In honour of the dreadful weather today I will be making a beef roast with yorkshire pudding for dinner. With lots of gravy.
Pork Veronique for me. Got the ingredients this morning. First time I’ve cooked it since my bloke passed - it was his favorite dish (and very close to mine). Terribly bad for him (so much cream!), but so delicious. It’s time to reclaim it now the grief has retreated a bit.
EDIT: Is there a sane and rational reason why supermarkets DON’T sell frozen mirepoix? I would have thought that such was a no-brainer but WDIK. They keep putting corn in the mixed vegetables, where it has no business being imo.
I’m gonna do a big fat beef stew. Tossing up whether to go traditional or break out the masala for more of a curry vibe
It really is looking like a chips and gravy kind of night. If i had the energy and didn’t already have food in the fridge I’d be seriously considering making my own poutine…
I’ll be making pizzas. Not fancy , just a mushroom pizza and a pepperoni pizza.
We’re doing pizzas too.
Me three!
Just made some qeema (Nagi’s recipe) and will be making Jack’s version of paella.
Pub Parma and pints for me
Meat lovers pizza with extra bacon and mushrooms for me tonight.
I’m really chuffed with my new car stereo! Ahhh, modern comforts in an old car. So good to be able to use Android Auto again (though it sucks balls vs CarPlay - hopeless at voice commands, laggy as hell with confirming messages to be sent). Still, no more squinting at a phone in a cradle to see directions, and not being able to see or respond to urgent messages. No more phone blocking the vents or crackly radio either.
Sadly the front right speaker intermittently working seems to be a speaker issue, not a wire issue :/ it doesn’t sound nearly as bad now that the audio is much clearer, but gosh it would be nice to have that speaker working. I wonder if it’s possible to replace just one speaker, because the others are perfectly fine…
Here it is already heavily smudged by moi (I must remember to have a little glass wiping cloth in the car)
yay!
E: in less happy news I feel so incredibly sick right now. So headachey and exhausted. If this doesnt clear up by Sunday night I’m booking a drs appt. Worried I might have got pneumonia or something
Replaio is an Android Auto friendly app, for some sweet SomaFm in the car ;-)
I actually used to use Replaio for quite a while! But didn’t know it could play SomaFM stations… I used it until it stopped playing PBS FM for some reason and the devs didn’t fix it despite reports. I actually use the official app for SomaFM, it’s good (haven’t used it via AA for many months tho). Looking forward to cruising around to some tunes
Yeah the PBS thing is a bit funny. Also, Hey Google stream Groove Salad SomaFm will work for a bit, then not work, then work for a bit etc …
I had better luck with CarPlay (work iPhone), I gotta say. Worked about 80% of the time. Android Auto is very glitchy for me (across very different cars). Sometimes I say “no” once it thinks I’ve said “no” like four times, but then if I don’t want to send a message or reply it takes up to a minute to register “no”…
The good news is that the weird not quite right feeling I have had all week was just a cold coming not (not return of the BIG SAD). The bad news is that my throat and face hurt 🤕. Have put on ‘the gentle art of Swedish death cleaning’ as company while I do some cleaning on my own in between little rests on the couch.
So many things to do and some are such big tasks my brain gets stuck so I’m just doing lots of little tasks and eventually the pile of jobs will look manageable.
One thing I have done is sorted books and chucked out all the outdated stuff or stuff that will never be read, a whole shelf of books is gone. 👍
Next I will tidy up Miss Seagoon’s things that she has in storage here. ( no chucking out, just tidying )
Did the family movie cinemas thing this afternoon. $65 for a family of four - was actually not that bad. Despicable Me 4 - had a good laugh or two.
Edit - two good spoof references too
Did you end up with a banana scented fart gun at your house too, or was that just in mine?
Just got home from big day. 7 hours out and about, 4 of which were socialising. Feeling content and tired
and you’re going to the movies tomorrow
Idk the person I’m meeting has a weird thing of being invisible sometimes. If that happens I might just bail on the movie.
