First actual day in the office for the year today. Picked a doozy. Also I forgot to pack my USB desk fan :(
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My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-
It gives a lovely light!
Fricken worried about the fire risks today. Im an hour from home (assuming the trains work). Mrs is 20/30 minutes drive. Were in the suburbs so we should be totally fine, but it is close to Gippsland too.
I have a grocery delivery that was supposed to be delivered before midday that has still not arrived. The website still has an estimated arrival time of 10:30. My current working theory is the delivery driver decided it was way too hot and has holed up in an ice-cream shop somewhere instead. I couldn't even really blame them if they had, it's nasty out there ๐คฃ
Edit: I'm not too far off, the driver apparently called in sick. Groceries will be delivered this afternoon, so whilst the communication from Coles has been dreadful at least they are still coming today.
I've had reliability issues with Coles click and collect recently, with no communication. Woolies on the other hand communicate all the time with any issue.
we are so hot
Was on a call to a mate in Ballarat and the change just hit there. Hold tight
So tonight, just before stepping into the shower, I asked our fluffy cat whether he wanted to join me in the bathroom.
He meowed in response but remained on the cat tree.
Not more than half a minute later closing the door, he's at the door, screaming to be let in.
One of my cats has gotten quite fatโฆ. Lazy ragdoll that clearly eats more than he should. The other cats are self regulating as far as food intake and exercise. This is going to be a fun issue to fix โฆ.
I just got 2 letters from my GP and I'm so confused. "Our records show that you're required to attend an appointment. Kind regards, GP". They're not even recent, they're dated from Jan 28 with a deadline of Feb 2nd.
A. Why would they send me a letter when they have my email and phone number
B. They're located a whopping 1.5km away from me, why does it take 2 and a half weeks for a letter to arrive
C. Why did they send me 2 letters on the same day with the same deadline
Edit: it seems that they were trying to remind me to make an appointment, although I've got no clue why they phrased that as "you are REQUIRED to attend an appointment" but whatever ig
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If you're a fan of Mrballen then good news is he's back on all podcast platforms now.
Ended up pulling out a book because sleep is for the people with air cons.
Turns out Touched by an Angel (ten year old Doctor Who novel) still holds up, and actually is better than I remembered. Who knew?
House is currently so hot objects inside the house have begun to grow warm to touch.
โฐKick her in the guts Barryโฐ
Pain. ๐ตโ๐ซ
Breakfast ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
I probably woke up ten times last night
A fruit smoothie (no watermelons, pineapples, or disgusting bananays), smoked salmon, and THE POWER OF GOD (useless or otherwise) to get me through this day, particularly in 2 hours time where I'll be driving a minivan to the airport and then into the CBD itself at peak hour with some potentially cranky passengers.
๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐ฅฅ๐ฅค๐โก๏ธ
I slept from about 10 til 2, then had about one more hour of sleep after that ๐ด busy day at work today too blargh. I'll take... Three red bulls, a double espresso shot, and an electric eel up my bum
Pancakes pancakes pancakes please
And another four hours sleep in a cool dry place for the chef.
Nice and cool out here waiting for the tram. The coolm before the scorchm.