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Bill and Ted update.
Bill Cat wakes up in the morning, slowly yawns, stretches, scratches his ear, licks his tummy, stretches again, stumbles a few feet away, stretches and yawns again. Blinks in the bright sunlight.
Ted Cat. Runs up and down the stairs, checks every single food bowl, vacuums any scraps that may have been left over after dinner, then asks "What's for breakfast" before running up and down stairs again.
I did my due diligence and voted early. While a democracy sausage is great, I just don't want to deal with people and my chronic pain.
Nothing to stop you from turning up on the day, enjoying a sausage, then going home without actually doing the vote thing. I'm planning on doing this. Voted today too - in and out in less than 5 mins. No brainer imo.
Where I work is a large rectangular room. It's me and 2 others. The other 2 aren't here at the moment.
I sit at the far end, behind me is a wall and behind that are 5 doors - 3 go to toilets, 1 to a meeting room and 1 to a cupboard. There are 2 ways into this office, the front door which leads outside and to the side of it is a door leading upstairs. Both are in front of me.
So, I'm sitting here, on my own when some lady walks in. I've never seen her before. But she has a work badge on. She says hello and then disappears into the area behind me where the toilets are.
That was 20 minutes ago.
After about 10 minutes I realised I hadn't seen her leave or heard any noises and start wondering if I imagined it or what. So I take a look into the hallway. The office is empty. 2 of the three toilet doors are open, no lights on. The cupboard is the cupboard. No way she's in there. Only place to be is the last door leading to the toilet. But the lights are off so either doing a very peaceful poop or she's not there.
Also the fans are randomly going off.
So weird.
It has occurred to me that with the warmth, and now moisture, that certain mushrooms may be springing up in bushland. Not the fatal ones, the fun ones.
Holy mcfuck, when it rains it pours, got offered a job I really really want and the pay cut will be minimal. Now I have to go send some, "sorry, but" emails.
Unpopular opinion/confession. I don't like Disney movies with songs in them. Bah humbug.
Im sorry, but if you dont like Moana that says more about you that it does anything else.
I didn't get through the first syllable of "Kelpie would you like to come in?" before he was already inside, sitting on his bed and looking at me wondering why I had the door open talking to no one.
Just woke from a nap.. Had the windows open so had lovely rain noise to lull me to sleep. Would recommend.
I just want to say the shoes I bought a few months ago (asics something or rather) just inspires confidence on melbourne's wet bluestone. These things stick to the ground it's amazing.
Just knowing you're not ending up on the ground is an amazing feeling.
Anxiety right before work; fighting off a panic attack. I suddenly feel like I'm in real danger of homelessness in the immediate future, related to my apparent inability to get a damn grad role.
Fuck.
Mr Woof really wants a morning walk. I've tried explaining about wind and showed him the rain radar, but he just doesn't understand.
Someone motivate me to continue painting. Please. I want to but I don't want to set it all up. Haha.
Went back to the gym for the first time in six months yesterday on account of an injury. Didn't really go that hard but nonetheless muscles still feeling it today.
Additional RBA arse blasting avoided for another month!!
Let us continue with the regular arse blasting!!
I'm so glad I chose not to walk to the shops. Also fucking petrol!$$$$.
Yep... Should've worn pants.
Oh well, that's my fault.
Guess I wasn’t the only whose sleep was a dumpster fire.
Also, as a veteran of weird dreams, I didn’t think they could be at any weirder, but somehow they have… Annoyingly they seem to be more stressful. I am not quite sure why this is.
Todays the day! New car pickup day. A moment 10 months in the making. I cant wait for the the crap car to be sold so we can pretend this whole thing was a bad drug trip or something.
Hate this time of year, I always spend the first week of daylight savings tired and in mild confusion over the time.
Daylight Savings is so contentious. My partner is from Perth, where they trialled it for 3 years before reverting, and he is so vehemently against it it makes me cackle.
I don't mind it personally; I like the extra light in the evening and as an early riser it's usually dark when I get up so that doesn't bother me. But I wish they wouldn't do it the weekend the kids go back to school. "Yay here ya go, enjoy that extra daylight not during the holidays! Oh, you want to spend more holiday time with your kids in the sun? Bwahaha! Fool!"
Big rain coming. Drive carefully peeps. Extra slippy roads today.
It extended lotr day
😭😭😭
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6C8SX0mWP0
"What are we holding onto Sam"
"That there's some good in the world and it's worth fighting for"
Leftover chips from fish & chips frittata - with serving next to it. Several meals here. Will be taking some in to work tomorrow for lunch.
watches cerys roll about the bed in the most outrageously hammy manner imaginable
It looks like the Bendigo Hotel wants to reduce the amount of metal.
The band booker who did a lot of the metal and punk has been sacked, and a lot of bar staff have jumped to Old Bar.
RIP Gippy... Forever broken and tormented
Traveling out to Traralgon later on today. Trains are disrupted between Traralgon and Bairnsdale due to bushfire activity which is really hard to process when its pissing down in the outer south east.
That was a wimdy night...
The car has been strategically relocated for free washing.
Holy shit it's late... When I don't have anything on that I need to be up for, I usually tell whether it's time to get up or I can have "5 more minutes" by how bright it is outside. Well despite waking up 3 times this morning, I didn't actually check my phone and just assumed it was like 7 or 8. Well it's almost the fucking AFTERNOON? My room is still almost dark, there's barely any light bleeding in under the curtain
Your honor, I plead not guilty to sleeping in until the afternoon. You see it's basically 8pm outside with how dark it is
