Interview went ok. They did catch me off guard with a couple of questions. But fingers crossed for a positive result!
I got another call from a recruiter for a government contract job that pays literally double what I was making before. So that's a good backup.
Do you know when they will get back to you?
What’s the government job looking like? More work or more advanced skill set required?
Fingers crossed for you gibby!
Today is the first day in over 3 weeks I've had any time to myself. Not even 10 minutes to myself. I don't regard a walk in a crowded park as having time to myself.
I'm fucking exhausted and emotional.
Hugs. From a distance so you don't feel ambushed.
Nonsense drama on my street today. Tomorrow is bin day, some residents have rolled out their green waste bin, whilst others (myself included as it's the correct one) rolled out the recycling bin.
One neighbour asked me how I knew (checked the council website to verify) and quickly corrected his mistake.
The neighbour that had a blue with his missus rolled out his green one and gave me a very patronizing smirk.
When my bin gets emptied I'm going to wait until he's outside to roll mine in. Debating whether to blow him a kiss or just wave enthusiastically.
Hahahaha I'm laughing at the thought of you smugly blowing a kiss. What a fucking wanker.
I wondering what the person who asked how you knew thinks the system is. I am imaging them asking with bewilderment, how do you know which bin it is?!? Maybe they think it’s random each week and you are a magician who can see the future.
They're the type that would go to the council office and ask instead of checking online.
It was passed down in the lore... only to those who would listen to the Elders...
Yay, pick up the keys to the new unit today.
I have arrived in Albury pretty glad to have decided to break up the drive. I could have pushed through but it would have been rough near the end I suspect.
Lovely day here too! I was expecting rain but found sunshine.
Yeah you missed all the fun on Sunday and Monday - driving down the Hume in Vic would've been an absolute blast those two days. Now it's back to being boring!
Did I just spend over 5 solid hours in the same position on the couch trying to solve a question on a Stack Exchange website? (for a grand total of 2 internet points because most of the userbase isn't online at this time)
...really better go and have a walk now geez.
I don't wanna go to work today. ☹️ Is anyone able to go in and impersonate me for a day instead? Can pay in zucchini.
I've been awake since like 2:30am and can't get back to sleep.. but the plus side of that is that I got to see the underside of the Sydney Harbour Bridge about 25 minutes ago. Pretty keen to get off the ship and on the road apparently. I'm glad I went to bed relatively early!
Still won't be able to disembark for 2 hours due to the customs staff not being at the terminal until 6:30am.. which is ok because the car hire place doesn't open until 7:30am.
Hurry up, time!
Was the 4th off the ship and I booked my Uber from the gangway like a boss so my car was ready for me as soon as I walked out. Beat the surge pricing hell yeeeeahhh!
Although I am at the rental car place 35 minutes before they open.
Why do cows eat grass?
For the moo-trients.
It's dumb, but my God does that make me giggle.
Tell me an udder joke
Thank you!! I stood straight up and told that to my boss, who just shook his head at me while I sat back down and giggled for a bit.
I wouldn't ruminant on it.
😐
Work has been busy from the get go this year. Isn't the first week back in January supposed to be cruisey?
I've got a meeting for a new contractor position on Thursday where the $$ earning potential is very good so fingers crossed that goes well. I've got another business on the hook that wants to sign me up as well. Between them, I think I could make a decent enough living (with the added flexibility) so I can escape my hellhole workplace ASAP. This is the place that asked me to voluntarily leave last year. Coming back to it in the new year has been rougher than expected. I'm not invested in this job at all anymore, and faking/forcing it while waiting for the perfect role is super exhausting. I need out.
This is my latest creation. I call it The Nest
A creme caramel centre with vanilla icecream and ice magic. So good. So bad. But so really good.
Put it in me
😂
That looks delicious. 🤤
It's very naughty but if ya gonna do it, go big I say. It's out of my system now.
Thought I'd give the housemate a break from making my meals since I still can't touch any shared spaces, so I ordered some lunch with enough leftovers for tea and jesus fkn christ it's highway robbery out there.
We found a Thai joint on the weekend that was ridiculously cheap. Like pre-covid cheap. 4 mains, 1 entree, 1 large coconut rice...under $75 (take away)
I saw their website pricing and had to call to make sure it wasn't an old site.
Can't leave us hanging like that.
Here's the only asian place near me down here on the bellarine.
Peak season nosebleed pricing.
Does anyone know what that yellow circle in the sky is?
It's taunting you.
What else is exciting, intriguing or moving you right now?
Any personal projects you're planning, have started or recently completed?
Anything new or interesting that scouts the boundaries of the depth and breadth of the human experience?
Or just been noticing the weather?
Ill be entering a couple of bottles of my mead into the Redhill Mead Competition in February which is very exciting, We have been brewing for around 9 months now :)
Im also signed up for a nervous system course in Feb/March which im looking forward toLol are you suggesting that I'm dull?
Isn’t it funny that over the break I slept fantastically. Solid every night, just about never needing to get up for the toilet, etc, but back to work and I’m awake at 4am musing over the stupidest things – not even always work related! Very frustrating.
You slept?! Lucky. I went to bed at 11, think I fell asleep like 3am? feel like death warmed up.
Oh noes! I hope you get a bit of rest today and a better sleep tonight!
It’s so annoying, isn’t it?!
So frustrating! Especially when the kitty realises you're restless, so he comes in for love and cuddles (but really wants you to get up feed him), but you try to remove him from the bed and end up with kitty claw embedded in your thigh, which causes you to shout out and wake up the dog who then decides he needs to go out to pee and then do his senior stompy zoomies around the house...
