Noice! I am surprised a gardener of your calibre has had bad luck with tomatoes, but then again I have managed to kill a jade plant and two potted lemons, so… here’s to a bumper crop this year without too many pests!

You know that feeling when you’re too hot and tired to feel hungry but you know you’ll regret it in bed if you don’t eat anything… yeah that’s me right now.

I’ve worked 23 hours over yesterday and today. That’s ridiculous. I really hope I sleep in on Wed morning. Maybe make myself an omelette for breakfast. It’s a bit silly now how much I’m avoiding cooking in this kitchen. Right now all I need to do is soak some rice noodles in hot water, drain and rinse, and stir through premade vegan larb. C’mon, I can do this. It’s not even cooking.

Edit: yay I did it. In a pan, on the stove, with frozen veg to bulk it up. Now I have 3 meals worth of food. Easy.

Are you doing any tomatoes this season? Heard from my colleagues that theirs have exploded in size with the recent weather

Uh oh, I continued working after coming home from a 9h day in the office and only just finished at 12:20 for like a 14h day… this is the danger of having a nice cozy wfh setup. And stimulants after a 2 day break. Too easy to lose boundaries :')

At least the overdue stuff is all done, but I’ve got three more things to start and finish by the end of tomorrow so they don’t get overdue. Stupid pre-xmas rush and poorly timed leave. So glad for the flexible hours.

Also some slightly disgruntled feelings over finding out a hack who left my former workplace basically straight-up copied the eork I did there at their new employer, where i knew they’re paying big $ for this person’s “skills”… not cool, not cool at all. Basically slapped a new logo on top… but due to confidentiality reasons with my current work client I can’t share direct evidence. What do. Hmm.

Ok, you have me sold on the mock meat bahn mi. I don’t travel that way regularly any more but must make the visit next time I’m it area!

Is coming but looks like more from 9pm onwards. Later if you’re out east. Mad props to you vacuuming in this weather, beer truly lets you do anything hey.

Absolutely loving the assignment result theme today, so chuffed to see highly deserving people being rewarded for their hard work :D

Nearly everyone was on leave today and there’s a huge pile of due-todays and overdues, AND I got lobbed a site inspection from someone who decided to work tomorrow instead of today last minute. Proud that I got through a pretty good chunk of it without panicking. It helped that the only other person in today is very chill and calm. Though they were besieged by tech issues.

About to return home to The Furnace and wfh a bit more so everything is done and ready to be checked tomorrow am. Grateful to past self for getting pizza on special for an easy meal tonight

E: annoyed however that psych practice didn’t tell me the 2nd referral hadn’t come through despite my doing days in advance. And they said it wasn’t their responsibility, well whose is it because I don’t have a spare $200 out of pocket to casually afford like that. Also, it looks like our bins have not been collected. Possibly because there’s a parking spot right out front. I suspect they haven’t been collected for weeks, which explains why they’re overflowing. I’m gonna have to ring the council to ask about another collection. Sigh

WINNING!!! I ordered sinful greasy pizza for dinner as it was on special this weekend. Have some in spirit 🍕

Might be heading that way myself mid next year…

but who will tell us sky pretty? You will be missed 🧡

! is our chef leaving Melbourne 😿 (But also if it is for warm and fuzzy feelings, this is good)

After much procrastination and resentment I have done the dishes. I HATE DOING DISHES SO MUCH. Especially using gloves and not quite noticing a slight sheen of oil on spoon handles… ugh. Is this my life for the next 24 weeks?!

Seriously considering a second-hand tabletop dishwasher if I can chuck it in the “laundry cupboard” on top of the washing machine… there’s extra taps and an extra power outlet… anyone with experience of these?

Firstly, once again, congrats!!! Aaaaa! So exciting!! 🤩 I am super stoked for the freedoms and safety that are coming your way.

Secondly, echoing Duenan, if you’re comfortable sharing which general area you’ll be in I’m sure there’s several of us who’d be more than happy to chip in. Shit, I’d have kept aside a bunch more stuff for you when I was moving out. But completely understand if you’d rather keep it quiet

Thirdly - great time to be hitting the op shops, heaps of shit from people moving out at end of semester/landlords selling/etc. There will be mugs galore.

Fourthly… hadn’t realised how tricky it would be to set up utilities as an under-18! Not long until that all goes away though? and then you can sign up with whoever you want…

Good idea! And you know what, stuff does just go missing like that sometimes. What do. What do you use for frothing? I was given this battery powered mini frother years ago that I still haven’t even taken out of the packaging… dunno how good they are.

25/50. What the fuck was #3? I wish to have unseen that question…

Aw man, I hate that feeling. And then when you find the thing later you’re like, that’s money and time I could’ve saved. Hopefully it’s one of those things where having two of the item is not a waste. There’s some random shit I found while packing that I never used and that is coming on handy at my current place…

I want to pat Mickey’s gut… at great risk to the veins in my hands

I reckon you’ll find it easier once you’re closer to the city and feel more connected to where you live - and a smaller space forces you to get creative too as I mentioned to Spud.

Those are some nice-looking floorboards though, dang! Haven’t lived in a house with real floorboards in forever…

Aw thanks, I definitely have not been trying hard here, just working with what I have. Sometimes a small space forces you to get creative…

Thanks! It is nice looking at the plants from the couch (where I took the photo). Starting to feel cozy. It’ll definitely look nicer once I get rid of the footstool and unpack some of the books.