Thankyou. Delicious.

Need some hearty winter comfort food. maybe a slab of lasagne, glass of red, followed by sticky date pudding dessert.

Even though I knew it was gonna be cool today, the recent run of warmer summer weather has left me feeling unacclimatised. Got my Ugg boots and hoodie on. Got some Christmas baking to do, making gingerbread and shortbread. Kitchen smells good.

Hopefully it’s not conjunctivitis!

Which were the best and worst Hugh Grants?

For what it’s worth, I think you’d be a really good scientist. You have a natural curiosity about things and a can think deeper about things, and a knack for problem solving. All the essentials.

Weather roller coaster coming up for next few days. 19 tomorrow then 40 on Boxing Day.

So sorry this happened to you. It’s hard when you crave a food you can’t have. But if it’s any consolation, you’re not missing much with the icecream. Enshitification means some of those ice creams have so little dairy in them they are not even allowed to be called ice cream anymore. It’s ’frozen Dessert’ or similar phrases.

Grand marnier ice cream? Tell me more. Where would one find this icecream?

Happy birthday!

No sleep gang checking in. Frustrating. Too many thoughts swirling.

The TGA (Australia’s version of FDA) is the body that approves medication for sale in Australia. They should be all over this, but seem to be staying very silent.

I’m from a dysfunctional family and I understand the dilemma. Sometimes listening to others stories can be cathartic because it make me feel less alone or shamed knowing it happens to others too. But the flipside is it can bring up memories and sadness. It a fine balance of to watch or not to watch.

I somehow managed to pinch the skin of my little finger between the lever and body of the mixer tap so much that it bled. An injury I never knew was possible.

I feel sad about all the ‘free’ work I have given my employers over the years. Extra hours at start/end of day, working through breaks, taking after hours calls etc. It seemed unavoidable because, well, that’s just workplace culture and if you don’t want to be viewed badly or looked over for promotions you just had to do it. Especially when you are younger and bills need paying and you’re trying to make a future for yourself. But its really not right. If it were an hourly paid job, those hours would be paid. But in salary paid jobs employers can really screw you.

It was brutal. I remember it very well because there was a whole week in the 40s and the airconditioning in our place at the time was not great. Also my workplace was a long commute away, very not fun in the afternoons. And this was the days before working from home was an option. A lot of people were ‘sick’ that week on various days.

The recipients of these gifts are very very lucky people.

Beautiful!

Sky orange. Is it dust from wind or smoke from fires?

For FTTP they install a hardwired box on a wall inside your house.