone was never going to cut it! MILs laptop is 3yo. Tried to see if it would update and there's none available anymore for that version 🙄 Nothing like a bit of built in obsolescence to spoil your day! Going to have to use Miniests laptop.. when she isn't using it!

oh yes. Adult realisation I can fill the backyard with monkeybars if I wish.

One night back in Melbourne and sleeping in an oven has me reconsidering moving back here. Dear lord...

it has been one year since my last serious sciatica attack i am 95% better

am on diet and slowly losing weight past 2 months

It's time to start some gentle exercise to tone muscles 🙂

Lorne be packed…

And jeebus, breakie and coffee nearly $40…

Alright carrots were a misfire. not even a knuckle long. Zucchini is looking better now that I remember to harvest it early enough. Tomatoes finally have a bit of fruit so I've thrown up the net around them.

Dr Google told me as I was no longer feverish light exercise should be ok and may even help improve breathing. So I took Mr Woof to the end of the block and back. That was not a great idea, I'm now exhausted.

I have ordered some RATs that cover covid and flu that should arrive today. Hopefully I will then have something to officially blame. Unspecified plague is just unsatisfying. I did do a covid RAT on Sunday which was negative, but I think it is time for a second opinion.

omg, seeing pics of the devastation if the fires in LA. It's really dreadful. 😖

I should be getting to sleep because I'm going out for brunch with my MIL tomorrow. She wants to have brunch with just me, not with the kids and Mr P tagging along, so we've told them I'm going to help her with some shopping. We used to go out together a lot more when I was a sahm and the kids were in school, but we haven't much at all these past 3½ years I've been working. I feel guilty 😔

done the shopping and put it all away, still couldn't get eggs or fresh cat food

onto my sixth load of washing

and also doing garden work

I am hot

Sky pretty

Ok the titan arum did not bloom overnight, though it is definitely imminent.

The other thing I learnt yesterday is that there are in fact two titan arums in frame. The tree-like thing circled in yellow on the left is the single leaf of a different specimen that is between flowers.

Edit: New link!

I'd love to have a channel to Dav Pilkey. I'm sure he's doing fantastic and doesn't need any sort of reinforcement. My kids are sitting on the couch re-reading Dog Man books, and giggling their heads off.

The neat thing about Dog Man is it is full of puns and pop culture references. When they first read them, they get a tiny fraction of those. My oldest is now 13 and has picked up on loads of word play and cultural references that he's never understood previously. He's probably older than the target demographic, but is loving them all the same.

I'm sure seeing his work bring all this joy to a couple of kids on the other side of the planet would make him beam with happiness. At least it would for me, even if I were a multi millionaire.

Kick-starting a gravity thread.

I'm grateful for the shade and water.