Theory: all roads lead to Rome

My better counter-theory: all thoughts lead to apple strudel

Creature news...

My sister has a new cat. He's enormous

Goodnight from the gremlin and I ❤️

It’s disconcerting to find the back sliding glass door open when you get home.

I love my psychologist, she's so good. Shame I only have one more session before I have to wait til next year (or if I get a job, I can pay out of pocket lol).

OK my trip this weekend is sorted! Been hanging to see these guys. 10 years is a long time not to see people I considered family at 1 point.

Eeeeeeee!

Proof Boyo had a deprived childhood, he doesn't know what a Banksia man is!

Ordering groceries online is easy, carrying them all to the kitchen from the front door is hard. I am exhausted just from that effort, and haven't even put it away yet. I really should have ordered some chocolate.

My lovely colleagues dropped by campus with an age-relevant cake and moral-boosting morning tea. It's definitely helped because i had hoped to be celebrating today but what's a few days here and there when you're an adult. Plus, the headache is gone and I'm pumping out insightful observations with ease, albeit without references at this point. Highway to the Paper Zone!

That said, every time I'm writing things like "Regardless, the results suggest that ..." I feel tempted to add "(but does it though?)" on at the end. Reminder to self: this is a 25 point research project, not a real thesis, it ain't gotta be so rigorous

I went to a guy's business that's looking for some marketing support today. He wasn't there but it worked out well. I asked for him and one of his employees called him and put me on the phone, that proves I showed up and was there.

He said to come back at 7:30 tomorrow morning to talk, I bet he thinks I won't show up. I've been looking for a bit of extra side work like this for a couple of years now, I had some stuff going on before the boys were born and that fell away, I haven't been able to find anything since.

I feel like I'm going to get something because this sort of side work always comes in twos for me. I've been talking to some other potential leads and one of them will probably come through at the same time.

Ok this is weird. Lurgy day 5ish. Have tested negative to COVID a couple of times. Just completly lost my sense of smell. Like I was cleaning out the kitty litter thinking it was weirdly not smelly. Can just get a whiff of eucalyptus oil if I basically shove it up my nose. Perfume - nothing. Cleaning alcohol - nothing. 😳😳😳

Oh boy, you know it's cold out there when even the security guard doing his rounds is wearing a beanie tonight.

Thanks everyone for the lovely wishes, I've been blown away (...) by all the messages streaming in today, I don't feel too bad about likely working into the night tonight to finish this off (brain is definitely slowing down). My body can feel the real beginnings of joy and relief in letting this thing finally go, though!

I just had a totally unrelated shower thought that I feel compelled to dump here: you know how during the era of black-and-white TV there were reports of people dreaming in black and white, which then faded away as colour TV became common?

Do you think people will start dreaming increasingly in AI-generated oversmoothed imagery and video as it starts to drown out real art and photos? Though, they will probably become almost indistinguishable in a shorter timeframe than it took for colour TV to take over b&w TV... maybe people will be having more eerie dreams of their loved ones being replaced by imposters.

After a week off with whatever lurgy that was, I’m watching my last trashy show and will be back at work tomorrow. I figured it was time, after getting so stir crazy today I did the vacuuming in batches, sitting down to catch my breath in between. Wouldn’t mind a life of leisure but the bank account doesn’t agree, sadly

One assignment is done. It makes me bury myself in a hole knowing that my work is terrible and someone's going to read it, but at least it's done. Time to do the rest of the assignments.

I will vow to never procrastinate again after this. I know to start assignments when I get them but I don't do it. Next time, I shall.

Me: Stand up from my chair

my back: haha fuck you!

@[email protected] has got to me. I've been struggling with this cold - no appetite and no brain power to even cook the most basic beans and rice. Put in a supermarket order for a couple of Green Goddess salads and Dari's soups (I find they are pretty close to being real food) and a few tins of tuna. I hate doing that when there's food in the pantry but I have been skipping meals and that's not going get me better

So windy all day. This house rattles and creeks when it’s windy.

Mr Woof has found his moose toy and has been carrying it around trying to find a safe place for it. He took it to the bed yesterday and has now bought it out onto the couch next to me. I think it means I'm entrusted to look out for the moose's safety.

Come on petrol stations, hold out for 2 more days.

I’ve made it home, but I can’t feel my fingers. I think I need a cuppa

Going to look for a new role in the coming weeks. My manager is acting like a child throwing a tantrum.

Considering my employment directly impacts my housing, it's best to look for an out before he forces me out.

I have managed to put away some of my groceries and check if the order was ok. I somehow managed to order three avocados instead of one, and a single tomato instead of a kilo. They gave me much larger eggs than I ordered, but one of them was broken so I'm probably even on that one. Miss Meow will be comforted to know that we are now fully supplied with her tinned food, and have an extra bag of dry food to tide us over until I can find which box I packed her dry food in when moving.

Mr Woof has been very unsettled that I was spending time in the study instead of the lounge. I tried putting one of his beds in the study for him, but he just brought his moose toy in and left it in the bed.

tired with a touch of scratchy throat, think I'll rest today

Is it just me or do EOFY deals seem thin on the ground this year?

I bought these frozen cookies in a zip-lock packet from Woolies that you bake fresh, which is happening right now. Mmm 11pm cookies. I will restrain myself and leave some for tomorrow.