I hope everyone has a great night ❤️
My headache wasn't too bad today, and I got to Wfh which helped heaps.
Work is going OK, responsibilites are amping up, but I like that. Get along OK with most people which is a plus.
Thank you everyone who put up with my drama over the last 6 months. You guys all made such a huge positive impact on my life. I don't know if I would have gotten through it without you ❤️
Bonus cat
I am so happy things are working out well for you. You really deserve this. 😘
Thank you ❤️ it's been a hell of a journey
I’m so glad you kept at it and persisted even though it was hard.
One of my friends tried to switch careers and had a ton of IT tech experience and he couldn’t for the life of him find a job many years back.
In the end he went back to his former company as they were happy to take him back if things didn’t pan out.
Don’t forget to treat yourself to something special every now and again!
I'm just happy to hear things have worked out so well for you and you're enjoying your work
Thanks mate. I really appreciate it. I hope things get better for you soon as well ❤️
It's important to stack your cats to start the morning. Ignore the dog, she's pretending to be neighbourhood watch.
Admirable cat stacking effort
What can I say, it's a skill. It only lasted 30 seconds before fisticuffs but it was worth it!
🎶 One of these things is not like the other... 🎶
So cute :)
You should design for ikea
Does it help that it dissolved into biffo after about 30 seconds?
Very impressive cat-stacking! My day has devolved into cat-herding. I blame the recent full moon
Cat herding is a skilled profession.
to the fucker who microwaved fish in the office: Do us all a favor and tell your boss you have to change to WHF full time since you are clearly unable to work in a civilized office.
It's 2024. Who the fuck doesn't know about how much people hate this?!?!
Do us all a favor and tell your boss you have to change to WHF full time since you are clearly unable to work in a civilized office
If that is all it took to wfh full time I would be microwaving fish every hour.
Perfect time to start having loud conversations with co-workers on the topic.
'Oh my god...did you smell the lunch room? Absolutely foul fish smell from the microwave'
'Couldn't eat my lunch actually. The fish smell absolutely ruined my appetite' (I would even be extra petty and claim reimbursement for lunch as you weren't able to enjoy it)
and things of that nature
And to think, if you punished them, YOU would be the one to get in trouble.
right?!
Sounds like a @[email protected] manoeuvre.
Sooo yeh I'm in between jobs rn and it feels pretty awesome
Work colleague suggested I should fly Jetstar to Thailand. Lol I'm sorry but no, I'm a full service airline girl for international journeys.
I'm doing one of the longest DOMESTIC trips there is in a few weeks and am flying a full-service airline.
I do this trip usually a couple of times a year and have been burned by Jetstar one too many times, pre-Covid I made the decision to just pay the extra and be done with it. Never regretted it.
Some of my family still insist on Jetstar even though they can easily afford the alternatives, and it's a never ending tale of delays, cancellations, lost luggage (on DIRECT flights?!?!), broken seats and misery and tears.
Sees this comment after news update on TV about man being arrested on Jetstar flight for opening emergency door while plane was taxing.
By the time you add luggage and food (not going to eat for 9+ hours??) it ends up not being much cheaper if at all.
In the long run it's the same cost and much more reliable to buy business class tickets. Delays cost money , having to rebook costs money, extra baggage costs money, food, lounges now cost money, having to recover from long flights with too many layovers all subtract from quality and value and cost money.
Scum passengers shit food no luggage allowance included. Its just not worth it.
I've actually had nothing but good experiences internationally with Jetstar. Have done Japan and Hawaii with them. Internationally they seem to have their shit together, I think maybe because airport costs are higher for delays where the airline is at fault....? Domestically, a different story - would always spend more to avoid.
I’ve done it to Hawaii, there was no other direct flight option from Melbourne. It was ok enough, but food options are rubbish, so I reckon buy your own at the airport and take it on the plane.
By the time you add food, luggage and entertainment allowances it's almost the same cost as full service anyway. In any case Thai airways is way better.
man I wont even travel domestically on Jetstar these days. Not when Virgin is just 10 bucks more and you get luggage.
