Melbourne

I didn't end up getting the role. The recruiter was representing both myself and the other candidate and she said she honestly believed they made a mistake. I've been running a team of 25 IT staff and doing project work, stakeholder management and client management. Apparently they felt like I would struggle being a one man team....

Ah well, onwards we march.

But to be honest it was a punch in the guts. Hopefully now that people are coming back from annual leave next week, things will speed up a bit.

I have two extra dogs for the next couple of weeks

- gotta say, I'm very much enjoying my extended long weekend.

Ok I've been outside and it's horrible

Sunscreen leaked in my bag and went inside my work laptop earlier today. Panik. Charger port, USB-C, HDMI port etc.

Came home, unscrewed the whole back. Got cotton, started taking off as much as I could. Unscrewed some more off the mobo, but wasn't able to get into the ports to clear the lotion.

Idea! Got some floss, and the wire thingy you tie cables with. Needed something small but just strong enough to scoop out the lotion from the ports. First go with the wire, scoop out lotion, run into cotton, then followed by the floss to get into the corners. Repeat x937374 times to get as much out as possible. Great success. Calm.

I am so proud of myself 😎😎😎

Also bonus points because my laptop wasn't charging earlier today (before the spill) and while cleaning this off, got the charger to work as well.

Honorary shoutout to a new toothbrush that I sacrificed trying to remove the lotion. You were a champ!

Ted Cat got out and immediately ran for the nearest open gate and open door. He went right in , went into their kitchen and started meowing for dinner. He has now visited 5 neighbours. They all think he's adorable.

It's beer o'clock. Keep hydrated folks. Cheers 🍺

Yesterday was a funny day. At the tram stop, ( the 86 of course ) and a woman walked past with a dog which ran up to me. I pulled away as I don't want dog on me as it upsets the cats at home to smell that. Woman told me Don't freak ya bloody mong! ... lol my virgin ears, I have never been called a mong before. 😂😂😂

Ok so the tobacco shop that got fire bombed earlier this week got attacked again very early this morning having an old ute driven into it.

So we've got

• two gelato shops fire bombed in Williamstown.
• wolf cafe firebombed this week in Millers Junction Altona.
• tobacco shop firebombed/attacked two nights in a row in pier St Altona.

I'm about ready to put up the Bat signal at this point.

I hate mopping floors so much even though it feels so much nicer afterwards

Everyone's up late

Have a day of data wrangling ahead of me, so am watching movies while I do it.

I have commenced with Twister, and plan to watch Deep Impact after that.

Other suggestions for hilarious and excellent movies to watch?

I left my tablet at home, so my world has shrunk to the size of my phone screen. With a tiny little on screen keyboard to type on. ☹️

Beach day accomplished. Bit of excitement happened whilst there. Got home around 8. No sunburns!!! Beers, Whiskey and Jackass now

Due to the warm weather, I have designated today as 'beach day'

There will be boogy boarding, sunbaking (with SPF 50 protection), reading in the sun, fish and chips on the way home and of course, inevitably putting on aloe vera lotion

Am I fat pig for being able to inhale a large thin crust wood fired pizza easily?

Ended up going back to sleep and sleeping until about 8, which is unheard of these days.
Pakige finally arrived! Only took about ninety days. Feh.
Feeling a bit crap with the antibiotics and the last minute dash to the unit, and the estate agent asked if we could cancel the private inspection as the tenant is WFH and the idea was I was going to go through it with my aunt before I made the offer, but since I've already made the offer, it's quite hot and my aunt has to come from Rezza, we agreed to cancel.
Now getting a few more ducks in a row during the cooling off period. ;)

I get to learn to use the phone at work today

We had spider related drama. Miniest was making her bed this morning and came running with hysterical screaming she saw a spider on the floor, which she said darted quickly under her bed. Of course it disappeared before I got there to help. Elder grabbed a torch (even though he is also scared of spiders) and we went over the room. No spider. Then an over the door coat hook thing fell on his head and hit his face, so he retired with an ice pack and some unsavoury language. I pulled the wardrobe away from the wall, stripped beds etc., investigated the room thoroughly with a vacuum cleaner on hand for undesirables. Cleaned the room within an inch of existence. The only disturbing thing I found was a hole in the plaster made by Mr P (when he was "cleaning" some time in the past) which he hid by rearranging the furniture and placing the wardrobe in front of it 🤦🏻‍♀️ I temp fixed the hole but have found no spider. Now Miniest is suspicious of the bedroom and elder is sitting on her bed with her and distracting her with YouTube videos. He's a good brother.

Had one of those days where everything that could go wrong, did. Don't think I had a single win all day.

Evening has been better though. Had a nice dinner, then an hour ago I got the energy to do some tidying up as I was getting sick of looking at mess. Wine has now been opened. Mind is at (temporary) peace.

Found a dead juvenile (I think, not very long) Tiger snake on the road out the front of work just now. Even dead I am scared of it. shivers

The unhinged midnight screaming guy is back. Joy

I am finally home and back scrolling on my tablet. The replacement pump for the water fountain arrived today, so the pets have flowing water again. The new pump style comes with an additional mesh filter to help keep the pump clean, so it's even better than the old one.

Let's talk about something serious. How fucking annoying are the nails to cut on the tiniest little piggies. The others no problems. I just whack my feet on the bath and cut away but the little ones I have to sit on the floor, position my feet at a weird angle and cut because they want to curl around my toe. Evolution has a way to go yet. Not looking forward to getting old.