I’m here! Despite a hangover and waking up at 3am again!
First time at Etihad Stadium, and Essendon isn’t even playing (don’t speak to me about last night haha 😭)
Have a great time!
Have fun! Stay warm!
😗
Did you have any troubles getting into the stadium today?
Not at all! Just bought tickets when we got there at 1.20ish, then got a coffee at a cafe and came back and went in. There were lines, but no issues.
Sitting in bed in the warmth with a kitty on my lap is bliss when it’s cold and raining outside.
It’s done! The storage unit is finally cleared! The remaining boxes to be sorted are piled in the shed, but at least we won’t have the monthly fee to pay anymore.
yay , good work. 😊
Thanks! I seem to have a hoarding gene so decluttering and getting rid of things is a big deal for me. Have been chipping away at all the stuff for a while, and am finally making actual progress.
I’ve been sorting out my sewing supplies and so far I have found 16 small screwdrivers.
Hair = cut
New pillow, doona set, sheet set = bought
Tummy = full
Now just three hours to kill…Fourth night in a row of night sweats… Ugh… This thing isn’t lifting any time soon… Theres some satisfying phlegm coming out now, but my throat is still sore and I’m exhausted. The weather outside is frightful… Car radio replacement guy is meant to be coming later today after bringing the wrong unit yesterday, I hope they do make it and don’t eff it up…
Have you done a covid test yet just to check?
Sounds like you really need to rest and have plenty of liquids.
I’m out of tests but I’ll definitely get one on Sunday. I was hoping to be in the office for a bit on Monday as there’s an urgent site visit I really need to do with a colleague, I won’t go in if I feel sick regardless but if I’m feeling ok I’ll do a test to be sure.
I feel like I’m going downhill again today. Daytime headaches are back, as is the lethargy. Really chugging the fluids as my pee has been alarmingly brown in the morning, no doubt from all the night sweats.
Ok. Just look after yourself.
Your combination of symptoms sound like you may have caught covid.
I’m not that I’ve seen brown pee before, even with the abnormal amount of coffee I drink at times.
I feel like absolute shit today. I have no idea why. Aching all over, woke up with a sore big toe for some reason. Really fatigued. Blah
hugs
Thanks <3
At about 10, I got an email back from the constable handling the case. It wasn’t really much of an update, he just thanked me for the info I provided and said he would update the report and let me know what happens next. As far as I’m aware, old mate doesn’t even know I know what he’s stolen yet. Don’t think the police would’ve even contacted him yet. And my org don’t seem like the type who’d go and recover my stuff.
I’m still struggling with a lot of anxiety about it all, though. When I got home today, I found the shed door wide open and a couple of things that were previously in there out on the ground outside. Unfortunately he fucked up that lock before he left, so it no longer locks (we aren’t meant to have access to the shed, but he liked to smoke and drink with his dodgy mates in there, so he just broke the lock). It was held shut by 2 paint cans in front of it, so probably wouldn’t have come undone through the wind. But I didn’t see anybody go through the side gate (which is just a simple latch, no key), which my camera has a small view of. That makes me think either it was the wind, and I’m overthinking this, or he took a clone of a key to come in through the back fence gate, or just jumped the fence.
Also, I still haven’t signed my enrolment paperwork for the TAFE course…. I had questions about some info that seemed inaccurate in the report when they sent it to me at 4:48pm on Wednesday, so I replied to the intake or sales lady asking for clarification, and she never replied. I had a busy day yesterday, so I didn’t follow up, and now it’s the weekend… I’m meant to start this Tuesday! It’s all feeling really overwhelming and like it’s too soon now, since I’ll have 24 hours (at most) after the paperwork is signed before I start — and I missed the intake last week. I don’t want to bail, but I don’t think I’ll have enough time to prepare and get myself ready, mentally or practically (there’s apparently some learner handbook thing I’m meant to read before I rock up that I can’t access until I am enrolled and can access their LMS thingy).
