Off to an interview i go.
Lets see how this plays out!
Good luck!!!
GET IT BOYO!!!
Good luck!
good luck 🍀
All the best, I had one this morning. Sending all the good vibes your way.
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Gibson’s first night at my place
How precious.
what a little sweetheart ❤️
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Glad going back went well for you! I am definitely due back, so reluctant to face my many issues but I need to. I’m booking in to get a new MHCP over the weekend.
Also Mickey ❤️
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hugs , glad everything is looking positive and up for all the Spud fam. 😘
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It’s so good to see you back.
I hope you’re doing well.
The most important thing to know is what flavour pop tarts, that will determine everything.
Also Mickey!
Cinnamon!
But my favourite is chocolate haha
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My girlfriend has finally resigned from her job. She’s been working in Outside of School Hours Care and it has been an absolute nightmare. The kids have been difficult, she’s received little support from the business, and at times the parents have been as bad as the kids.
I’m glad she’s moving on and I hope she can find something that works out for her soon
I’ve thought about doing OSHC or holiday program stuff, the pay isn’t too bad but I think it might be too much for me since it’ll make the days extra long.
But yeah, horrible kids and no support is the worst.
From my perspective the pay doesn’t look to great, but then nothing in the childcare space is. This is at a private school as well so you can imagine the sorts of kids she has to deal with.
And she does split shifts, so she’s at work like she works 12 hour days but gets to come home for an extended lunch break
Is she studying education? She could also try and get a role as a teacher aide, as they’re pretty desperate in many parts of Melbourne and Victoria. The state government has their own recruitment portal that’s a bit clunky, but there are plenty of jobs popping up everyday.
She has a graduate diploma in early childhood education. That makes her qualified to be an Early Childhood Teacher and work in a kindergarten. I’m not sure if that extends up to being a Teacher’s Aide
It could be worth a shot depending on what they ask for.
I often see teachers getting called in to fill a role as an assistant or Aides.
If it’s for a one to one child supervision, it might require a different qualification.
I can’t understand that industry at all. It costs parents a fortune (I think it was something like $135/day per kid 10 years ago?) but apparently the whole industry runs on a shoestring. Revenue of $16k/week per room of kids, and apparently that amount is barely scraping by.
I know the front-line workers are seriously underpaid, but someone is making money here.
@Nath @tombruzzo the owners of private childcare centres are making a killing. It’s criminal that the educators don’t get better pay. What they industry needs is some smart career educators who band together and start a chain of centres as cooperatives.
It’s all because of the childcare subsidy. It’s free government money, some places only get by because of it, and all the money goes back to management and owners
Got rejected from a niche job that exactly matches my skills and experience after what I thought was a strong interview. Now spiralling and wondering whether I am in fact unemployable. Which I know is over the top. But what do I have to do dammit??? I really thought this one might stick.
Can you request feedback on the interview? Could it be one of those situations when they already had someone in mind?
I’ve asked for feedback. They actually asked me to apply, so I don’t think there was someone else lined up, but who knows?
Good luck, hope they come back with something constructive or at least gives you some peace!
I’m reading some Buddhist teachings on the bus and someone near me is letting off some ball-tearingly eye watering farts and it’s spoiling the mood a tad, let me tell you.
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Meditation - Samurai and the Fly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nT7Hlssjik
Time to practice some of that inner calm
Sounds like something Zhu BaJie would do. Sun Wu would make him walk 20 paces behind.
I am absolutely ravenous today. Not sure where this hunger has come from. Doesn’t seem to match up with my brain that’s operating in pure fog and blah. I really don’t want to cook, but my mouth ulcers aren’t gonna be happy with takeaway or convenience food
On the house :)
It stings, it stings!!! 🫢🩸
Got any sustagen or protein shake or other liquid nutrition. Maybe a slurpee?
have some cool custard or yoghurt
and hugs
No I don’t sadly. If I was motivated enough I’d make a soup which I normally wouldn’t do in this weather. I think I’ll steam these frozen dumplings, soft enough and not too salty or spicy.
Do you have any mouthwash? I felt like that can sometimes speed up the healing process.
