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    So far so good! Lots of induction and training to do. Will take up the rest of the week pretty much.

    It’s so nice to be back at work 🎉

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    Went really well!

    Tired but had a pretty good day. A lot of induction and training which is to be expected.

    Got to chat to the owner and he’s a really nice guy.

    No real complaints! ❤️

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      Tomorrow you get to play name roulette with the blur of faces

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        Lol too true. I remember 4 or 5 of the 40 or so.

        Fuck it was just good to be away from the house. Cabin fever was fucking me up.

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          I remember that feeling of relief of having something to do after a few months of unemployment/underemployment. Not nearly as long as yours but I’m really chuffed that you get to apply yourself to something.

          Hopefully it’s the kind of place where you can build some stability and not have to give too much of yourself.

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      Congrats dude! thats pretty sick. Your name vs your username has broken my mind though. I know its just adding 2 letters, but my mind just cant comprehend it.

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      This is so cool! You’ve inspired young kids to write and read, that’s huge meaningful gift you’ve given them!

      Gosh, the covers of your books look sick as, definitely inspired me to locate them and give them a read! 💜

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      So lucky, would have loved to have had you too but my demographic is too young unfortunately.

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    I did it and it was really really good. If you zoom in you’ll be mesmerised by the pretty colours.

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    About to go at some gutters. Neighbours’ big tree is overhanging the shed so they’re always full. I like the tree and I’m fine cleaning it up (usually compost it) but he refused to pay for half the recently rebuilt fence so fuck him he’s going get a lot of leaves on his side of the boundary. His leaves, my problem, soon to be his problem. He also has a pool so we’re aiming there.

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    Bit of drama here: the shower which had been taking a little longer to drain but had been manageable suddenly… wasn’t yesterday, so I had to find a plumber.

    To cut a long story short, actually found one via the local FB group who said they could come today, and was actually able to come earlyish this morning - sorted things out in 15 minutes including putting the tap in the shower back on and only charged me the callout fee. And thanked me for not using Drano.

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      We had a blockage in our kitchen sink once and my mum tried to use Drano. She managed to get it on her hands and copped a nasty skin burn and had to go to the hospital. She also dropped the entire tub on the ground after getting burnt. Then it managed to open a hole in one of our pipes (ancient plastic). Thankfully it was on the outside so was easily patched, and tbf it seems like it didn’t actually create a new hole in the pipe, just dissolved something that had been used to seal a small hole in the pipe before. But that was definitely a good learning lesson for me

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      just got an image of a bunch of uterus’s (uteri?) riding the shittest tour de france you’ve ever seen.

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      Agreed. Worst of the worst of the normal body functions.

      Ungrateful for drinking too much over the weekend and now I have the alcohol-sads

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      Tax return. I owe them money. WTF, I had spending plans and everything.

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      Co-worker away sick today on the busiest day of the week, all the work falls on me today :(

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      if only those wonderful hormones were moderate and consistent

      I don’t miss the roller coaster , I do miss some of the highs

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      Couldn’t get back to sleep for stressing about whether I’d get a plumber when Zooks woke me about 10 to 4 by joining me for cuddles, so now I’m doing the zombie shuffle but too hyped to sleep. 😵‍💫

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      As always, slow-ass mail. I want my goosebumps throw blanket darnit!

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      I DO NOT look forward to going through this shit with my youngest girl child 😬

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    If I understand correctly, Gibson is angry that I wasn’t home all day, but happy I’m here now dispensing scritches and brushies.

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      Yeah, you’re going to have an adjustment thing. Lots of Pandemic pets are over anxious because they’ve never been alone.

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    Primary AND backup coffee places both closed for renovations?! You’ve gotta be shitting me. Any coffee recommendations around Melbourne central? Maccas just aint cutting it.

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      Yes. Shortstop, Little Rogue (though might be one of the closed ones?), Krimper.

      Cheap options: The $1 coffee at the Monopoly place is good for the price. The $3 coffee at Tigers Den (after 12PM) is OK for the price.

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        Shortstop is nice, but the temptation to get a 7 dollar doughnut is oftern too great. Tigers den are shut. Forgot about little rouge. Bakemono was the other one, I’m a sucker for those sesame seed honey things.

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        I can vouch for shortstop. Used to live on Little Lonsdale opposite the Children’s Court, and would go to Shortstop for their coffee and DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS 🤤🤤🤤

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        I’ve found them to be a little hit/miss, but when they’re good they are usually pretty good so i’ll roll the dice. Cheers.

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        I saw a sign yesterday that Puzzle coffee is coming to QV shopping centre soon

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      Yum! Where’s this?

      E: actually, don’t dox your location, lol. I’m just interested in new places to eat

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    Had a weird dream: I let in a cockatoo (white sulphur crested) to chill with me while I slept, it wandered around on me/the bed as I drifted in and out of sleep, and it kept biting me - not so hard it hurt but like quite hard. It moved around biting my hands, legs, head. It then summoned a buddy cockatoo to chill and bite me more. Dream ended when one of the cockatoos peed on my face

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    Felt good today throwing leaves over the fence. It’s so petty but I feel happy.

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    There is another governmental envelope on the table. I looked up the PO Box. Yup 😾

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      Sounds like boyo needs a slap. He could kill someone. Suppose he won’t be so blasé about it then 🙄

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        I don’t believe it’s deliberate. But still needs to stop!

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      I had that same thought last week, but it was the payment plan…

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      The old roommate received a hand written letter from the Melbourne Gateway facility (they screen mail). I’ve never wanted to know what’s in someone else’s mail so badly

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        I used to get shit tons of Justice Department letters for a presumed ex tenant. After sending back NATA about ten I stopped until I had that many again, then sent them all taped together. It stopped after that. Google wouldn’t tell me and I didn’t dare open them.

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          When companies keep ignoring the NATAs over the span of many months, I enjoy fucking with the letters before sending them back. Nothing illegal, but never underestimate the power of writing not at address on a letter 100 different times. All in varying fonts and pen colours, some upside down for added effect. Maybe even some passive aggression about how incompetent they must be to not know how to update someone’s address. Sprayed with a quick spritz of non flammable air freshener (I don’t want to blow up a post truck, after all), and scrunched up a few times before being chucked back in the post box.

          I did ask the postie about it (don’t want to make his job harder), and he said as long as he can read the return address, and their robot can see the stamp, everybody finds it funny and it does a few laps of the LPO before going to the depot.

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            Oh there were very impolite words on the mass pack sending!