Things I’m particularly grateful for today:
- a job where I feel safe and supported, wanted and not alone
- a good friend I could call and mutually share what’s troubling us, someone who totally understands anxiety and is honest and genuinely shows up when asked
- having the motivation to cook from scratch and relieve some of the bodily anxiety
Yep, it’s another big batch of Hoppin’ John tonight, healthy, cheap and delicious. I’m going to eat dinner in bed now with the OMITB finale on. I’m going to be OK…
I’m so glad to hear there was a bit of good stuff in your day. I am grateful I just found out about Hoppin’ John - just googled it and I think I might try a batch on the weekend.
Sounds yummy 😋
Yes I first found out about it years ago when I was wondering what to do with black eyed beans. I make it with vegan sausages scrambled up separately and added in at the end. Plenty of onion and garlic. And eat it with basmati rice and lime pickle. If you do try it I’d be keen to know how it goes.
Yumm
I used to make similar with sliced Spanish chorizo instead of bacon.
I should make it again, it’s easy and delicious and very satisfying
Glad you’re ok, and the Hoppin’ John sounds like a dish that really nourishes the soul.
Edit: tired shit spelling
It is really earthy and wholesome. It’s a bit of a pain soaking the beans but would be perfect for an instant pot. I’m so glad you’ve had some wins as well esp on the health front!
hugs , those are good things to be grateful for 😊
Bath, cat brushies, some music and bed.
Goodnight everyone, and here’s to a better day tomorrow ❤️
I’m so sorry to hear you had a crappy day today.
I hope that tomorrow is a fresh start to a better day!
Yes, what goes down must come up!
(Is that the saying?)
Sky pretty. Little wisps of pink and gold - lovely.
pretty but it’s cold out there
Coraline was excellent. I don’t know what else to say.
I will be saying, “Cease your infernal yapping,” to my dog. I hope it works.
Watching Coraline tonight
to procrastinate my overdue assignmentSomeone told me it was their favourite movie and really built it up. As a child in 2009, it seemed scary. We shall see now.
It really is scary and I’m an adult 😵
I’ve got a dilemma.
Order and pay postage from Amazon or drive and picking up locally which would potentially use up 30-40 mins of my time after work.
I vote drive after work, only because I dislike Amazon lol
Bleh! Haha.
What sucks is that I need to order stuff from a specialty shop and that shop doesn’t have everything I need else I would have ordered everything in one go :/
Miss Murderface
Those little feet 😍
❤️ the white bits!
Cat - You smell bad.
“These are my pegs and I have claws so they’re not your pegs”.
New glasses day. It will be nice to not have a perpetual headache!
comPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST
giant bed dug out, time to fill it with rotting veggies and compost soil and half rotted wood and old shredded mulch and worms hit and chicken poop and humus plus and all sorts of wonderful things so I can stuff my banananananna plant in
If my sister can grow banananananas in Jacana, then you can too where you are. Hers even ripened and were edible if not quite as good as Qld ones. That was last summer, which wasn’t ideal weatherwise. Best of fortune for your banananananas.
I grew some bananas here in Carlton. Just make sure you have the right kind of banana, not all are edible.
oh I know I can grow banannanas down here, been doing it since 2017. finally able to bed up the beast instead of potting it
Hit dat bed with the good things!
party time for all the little worms
Today was one of those “if everyone is an asshole, you’re the asshole” kind of days.
I’m glad I realised.
Pumpkins are carved. Hopefully they last till Thursday cause we’ve got no time to do them between now and then.
That is fantastic. You can roast the seeds as well.
i think i fixed my pc problem 😭it’s been so stressful
Loose cable or outdated drivers?
all the above plus bad settings plus Im an idiot
Bugger. Look on the bright side. You didn’t need to replace anything.
exactly, I think I can handle this
Thanks for the support 😊😘
Out of curiosity what were the symptoms?
a crappy PC
There’s no such thing as a crappy PC, they are all salvageable bundles of joy that can even be repurposed to a different use case as they get older :) I bet your PC is better than my raspberry pis!
Loose connection somewhere in my gaming PC and I so cba with stripping it down right now, or maybe ever. The 5090s are coming soon right?
I want to go to bed, put the doona over my head and pretend I’m somewhere else
I actually did that yesterday (WFH). Told them I’m taking an hour for lunch (I worked back), put my headphones on with some trippy lofi and a blanket over me and a towel over my eyes and just disappeared for a bit. It did help. Hope you get to burrito yourself soon
You ok man?
Thanks for checking :) Just a shit day all round. It’s OK, it’s over now.
Everything alright?
Just one of those days. I’m all good.Thanks for asking :)
Glad the day has improved for you. Sounds like a shitty client might’ve been part of it. Hope you get to sleep off some of it and that tomorrow will be much better for you!
Me too.
Solidarity.
Valaris 107 is already leaving the bay, I wish I hadn’t come into the office for this afternoon. I find them so fascinating (on a purely what the fuck can humans build?! kinda way) and always want to get as close as I can, but it’s a bit difficult. I figured watching it go through the heads would be the best way.
Did some quick reading about it due to your comment, very cool. 9696 tonnes. Seems to be doing “plugging and abandoning” work as a result of decreasing offshore mining for gas and oil in Aus waters
