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Been trying to remember my password for the last few days, I’ve given up so new account.
Found out I have asthma today and that’s the reason for my cough that just won’t let up. I didn’t know you could develop it as an adult? What a nice Christmas present.
It could be due to bad asthma thunderstorms, which have been happening recently. Might want to get yourself a ventolin puffer just in case
Doc prescribed me both a preventative puffer to take for the next couple weeks and the normal blue one. I just had the blue puffer earlier and I feel like I can breathe again! And barely any cough. I didn’t realise how constricted my breathing was until now.
Hoping this is seasonal and will be gone once pollen season is over 🤞
I have had to put the laptop away to stop myself going mad. The bot will be out of action for a while longer.
They have changed the way logging in works (as many people have noticed) and all of the programming for daily posts use a piece of information that no longer exists ☹️
Hope the Bot#001 at least brings you back a t-shirt.
I'll do the new thread tonight. 👍
Would that make you Girl Friday?
Get Well Soon Bot #001.🎈
Second last day of work (until next week) and bosses are trying to tie things up before they go on leave.
My standard reply is "i'm here next week, so I'll look at it then", fully knowing they're all off until mid Jan.
I love end of year fuckery
Dating is like a referendum. There's usually more reasons to say no than yes.
Ok so to cap off this year I have a time line. Feel free to add in any I missed.
January: Fuck it's hot! 🔥
July: Fuck it's cold! ❄
September: Where's the fucking sun? ☀
November: Fuck. It's six weeks to Christmas! I swear this year's gone fast! 🎄
December: Fuck it's Christmas! I haven't even start shopping yet! 💩 🎁
I'll make a test batch of shortbread tonight using the new biscuit moulds and lightest blue icing on top. 😊
Th mix is made and is good but was too soft for the moulds. In the fridge and then try again.
Well that's me done for the year.
Time for goon and think about the construction of a ham sammich for dins.
I created a new dessert. I didn't have topping for my icecream so I melted biscoff spread in the microwave, drizzled it on the top followed by crumbed biscoff biscuits. It was a bit like a Golden Gaytime on steroids. And that is how I created a masterpiece.
Woohoo surprise 4pm finish for the year 🥳
🎉 🎊
Whoops. My catchup today ended up going from 10-2:45... Enjoyed it so so much though. I am so grateful I reconnected with the person I met today, after 3 years' silence...
Gonna be a long night doing this final piece of work!
It's spelled ketchup FYI
You say tomato sauce, I say tomato sauce...
Catsup. 🙄
Well, some things never change.
Stood around at JB trying to catch the eye/arm of anyone in a lanyard.
10 minutes later I left and bought the same product in about 30 seconds. Granted it cost $10 more, but quite frankly my time is worth more than the $1 per minute that JB expected me to wait around.
Did you demand to speak with the manager? 😁
My JB protip is to go the games or TVs section, or gaming even. There's usually staff there.
Brain is stuck. Maybe if I made a list of stuff to do tomorrow I can get some motivation
To do no. 1 : impersonate Bot?
Cleaned 2 coolrooms and various other odd places in the kitchen at work, including underneath freezers. Boss tested positive for Covid so Ive tested myself a couple of times out of sheer paranoia.
Toilet paper has finally been delivered. Now I have a large box of toilet paper, plus 2x boxes of tissues boxes and 2x boxes of kitchen towel rolls 😂. Elder's school books arrived at the post office, that was quick. Went to Richmond to pick up new pre-owned refurbished laptop and it looks fantastic! Soooo happy. Just need a couple more small things to pad out some Xmas presents and I am done. Oh, and I've got to get a chicken to roast for Christmas. Tomorrow is the last day of work, and I want to sleep for a week afterwards!
Gah. Got logged out again.
Got my whipper snipper replaced. But it’s a slightly different model and it’s that much heavier that it’s a bit of struggle. And it doesn’t have the heavy duty grass cutting attachment. Not happy ryobi.
I have a bottle of wine I bought a few weeks ago which I was saving for.. well I dunno really.. just a sunny day I suppose. Now I'm thinking maybe I'll drink it tomorrow after I finish up for the year but I KINDA want to drink it now too.
I could always drink it now then go and get another tomorrow and drink that one too!
Does anyone know of any Orphan Xmas stuff happening this year? Not keen to spend Xmas day by myself
I should be making the most out of the sunshine, but I’m just watching it through the window while lying in bed.
Hmm I’m thinking I should have bought some potatoes today to go with the lamb.
Oh well next time.
It doesn't matter. Lamb is the hero here. Potatoes are just the supporting act.
Ah shizen I forgot the Big Bash is on tonight here, I was gonna go but it's just about half over :(
Still have this afternoon and tomorrow to go but I've just had my last meeting of the year so baaaaaasically I'm done!
I'm having trouble downloading/uploading/slapping a picture on here whatever you tech nerds call it?
My post was gonna be. "Givis a coupla dimmies there thanks luv. Ta".
[Insert picture] of my bowl of 6 steamed dim sims with soy sauce.
Ah well. Too bad so sad.
mmm I just ran out of dim sims the other night. I've been making a mix of kecap manis (thicc sweet soy sauce) and sweet chilli sauce for them when I steam them. Quite lovely.
Note to self.
Buy dim sims on next grocery run.
My noise cancelling ear phones are pretty good but even they struggled against the gale forced winds this afternoon.
Welp, I worked right through the night and basically haven't been asleep since 7am yesterday and still gotta keep going till 3pm today...
But as of 6:30 am this morning I have finally. Finally. After 5.5 years of tedious whinging across two DTs... Finished my last piece of work as an employee of this business.
Just off to pick up the carshare to go ferry the laptop and shit to the office after a last coffee at Saazaa, then show my face at the Christmas whatsit... and Dobby is free!!!!
sigh
Bunnings delivery. Anyone got a phone number for the Thomastown one, somehow it's delivery failed and can't find a driver simultaneously on each tracking website. Why do I feel like they've given it to Aramex and I'll never see it again?
One very silly gift from Sasha. What should I concoct?
Photos broken, have a link https://images.app.goo.gl/G2imHz6t3n9NyhLEA
Well my camping/hiking trip has come to an abrupt end, looks like I've torn the upper part of my tibialis anterior (doc said its a grade two)... Lots of pain and waiting to see what the doctors want to do, but it looks like I will be couch bound for a while.