I probably should get some - my dentist had recommended Savacol. Chemist Warehouse is just across the road…
I sometimes find that extra vitamin c can help, too
Been taking a Zinc tablet to help with the wound healing but might take one of my multivitamins if it helps
Update on the ants in savoury shapes situation:
It didn’t end well for the ants.
Left them on the outside sink waiting for them to move on before putting them in the bin and it’s now a mass grave.
Hrmm, makes you wonder…
E: which calls for a rave choon
Perfect funeral march lol
I have just witnessed someone cleaning a kitchen/breakroom with a leaf blower.
Suck or blow? Because some of them can do both.
A petrol leaf blower.
No way! Gather a lynch mob.
After my brief period of shock and horror, I ran away.
pussyWell done
Like MegaMaid.
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Good old Spaceballs.
“She’s gone from suck to blow.”
I could quote that movie all day.
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I used to watch it all the time as a kid, some of the quotes are ingrained in me.
“Comb the desert!”
Same, and it was one of the first movies that went on my media server when I first set it up.
Might be time for a re-watch.
Whenever my wife cuts my hair, I blast all the tiny little clippings out by grabbing the ol’ leaf blower and aiming it at the top of my head. Electric though, a petrol one would be a bit heavy :D
Also use it for dusting vents and clearing crud from cupholders and such when cleaning the inside of my car and I CBF running the air compressor hose out or wasting canned air.
For some people the only tool they need is a hammer. For me, it’s a leaf blower :D
Sometimes I even use it for clearing leaves.
Mr P did this in the lounge and kitchen once. I came home and wondered, “why does the place smell more than vaguely of petrol? And why is all there a line of dirt and fluff along the skirting of the far wall and floor of the place?” Put 2+2 together and asked him if he did a Caddyshack, which he admitted to lol.
Oh no
Tonight’s wave:
So many doggos there tonight I had to fight hard to protect my sunset chicken sammich.
E: and anothery:
I think I may have covid. The headaches, the tiredness, the night fevers, a touch of a cough, red eyes. Thankfully I am upto date on vaccinations
🫂 Edit: socially distanced ofc
Lots of rest and water for you, dear Seagoon!! Take care of yourself!
I have no energy for anything today, but tea is helping
here you are, 🍵
I want to go to bed right now
I think it was ok. The recruiter was nice but it’s for a different sector and I don’t know if the stigma of IT is going to work against me.
What sector was it for?
Marketing
Ew.
Wait - IT has a stigma? Of what? Moving too fast and working too many hours?It does in account management. They assume all IT people are a particular stereotype. Mostly assume they are introverted.
I’m going to improvise a peanut-y stir fry
Kung Pao Leftovers?
Great.
Aunty is trying to get me involved again and I’m getting annoyed.
Stay strong! It really isn’t your hassle when push comes to shove. Sounds like Aunty is running out of stalking horses and might (shock! horror!) have to do the insisting herself. Which will probably be good for her soul if not her temper. Is she the executor? Or has she taken this work onto herself without authority?
She’s the executor.
Im supposed to be “the nice one” in the family as she calls it but it’s only because I didn’t take legal action against her or accuse or of anything even if I have my suspicions.
Hrmm. This is a difficult one to navigate. Probably best to keep your distance as you have been. Wishing you much patience. Keep your temper no matter what is probably for the best.
Executors have rather strict obligations, which is why the task can be turned down. Aunty might be digging herself a very big hole.
It’s a little messy because some of the other family members are suss on the Aunty stealing or keeping funds to herself from there sale of my grandma’s house as she had power of attorney for my grandmother, the worst person possible.
I think she tried to pocket rent from a property my grandma had and has had to return there money to the trust fund as she wasn’t entitled to the rent as the property did not belong or pass to my Aunty or her family yet.
So it’s led to some family wanting proof of finances and also them reviewing to making sure everything was returned and not pocketed to my Aunty unlawfully.
Hmm yeah. My sister did a few things she wasn’t strictly allowed to do, but I totally approve of. Once the accounts get locked it can get tricky to pay for non optional shit.
