I have some tradies in the house today, and I've just walked upstairs to find two of them giving Gwyn a belly rub and Gwyn lying flat on his back, loving life. Was so funny. He's such a little belly rub slut and I love how friendly he is.
I believe it has been a while since the Gwyn tax has been paid...
To be honest a two hands belly rub from tradies sounds pretty nice
Thanks for being so supportive guys. Honestly, it's been a real blessing to have all your kind words ❤️
They sound like they would have been a toxic/backstabbing employer anyway
hugs the blessing is ours, you are an inspiration 😘
Be gentle with yourselves today folks. It's been a long week but it's finally a beautiful sunny autumn day. Treat yo'self. Go on, I give you permission.
Thanks homey. Nice kind words to start the day :)
Feeling really down today. Already ate a lot of baked goods at work.
sigh
I'm having a slow soft day to help my back get better. I might tidy my work area. :)
Getting back into the gym helps lift that weight of anxiety on my chest.
I know gym gets a bad rap because of the way some people behave, but it really is great for mental health
gym helps lift that weight
I see what you did there.
I have not thought at all about what to do with the weekend yet and then I realised next weekend is a long weekend and I also have no ideas for that.
BUT I am finally getting my dashcam installed on Tuesday so maybe I should hit the road for the long weekend and see if I can get some Dashcam Owners Australia footage of some dickhead doing dickheadery.
In my experience you won't have to drive far for dickheadery or arseholitude. They're everywhere.
Buying a tiny personal wheatbag for the cat was a good call. I've heated it up and tucked it in next to her. Hoping at some point she'll put her head on it so the warmth can help the ear pain and let the antibiotic drops sink in deeper.
It bugs me that I didn't notice further problems until now, but I thought the first round of drops had cleared it.
Lovely day for a walk back from the dentist with an entirely numb mouth. Also, turns out my phone has this AI assisted action pan photo mode.
All these days of late finishes and early starts have finally gotten to me. I conked out at 4 and we've got a conference dinner at 7, but I don't think I have the energy to go. There's a yuppy restaurant on the floor above me so I think I might just go there for dinner. I ended up leaving the conference 2 hours early too
I feel bad since they gave me a grant to come see and do everything, and I don't want to show my appreciation by not doing half of it, but I'm trying to make myself feel a bit better with the knowledge even if I did pay for my own ticket I'd still be going for a nap
Only do what you're comfortable with but remember some opportunities only come around once in a lifetime. Take what you can grab now.
Been fighting a gut bug of some description the last few days. Are actual food today (yay) feel nauseaus now (boo). Been working from home because we are understaffed at the moment but did not get much done today. I'm stuffed. Gonna turn everything off and lay here in the lastof the sun rays.
Happy weekend everyone 🥂
Hope you feel better soon friend 🍺
The amount of pinned daily threads is starting to get a bit silly. They're not even from this year!
Managed to write a whole bunch of emails and applications (10+), so yay me, although I'm completely knackered.
Also feel like I might be mildly cursed. Every time I contact an RACV drive instructor, I get asked for details, and promptly ghosted afterwards. 2 more, and I'll be out of the ones that serve the local area.
Joke's on me for buying the vouchers first, and then trying to schedule an instructor, rather than going the other way around.
In my experience with the Lemmy.world instance, sometimes pinned posts will not “un-pin” the next day. You need moderator status to unpin them I think.
pinned threads where?
I think it's a federation bug, when I still was on my lemm.ee account, the unpinning isn't getting synced.
piranha noises
acquiesce your soul,
time drifting never alone,
sleeping pills take hold...
(Srsly why hypnotic no work)
I'm going to be wrecked for a week but I got the ear wash. Hopefully it cleans the wiggies out so the medicated drops can do their thing.
This fuckwit washed my window without my permission.
Reminds me of when another fuckwit threw dish soap all over my instructer's car during my driving exam.
Try to register the Mykis I have to top up because it's been so long, all of them have expired. Shit system
Lovely day out there today. I've done a bit of gardening, been down to Bunnings for supplies and am planning a bit more gardening. Lots of ratty summer plants needing to come out at the moment.
Alright, got kiddos artwork in the post for his Nan. Shes gonna love it. Also, 5.20 for an a4 envelope!? Yikes!
