Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone. Haven’t been around much, life eh? But hope you’re all doing well and wishing you a wonderful 2024.
Hope life has settled a bit for you too mate. Good to see you here
Thank you :-)
👋merry Christmas!
Hey look… it’s Mystery Island and exactly how close I get to be to Mystery Island
How are you feeling today?
Edit: just read your last comment 🤦🏻♀️ I’ve really got to change how I sort comments. Hang in there mate!
The fever is gone for now and I’m mostly just feeling like I have a bit of a head cold, so relatively I’m feeling pretty good! Compared to yesterday and last night.
Room service didn’t have any breakfast items listed on the menu but when I called them they said they do breakfast which was a nice surprise. They sent me this:
That looks like a good brekkie.
That’s a nice spread. Was it yummy?
It was pretty good! The only issue was they gave me a fork and a spoon but no knife but I made do
Potato Gems for breakfasts triggers me. I stubbornly see it as a dinner food only.
Just think of them as hash brown nuggets and bam breakfast food
That’s great, you won’t spoil the mystery!
Is this a pic from your porthole? Stunning!
From my balcony! I don’t cruise without a balcony. Air drying outside when not at port after a shower is a significant part of the experience for me.
-entering item into bucket list-
I just walked home from the dentist and tried to smile thanks at a driver who stopped for me to cross the road. Unfortunately I currently can’t move my face, so instead just gave her a blank stare.
I was about to say this might be a good time to deploy the finger guns but without a smile that might just seem like a threat
confuse the driver with an upward nod
Real Estate agency has mass texted their entire database an aggressive accusation of not paying rent over the holidays. Rude, unprofessional, inaccurate, and utterly uncalled for. One can only assume the managing partner concerned is both a raging narcissist and very, very drunk.
Accidentally slip it on reddit and watch the miracle of modern journalism
I did pop over and look, it’s not turned up so far. Getting slammed on FB.
If this isn’t your rea it appears to be the season
I want to hunt them for sport
Different one. Which is up on the shitrentals site. https://x.com/purplepingers/status/1742427400225669379?s=46&t=lpmDDqhUY8_xDuPPfX9t_w
What an absolute shitdick
Don’t talk back, peasant!!
Drank myself into a stupor last night and paying the price today. I feel like I got it out of my system. Did a heap of applications on Seek and LinkedIn, but I’m guessing most people aren’t back in office for another week or so. And so it goes.
lol woke up again but this time just dripping with sweat. Changed t-shirts and side of the bed again so it’s dry. What a rollercoaster. Feeling a lot better though besides the sniffles but according to the internet I’m in for at least a couple of days of this fever so who knows how I’ll wake up next.
Wheeeeeee! 🎢
On a positive note, you are doing all this sweating on someone else’s linen. My matress and topper are both stained from after the fever from the vaccinations and I had to wash all the sheets and things myself. So it might not be how you envisaged spending your holiday, but there is a silver lining.
This does actually help my mood about it, thanks!
Sounds like a textbook case. Savour your ability to taste and smell food while you still can!
If you can manage to secure some hydralite it’s worth it (or even jelly beans and salted chips). I lived on the stuff when I had that fever and it was a saviour. (the sweats are a sign the fever is breaking tho - hang in there. It gets better in a day or two)
hugs and keep resting and like others have said keep up your drinks and energy 🤗
Hey look…it’s raining.
I don’t like this EL nemo weather.
Raining here now too and I’m just back to hiding in bed rather than attempting to be productive.
I’ve logged on to work, however all my tasks were done before the holidays. Last week and this week is just me banking time to take leave when the weather gets better.
You’re shitting me?!
i think the sky is just peeing
I’ve been binge watching Schitt’s Creek off a recommendation and at first I didn’t think it was for me but I’ve grown quite fond of it. David is probably my favourite character, he just wears it all on the outside.
Classic “keep watching it really will grow on you” show, I was almost hatewatching it at one point and ugly cried during the finale
I’ve been re-watching after first seeing it a couple of years back. So good even the second time around. Alexis, David and Moira all played so well.
Since I didn’t finish my drunken rewatch of all the Harry Potter films I’m finishing them sober before the housemate returns, and I have to say I will always be of the opinion that half the characters were far more interesting than Harry ever was.
just scored 3 marble and two lovely terra cotta planters off the kerb 👍
Have eaten way too much pasta.