You know how you put banana's into the freezer to make banana cake and eventually end up just throwing out a hoard of old bananas before starting the cycle again? I pulled out my bananas and made a cake.
family whinge
Niece seems to have zero interest in hanging out with me and makes the thinnest of excuses to do so while spending almost every weekend with my cousin 2 hours away by train. Also sucks that cousin who used to be in touch more has glommed onto having her over and I'm basically invisible to them... stings a bit but I'm kind of okay with it since I don't super enjoy either of their company tbh, and I certainly hated obligatory aunty visits when I was that age. I've made it clear to my brother that I've tried but if his daughter's not interested I'm not going to push it, she's old enough to decide. Just wish she'd be more honest.
The thing that gets me hackles up is that I suspect very, very toxic ex sister in law is increasingly involved and brainwashing said cousin (who is of the gullible type). She's all about secrets and drama and thinks nothing of creating division to get attention she cover her numerous lies (including in court - she is utterly shameless). Years of being hated on by her - and in the past, my brother as well - make me ultra sensitive to some BS being spread about me...
... But fuck it. If cousin is going to believe that officially duplicitous bitch over knowing me from childhood then I'm not going to waste any more mental energy on the lot of them. Focus on the people who believe in and care about me
In other news, what a ripper day outside! Got back my blood test results and my vit D is the best it's been in winter, the supplements definitely helped but so has being out on nice days like this.
So many hugs. It's so hard when we have people like that in our lives.
I went NC with my family of origin, it was sad but the no drama was worth it.
My shoulder is fucked, which means possible headache most of the day.
Hopefully not...
I just accidentally ate two slices of banana cake. In my defence it is still warm from the oven.
That's just testing to make sure it's ok. It can take up to 4 largish slices to deem it edible.
I have followed your advice, testing has now deemed the cake ok. Fortunately it was a large cake 🤣. I now have 16 slices packaged in the freezer, and two more slices to take into work for the next two days.
"accidentally"
Only two? What impressive self-control.
I would be interested in how big the slices were.
Wouldn’t be two half loaf slices would it?
Good night everyone and may no greebles bother you in the night 😘
Good morning, I was unbothered by greebles for the entire night. Miss Meow crept in early this morning to guard me from any that may have decided to make an appearance. I hope your night was simalarly greeble free.
I think I have some visit me, I didn't sleep fully through without waking up through the night.
75% of my team is sick and WFH.....I mean so am I, but still.
There's definitely some funky office bug circling.
Half our office is off sick with something. Oddly peaceful
So, most of my practical** assessments are done for this semester, bar one which should be done next week. Just gotta review them before submission, tighten up some terminology, and I'm sorted.
Crazy how I absorb so much information and do so well, when I'm not abused on the phones for 8 hours straight
Edit: not practice 🤦♀️🤦♀️ practicals ugh
Funny how competent we can be when allowed or when circumstances are better.
It's like I'm a new me!
when I was a wee lass we called it "prac" , there was prac and there was theory, one lecture a week of each
prac was always the hardest as you had to pass each and every week
80s kids party food please.
Already got: fairy bread, snakes in cups, choc crackels, those cornflake things, terrible little frankfurts.
Cheezels, a bowl of smarties and frog in a pond.
Jelly slice, jelly slice, jelly slice.
Party pies! And dead horse to eat with franks and pies and mini sausage rolls. Best put on table in bowls so the sauce bottle doesn't get used as a weapon or smashed on the floor. Ask me how I know this (no, don't - it's embarrassing).
Jelly cups
mini pizzas
mini sausage rolls
I think the last two aren’t decade specific
English muffin pizza faces, butterfly cupcakes, little meringues, jelly cakes.
Cat rambles
I’ve ordered some d-mannose from Amazon in desperation. I don’t know what the safe dose is for cats, it’s only been used for humans and it’s only really effective for E. coli…
But the cranberry extract probiotic for cats I bought smells foul. It has to be mixed in water and syringed into Melbcat’s mouth (otherwise it’s refused) and it stains her white fur and everything surrounding us red/purple when she spits it out.
I haven’t been remembering to give her the lactose free yogurt with the specific good bacteria either but I’ll see if I can get another tub and coax her to eat a spoonful a day.
In combination with antibiotic treatment of course.
I’m getting really worried. Melbcat is going well aside from this but is almost 17 now and she just can’t seem to shake this infection.
