Ended up going to stay a day or two more down here as I probs hit a mental limit with care before I get things going again. Finally caught up with me I think.
Big fight with the ol' boy last night and I can see he's reaching his too. It's all been sorted out today everyone just needs a breather and that's healthy.
In unrelated news I took a weed burner to dim sims with little chillies on top on a bbq which was not something on my bucket list but here we are.
Excuse the magpie poo on the left that's not my fault.
We also need a rave choon
There’s an idea. The old boy could learn to bbq. That’s acceptably manly, right? Potato salad/slaw and bagged salad come ready to eat so the old girl won’t be expected to make sides.
I personally disliked my countertop dishwasher but if your olds are less picky than me it could help them.
(Please take your breaks)
You don't see that on Masterchef
I hope some more Bellarine time gives you the chance to relax a bit - you’ve got a difficult situation going on. Taking care of yourself is important too 💛
Woof, you definitely deserve a bit of time and space after all that energy going around. That's great that you have this space to get a breather because it sounds like A Lot. It also sucks to be the only child stepping up (I note crickets around the sibling's involvement).
Your little dim sims almost look like dangerous marshmellows. Very cute. I kind of want to try grilled dim sims too. (Also good idea from melbaboutown regarding your dad doing Manly Barbequeing - though it depends on whether you mother can eat that or needs softer foods)
Yea only thing bro has done is drop off some shit to eat once that she couldn't eat lol. Didn't even see her in hospital. Granted they just had a bubs for the recent hospital stay but ol' girl has been in and out for over a year so it's not really an excuse in my mind. When they were over a few weeks ago when ol' girl just got out, I was explaining the gravity of things and they just didn't give a shit which annoyed me.
The eating thing is doing my head in. For over a year now for her it's supposed to be 6 small things a day and I'm struggling to get just 1 in. Now with the bowel resection and her not eating for that long in recovery and the refusal I just can't get enough volume of food in. When she was in good shape and sound mind she'd refuse ol' boy's bbqs anyway.. lol.
I guess I just feel everything I've been trying to do (basically keep her at home and not in a home) has just fallen apart.
Goodnight all ❤️
Fluffball lineage.
I've done my things, now I can go to bed. 5 cc's of cat cuddles and 20 cc's of self pity.
They're so polite taking to their respective plates.
This is rare form for the kitten. Moments later she was stealing from her mother's plate lol
I threw out a 30 year old t shirt just now.🫡
😔
First day of new job tomorrow. It should be good but I'm in a bit of a "what if they hate me because I'm not wearing the perfect outfit" headspace.
I had that feeling not long ago. A good workplace will make you feel welcome almost straight away
Good luck, hope it goes well!
Ugh, I've been pushing myself through laundry and tidying the place a bit but I think now the CBF factor has won.
IKR? Done washing, prepped a silver beet frittata, some roast sweet potatoes and have a risotto in the instant pot. Really should roast the pumpkin I have while the oven is going but the couch is calling
Why do people insist on parading their dogs around Bunnings? I’m not against it, but, it seems like a bit of a phenomenon.
Today is a write off. Fucking headache.
I have one too but it's going away. Hope yours does go soon too.
Thanks, here's to Sunday headaches :(
That sucks, I hope you feel better soon!
I am having a lot of trouble just moving today. I have a bad case of the shoulds. Should go to the beach. Should prep food. Should should. Ugh. Step one. Coffee. Bite to eat.
I only emerged out of bed at 12:30 feeling parched and gross. Just going to power through my chores for today - including washing and drying my hair which is A Task - and book my WA flights and call it done. Thank fuck I cleared up the kitchen last night.
Oh bummer, looks like the ATO still haven't received info about my voluntary deductible contribution and I have an estimated return date now so they're almost done finalising it. So they're going to slap me with a huge tax bill even though I cleared out so much into super and I'll have to call or some shit to amend it. Uuuurrrrgh I thought this was going to be much more straightforward. I followed all the steps! If it wasn't for that bonus I would be ready to cry.
Wow it's really pelting down here
Marge 🌽
Okay all that booze (not even that much!) was not a great idea, shot awake at 3am from a bad dream, couldn't sleep till 4:30, and now it's 9 and ughghgh... Should've drunk more water. This is why I don't drink much.
I actually managed to get a bit done around the apartment in between naps. I think I am still off from that flu a couple weeks ago. I have loaded up the fridge with vege foods for the week so hopefully that will get the vitamins going. Have a good week everyone.
