Maya says hello
Maya waves languid paw in our general direction.
Mickey is sending you all good vibes 💜
If you let Mickey go, I will end you.
I never let him go, he leaves my lap of his own accord - usually with a good kick to the boob as a farewell ha
Chilly walk
Really enjoying seeing the world through your lens, you have a cool perspective.
Thanks 👍
Fuck. Looks like the body corp is trying to bill us for things from before transfer. Repugnant amount of adulting & paperwork incoming. I need a squishy hug.
Half a glass of wine and I'm commenting on everything, sorry not sorry.
6 beers in, 4 shots of soju, the night is young. 🎤
Actually one thing I wanted to share with you guys was that somehow this week I managed to read a book! I used to be a massive bookworm when I was younger, until one of my nervous breakdowns when I discovered that I struggled to finish one page of a book without my mind wandering and me giving up. But I found this book in a street library called First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung. I have a friend from my high school days whose background is Cambodian, so I was interested. He's told me in the past that his earliest childhood memory was when they left in a boat and came here. Reading that book, man it was gripping. The things that little girl and her family experienced, Jesus Christ. It had me enthralled how she survived, how much guts she had.
When I finished the book I gave thought to something else I read recently with a chart, about how most people in Australia and other modern western countries are amongst the richest 20% of the global population. When I think "richest" I usually think of the 1%. But apparently if you have a car, have a roof over your head, shower daily, can easily access food, turn on the tap and drinkable water comes out whenever you want it, have an education and stuff like that, you are among the world's richest 20%. It really made me think, you know? And it made me feel really grateful, grateful for my life and the lives my kids live. It made me realise that I am rich in a lot of ways, and it made me feel really thankful.
Enough of my ramblings, just wanted to share my mind space of this week. Have a lovely evening you guys!
Outrageous opinion follows.
Life for homeless people in Australia is usually better than life for average people in most of the world. They still have clean food, clean water, good medical care if they walk into a hospital, clean streets. True, they often have psych problems and need care. But they don't need to worry about open sewers and such.
I've always read books but what got me into biographies was a book called Two Pence To Cross The Mercy by Helem Forrester. It's about a twelve year old girl who basically raised her family out of poverty during the depression. She was smart and all she wanted to do was go to school. There's 4 books in the series. You feel for this young girl but that's not how she wrote the stories. She just did what she felt she had to do.
It's something that's never left me.
What a year this week has been
Amen sister
I'm thinking I should change my username because Rowling is a piece of shit.
PSA: The bloke down the road that grows the most AMAZING roses has just hard pruned his roses back to practically bare stumps. As has his chief rival further down the street. Hmm - gardening is on the agenda this weekend methinks.
Come into work, setting myself up and I go and make a cup of coffee for myself as pr ritual demands.
Someone's in there that I don't know. We say good morning and hello, then she ask says "Are you IT?"
My mood instantly changes and I respond with "No, I'm "admin"."
I turn my back and finish making my coffee in complete silence and walk out.
screams nothing like being stereotyped before 8am.
Now I'm moody.
Stuff you!
Christ, it's not only the racist assumption it's the violation of office protocol and basic social politeness as well. Triple bullshit.
Bet she's management
New event for the Dog Olympics.. How far can doggo obnoxiously move its bowl down the hallway at 6:30am wanting brekkie.
Doggo is not being obnoxious, rather alerting you to a fault in the current system (I.e. lack of food)
New photo dump has dropped:
spoiler
Just notice a rental listing for the apartment below me... identical layout and also unfurnished. The asking rent is just shy 40% higher than what I'm currently paying. That has made my situation feel very precarious indeed. 💀
feel this right in my forever-tenant heart
5/10
Alrighty then. The phone calls and appointments have been made 🐸(Except for accessing a patient portal to do something - I’ll do it when I can figure out which hospital and what I’m trying to do again.)
Then I started on the paper clutter and it’s lucky I did… Opened some bills to shred and saw a large outstanding balance. Rang the water company and they’d stopped taking direct debits! That’s paid now.
Yesterday I had a flu shot and a physio appointment and I felt fine. Today, I ache all over.
I saw a number plate yesterday I'm glad I didn't get. I hope the driver of car 1DD 1CK has a sense of humour.
Well I’ve already messed up my sleeping pattern and don’t have anything much on tomorrow. The baby is all drowsy and tucked up.
Started tackling the dread twin peaks (Mt Washmore and Dishmore)
Fridays are always such fun. Drinking, cards, music, singing, laughter. Saturdays. Don't talk to me.
My friend Gunther is back in the work locker room.
He was scared off by some recent renovations that took down his wall, but now that things have calmed down he felt safe to come back again.
Good morning. 🙂
It's been a bit of a blur this week. Work's been really busy and I've been super tired and going to bed early. We were going to take the boss out tonight for his birthday but one of us got COVID so now it's been postponed. Dang it, the last time I went out for dinner was the last time I went out for dinner with my colleagues, which was last Christmas party! My youngest has a bad cold (not covid). I'm sitting here yawning.
Migraine. Fuck.
Ack, are you at work today?
Hope it doesn't last long and you feel better.
$700 to get the locks changed.
Wish I was a locksmith.
1st chilli ferment on the way!
Doing anothery tm but with apricot and raspberries.
Aunt would kill me if she saw what I've done to her kitchen.
CHEERS 🍻
Hello Friday night trauma dumping from my mother. Bringing the mood down, but I'll dance it off!
there is a problem, Bill is crying because I am feeding Ted where Bill can't steal his food
Way too keen to go home and play some Expedition 33. Comeeee on time!!
Goodnight all ❤️
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