Melbourne

i did a thing today and it went very well

The remainder of the soil is covered up in anticipation of rain. And in my need for a rest before I haul the rest around.

I've just popped into the office and was standing outside this room thinking about whether I should go in, so I did.

Third night in a row I can't get myself to sleep. Next time the melatonin is coming out at 7 and it'll be a full tablet. I also have forgotten to eat much today so upon having two slices of toast my stomach has performed quite the symphony of gurgles.

Hooray for sunny Wednesday! My toes are frozen... I desperately need to spend more time outside

I decided to give goget a whirl today to meet a friend in an awkward part of town and do some errands while I was at it - gee it's a rather pricey venture once you add it all up. I can only justify it by doing multiple things on the one trip and hope it's all close by so you don't rack up heaps of km. Car Next Door (now Uber Carshare) is not much better at all given its high booking fee - $7 per booking! - and not very transparent pricing.

Flexicar looks like better value for money but unfortunately the closest car is 2km away and no PT in between...

E: holy cow the final bill was $62.20 for 3.5 hours and 30 km. Think if I need to visit a friend next time I'll just take a cab/uber and ask them for a ride if I need to pick up or move stuff...

Shout-out to any folk at DH who may be getting some rough news this week/having their teams decimated. Rough time.

The first delivery of soil has officially been moved - just in time for the next load to be delivered! I'll try to get the second planter filled today, then cover the rest of the pile to protect from rain and fill the other areas I have over a bit more time - this is exhausting!

Comedian Cal Wilson has died. Sad news.

I love it when I buy new technology gadgets and I pass it to the man and say "make it happen please". BTW it's a skipping rope with Bluetooth and a app and shit. I just thought it had a battery and it counted skips. Not my problem. I told him "you'll have fun with that". Secretly he loves this kind of shit.

Remember guys if you put a bolt or screw in something some poor bugger might eventually have to take it out. PSA brought to you by me having to angle grind the anti-rattle bolt off my towbar.

Codral original do your thing, I need to push through work today. Really wanted to take another sickie but these bloody client deadlines have come thick and fast this week and we have several people on leave.

Lunchtime in the sun planned, hopefully some solar power will help me get better.

Rewatching The Shape Of Water, and I know people go "hurhur fish fucking movie", but seriously it's such a fantastic movie. The cast, the cinematography, all of it is just, chefs kiss.

Well.. shit. One of my fave colleagues has quit as a result of the boss closing the place on Fridays. Which means we aren't closing on Fridays anymore because there aren't enough of us.

lovely day so I'll be going out walking and doing some errands

then back home to do my emails and messages

Enjoy the day everyone 😘😘

Ate my first mango of the season. So good.

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with my thumb hurting. (Not asking for medical advice, just sharing my misery). Swollen and bright pink, with a hole in the skin. Couldn’t get a doctor’s appointment until today. Throbbing all day yesterday, and now I can’t sleep from the pain. Anxiety about flesh eating bacteria and having it amputated.

Lower back pain 😑 Massaging the muscles at the sides of my hips helps but I don’t like the cheap foam roller. Trying to foam roll actually puts pressure on my joints from supporting my weight like that.

I end up just jamming my thumbs into the muscles but they bend back so I just use the heel of my hand. Wondering if a massage gun might be useful or is just a waste of money

Emergency services trifecta today

Police call for a domestic. Not my volatile neighbours, I didn’t place the call. This is a DIFFERENT domestic.

Then ambulance, for some poor guy having a seizure in the homeless camp.

Now I have four fire engines outside and a fire alarm blaring from the building across the street

Whaaat is today.

Hey green thumbs I have a question. Can you grow coriander inside near a window in a little pot? It would get the afternoon sun. I'm sick of paying for it.

Today's coffee (last one I post unless I learn how to do fancier foam art)

spoiler

I'm afraid the only way to get this worm out of my brain is to share it, so:

IIIII'M ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM, ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM I AM

PSA. If you're thinking about an airfryer Aldi have them on sale for $149. Join the cult.

No idea why I'm still this awake after the night I had last night.. woooo

Maybe I'll buy some random cheap stuff online. Love a delivery.

So much allergy…. Was awake half the night. Telfast and Dymista are not enough.

Want to be outside but more outside is more allergy.

Coffee lovers gather round

Coffee mousse recipe

Another glorious sunny day. And I'm filling it with hauling soil. ☹️

At least the second bed should be a bit easier to fill as I have access for the cart all the way along the long edge, I won't have to double handle soil to get it down the end like I did the first one - plus I've already filled some of the bottom section. I'm calling it my gardening boot camp, if this doesn't build me some decent arm muscles nothing will.💪

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

I went outside into my garden and looked at all my lavender (it has self-set everywhere, as a "weed" is wanton to do, and I've dug it up and planted it in some form of order) - there's plenty of flowers and yet not a bee to be seen. It was really fucking depressing.