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Rant warning. Red paint. Everywhere. 🤪

Miniest made a storybook costume for today’s parade a couple of nights ago and it looked great. She painted it red with acrylic paint and used her nans drop sheet (Nan’s an artist) to protect the floor. All good, it dried beautifully, she put a cartoon face on it and it looked great. While I was at work yesterday Mr P decided it needed second coat of paint. He poured red oil paint all over it (over acrylic) and put no protection down. On the dining table 🤦🏼‍♀️I came home from work to discover tacky wet red paint all over everything (think light switches, toilet lid and seat, pale grey living room curtains, carpet, my mother’s table cloth, children, fridge door, walls… I mean everything). Paint on the little face she’d made. I said, “why didn’t you tell him no?” And she said she did but he just did it anyway 🤦🏼‍♀️I said, “this has to come off because it won’t dry on time,” (it says on the instructions that it takes between a week and 6 months to fully harden) so we spent the rest of the evening sopping all that paint off; it took a whole double length roll of kitchen towel, a roll of toilet paper, most of a box of gloves and several newspapers. Elder Minipeeler was an invaluable asset in this. And it was still a bit wet in places! This morning I opened the dishwasher and discovered that he’d just tossed the paintbrushes he’d used in there on the top rack and turned it on🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Now I have paint on the plastic containers, cups and glasses as well. Miniest wanted me to paint the words Once Upon A Time… on the spine of the book in gold, which I did this morning (it’s fast drying gold metallic paint) and the red paint is still a bit wet in places 🤦🏼‍♀️So she’s off to school with red painty hands and a very slightly damp in places project, but one she’s happy with. I said, “don’t stand near a girl with an expensive store bought costume whatever you do!”

I suppose I’ll laugh one day.

Did I happen to mention that I’m allergic to mineral turps?

Here’s a song a sung and played on guitar a few months ago.

I recorded it on my phone and uploaded to Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FI8qtfdfadLUlvtPVNzRJ-v0Eq9dJtny/view?usp=drivesdk

I fuck up in the middle for a sec lol

I am currently taking my break away in another team’s work room since I seemingly cant take breaks at my own desk.

Been gifted a Lindt chocolate ball by a kind resident team member.

Shame though that I’ll only have my phone to enter myself but better than nothing.

Going to try and chill quietly and alone today with my coffee.

Things could be tense for awhile since the altercation this morning that I had with my co worker.

Sell something for $700, simple transaction, clean quick.

Sell something for $15 and the guy is busting my balls. I swear if he sends another dumb request I’m going to cancel and give it to the op-shop.

Today I’m feeling drained.

Just when you think everything’s going well everything comes crashing down and what I thought I had solved and did for yesterday to be all set and completed turned out to be a totalure failure and stress inducing till the moment I went to sleep.

Back home - blood tests showed nothing abnormal except for higher thyroid which is unusual in a senior cat. They gave us some fluids and that seems to have helped - when I got her home she went straight for the old food that Zooks hadn’t finished and then scarfed down the fresh stuff I gave her three mouthfuls at a time - didn’t finish it all but spread over three saucers probably a full saucer. So fingers crossed.

2 nights ago I noticed some loud rumbling sounds in the kitchen. Was listening to music so thought it was a neighbour dragging heavy furniture.

Today it happened again. But I didn’t wear headphones this time.

The culprit?

Our cat attacking the draught stop. She used all her strength to try to rip the thing off, resulting in the door, concrete wall, and the kitchen window 3 meters away to all rumble and rattle loudly.

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The boys were fascinated by a remote control car last weekend so I think it’s time for me to break out mine.

I hope they don’t mind I don’t have a truck. I’m a ‘serious’ remote control car enthusiast that goes for cars and buggies.

I tell myself that I can’t watch stuff until I’ve done my work, and then sit around for hours not doing anything anyway. The paralysis.

Got a reply from HG, suspicions alleviated.

We finished watching all episodes of Superstore last week which was sad. I’m gonna start the man on The Inbetweeners which I know I’m gonna get wtf and your kid watched this??? Then Derry Girls I think.

I used cold brew instead of water in my vanilla manshake and it’s not bad! If I post “help help” in about 30 minutes then I’m having a little bit of a heart attack so please send help.

I really could’ve benefited from staying in bed til 10am today. I am le tired, though I hsve no missiles…