Thinking of you today @[email protected] ♥️🫂
Thanks so much. It's actually next Thursday, but I'm feeling ok about it at the moment. Thinking about a day at the hot springs, soaking in hot water.
I will unthink about you today and think about you next Thursday. Hot Springs sounds like a good idea.
hugs
❤️
The clearing out of stuff and the tidying and the fixing up furniture is working out really well. I am starting to see results. :)
Do we have any recent news about Nellie? Or do we get the calendar photo early next month?
Nothing yet. Q3 ought be soonish.
Better day today than yesterday. Not sure if it was a better night sleep or not but I was able to calm things down a lot more today.
Why does Apple Music always serve me up Pantera? I hate fuckin Pantera.
I have meatballs and some Oat thickened cooking cream. I'm going to have a crack at making Swedish meatballs so I can used both of them without eating pasta again so soon.
If these turn out alright we can have Ikea meatballs at home.
They're very easy to make. Basically it's gravy with cream added at the end.
Fry your meatballs. Take them out. Make gravy. Add cream. Put meatballs back in with gravy and simmer until meatballs are fully cooked. Eat 3 meatballs to check for doneness.
Enjoy!
oats in the meatballs? Not a bad idea!
Oatly thickened cooking cream. I haven't tried it yet but I like their chocolate oat milk
Right after buying from Amazon my payment method got declined from Coles and my accounts weren’t showing on the app.
Apparently there are issues with online banking that arose 30 minutes ago, but the timing… way to give me a heart attack.
It's looking like a greeble free day so far. Sun shining. Saw the moon on the way to work (does anyone else habitually stop and say "hello moon" every time?) about to have coffee number 3. One more meeting then I get quiet time to do my actual job...
One of the Greebling family, he was a Greebling from a very early age 🐦⬛🌊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhS35f015SQ
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋Stir fried fillet of greeble please. And a passionfruit milkshake.
👾🔪🔥🥰🍑🥛🥤
Fruit salad with frozen yoghurt please.
🍑🥭🍓🍇🍉🍊🍦
Hope I'm not too late but a chicken roll please!
🐥🌯
Greggs sausage roll please
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Off to the dentist soon for my biannual clean. I should probably look for a closer dentist than Bacchus Marsh but I do enjoy a drive so c'est la vie.
Meanwhile, blending meal replacement shakes with a bit of ice is a revelation. I've ordered some recommended ones online but to fill the gap until they get here I got some vanilla manshake and a tin of milo from the shops last night because it's a great mix.
I decided to look at the 7-Eleven app as it keeps getting recommended. There does not seem to be any option to actual create an account. The closest I can find is to sign up for their rewards program, which starts with requiring a phone number and tells me that my phone number is invalid. Also looking at the fine print they now limit the amount you can save by locking the fuel price to 25c, which considering it often jumps 40c or more when it goes up these days is not quite the "price lock" I imagined.
Edit: solved the issue with signing up - some weird glitch on the tablet that if the app is in landscape mode it doesn't show the option to register. It is there on the phone and when I resize the window on the tablet it magically appeared there too!
2nd Edit: solved except it is supposed to send a code to my email address and it has not come through.
Petrol Spy shows the prices all over Melbourne. Sometimes prices vary wildly even in the same suburb.
Yeah, I use that and it's really good. It also shows you a graph of average prices, it's interesting to look at the different patterns in different capital cities.
I have found there are a few places that seem to go up first, then the rest follow over a week or so. So far there have not been any going up again, so I should be good for at least a few days.
looking at industrial labellers, angry at AI. I should be able to tell it to give me a comparison of PT-E300VP vs PT-E550WVP, tweaking for cost and availability of consumables but nooo instead it's putting milk tits on musk
Tech companies using the term 'AI' is like Porsche continuing to use the word 'Turbo' on their electric cars. Meaningless marketing bullshit. There's no 'intelligence'. It's just the marketing buzzword of the year.
I have a high-horse on this subject and by god there's no way I'm getting down from it.
Fucking dead internet, It took me ages (via google) to find an actual formal hire shop that I could visit and not some online service that wanted me to dance through my own fitting then mail me a suit. e: or a bunch of aggregator SEO sites for the online suit hire places.
i am having to generate my own comparison spreadsheets this is unacceptable for the 21st century
