Hey, fam, long time. Missed you! I went to Bali! Got home at 3 this morning 🥱 My sister had a baby (she lives there) and I got to hold him fresh out the womb, then hang with him for a whole month. My ovaries are on hyper-alert. I sweat more than I have ever sweat in my life. Got a tan. Saw heaps of geckos. Got a bunch of $1.75 Gojecks (then a $55 taxi from the airport to my grandparents’ in Glenroy which sobered me right up). Swam like 5km a day (didn’t lose a single kg though, annoying). It was a good time. I miss the baby though. Hope you’re all doing well ❤️
Hey Lemon.
Glad to see you’re doing well and good to see you here!
Hope the trip to Bali was awesome and you’ve come back just as the humidity has been high of late.
Good to hear from you Lemon!
Welcome back lemon!
It sounds like you’ll just have to keep visiting to see the baby 👍
Things have really escalated with the Oven situation.
Roommate has agreed to pay, but I have had to leave home, as he has become violent and accuses me of “three days of torture, during his recovery”; due to the fact that I snitched on him to the landlord as he didn’t fess up.
He also smashes the floor at night, and randomly screams. There’s constant rants that my mental health issues are bringing him down, and that I am the cause of his mental health problems. I did once cry when one of my best friends went overseas, but I didn’t make my problems his problem.
Meanwhile his recovery is going great. He continues ordering a bottle of Vodka a day on Uber Eats.
At least I’m going month to month on the 17th, so I can break lease under DV provisions without having to get an intervention order.
Hey. I hope you’re ok. That’s a horrible situation to be in.
You just make sure that you’re safe and aren’t subjected to any physical violence. It’s not made any better that your roommate is could be in a drunken rage either.
He’s just using you as a scapegoat and it’s only a step away from being physical at a moment’s notice.
Is there anything any of us can do to help you?
I don’t need much right now, but thank-you for your offer.
A bottle of vodka a day? Fuuuuck. That’s pretty hardcore drinking right there, and a pretty darned expensive way to live. Does nothing for his mental health, that kind of drinking, or that of those around him. I’ve been there. I’m sorry you had to leave your home, but sometimes it’s the only way. I hope you can find a better situation for yourself soon 🙏
Yeah, his dad had to take over paying his share of rent, as he just spent it all on booze.
Oh, that is awful. Please stay safe and don’t take any chances.
Yowwww… That is so fucked, I’m so sorry you had to go through that and can’t move out for another 17+ days - are you feeling safe where you’re staying?
I’m now at my parents house in Geelong, and have managed to move all work related equipment and most valuables here.
Everything else has been locked up in a shed he doesn’t have a key to, so if he does break in, then I would be covered under insurance.
I’m really very relieved you’re safe and secure but fuck, what an awful number on your psyche. Couldn’t feel safe in your own home. Hopefully he leaves you the fuck alone once it’s all over and you can recover from this in safety. 😔
Do you have much stuff still there? Can you get it out soon?
I have managed to take back most things to my parents in Geelong, and what remains is locked in a garage that he doesn’t have access to.
He must be zonked out most of the day. How awful. Stay safe.
A random cat let me pet her today and then snuggled up to me. Well, there’s the highlight of my week lol
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Is it still a no name numbat cos that makes me sad? 😔
It needs to have an Aussie name like Poida.
Up to the mivemind
Def needs a name.
Could be called Nemo
Gazza
For a platypus? Pete, dead cert.
Wow my sternal glands are deep dark red too.
Oh, Is it Pilk breeding season?
Nah I was sunning my root chakra and dozed off
😹😹😹
Would you believe the bloody car was broken into overnight?
All they got was three $1 coins, but still…Mate, you just can’t help but attract trouble, eh?
For reals though, I’m sorry. You’ve had a pretty shit week with people trying to steal your shit.
Whose dolly did you break?
Cheers everybody 🍺
Please note the adopted numbat (John/Jane Doe) has not been named. This is killing me because everybody deserves a name for Christmas.
Please suggest a name in the comments below and then perhaps Catfish can choose one at the end of the night. Thank you.
