I think the interview went well! It was my first ever "dual" interview, so there was another applicant there. But it was a very casual interview with the owner of the cattery. Her dog was also there and just was all over me wanting pats ๐
I should know by tomorrow!
I ended up walking and chatting with the other applicant, and she was so freaking cool! She's doing a PhD in archaeology, which I asked lots of questions about haha, and she was so down to earth - I walked her to her bus stop because she doesn't know the area well, and we added each other on insta ๐๐๐
I had mentally allowed myself two days for looking at cars. As it only took a couple of hours I now have a lot of unexpectedly open time to fill. I might do an op shop run and try to finish off my couch.
Does anyone else write off stupidly large amounts of time to do things that are not actually that time consuming? I seem to do it all the time, which often means I put off things because I "don't have enough time" and then when I do get them done end up with lots of extra free time.
Saw a massive black rat climb in under the dishwasher last night. Have to head down the bellarine today and turn the alarm on here. Bugger. Thing would surely set it off.
Never seen a rat in the house before, just a few mice back in the day.
Finally made it down the coast. Bus replacement from wyndham vale to geelong made it a lengthy trip. Bit chaotic, no one seemed to know which bus was going where (including the drivers lol).
But it's always interesting taking that bus through those newish estates out west to see how they're going. People have planted things, but not things that provide any shade. The amount of synthetic lawn is pretty crazy. Just a massive heatsink. Also the walking tracks are always empty which is a shame as they look quite nice.
Before leaving decided to borrow both Situationcake's and Dumblederps ideas. Hoping the steel wool works, but if it gets through...
Behold, the ROTATING BOTTLE ON A STICK OVER A BUCKET 2000โข (that is pb not poo).
whats everyone running around with for a backpack? I've got a cheapy dell from ozbargain which isnt bad, but its pretty big and heavy for not great storage options and its a bit ostentatious. Eyeing off a Status Anxiety "Good Kid" and a Bellroy Classic.
Ah autumn. Flanno - too cold. Oodie - too hot. Now snuggled into old fav hoodie. Just right. Plus fingerless gloves (years driving a keyboard == sore joints on a cold morning)
Stopped in at NQR while I was out. I am about to find out whether cheese and bacon filled potato cakes are a good idea of a travesty that should never have been allowed to exist.
My girlfriend was saying she needs a way to track things at work better because she's supposed to be leading the baby room.
I told her what she needs is a G-Shock or something similar. It has alarms, timers, can beep on the hour and some models have a button that can start the countdown timer without diving into menus.
And it does it all in a simple and privacy respecting way that's sufficient for a childcare worker.
I bought a cheap Casio watch one time she's using to try it out, and if it's working we can get her an upgrade
I worked such long days this week that I didn't even need to take any leave last week despite not working 2 out of 3 days ๐ that's good though, gotta bank up that leave for upcoming uni stressout sessions.
More Project Hail Mary tonight. Only about 15% of the way in but this is a v entertaining read!
The poms go on and on about Jammie Dodgers like some Aussies do about Tim Tam's so the kid and I decided to give em a burl. Well, they are the most boring tasteless biscuit ever. The jam definitely saved the biscuit. A just passable 3/5 yum yums.
I had my first iron infusion today. -_- Really hoping it helps. Iโm so tired of struggling to get up or move. At least it was delivered in a bonus bag of saline so I didnโt have to get iv fluids from the hospital. (Been dodging the er no matter how dehydrated I get because reasons.)
Complaining about money
Trying to buy some basics for the community pantry because I havenโt been able to get there in a while and Iโm appalled at the Colesworth costs.
$10 for a bag of powdered milk, get fucked ya greedy cunts. $8 for a bag of oranges. Generic milk bricks donโt cost much less than brand. Iโm hitting up the cheap basics that stretch far like pasta and sauces, rice, noodles, oats, tinned soup spaghetti and baked beans, PB, milk bricks, sugar, tea (also bar soap, TP, toothpaste and menstrual products) but thereโs not anything fresh.
I regret being so low income myself.
And my tiny garden isnโt stepping up hard enough. Itโs probably costing more to grow than the produce would in the shop.
Unfortunately Iโm not able to shop in person and Aldi isnโt always cheaper on everythingโฆ but maybe when Iโm less slammed with tests and appointments I can ask to go there and suss out what the best value items are. I really wish they had kept the old โshopping listโ feature so you could compare prices on items before going.
Holiday time ๐บ Have acquired paint sample pot. Have also been told I look like Madam Mim. Some may be offended at being called a fat, purple, witch. Not me.
Wow okay, so I've been watching yt (just trash stuff), and the political campaign ads for the election have started cropping up.
There's one that I always skip, that feels like utter fear mongering - it seems to just focus on how awful the greens are, talking about inheritance tax and migration and alleged sexual abuse survivors talking about their time in the greens party (alleged of course, because I haven't seen much news about sex abuse in the greens party, just the liberal party lol). But because I always skipped it, I didn't know who was sponsoring it... It's Advance Australia party ๐๐๐๐๐๐
Of course they don't talk about their OWN policies, of course it's all about how "terrible" and "scary" the greens are ๐๐
I rolled my eyes so hard I've sent them into orbit. At least the ads for the greens and for labor talk about THEIR OWN policies. Of course a racist bullshit party can only drag other parties through the mud and never have the courage to lay out their own agendas.
Shameless thought following GoonSea. I have these shot/aperitif glasses I'm trying to fill a set of. On the assumption there should be 6, a green ought exist? Not sure the other. Anyone spots them I'd love a heads up ๐บ
Blaaaaaaaah. Bolted awake at 4:30am for no reason, cursed the universe, eventually went back to sleep but had a conga line of very vivid and humiliating work-related dreams. Then bolted awake again at 7:20am in the middle of a particularly anxiety-inducing sequence. Ugh. I've folded my anxiety around uni into work and it's pretty shitty but w/e. Have accepted there will be lots of Yucky Feelings over the next two months but i just need to try and do my best with it and shit out something at the end, accept the criticism and move on.
Just a final check, if I go to Boost from Telstra I'm not going to see a difference am I? (Apart from cost obviously). Full speed, full network, full coverage map etc...? It's ALDI that's on the wholesale network, right?