Fireworks are going OFF in my hood. It’s NYE all over again (Lunar New Year is tomorrow, so makes sense).
So I just found out my grandma is heading to the hospital. She got gastro, but is deteriorating somehow. I think someone gave her electrolytes with a bunch of sugar mixed in, and she has T2D. Hopefully will be updated soon, because my dad looks terribly worried.
It’s very easy for older people to suffer fluid imbalances, especially adding in the hot weather and illness. Some IV rehydration and she’ll be a new woman.
Hope your grandma is OK. Gastro is no joke if you’ve got T2D, what with dehydration and all that. Keep calm and hope for the best.
Hope she’s okay. Big hugs for gran from me.
sending lots of best wishes to your grandma 💐
Goodnight everyone, and thanks for tolerating my endless chatter about work ❤️
Good night
I said I was gonna make my greasy mee goreng craving yesterday; I didn’t - but I did make it today 😋
Was missing eggs/tofu but still not too bad. Can’t beat real market fresh yellow noodles though vs the ones from the supahmahket
heck yeah
Looks like it might be another day of fieldwork tomz but I have a psych sesh at 5pm so I’m gonna have to haul myself out of bed quite early 🥱
ooh looks good!
Love those types of noodles!
Yummmm. #NoodleGang
I love Mee Goreng. Nutritionally it’s poor, but dam is it tasty.
Yeah this is winning absolutely no health points but I’ve been having plenty of that the last few days, today I get to indulge!
Late work shifts suck. On 1130 to 730 this week. What it means though is that I can go get this for breakfast before work:
spoiler
and that makes it kinda bearable
Our work is so late we return to base after midnight.
Is that bowltiful?
Sure is :)
Yum!
I’ve started implementing supervised open window time (with flyscreen)
Because someone can’t help hanging from the fly screen and destroying them so I have to observe to make sure she doesn’t fall through it.
Cat pyramid.
She’s dorito shaped
Almost looks like a Croquembouche from a distance.
Good night, sweet dreams
Delicious regular mince. Exquisite pre-diced frozen vegetables. Sensuous baked beans.
Luxurious instant pudding to follow.
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Had a day of meetings and team activities & felt like I was in an episode of the IT Crowd.
Team team team
WE’RE A TEAM!
Sounds exactly what we did at work today.
Go Team!! 📣
Ha! I think one of the in-charge people said that
Spoke to manager this morning.
She said she’s escalating it as a “high risk” of me leaving and she will get back to me soon.
Let’s see what happens.
Edit: absolutely wrecked today. Will be leaving early. Figure they owe me a few hours from the weekend?
Edit: She’s spoken to the owner of what used to be the separate company. He’s employed as SLT within the larger org. He’s taking it to to the committee asap.
Hate to say it, and I dont mean to be negative: But nothing you’ve told us thus far about these guys fills me with confidence that they are gonna do the right thing here.
I’d keep on the seek path as a backup.
There is one other thing:
I might be getting one of our month by month clients to sign a 12 month contract. Their MRR is 105k.
For the moment, it’s worth it for them to keep me happy.
yes but that is *expected * of you. they are just the type of people to expect that rather than recognize the effort it took.
Agreed. And so I’ll be holding off speaking to the client about it until they decide about my raise lol
Oh definitely still interviewing for other places this week. And made about a dozen more applications this morning.
And theres the director dude I met the other day who’s going to be my mentor.
At least I’ll finally have an answer instead of being fucked around.
If you’re in that headspace always, always leave. You’re done. You’ll not be able to let past transgressions go. But don’t burn bridges, and you can potentially go back in the future.
Also by leaving you’ll get a pay bump, and then if going back a pay bump again.
I get where you’re coming from. But due to circumstances, right now the best option is to get the raise, stay for another 6 months then leave.
I can’t do another probation right now. It’s a very, very dangerous time for me. It’s insanely stressful.
As difficult as work is right now, it’s still less shit than jumping straight into another probation.
As long as I get the raise.
Otherwise, I’ll take another offer straight away.
It sounds like you have a level head on you and know what’s best for you. So I sincerely hope you get the raise mate!
But is there anything I can do to help you? My contacts are all tech centric.
I really appreciate it man. Let me have a think and get back to you :)
Hope it all goes well for you and you hear back soon at least so you can start putting some steps in.
I unknowingly spoke to a board member today about my own employment worries. Ooops!
Thanks mate.
Sometimes it doesn’t hurt for someonen to understand how you feel.
I saw you were working over the weekend. I hope you get the best possible outcome, whatever that ends up being
Thanks man. I can stretch myself to 45 hours a week for the number I’ve asked for.
But we’ll see what happens.
Opinions needed! Eggplant parmigiana (well vege Parma because I also have some zucchini to use up)… usually I just slice and chuck it all in the baking dish raw but I understand this makes me a heathen.
Should I pre-fry? or pre-bake? or just go for it like I have before?
Edit: I had to cook up a bit more tomato sauce anyway so I fried (in minimal olive oil) the eggplant - just enough to brown it a little. I think the idea of precooking is to get the liquid out but I don’t find modern eggplants overly liquidy or bitter 🤷🏻♀️. Anyway there now enough cheese on that beeatch that it probably doesn’t matter 😎
I like to give then a quick bake first. I don’t know why. It’s just how I’ve always done it.
i lightly brush thick slices with olive oil then grill them
Yeah that’s basically what I do but oven because I’ve got it on anyway.
To hell with pre-baking. If the aubergines are particularly liquidy, then scatter breadcrumbs between the layers. This does not prevent putting some breadcrumbs on top to soak up any fat that renders out of the cheese and turns deliciously brown and crunchy.
good idea. My verdict is that pre-cooking probably did help with the sogginess and if I am trying to make “good” eggplant parma I will do that again. But considering as its mostly a cheese delivery system that’s faster than lasangne, I feel ok that the world won’t end if I can’t be arsed.
I appear to be crook again. Was alright late last week and just a bit tired over the weekend, very mild fever and sore throat again. Hydralyte has once again fixed me up though, same as before. Weird.
take care
Hope you feel better soon man :)
Hayfever is kicking my arse today.
Baku’s gone again?
Yes. There was an altercation, and Baku’s quite sensitive on some topics. We hope he’ll come back, as we miss him greatly. Other participant was briefly banned but we hope they’ll keep contributing too.
Oh man, i always miss this stuff then suddenly realise when i see the deleted posts checking older post comment sections.
Yeah, hopefully they’re both back and happy again at some point. Cheers for the news.