Nellie. Nellie Numbat, Nellie Melba, it works for both alliteration and parochialism.
I like that. Nellie Melba numbat in full. Nelliemelba.
I’m not good with names but I’m thinking Dingbat!
😂
Ok, I’m putting Wallie in contention. (Explanation available)
Explanation needed please.
Walpurti perhaps?
Yeah, and fem spelling to balance the list a bit
That’s why I suggested Tim Tam. 😂
My suggestion would be Tim Tam
Sir Numa Batmania. Named after Numa Pompilius, the second king of the Roman Empire, famed for wisdom and piety. He also lived a long life and retired to the countryside, which sounds like a good wish for any numbat. And obviously as an adoptee of the Melbourne thread a Melbournian themed moniker is also appropriate.
Can we call him Numie for short?
Trying to come up with something clever based upon eating Myrmidons, but they won in the end so…
What about Mate because that’s what we want it to do?
Imaculata!
I’m keeping a list of suggestions I’ve seen pop up. Can this thing do polls? @[email protected]
I don’t think polls are available, but we could make a post or comment thread with a comment for each shortlisted name and then people could upvote names they like which should work much the same.
Ok, 6pm?
And GO
Are you Catfish lemmy or aussie.zone because I didn’t know how to summon you?
Probably both. Three accounts technically. One on .ee two on Oz. Probably easier to use the name rather than numerical ones.
Got it!
Scooted out into this magnificent day to get cash and some train snacks for tonight and couldn’t pass up a pedi when I walked by the nail salon. I haven’t had one for too long. This massage chair is wonderful too.
Otherwise I’m just a shower and putting my toiletries into my suitcase away from being ready to leave this evening on the last train out to Sydney… almost gone.
I’m picking up my new glasses today, so I will be able to see in the New Year.
new year resolution is finish the food i bought
i will make that easier by sticking labels on fruits and packages
That’s a good idea bacon.
Elder minipeeler got the Five Nights at Freddy’s cookbook for Christmas and had been wanting to make the pepperoni pizza recipe, so today we shopped for the ingredients and this afternoon made up the pizza dough from scratch. It gave me a good chance to explain how yeast and sugar work, among other things that might be relevant to him studying Food Technology next year. I forgot that, while I make pizza bases 2 days a week at work, I haven’t really done it much at home with the kids😞. Miniest was fascinated by how much the dough rises, and the finished result was amazing! I should’ve taken a picture of them but, living in the moment and not through a viewfinder, we damn near hoovered them down! There was enough dough for Mr P to make a couple of calzones with filling made of roasted capsicums and some of the pepperoni and mozzarella. Now I’m lounging around like a beached whale, but a happy and contented one.
Pizza dough is a basic survival skill. Also a lot of fun. This post is so wholesome.
I’m totes in awe.
Maybe one day you could share your pizza making secrets. 😊
Numbat name voting post GO! Listed in approximate order I saw them suggested. Feel free to add more. I shall ask a Mod to close it some time after Breakfast! tomorrow
Nellie (Melba) & variants
Gary
(Adding a default vote to balance my posting the others)
Onya Gary!
Nom Nom
Dingbat
Nimrod
Tim Tam
Poida
Mate
Nemo
Sir Numa Batmania (Numie)
Gazza
Imaculata
Wallie
After working on the report for a few weeks, and my boss saying it was good and almost done, his boss has had a look at it and removed basically half of it.
Finally back. Created a new account on AussieZone, after lemmee stopped properly syncing so I can’t see anything new here.
Welcome back! I think most of us got locked out.
I have had a very successful morning. I got some turkey from the food cupboard to have for dinner. I picked up my glasses, and while I was out traded in the Christmas scratchie which won another ticket and that one got me $10. I picked the last of the cherries off the tree and got about half a kilo. I trimmed the bay tree and got lots of leaves to dry for the food cupboard. And in a final gross but satisfying win I tracked down the source of a bad smell in the backyard (dead animal in a water container) and was able to get rid of it. So many good things to pack in to one morning 😁
So early to the airport my flight isn’t even on the board. That’s a PB.