Movie Review
El Conde. Netflix.
this movie is awesome. First thing. It's different and new. The hardest thing to do in the world is to make something different and new.
Imagine Iñárritu ( I googled them tildes ) made a parody of Isabelle Allende's tiresome sickly sweet books ( yes I have read some ) , Sound of Music, Interview With a Vampire, Knives Out and Judgement at Nuremberg .
Visually, it's really very beautiful. Tawdry scenes in horrible places with horrible people look like art. Even the dialogue of the English translation is very good, the Spanish must be like poetry. The story is a mind fuck.
Scenes that really stick. The nun learning to fly was lovely. A joyful mind using a gift from Satan.
The scene where Pinochet is describing some of his crimes against humanity. I have been hearing this stuff for decades and have to intellectualise or I get too distressed.* At the same time * he is blending a heart and then drinks it. Which makes me feel disgusted and sick.
!!! Shouldn't the description of his crimes have made me feel the same? Am I numb. 😔 Not unwillingly, but I have to make myself numb or I can't function to do good in the world/fight these bastards in my own way.
I will watch again.
5 Hobbits
Wow it really is true that Adelaide is a sleepy city! The mail lodgement time in their street post boxes is mid day. All the ones near me [in Melbourne] are either 3, 4, or 5. Guess my postcards won't be arriving for a while!
I feel so bad and sick, everything hurts 😭
But I am utterly obsessed with this artist and song, Red Wine Supernova - Chappell Roan
It's honestly such a bop, and it's giving me life rn
Decided im heading out tomorrow night to a few bars. It'll be good to get some socialising done.
Note for anyone catching a tram down Flinders Street, one of the trams made a most horrible squeaky noise before breaking down/stopping. According to the driver, something got stuck under the tram, so watch out for delays there.
Rant
I had to wait a period to apply eardrops after washing out the cats ears, so after all the hassle physically getting hold of the damn wash and then falling asleep I missed the drops this morning. (Reminder to self. Stay on top of the first aid kit regularly to have this stuff in date and on hand. The second bottle coming should help. But I'm so angry that her ear infection resulted from medication used to treat another infection and it just won't go away.)
I got home and crash napped with loads of wet laundry waiting to be hung. The washed and dried laundry is piling up waiting to go into space bags against moths and fleas (and to contain the damn clothes). I cleaned up the cat vomit and comforted the separation anxiety when I got home and had put dishes in to soak this morning. But a sink leak flooded the floor and everything in the cabinet underneath while I slept.
I'm so fucking tired. My mental state has been fucked for weeks. Like, bad bad. I've now overexerted myself badly two days in a row when doing it even once has real consequences. Fuck my shit body. Fuck my disability supports so frequently falling through for the past 2-3 weeks, and of course extra shit has to be happening on top. Of course it's labour intensive stuff.
But the cat has had her supper and pain meds, and her evening eardrops. The latest fresh load of laundry has been chucked into the energy inefficient dryer, the very bottom items pulled out of the soaked cabinet and an already damp towel that was possibly due for rewashing has been thrown down on the puddle on the floor. I'm folding dry towels and puppy pads to clear the clothes horse and empty the wet basket. I'll check if the towels need to be rewashed and use them for further mopping up first.
After a rest I can maybe do the cat's bowls. Then my dishes. Then fully empty the undersink cupboard and wipe it out with spray cleaner, and sort out the soaked cardboard packaging.
I've booted the pot plants back outside for floor space and watered them because they were dying. I needed them out from underfoot and the space for a second clothes rack.
I am going to be in so much pain the next few days.
This is what happens when extra stuff hits me and/or I don't get the help I'm supposed to - I'm pushed into an overexertion/crash cycle.
Cheers everyone 🍺
There will be a dedication to Steve Harley tonight. RIP. 🎶
Cheers! Who?
Edit: Sorry I did dun look up for myself. Add Dave the Hairy Biker to the toasts.
When my wife needed a new car, I said to her "do you just want my new SUV and I'll buy a shitbox for myself?" "No no no, I want my own". Ok. sure, i mean you helped pick the SUV but whatever. I subtly pushed her into a compromise we'd both be happy with on a hunch, and boy was I right cause she's nicked my car again! Officially, the reasoning is "Diesel is a lot cheaper at the moment", Fair! but would that really stop you driving your new (to you) car? I'm not buying it. I think I just got screwed out of another car by her haha
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