My favourite dress seems to have been discontinued. I must have worn to bits at least twenty of these over the years, it’s damn near my uniform. Now the horrors of finding something new and dressing room mirrors 😾
Hate that so much. I feel you on the uniform.
I don’t know what the budget is but perhaps a tailor could recreate it in different colours?
There’s always finding a similar pattern but the same fit isn’t guaranteed. Recreating it yourself is possible too but could require taking it apart.
I’ve tried the ways of making a pattern without unpicking the garment but had issues not distorting the pieces which screwed with the shape of the armholes.
Sewing is a skill and can be a bit of an undertaking :(
If you can sew maybe you can use an old dress to cut a pattern for a new one.
I’ve already got some similar patterns but have put off attempting them. Size grading and all that fuss. Boobs are inconvenient.
Work has confiscated all our desk bins. Got a plastic bag. What an innovation.
However they spin it, It's a money saving thing. Cleaners are cheaper if they aren't dealing with desk bins.
I always think I'm going to enjoy some family free time when it's coming up, then I get it and I'm lonely the first night. Empty house and all that. On the flip side, I'm having garlic bread for dinner.
I’ve only had 1 nighters solo so far, and I’ve gotta say it was amazing! Actually no I tell a lie they were held in the hospital a couple of extra nights when he was born and the last night damn near killed me.
aww. I know the house felt empty when young Miss Seagoon left after staying 5 months.
About to begin building a new 'puter.
Old main workhorse desktop just decided to kick the bucket. 13yrs it lasted me! We had our ups and downs but now that it's finally gone it won't get jeaslous of the new one.
But reading up on the way to go for the next build... jeez things have moved on. Thankfully I don't need a gfx card those prices are stupid.
I will try and resurrect ol' mate one or two more times but after that it's going in the 'puter graveyard :(
Turns out the Mystery Car I booked ended up being the non-turbo base model version of my car!
It's fine on the highway but it is making me appreciate the turbo and the extras my car has. Glad I got to drive this.
Man subaru used to have such good colours! makes the modern ones look a but uninspired.
Mine is a great colour! (Not the rental)
Audio books are great. I have listened to one science book and half a true crime book ( Narcos ) this year already. My mind feels refreshed and I don't feel guilty for not reading. 🤓I have also read 3 chapters of an art book from Tate Gallery.
I totally recommend audio books. 👍
Because you mentioned it the other day I started listening to a true crime book. I've heard most of the stories but it was good because they were short 15 minute chapters. ☺
Cool. :)
I really enjoy them too. I haven’t listened to much non fiction, so can’t recommend any. But I recently finished Daisy Jones and the Six. It’s a perfect book for audio, as it’s a story told from the perspective of different characters and each has a different narrator, works really well.
hmm. Drier than expected after the deluge prods with stick
Don’t wake it up, I’ve got paint to dry!
Right? Suspiciously so.
Oh I wish. The joy of living and working in a former swamp.... it's swampy!
Lmao i live in moorabbin
I have had Richard Marx' "Hazard" stuck in my head for days. I have no idea why. Plz send help.
you bastard....
leave it by the river.
Back to the office today. Ugh
First really nice day weatherwise for a week ... wouldn't you just know it.
"Ugh" is putting it mildly.
Now they've found loose bolts on Boeing AirMax. Fuck me dead those things are a flying death trap. It seems Boeing have learnt nothing from the MCAS tragedy.
Would not set foot on one of those things if you paid me and I don't care who has allegedly certified them.
Meanwhile they are claiming to the ATSB that a flap issue in the 737-800 is non-safety critical, therefore a change in procedures is not needed.
It's also going to be interesting seeing the root cause. Tool control is pretty strict in Aviation, and they will be able to identify the exact torque wrench that was meant to tighten up those bolts.
"nah she'll be right mate all good".
I wish something encouraging would happen. Everything is just a slog
So I seem to have discovered why fans usually have a mesh over the intake (beyond trying to save peoples fingeys). My Big W heater I got doesn't have one, and because I run it as a fan most days, a lot of dust has gotten inside and all collected on the heater wire thingo. Fast forward to today when I tried to turn it on and it starts smoking (I was curious how much power it draws (bought a smart plug), not cold, before anyone asks).
And because of a combination of Big W hating repairability and not wanting to get sued cause some kid got burnt and electrocuted from touching the heating element, I can't really take the back case off to clean it out... They used a star style screw that's very deeply recessed and has uneven spacing, and appear to have melted these plastic tab things in place so I'll both fuck up the backplate and void my warranty for trying to make it not catch fire
God damn it Big W
There were repair cafes before covid, where you could take small appliances and learn to repair them yourself over a cup of coffee. Guided by a professional, and all tools provided. I wonder if they've started up again. Might be worth checking the CERES website or other organisations that care about repair/reuse/recycle stuff.
That sounds like a good idea, I'll see if they still exist
Loud sounds of something like a chainsaw here in the inner NE, very late at night, going on for quite a while... I'm going to guess SES it's dealing with a large tree in imminent danger of failing. Who the fuck else would do it past midnight.
It's Ted Cat . That boy yells a racket.
Why do some people walk on the road when there is a perfectly good footpath right next to it? Is getting hit by a car on their to do list?
Could be lots of reasons. They could be antisocial and enjoy upsetting car drivers. They could be phobic and don't want to be constrained by paths. They could come from a place where it's common to walk on roads because there aren't many cars.
Or it could be a snow day and the only place with no snow is the middle of the road. :)
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Coffee, toast and marmalade please. Could you also send Nellie a bowl of arthropods as it's such a beeyewtifull morning.
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A tin of herring and hot sauce please
with zucchini.
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Nice to have a quiet day . :)
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Folks walking around in hoodies and tracksuits. WTF is wrong with you? You must have medical conditions because it's certainly not cold.