Hope you have a good week too. My entire back is sore for no good reason and I feel like I'm coming down with something rather than recovering from it - I'll chalk it up to having absolutely no coffee or tea today and all the grog from last night. Gonna have a light dinner of steamed brussel sprouts and a fish fillet... and thanks for the reminder, need to take my weekly vit D and iron tablets. Feels like winter is getting me down but I just need to hold out for a couple more weeks!
You too mate! Some of these bouts of the flu take a bit of getting over and seem to hang around for a while.
Took tomorrow off. Need up for pushing through it. Have 2 meetings I'm choosing to attend and that's it.
Ok the drugs have mostly worked, headache has gone from mega to mild. Have put on a load of washing, emptied the dishwasher and put the robovac on in the bedroom. Small wins. Now thinking about lunch.
YL cleaned her room. There's mountains of washing that came out. I feel sick.
On one hand, feeling like I've been hit by a truck is a good measure of yesterday's workout.
On the other hand, fuck this lol
Edit:
Gibson agrees staying bed all day is a great idea
Ran around all day yesterday, will run around all day tomorrow. Today I putter quietly doing little jobs and recharging
I have the kind of headache where I don’t even feel like watching tv. Just close my eyes and waiting for the panadol to kick in. Wouldn’t be shocked if my head exploded.
I feel you. Not quite a migraine but enough to be in pain and a bad mood.
Sounds yucky, maybe a nap might help or a heat pack if it’s a tension headache?
Do people steal the pumps of soap dispensers now? Got to work and some units just had the container bit, with the pumps nowhere to be found.
I once stole a pen with a chain on it from a bank cos mum complained there was never a pen near the phone when you needed one. So yeah people steal shit.
At the shops yesterday and a mum was there w/ her probably 3 yr old girl. At this place the confectionery is at the checkout right at eye level for the kid. She started shoveling shit into her pockets. I couldn't stop laughing my arse off because it was the perfect crime as the checkout couldn't see kiddo. Mum was pretty embarrassed but in reality it made my day.
Ugh. Up since 4, I hate my brain. Today I meet some random bloke to trade pokemon and... dunno. It looks miserable. More bonus TV I guess. Reacher is pretty good.
Power outage didn’t happen, woke up early to do all my stuff and now I’m feeling drained and tired like I have a hangover.
Bleh
I didn’t get out of bed today. Slept all day. Not sick, at least I don’t think so, but I just could not be fucked.
I did some laundry before turning in so I’m going to spoon with the old baby until it’s time to feed her and then maybe do some folding if it’s dry. There’s paperwork I should at least start. Also the vitamin d weekly tablet I haven’t been taking.
Deciding whether I should try to take something at midnight in an attempt to sleep through.
spoiler
Ladies! Do you feel like shit, tell me do you feel like shit
Oh yeah
Fellas! Are you feeling like shit, tell me are you feeling like shit?
Oh yeah
My theme song for today!
Whomever told me to watch The Boys wasn't kidding. I hate/like it already. Even worse than Wild Cards for resourcing persons with talent
That's... Not blueberries
It would make more sense if the strawberry flavour was raspberry, so they just cheaped out and recoloured the raspberries blue. But no, the strawberry flavour has strawberries on the packaging, grapes for grapes, but recolouring raspberries blue would be more work than just using an image of actual blueberries.
Make it make sense! 😭
Never seen a real blueberry in the wild so to speak. Not much chance of actual real flavour too I reckon.
Back from seeing the new Jurassic World movie. So much dinosaurs eating people. Easy watching action movie, they have their place. 3.5/5
So I've been doing piano and guitar lessons for about six months, one instrument every fortnight. I'm not consistent enough in my practise, so I'm thinking about just doing guitar lessons. I've had some piano experience before and although I still suck, I don't suck at it as much as I suck at guitar.
I really want to be more consistent with practise and also being active. What are some barriers that you experience with forming consistent habits?
Try to break up the 'boring' stuff from lessons with songs you're interested in too. Spend a bit of time 'eating your vegetables' then you can work on songs you like.
Soon you'll be able to put it all together and identify the scales, keys, and rhythm you've learnt from practice in songs you've been practising
Think of it like this:
5 minutes practice is better than no practice at all.
I make myself do it before I play. And even when I only do 5 mins a day, the results become obvious quickly, and I've been playing half my life.
Also, practice can be less boring if you make it musical and not just practice technique. You could record a really basic chord progression in C major, and play your A minor scale over the top and try to mess around and come up with some little melodies.
For technique, I would recommend using a metronome app. Start real slow.
Sorry for the overload
