Oh for pete's sake. My aunt who I saw on Monday was trying to clean out things from her house on Thursday and slipped on some gum leaves on her steep and uneven front steps and hit her head on the ground. Had a bit of minor whiplash. She's been resting all weekend thankfully. Once I've finished moving I'll go offer to help my aunt and uncle with moving crap outside. After reading about Bottom_racer's mum I'm not to keen on them risking another fall. They have two grown children who have no interest in helping...
So my aunt is clearing her house out as she's selling it, so has been giving boxes of old stuff to her kids. Yesterday she had a box for the birthday cousin (her son lol), and it includes his old pair of Heelys from when he was a teen.
I exclaimed how cool that is! How I always wanted a pair, and he should definitely try them on again and wear them! Because they're cool!
He laughed and said he wasn't gonna wear them, they have a skull design on them and he isn't interested...
Long story short, he gave me his Heelys after checking they fit. And they do! I thanked him profusely and probably will continue to do so lol
My inner child is fucking stoked!
Falling asleep patting fluffball. I think it might be time to put on an audiobook and peacefully doze off.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
Bummer, mental health
Oh man. I really feel like I’m deteriorating in the place where I live. Constant fight or flight and can barely eat.
The suburb is nice elsewhere but it’s quite rough in my immediate spot and there have been many incidents. It goes so far beyond a pinched package (or three). Some pretty serious stuff has happened here and I just haven’t gone into any of it.
I’ve exhausted every avenue that wouldn’t leave me worse off. Now shaking the tree for one last possibility on the chance I might be able to move out but the place won’t even be built until like 2026.
Laundry is out... going through the clothes after avoiding it all morning. Emotions! Letting go of clothes that have meant a lot in the past but over the last few years of numbness that started during the lockdowns, barely looked at let alone worn. I'm not into dressing up much, but I miss the person who used to wear these. Some things I'm happy to let go of though. Lots of things from 12-14 years ago 😬
Gone through all my clothes, culled about 30% - half in the bin, half to the op shop. Nearly all the other clothes are packed. As are the hangers, and all my paper bags and bubble wrap has been consolidated. Plus two loads of laundry.
Cooked up a big dish of pasta with white bean, roast pumpkin, salmon, zucchini and baby spinach for the next three days, and some dal for tonight.
Far out I'm exhausted, that's enough for me today. Next task is to consolidate all the bits and bobs hiding in drawers all over the place. And move all my boxes somewhere out of the way.
E: I also seem to have dislodged some kind of dust that's making me feel weird... better run the air purifier.
I think I've been ghosted by a couple more buyers. Grrr. I did sell the cotton reel holders though, so it's not a complete loss. I'd just really like some of this big stuff to be gone!
Edit: I'd also like Facebook to realise that I'm selling stuff because I don't want it and giving me ads for all those things is completely pointless!
2nd Edit: One of the buyers has risen from the dead and is on her way! Hopefully one of the cupboards will be going bye-bye.
I hate opening a new bottle of something to find those stupid fucking plastic ring pulls. And if they happen to break while pulling then it takes all my courage not to throw the thing. 🤬
Lazy Sunday.
Work might be a bit stressful tomorrow, but I'm ready with receipts if anyone wants to have a go at me.
Fingers crossed. Would hate to have things fall apart right now.
This new cassette player takes me back to the 80s. Absolutely love it.
Goodnight all ❤️
So much tidying and cleaning to do but I have made olive bread too and done a little reorganisation. :)
I potted two more zucchini plants out into bigger pots. Trying to decide whether to keep 6 or keep it at 4.
If I keep 6 I will need more potting mix… I still need the stakes too. It seems easier to get tomato stakes and put them in the pots so everything is freestanding. Plus if I need to move them there’s minimal disturbance to the vines.
The potting mix isn’t a problem. That’s too heavy to get stolen (I hope). The stakes though incur a $25 delivery fee… I probably have to enlist help there.
The pet shops are also giving me a hard time about delivering to a friend’s address. I forced myself out for the treats and Zylkene but hate doing it and the local doesn’t have her biccies. I’d sort a parcel locker but ran into issues
Curse you custard bao buns. Why must you come in packs of six. And why must i steam all six at once
I finally found this song again for the music video playlist.
The Animal Collective - My Girls
I got completely lost because I thought it was by the Australian band Dappled Cities
Tteok-bokki is my comfort food right now! Went to Maita in Caulfield yesterday and bought so many goodies. They even had Coolish! Barely made it out the store before opening that up!
My local council election results are in. The independent-but-member--of-the-Liberal-party candidate won, with a narrow member over the independent-but-maybe-corrupt candidate. Hopefully this means I can stop looking at the candidate's names and getting "Mr Brightside" stuck in my head (as the other candidate's name is Emily Brightside) 🤣
