My boss is going on leave for four weeks as of today, so I asked my bosses boss of they'll be my reference. They will, and it was pretty chill
Now this hotel doesn't have very good soundproofing (at this point I don't believe any building in Australia does) and I can hear everything happening in the hallway and the rooms next to me. BUT I've got a splitty in my room and I set it to come on if it goes under 19 and this is great. So much easier to wake up when it's not like 5° in your room
I still couldn't get a very good sleep though. Dozed off again at 5:30 or so and woke up again now. But tonight I'll have a better sleep
I think I'll wear my slippers around the house all the time.
I got the kids some hot wheels cars and one is a stegosaurs. Essentially its a spike trap on wheels. Couple that with their puzzle pieces with little handles on them and there are a few nasty things to step on.
I want to avoid the very dad thing of stepping on one of the kids' toys at an unfortunate moment
Oh joy. Notices of a rent increase and a full day power outage. Must not shoot the Postie.
My daughter's at Coles and she texts me to ask if I want anything. So I sent a shitload of texts back in a row. Get donuts. Cinnamon donuts. Or whatever. And biscuits. Any biscuits. I don't care which ones. You want your dad to pick you up. Hello.
Pay backs ☺
Whilst I'm positive about my plans for the future in general I'm a bit apprehensive about moving house too. It's all the little changes, stuff like where the teaspoons are is pretty much muscle memory now, I've been in the same place for 18 years now so the little routines are quite ingrained. Plus I have to get used to sharing space again and all the compromises that entails. All while reassuring a cat and dog who will also be stressed by the transition.
At least by the time everything is sorted out to actually make a move it should be Spring, so I won't have to contend with either freezing cold or boiling hot temperatures.
My landlord is actually really good. House is pretty shit but he's a really chill guy. Feel pretty lucky. I wish I could transport this place about 10kms closer to the city.
Just cancelled my prime membership. In truth, I haven't been buying enough from Amazon to justify it, but it isn't something I think about all that often.
Then they emailed me last week saying "hey, we'll be introducing ads to Prime on July 1st"
Yeah, nah. I can't justify that. What surprised me though is that it was moderately easy to cancel. I thought cancelling was needlessly complicated and they just got in trouble about that.
I went to sleep at like 7 but then woke up at 10:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Took some melatonin, hopefully it kicks in soon.
I don't get physically home sick, but when I'm away from home I always find it difficult to sleep. This is also the first time I've been at a hotel on my own as well, which adds to it
I bought a tomato yesterday to have on a brekkie roll but I eated it last night
I have had a realisation that todays kids will never experience a life where they are not under constant observation. And it’s probably willingly. Social media, tracking aps on phone from parents, data collected on their preferences for any media they engage with, smart watches that monitor movement and sleep, etc.
Far out that was a long day. 10 solid hours of work, on green tea only (really not cutting it), plus a lot of faffing around with getting locked in the office building because I stayed so late... It's too early in my job to start pulling long hours. But I'm telling myself it's a once off due to a particular combination of unanticipated things. That, and I want to do half day on Monday for cake related reasons, so it's Strategic. I will NOT let it be a pattern! I have Boundaries.
Just an update again from earlier.
Good news and bad news….fuck.
A mechanic near me can do the replacement work for 30 dollars unless something unusual happens and he takes longer it’ll cost more.
Bad news is that after I got home I checked my headlights and the smaller one on the opposite side is not working either.
No idea at the moment how much it’ll all cost but this isn’t looking good and there’s also a chance that all 4 lights need to be replaced.
No idea now but I’ll have to wait till I get paid next week since the costs will likely blow out when I have time off to deal with this but I’ll check with them tomorrow to see what they think and if they have stock of the globes.
Argh, the last thing I need. One of my headlight globes aren't working and I need it replaced :(
Had such a weird interaction today. I've been trying to buy Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard. Book Grocer had it and have had it for ages, I finally took the plunge because I can pick it up from the warehouse when I'm in Melbourne. I put it in my cart, but before I decided to buy it, I did a quick check on google to see if I could get it cheaper anywhere and saw there was a signed copy on ebay. He's one of my favourite writers and it's pretty cheap but coming from the USA and the shipping was more than the book (go figure). I asked the guy if he'd consider shipping with someone else who might be cheaper (instead of ebay global or whatever it's called) and he replied overnight not having a clue how to do that so I figure it's not meant to be.
Go to bookgrocer and Road Dogs is gone. Not available. They must have sold it which is so highly coincidental that it gets sold on the day I finally decide to buy it. But you snooze you lose, right?
So I check on facebook marketplace and some guy in Balaclava has it and is selling it. So I message him today asking if it's available.
He says yes.
I ask how much.
He says $7.
I figure bargain. I asked when is he free, I'll be in Melbourne over the weekend.
He tells me when he's free.
Great. I'll grab the book.
Then he asks where I am coming from.
I tell him Bundoora.
He says it's a bit far.
I said that's fine, I'll have a car.
He says 'but if you factor in time and petrol, it will cost more than shipping which is $10.90.'
I got a bit annoyed because who cares so I said, don't worry, I'll get it elsewhere.
Dude talked himself out of a sale (though I figure he makes a couple of bucks on the shipping so his $7 turns into $10 maybe).
Got everything on my list done bar dying my hair. Can do that tomorrow. :)
hm. Found an ipad in the middle of a normally VERY busy road, undamaged so I must have just come across it as it went flying off someone's roof (it was near a sharp turn) . No neighbouring houses ping a wifi pickup, anyone know how find my works on these things and if it needs a network connection to work?
Failing that, how to get in without wiping? Just wanna get it on the network, I've taken a photo with it with my number and a note saying CALL TO PICK UP YOUR TABLET since it's gonna sync to cloud
Folks who use everyday extra with woolies, how does it work with the 10% off? There's an order for instore/online isn't there?
made a long to do list last night , I have pretty much done none of it so far but I did measure the chairs so I know how big to make the new covers
hope the new covers will look cool, they are a patchwork of different tapestry fabrics, just have to match the colours , rust tones with rust, greens , etc etc