Thoughts, wise DT people? Should I call first thing on Monday and just go for it anyways? Should I ask to swap to a course starting at a later date (they seem to run this course fairly frequently, so it’d most likely just be a month or so wait)?
My thoughts, as someone who did the Cert III - albeit over a decade ago and through RMIT, where it was a pilot program and a total shitshow…
Honestly I’d talk to the office on Monday. I suspect the handbook is some bureaucratic nonsense that everyone’s ‘supposed’ to read but no-one does, but ask. Likewise about whether it’s worth waiting for the next intake - in my experience the course wasn’t academically challenging but very emotionally challenging though that may have been because I was caring for Mum at the time.
Good luck!Yes call them, and go for it. It’s gonna feel a bit scary whether you do it now or in a months time, because it’s a big step forward. Doing something new. Take the leap and get started. New things can often feel overwhelming, but you got this!
Oh man… I’m so sorry mate. Fuck this kid.
I don’t really feel the wind could dislodge paint cans or remove items from the shed.
I can’t say if you didn’t manage to film him entering but it is very possible that he jumped the fence and might still return to use the shed with his mates. Or it could be another opportunist. It might be prudent to assume the worst and report anything unusual. Is it possible to replace the lock if it’s a padlock or bolt a new lock on and charge the organisation?
As for tafe it’s definitely an option to defer if you need more time. Listen to yourself and what you want to do
This morning I noticed the paint cans were moved again and the shed was once again wide open. Still nothing on my front security cam, which means if he did return he had to have either jumped the fence in the backyard or must’ve had the front door key cut to unlock the side gate that faces onto a road (the gate into the back yard from the front yard just has a latch and no key, but the gate from the road uses the same key as the front door).
Before I went to bed last night, I took a peek at the shed door and it was definitely locked. So I’m going to go buy another security cam that’ll face the shed as well as the side road gate. I’ll also set one of our outdoor chairs against the door in case it really is the wind. At the very least, if it is somehow the wind, I should get some peace of mind about it. And if it is somebody opening the door, then, well, I’ll have to cross that bridge if I come to it.
This shed is more like a garage but without a garage door. It’s made of bricks and looks kind of similar to the new fancy modern ones they put in all the new double decker cube box house things, just freestanding and in the back yard. Unfortunately there’s no way to padlock it or lock it without changing the lock, which the area manager did agree to have done ASAP, but their contractors tend to be kind of slow so it might be a while. The side fence gate from the front yard can be padlocked, so I ordered one from Bunnings that’ll be delivered tomorrow. The gate to the road can’t be locked anymore than it already is. That fence is high enough that it’s not just decorative, but low enough even me and my out of shape self could probably jump over it with a standard kitchen chair. Someone a bit more in shape could probably just jump it.
Thanks melbsy, I think I’m going to call the course lady on Monday and explain how I’m feeling and see what she can offer. She did mention on Monday that I had a choice to either start anyway or wait til the next intake. But I think I need more time, so I might go for the next intake if she can still arrange it. My enrolment paperwork hasn’t been signed yet anyway, so I haven’t officially taken my place yet, do it can probably be done.
(Sorry for such a long comment… I didn’t realise how long it was going to turn out)
All g, you’ve got a lot going on.
I really do think it’s possible he cut a key or is jumping the fence. Good luck with the extra camera.
The next intake sounds good if that helps you feel more prepared, hopefully things are more settled by then.
Yeah… The program manager said he returned his key, and our keys are all security keys you need a code to copy or something, but I’m sure you could probably find a locky who doesn’t care, or one who’ll take your bullshit who’ll cut you a key. If he did make a copy though, that’s quite bad, because the side gate has the same key as the front door. Luckily though, the back door has a different key that only the property manager has. So he would have to come in thr front door, which I have a camera pointed at
And yeah, that’s another consideration. Probably wise to start when I feel safer and have a more comfortable place to work in
Slipped in cat sick on lino at like 6.30 in the morning. Thankfully I managed to catch myself, that could have been bad.