Almost feel like falling into a food coma right now.
Smoked salted butter on toast this morning and now my mouth feels like I’ve used it to put a fire out. Interesting.
That sounds delicious.
It was really, really tasty, but just a very odd after taste! They have a herb and garlic one which I used on toast yesterday and it tasted like pizza chain garlic bread, amazing.
I really fucking hate my garbage eyesight sometimes. And I’ve thought about laser surgery problem is they can’t guarantee glasses free from that point onwards and you could well be wearing them again in a few years (and I’ve known a couple of people where his has happened to).
but if you need glasses would you need a lower prescription than now ?
I mean yes but 8000 dollars is a lot of money for the possibility of wearing less strong glasses.
and it’s not risk free either.
Not completely no although it is very low risk as I understand it.
Maybe a few years of no glasses would be a nice relief, so in that regard it might be worth it.
Right now. 100% need glasses.
Laser surgery. A very good chance you won’t need them.
and if you won’t get worse with surgery then that’s good.
After doomscrolling on the couch for nearly 5 hours I peeled myself away while I had a carshare still available to go stock up on some plant goodies.
- It was like motherfucking Queensland outside, gross
- Does anyone do 80 in the reduced speed section of the M3? I was very confused.
- Can’t fucking recognise Bulleen Road after a year, holy shit. The roads are HUGE. The big old tree in front of the servo didn’t avoid the chop, huh. I need to update myself on this whole project.
- It’s criminal how easily I can hand over my money to BAAG
- Visited new Preston Bunnings as well and kinda like the new vibe compared to the dustiness of the old one; very happy about the plant pot dropoff, have excitedly cleared my balcony of accumulated pots
Tomorrow I want to doomscroll a lot less and get some major gardening going after months of mostly bare minimum. A lot of repotting, massive soil refreshment, resuscitating dried out potting mix, desperately need to move the manzano somewhere more sheltered, and I’m gonna try these basil seedlings in the hot big planter box and hope I repeat my success from 2 years ago and get half a litre of pesto out of them.
I liked Old Preston Bunnings better. I find it annoying to have to navigate the multi storey carpark and escalators when I used to be able to just pop in.
And yes, BAAG is super dangerous! Even to black-thumbed people like me.
True, the carpark navigation is kind of bleah. But ultimately I prefer that they went multi storey rather than sprawl. I’ve only been to Old Preston a few times but parking was a biatch, personally…
I drive the 80 zone on the M3 every day, twice a day. It amazes me the people that just fly through. It’s not that hard to do the speed limit?
People seem to think that if it’s a temporary limit (but for months), there’s no obvious roadworks, and no cameras/cops, they’ll do the original speed anyway. See: 60 zone on West Gate Fwy…
Many don’t care that the emergency lane is gone so it has to be 80, nothing gets in the way of their usual commute!
I’m so relieved I don’t need to do that drive for work any more
To be fair in similar situations the emergency lane is there and workers were just too lazy to take the signs in. I guess the point is that if you use the signs when you really need them people will respect them. But if they are just left sitting around unnecessarily it breeds contempt and people start ignoring them.
desperately need to move the manzano somewhere more sheltered,
yes! I have found full sun burns up any flower buds, and no flower buds means no chilies.
I’m lucky that mine is over a year old and has already cropped profusely so plenty of chillies harvested with a few more ripening - but it really could be happier in semi shade over the hottest days, especially recovering from being unwatered and having that infestation.
I really should do something today since I’ve done nothing but lounge about almost the entire time I’ve had the house to myself, but this weather is really not inspiring me. I will add in my own defence that my fucked leg isn’t helping, since I can’t drive or walk for long, which are the two things most of outdoor hobbies need me to be able to do.
I could have written this. Except it’s my ankle stopping me from walking much, and I can drive, but trauma from a major crash is making that somewhat stressful and I’d just as soon not unless I need to. And the cricket’s on.
I’m feeling lazy but telling myself that rest is a valid way to spend my annual leave. Although I should probably at least leave the house today.
And we’re doing well too and off to a good start.
I love being able to properly follow a whole Test. Such a treat.
