Nurse on call reckons I need to go to the hospital, so off to hospital I am :/

It took brushies for Gibson to remember who I was and relax. It's so good to be home.

I was staying at an airbnb a 5 Min walk to work so it was: get up, go to work, come home, wait for work the next day. Blergh!

I'm going to spend the next few hours playing guitar to my hearts content.

And of course the stringy toy for Gibson.

Hope everyone had a great night 😊

This misty rainy weather is making me think about jumping on a tram up to chinatown for some dumplings. Bit of pan fried pork or xiaolongbao could go very nicely.

Edit: went for spicy wontons

At least someone’s enjoying this rainy weather. Image is of at least 4 black cockatoos in a tree fern.

Well well....looks like our credit card has been compromised in the last week. Quite a few transactions for Uber (our Uber account is paid from the joint a/c. not the CC) and a $150 FoodHub order (neither of us have that app). Good on the bank for being available on a Sunday morning to deal with it and arrange new cards. They will investigate, but said that this is happening so often that it could take many weeks to get to the bottom of it. Stay vigilant folks, check your statements frequently.

Happy Sunday, @[email protected] & everyone

Today's my last day before the big move. I've barely packed at all, and there's still about a dozen other things I want to do before I move onwards and hopefully upwards ig

I'm not taking any furniture so that helps a bit, but when I was going through my shelves I was spending way too much time being sentimental on small knick knacks and trinkets I've received over the years, so that doesn't help

I'm also slightly stressed about the logistics of moving day. All my boxes will fit in one trip, but I don't think my computer chair will fit with anything else. On top of that, I'm not sure I really trust a cardboard box with scrunched up newspapers to keep my PC and monitors safe, so I'll probably want to hold those, but I'm also not an octopus so I can't hold it all. Then when I get there at midday, I've got to build my bed, go grocery shopping, and if I have any energy leftover maybe build my desk and a bedside table

(Ok, it's only assembling, but tbf some of those flat pack furnitures are so complicated and difficult, I think taking some wood and actually building from scratch wouldn't be too much harder)

Just to really make my last day interesting, I seem to have eaten something bad, or come down with something, and now I'm sick, so now I get to pack my boxes with a bucket next to me the whole time

Life increasingly feels again like a list of never ending chores. I tick everything off on the daily planner and then have these crushing feelings of despair when I turn the page to a new day and a blank slate - I have MORE things to do?!??!?! Do they ever stop?! Can I just stop (again) (and for longer this time)?

And yet, doing the chores endlessly on Animal Crossing was somehow therapeutic and relaxing... maybe because it's so much darn easier to earn Bells...

i just had a doughnut

he he, Christmas in July was very Christmassy. Had a good xmas dinner, set the room and table for xmas, I dressed for xmas, made everyone watch two versions of A Christmas Carol and I didn't put up with shit.

I also had 1/2 bottle of wine 😀

A rich chicken and vegetable curry is on the stove, I've got naan and some rice. Dinner for the next few days is set. 👍

Just back from a very nice social occasion with quite a few people I don't really know, and only two that I do. It was alcohol free, and normally that would be a bit tough for me - socialising with people I don't know while sober, but it was actually really pleasant and fun 😊

Just a heads up that it's National Wine And Cheese Day on Tuesday 25th of July. Stock up guys.

Thank you, CEO... Picture of vanilla wafer biscuits with a little white dog in a hoodie in the background.

I'd like to pat myself on the back for actually eating all 3 meals today and getting halfway through a decent self help workbook and Having Big Destabilising But Also Cathartic Emotions and still being able to clear out the fridge, clean the kitchen, take the bins out, and prep my clothes and bags etc for the next day.

I might be behind on work, but I'm miraculously ahead on my sense of calm and centredness, and I'm going to sleep well tonight, and that's the best thing I can do for my whole self to get ready to tackle the other things I don't want to do.

I did unwittingly trap the cat in the garage for an hour because she silently snuck in while I was taking the bins out (and I was told she hates the garage) - but because I always give her a goodnight kiss I went looking for her and after coldly zooming in and ignoring me for a bit I think hostilities have calmed. Sorry puss I would've never intentionally left you there :'(

I'm going to go to a speed dating event next week. Let's see how this plays out. I went to a couple about 4 years ago, but the company would give you your matches number weeks later and by that time the spark is gone.

Wicked little sunset if you saw it.

Dim sum places should do half portion sad-serves for alone people like me so we can have a couple of dishes. They come 8 each.. I'm not eating 16 dumplings these days.

Better yet do options of 2 x 3 different styles as a menu item. That'd be ideal.

You know, if I had a job where I'm just paid to learn stuff that'd be great. Alternatively I'd like a job where I just get paid to say stuff. I'm also open to a job where I do both.

I loathe to phone out of work for the second time in a row but holy dooly am I not well, even laying still has my bones aching.

I could hear my cat in the lounge earlier it sounded sort of like he was playing because his bell was ringing a bit but it just didn't sound right, so I followed my meowtherly instincts and discovered he had somehow gotten the loop from his name tag stuck on his bottom tooth and had been struggling to get it off. I picked him up and undid the whole collar to get it unhooked easily. So I'm definitely going to have to see if I can make the loop even smaller. Attaching a picture of Marmite because I always pay my cat tax.

Image description: black cat sitting on top of a cushion basking in the sunlight and staring at his (not pictured) owner.

Day 27 and tummy exercises completed. I take the elder minipeeler out today as his sister went out yesterday to a birthday. Mr Peeler having a grizzle that he's not involved. Hey, if I didn't have to pay his car insurance and rego I'd have the money to take everyone out! Not sure where we're going, but timezone is on the cards

Still reeling from the news re Fluke Skywalker. How could you man, I fucking loved you. Jesus.

Okay, must do housework today, then another zoo day tomorrow. 😊🦁🦒🐗🦛🐍🦖

Bill Cat tried the fussy cat tinned kangaroo food. He ran for it! Licked the gravy then ran away. Little bastard yelled at me for more. Nope. Poor boy has to eat the meat balls or starve. 🙄

Had burger and chips for lunch. Now I feel like my hands will smell like burgers FOREVER.

Sorry for flooding with comments but I had to show you all this. They have been building this "Urban Forest" for many months and actually had the balls to host a grand opening event for this bullshit this morning.

It's a few shit concrete garden beds. Peak Docklands.

3 images of shit concrete garden beds

My partner went home a few hours ago but man it never gets easier. We're lucky that it's a "middle distance" relationship rather than a long distance, but it still hurts and sucks when I have to say goodbye to them. But I've filled up my time by playing Pikmin 4 and baking some biscuits for work food. I hope y'all had a great Sunday tho!