Aww! Just came home to find this hanging from my door handle. The other doors on my floor have the same.
I'm going out tomorrow night to see if I can find my "I have no family either" soul mate at a hole in the wall bar. Who knows right?
Good luck mate. I hope you find fun people ๐ค
Day 70/70: Final day of week 10 weigh in:
Down a total of 8.1kg for the 10 weeks.
I was dropping roughly a kilo per week until the end of November, when there were too many parties breaking the diet. I only dropped 400g last week.
Most importantly, my running pace has improved. I managed my first 10km in under 50 minutes for the first time since my accident. More than dropping weight, this was the main purpose of the diet.
I'll try not to go too crazy with the food over the next few days, I don't want to put 8kg back on. ๐
I stopped on the way to Anglesea at the Waurn Ponds plaza because I remembered they had a shirt I wanted in stock at their Target. Got a park 1 spot away from the entrance immediately. Bought 2 shirts without waiting in any lines. Walked right up to Donut King and got 2 cinnamon donuts, no line. Drove to Anglesea and got a park immediately in front of the shops.
Even got a free surprise chip!
Today is going pretty well!
Chores and shopping done. Hopefully now the only reason to go outside in the next week is to enjoy the sun and/or eat myself silly with others.
Survived a social day. In reviewing today's play I can only see 1 overreaction and maybe 2-3 oversharing moments.
No anxiety though which is amazing. And didn't cause a scene (mind you, i generally tend to avoid those). Bloody exhausted though.
I had to go to the shops (full shopping centre) and it surprisingly wasn't as bad as I expected, but I am very happy I have decent noise cancelling headphones. While there's kids melting down, people yelling at the underpaid security people, checkpoint alarms going off everywhere all I can hear is
๐ตDo you like pina coladas
And getting caught in the rain
Are you not into yoga
Do you have half a brain๐ต
I was there 3000 years ago when the interwebs was just starting
and trolls were seen as trouble makers who would post to get people riled up and arguing . They thought it was fun and they liked to disrupt.
Now legacy newspapers and tv are trolls, posting bait to rile people up to get hits. They don't even believe half the shit they post.
It's not good enough, we deserve better.
Choose your news sources carefully.
Hey is anyone old enough to remember when TVs had Teletext? I used to like fiddling around with it when we first got a tv with it ( I was about 10 or 12 maybe). There was a stock market page that was insanely busy.
Psa. If you are having trouble with log ins and replies and such it's not you it's technical stuff going on. Don't make me explain in more detail because I couldn't possibly. Details are on the home page.
First attempt at making pad see ew. I tripled the sauce recipe as I made a bigger serve, but I only needed to double it. Maths fail. This is very saucy! Will make again tho, much simpler than I expected.
Sister just sent me the pics she took. Me, hubs, niece A all sitting nice and grinning...and niece B rolling on the couch on her face with her skirt up around her ears
Being an absolute Nana and crawling into bed mega early to read and pass out before things don't stop for 48hrs.
I have braved the market for Christmas errands. Now I wrap.
Iโm going to fuck this up but good
Just braved highpoint to grab a click and collect. That joint is chaos at the best of times. Stupidly grabbed a few more things and now I've got bulky items to carry home๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ At least I bought myself a treat: The Body Shop vanilla eau de toilette and a white musk deodorant roll on. Love those two fragrances and haven't bought anything from body shop for myself for about 30 years. I will wrap them and put under the tree as gift to myself.
I was just watching something before about becoming professional mermaids/mermen. Yeah I'm not talking about kids parties but actually grown ups making this a career. Not sure how it works, whether you need a sponsorship or perhaps advertise KFC on your backside but it's a thing. So if you are sick of your office job you too could become half human half fish and somehow get paid for it.
I was contacted through LinkedIn by a recruiter asking if I'd be interested in becoming a full-time merman for a Queenscliff based company, but something about it seemed fishy.
Anyone braving the shops today best of luck.
heading to the city right now
Good luck ๐ค
Times like these I'm glad our family never did xmas. A relative in the 'Rat has invited me this year though so I got something for the little kiddo months ago... nobody else gets anything though.
I've got to bring a fancy salad though, and I almost never make them. And it has to be disassembled so it can survive a 2hr drive tomorrow afternoon to be reassembled on the other end.
I will have to steel myself and tackle the fancy grocery today.
I went to Costco on a rental scooter (not going near that carpark.. Costco weekend parkers are ALREADY bad enough) and every register had decent lines even 20 minutes after opening. Wasn't too painful though. Glad to have that done, was getting the last part of a xmas present. No more shopping required now, it's all leisure all the time!
Think I might pick up some of those Hard Solos on my way back from my drive today and give them a whirl later on. I hear they're pretty decent and taste just like regular Solo.
O oh @Duenan@aussie.zone CEO - 2 Duenan - 0. Good luck with the Hurricanes buddy. I love watching Dooley play btw. ๐
I haven't bought gifts yet
So will you be braving the chaos of shops over the weekend, or is everyone getting digital giftcards?
Sky glowing. Gonna be chilly tonight.
Wooo mini Christmas with sis done. Oooh dem kiddies gonna sleep well tonight
ahahha. ahahaha. MAWAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
I have discovered bickfords iced coffee syrup. No carton of milk is safe.
I promised myself I wasnโt going to go out again and shop and here I am.
Luckily I could do a click and collect at a less busy place away from a shopping centre.
Parking was super easy too thanks to that but must hurry. Have to get home for the BBL cricket!
slow careful activity all day and my sore back is so much better
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Can you delete second breakfast from these lying cats?
There are seven meals a day. After providing them with second breakfast, in three hours you will serve elevenses, followed by luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper.
Oh boy these Hard Solos are indeed quite dangerous. If I was served this in a glass I wouldn't know if it's boozy Solo or normal Solo.
The year is 2024. The world's food vendors issue a press release indicating that pickles will no longer be included by default inside burgers. How do you react?
Okay, I found a solution to my salad drama. Fennel!!! I freaking love the stuff - if it's roasted, usually, but maybe I can try shaving it very finely... For about 10 months of the year I forget it exists... got some green apple, pea shoots, arugula, Victorian walnuts, have a carrot and if I can find some raisins I'll chuck them in for colour. Amazingly, the fancy grocer had no oranges of any kind, so I've grabbed a lemon for acidity. That should do it, I hope!
I was right. My wrapped presents look like eldritch mysteries unto God.
On the bright side, this means no one is going to have a clue what they are until they unwrap themโฆ
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