Melbourne

So just at a park in Brunny, and it's faint with the eyes, but my phones picking it up :D

Taken from my backyard using iPhone 3 second exposure. Can’t really see it to the naked eye but insane on camera.

Went out for dinner tonight, Korean BBQ. On our way out my kids helped out a server who was carrying too many things, when I was paying the tab.

The owner/manager told me I had a beautiful family and that my kids were super polite.

I nearly broke down crying.

I’ve been vaguely sick for like, a week and a half. I almost wish I was sicker, because then I’d have an excuse to opt out of things rather than trying to brute-force through them all

So, I have a small guilty pleasure now: I downloaded tiktok and am loving all the videos with pets tbh.

Ugh, just gonna keep saving up for a psych appointment and hopefully I can start feeling better about being in this tiny bubble of one.

Am I biased in saying crazy cat ladies (and gents) are the best people?

Anyway, little Spunky got a surprise today when his mum got an Amazon delivery today. A big new box for a little kitty 🐈📦

Salada was designed perfectly for Vegemite and cheese lol

SKY PRETTY

Heading to a big (and free!) outdoor park bass party tonight and easy to get to. Always good vibes.

Hopefully the fun police won't shut it down.

Really good to see a crew start thowing these again.

Which calls for a rave choon.

Dancing is healing

Crashing soon so I can be up at 6am. Interview Monday requires me to be in the city at 9am and I want to have some practice in advance.

Enjoy your evening everyone ❤️

So I have to decide if a 4 hour a day commute a few days a week is ok or to look for another job. They changed the rules on me and went all return to office. It’s a damn tech job - no office presence even required.

I don’t want to give up my dog :-(

Thumb wound day 6. I don't believe I'll need to amputate

spoiler

I got some details about the next people who are moving in. On the lead tenant front, we're getting a new one "sometime soon". I've been told his name, and that's he's a Resi worker, but not much else. On the kids/YP front, we're getting a newbie from my old org, probably around the same time. I don't want to stereotype, but he's coming from, uhh, quite the rough house. He's also AOD affected from what I've been told, and has issues with nicking stuff.

I feel cautiously optimistic about the new LT, but I haven't met him yet. He's also quite religious from what I've been told, while I'm quite staunchly atheist. I don't really care, as long as he's not the preachy type, which it doesn't sound like he is. I'm quite nervous for the new YP though. I'm mainly nervous because the current LT is moving out a week or two after they move in. Can't blame him, he's been here for many years, and if I was in his shoes, I'd bail too. But we get along really well, and because he lives here and has experience with the system too, he argues with them on a lot of out of place policies. The new bloke is a Resi worker, and it's basically part of their training to not question orders and just do what they're told.

:/

Health is still absolutely caning me. Constant pain and not able to keep on top of things. I hate using disposable products... Landfill and paying for stuff that gets literally thrown in the bin... but at the moment it's kind of necessary.

I'm cutting down on that wherever I can but it'd be nice if I had a little countertop dish drawer to run every time I had a full load. It would save water too. Wonder if I could get it funded. I've been budgeting well lately so could perhaps save to get one but vet bills always take priority and it also seems I've got stuck in tightarse mode.

My reddit accounts got caught up in r/australia's ban evasion AI nonsense and I got mega banned, no more helpful comments for people bad at google I guess. I liked being helpful there. It'll give me more time to be helpful elsewhere I guess.

Market run achieved. I have baklava to eat with my tea

Holy shit

So jealous of these aurora photos. Tried from my place just now with phone and getting nothing. I think there’s too much light pollution and no view of the horizon because it’s a built up area. Boooo.

omg aurora

Organised myself a car for the day. Organised my shopping lists...got to the goget bay...forgot the little swipe card thing.

An hour later back home and starting over again. Don't try to do things before your morning coffee kiddoes

I wonder if this geomagnetic storm is setting off fire evacuation alarms in the city, or if people are just extra unlucky burning their toast this morning.

Just a reminder to everyone if people are asking you for free tech support you're good until monday just blame the solar storm.

Edit that didn't last long. Just got a call from mum.. netflix not working. She had turned off the wifi :(

At this point Aussie Frugal Living consists entirely of me. Did I establish dominance and win Best Tightarse, so everyone is now too intimidated to post? Because I am pretty good at it. /j 😉

Also if you've got frugal food tips/recipes do they go in there or do they go in Food Australia? (ie telling you how to make toasted sandwiches without a jafflemaker, only a frying pan you've already got, or how to turn leftovers into fillings)

@Seagoon_ So I really slept in this morning.

Is everyone's electrical gadgets still working? No big blackouts?

I know it's literally light rail but watching how far the other states will contort a sentence to avoid saying 'tram' is fucking hilarious to me

Calm down people the Sun is just having a little tanty.

He does love me lol

I'm getting the hang of using watercolours. It's exciting. 😃😃😃srsly, it's cool . I'll post some pics when I do full page.

Nigh nighs

So are we likely to see some aurora tonight?

Very hot chicken and veg soup for dinner. Made a huge pot of it today. Also need to make the Xmas trifle that I bought ingredients for and never made, thinking maybe breakfast trifle ?