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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
It must be results day - I passed the assignment I half-arsed. One more half-arsed assignment to go and I can see the back of this subject for good, yay! The other subject is much better, the next assignment I get to spend time counting birds in my backyard.
Ravens. ππ¦ββ¬
Update: I ate the pate. I ate the pate before I posed the question in fact. Tomorrow, I will let you know if it was a good idea or not.
I also ate some cottage cheese that was opened more than 5 days ago and some tasty cheese that tasted not quite right (I tossed that) so eeny meeny miny moe.
please post if you are deaded from the pate
Where's the fucking raaaaaaain?!
It's so hot in this fucking apartment, but I'm vaccuming, tidying up, all while drinking a beer.
Idgaf
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.
Question: Would you eat pate that is one week (use by) out of date?
CAUTION: DO NOT mansplain the difference between use by and best before or I will be forced to severely downvote you.
DO NOT mansplain
I'll bite.
Best before was when I was in my 20's.
Used by was probably before that.
edit: I deserved that.
Um, ackshually it isn't mansplaining if I don't identify as a man. Ah ha!
Nah all jokes aside, If it's unopened, go at it! Pate was made so it would last longer than it's ingredients by themselves.
If it's opened then forgeddabowtit
Still sealed from the shops, yep. Open a week or homemade and it's a dog treat.
Yes. If I trusted the purchase point to store it correctly before purchase. I know my fridge keeps it's cool properly, but swoopermarkets are another thing again. The whole point of pate is to put a highly perishable food into a format that does keep a bit longer. Refer liverwurst. And potted shrimp. And tarasamalata (I think I've spelled that understandably, if not correctly).
Looks like the fan I bought 2 weeks ago stopped working. Lovely
That didnβt last long. Can you return it?
Ehhh more effort than its worth I think, and I didn't keep the receipt
Well you could say at least that model didn't blow you away.
Ending up stripping down to just undies for the vacuuming, so hot!
Got pizza for dinner though, with plenty of leftovers for the next few nights.
Place is looking gooooooood
Time for a big fat glass of ice water and a cold shower. Then tomorrow, I tackle the balcony and bathroom.
I had a MyGov message yesterday that my account was locked because of too many attempts to sign in. It wasn't me, so I assume it was a hacking attempt using data leaked from somewhere else. I was able to unlock the account and discovered there is a setting that stops you email or phone being an option for the username, so they shouldn't be able to try again.
I wish I wasnβt always tired and stressed out. I wish it was easier to get stuff I need and get things done independently.
Life sucks to the point of meaninglessness sometimes but I want to take great care of Melbcat and grow heaps of healthy food for people that can eat it.
I'm of the belief humans are as intelligent as they are because we're meant to be protectors and guardians of this planet, of all flora and fauna.
That's life's meaning for me, it shouldn't matter if there's something more after we die, as long as we do our utmost to take care of animals and plants. I think you are meaningful, because you're trying to grow food, and looking after Melbcat.
Maybe doing good things is the meaning. π
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
Have to head down the bellarine tm. Bit of an issue cause the ol' boy can't cook. Huge mistake by that generations' parents not to teach the dudes how to, even the basics. A few of his buds can and very well, but honestly all that old school gender role shit can get in the bin with this (mums) problem. I know cooking isn't for everyone but fark me that'd be really handy right now. At least have a go at it.
/rant
Goodnight all β€οΈ
found this pretty lil guy in the stairwell
It was too close to the spiders there, so I scooped it up in my glasses case and took it outside. So pretty!
Edit: Did some googling and I'm pretty sure this is a Common Brown Butterfly, a female.
Need coffee
Edit: Have coffee. Things are looking up.
Eh, snoozed the day away and got caught binge watching.
Actually enjoyed Nobody Wants This.
Better get shut eye, I haz things to do tomorrow!
Still logged on the work laptop (working from home of course). Manager thinks I'm working hard but in reality it's the coolest part of the house with two AC vents nearby.
I don't actually understand this post, but I assume you're somewhere with a shirt and tie on top and just your jocks down below?
Thank you Seagoon! ππ
I don't gotta! But will have to Thursday instead.
Since I'm recovering from yesterday, today was the sort of day where you action the most urgent new requests then check if Nier Automata mods are working.
I've got some long term background stuff I'll work twice as hard on tomorrow
Psyching myself up to clean the house for the inspection on Wednesday.
Ughhhhhh UGHHHHHH I don't wanttt tooooo but if I don't do it today I know I'll be rushing around tomorrow doing it. Which is good motivation but also not how I want to spend my Tuesday. We've done the spare room, but I still need to vaccum and do the bathroom, and stove top. Tidy up a bit.
But I'm not moving the cat's boxes. They can walk around them, he lives here too dammit
Edit: in other news, all 9 of my assessments this term have been marked now - and I passed!! Now I don't have to stress until Feb! Yay!
It's 21 degrees inside but I can't get warm, my legs ache and my throat is sore. Nooooo...not this week.
Cause I was away last Monday, I booked in a pre-class catch-up with the teacher so I don't miss anything. It's a pretty cruisy unit, so I could've figured it out from tonight's class, but I don't want to get lost. That does mean I basically have an extra hour's worth of class, but oh well
Also, I have been freaked out about a dozen times checking my course progress and seeing that one of the assessments due today doesn't have the little checkmark to tell me I've finished it. I'm like "ah shit did I miss one", then click on it and I've already done it and passed
I logged a ticket, and I love their priority levels. One of them is "EXTREME! CRITICAL! EMERGENCY! I CAN NOT WORK UNTIL THIS IS FIXED!". Anyway, when they responded, they fixed it on the spot and even included smiley faces in their email. That's lovely. I like that. Not exactly sure what the issue was, but they sent me an email to say they could tell what was wrong from my screenshots, then 5 minutes later sent a follow up to say they fixed it
Kidcalhoon2's left ear piercing is constantly getting infected. Not their right ear, not once. Salt spray will clear it up, but then will be back in a month. Surgical steel and everything.... Could they get an allergic reaction just in one piercing?
Edit. Thanks for all the comments. I've got a feeling these ones were chemist bought. Also they do sleep more on that side so that could be part of it too
Maybe she sleeps on that side more often than not. Could help to change pillow case more often than normal. I don't have any real advice just a thought
Surgical steel is unlikely to be causing it, but could try switching it out to titanium jewellery instead.
I wouldn't use gold personally, more biologically reactive. Avoid silver as well.
Do they sleep on that side more often? It could be the heat and moisture and irritation from having that side of their head on the pillow. In which case having a pillow against their back while they sleep on the other side for a bit should help.
Salt spray, sparingly, or saline (same shit).
Try not to rotate it, or touch it,
gold hoop sleeper, no studs, use alcohol , do not take earring off for a month or so as it just scratches the piercing open again, let it heal
and don't touch or play with earring or lobe with hands