Melbourne

Had the first couples counseling the other day. It was interesting. Forced to be diplomatic for lack of a better word we were articulating points that sort of surprised each other I think. The therapist also had me figured out in no time at all "Shit childhood, yeah?" "yep" "Parents didnt love each other?" "Nup". Guess I'm not the first she's seen.

Winter solstice is here. Brrr. 🥶🥶

🔥solstice has rounded. May your year be brighter in whatever fashion you need 🔥

Yours truly got two dates (one maybe Saturday and the other Sunday) this weekend. Super excited for Sunday one as I like her but not too sure on Saturday 😊

We're planning a garden visit followed by drinks at a board games cafe on Sunday!! Should I get flowers? What do I wear?!! I'm nervous now 😪

Before I have a little nap I'd like to say Happy Cake Day Seagoon. Thanks for your dedication to the dt. 🎂

I've decided to turn off the alarm for tomorrow morning. Still going to bed shortly, but after this morning's migraine, I'm going to sleep in a little.

Goodnight guys ❤️

My lunch today

Potato pommes, cheese and gravy. I ate it with a spoon. Delicious.

Have just heaved a packet of sausages, some curry paste, a shittonne of vegetables and the last leftover can of the cider into the slow cooker. Dinner will be ready at 8 ish. Dunno what you'd call it - bangers & hash stew maybe? Melbourne coddle? Kept back some parsley & lemon zest & garlic for stirring through at the last minute.

The crisper drawer is now empty. Note to self - buy more grog.

Got up at 6 am fully refreshed. Logged into work stupid early and finished all my stuff by about 9 am.

Still logged in but playing video games on my PC.

I think this is a good Friday

So I improvised with a mic stand

It is an ipad stand. Originally.

Made it down the bellarine today.

Almost time for the sunset solstice cold swim!

Also lemon tree just refuses to settle down, picked so many a few weeks ago and it's still going like mad poor thing is tilting:

Ballarat road's fucked again. Looks like someone's flipped a trailer over

Edit: nah, T bone, some gronk ran a red light

Defs got mild hypothermia slurpee brainfreeze after that sunset solstice swim. Worf it though:

Nasty headache. Fuck.

I was able to get a better sleep last night, but this bed situation is annoying me. I have a "double" bed, but it's one of those fake double beds where it's just 2 singles pushed together. Both bases are on wheels as well, and the wheels don't have locks on them, so I have to keep pushing them back together as they get separated

Headache has subsided thankfully.

Annoyed that I went back to sleep this morning, but I'll be continuing with 6am on the weekends as well.

Time for some video games and guitar.

Coughing and sneezing up so much snot still. Its been a week and a half, surely its gotta end soon!

I think I've caught one of the viruses going around, I'm starting to get a sore throat. Covid test was negative at least, so I can still count myself a member of the small "never had Covid" group. But if I'm part of the "feels like swallowing razor blades" group that someone went home from work with yesterday that will be little comfort.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-21/man-arrested-alleged-covid-19-fraud-western-melbourne/104006218

Reckon this guy used OzBargain?

Temperatures outside have just risen to be slightly warmer than inside my fridge. I will definitely be rugging up for the morning dog walk.

Merry Christmas everyone 🍺

Gym session this evening and had some young dude call me 'sir'.

I was puzzled until my son informed me that the young bloke was probably scared of me.

Perhaps I should learn to smile more.

Just gonna have a couple of quiet ones tonight. I'm charging the mic just in case an impromptu song wants to burst out of me.

Wow, wild day... Drove past a servo and saw a ton of smoke. Called 000 and chucked a U turn and then the smoke was all gone. Decided to hop on the FRV radio, and apparently it was caused by a diesel generator for a pressure washer and was more or less just a puff of smoke

New mouse day. Logitech G502 Hero. Seems okay, hope it lasts longer than the Razer's I've been using the last few years. I'm heavy handed, I feel I'm heavy everything, I wear stuff out.

Flu vaccine and covid booster today. Wish me luck.

Managed to wake up, but feel really sick. Back to bed for an hour or so. Still a success

This is when I'm most productive at reading my emails, believe it or not.

Good night everyone. 😘

Happy Friday cobbas. I got up on time this morning and decided to rug up and WALK to work at 7:45am - and feeling really proud of myself! It's only 2kms and almost a straight line basically. Unsurprisingly, I feel a whole lot better than I would've today given the amount of work that's turned up on my plate. I will definitely be doing it again, great way to roll some exercise into the day, like I used to before I had a licence and car.

Back home and had the energy to put together a kung pao chicken with mock meat. Still got a fair bit of pep in my step which is unusal. Putting together my to do list and this weekend will involve a whole lot of Adult Responsibilities. I was gonna catch up with a friend to break it up but they've got the 'vid so I wonder what else I could do instead (that doesnt involve a screen) so I don't feel like the weekend is all work and no fun.

I love singing this song and changing the words to make it sound creepy.

https://youtu.be/yQHhqDRn4_c?si=53RiZJTG_0QpCDH1

I am woman who will fight for your honour. I'll be the hero you're dreaming of.

Makes it even better with sound effects on the mic.

My aunt and uncle have been clearing out some old alcohol they weren't gonna drink.

There's buttscotch schnapps, vodka, two bottles of Jaegermeister (one with shit glasses), and some gin (which I have turned into a gin and tonic with cucumber).

Oh, and Kahlua, Sambuca, and Galliano. And my other aunt got me a lovely exxy bottle of wine with glasses as well.

I don't think I'll need to buy alcohol for a long while.

I'm enjoying hearing people complain about the cold around the office. It's presently 18.5° and sunny in Perth. Yes, it was a bit chilly this morning, but nothing like what Melbourne goes through.

I guess it always boils down to what people are accustomed to.