Found out old mate from my old work who used to treat me like shit was pushed out the door yesterday.
Huzzah!!!
It's cold, it's dark and I'm on my way home having been given the nicest compliment anyone has ever given me
You have a presence that lifts everyone around you
My heart
As it's Pride month (love all my gay/queer/trans homies and homettes) I'd like to share that we have had three separate friends of our kids, come out to us before telling their parents.
My wife responds with a motherly hug and I put the kettle on.
I've told all the kids that if they need adult backup when (if) they tell their parents, I'll happily accompany them and offer sanctuary, just in case.
I may not be their parent, but I'll pretend to be one if it makes them feel safe.
I don't share this a lot in real-life to keep our space safe for the kids, but felt like saying it here tonight.
Forgot to say hello to everyonehere, I finally made it here today.
I was wondering where everyone from the DT went when it came back and I stumbled across a stray comment after Epicpillow said someone was impersonating them here.
Good to see all the familiar names I used to see!
I really don't understand the impersonation thing. There's a couple of fakes that I know of
Had an influencer encounter at the gym this morning. Their session lasted about 10 minutes before a staff member escorted them out.
Local council gyms don't play that shit it seems.
It is not Covid. Three years and counting of dodging that particular plague
“Safety isn’t important” says man who would later go on to implode under the ocean taking 4 other people with him.
Probably the single greatest win for climate change in a while.
I have a little story to tell. I'd never been interstate so for our first trip together we booked a flight to Tassie and booked a nice cabin out the back of the pub with a "continental breakfast" included. How good is that we thought. I wonder what a continental breakfast involves. Bacon, eggs maybe some sausages and mushrooms thrown in if we are lucky. Now we couldn't google this because internet wasn't really a thing back then. It was so long ago that we flew there on Ansett.
Anyway we arrived at the pub to book in and thought we'll stay for a meal. Half way through, old mate calls us over and says "Here, I may as well give this to you now so I don't wake you up in the morning" and he hands us a freezer bag with 4 slices of white bread and a small carton of long life milk. Still nothing jerried.
We get to the cabin and we do what any respectable couple does. He checks the TV for channels. I raid the fridge. And there I discovered the open jar of jam, Vegemite and margarine. "Um Dear, I don't think the continental breakfast is what we think it is" "What do you mean?"" Well there's condiments in the fridge. I think it just means toast".
Everytime we here those words "continental breakfast" we laugh.
Many years ago I went to Tasmania for my honeymoon. One night we went to the local fish and chip shop, and attempted to order grilled fish. We were told (in the most toneless and expressionless way possible) "we only have fried." So we changed to fried fish. Tried to order a steamed dim sim, were told "we only have fried." Eventually we managed to work out an acceptable order containing only fried food, including a minimum serve of chips. Which turned out to be a small bucket full. We pretty much gave up at that point, ate our minute serve of chips, and "we only have fried" became an oft-repeated comment whenever we ordered food.
After pushing through to finish out the work day (bossy boss & my last day before a week off), I found and booked in with the Richmond Priority Primary Care Centre, to have my increasingly painful ear looked at. Now have confirmation of an infected ear.
That clinic takes in urgent cases that can be handled without going to emergency, and was such a great alternative given all the standard GPs seemed to have closed for the weekend. They were super easy to book in with via HotDoc. Highly recommend.
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Also, my (newish) BF is being really sweet and is offering to postpone our plans for tomorrow so he can just make me dinner and take care of me 🥹
BEHOLD!
The paupers Pop-Tart!
Image shows a crustless jaffle-like food with Nutella filling, sealed around the edges by pressing with a fork.
On the menu for tonight is takeaway pizza, a bottle of red and a TV show which requires no thinking. I'm mentally spent, today was a really tough day. Recharge required.
I don't know how some find it hard to sign up here. I just googled aussie zone, followed the prompts to login (I think Chrome keeps my deets) and I'm in and I'm technically challenged. Like I only learnt how to screen shot last night.
Also I think we do need to come up with a new name like Tinybreak suggested. Something like The Melbourne Literary and Microwave Potato Society.
The cat is very cute and when she sits next to me she puts her paw on my leg or foot
I'm loving the individual greetings for the daily threads - such a great way to come in and say 'ello. Thank you @Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zone!
I've been up for 6 hours. I've had 4 hot drinks and I just realised I didn't give little dog his breakfast. He didn't even complain. Bad mummy.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉
Going out for Japanese tonight. If there are gyoza i'll smuggle a few back and put them with this mornings croissants to share with the class.
Friday off means a good gym, sauna and spa session this morning! Looking forward to steak and wine tonight!
Can I just say that I kinda love that there's more comments in here than over on /r... teehee!
I'm not stepping on bacon's shoes but if anyone wants a croissant I'll sneak a few out from the ridiculously large hotel brekky spread.
Yay friday! Hopefully i can get some errands done in the morning
My asian pantry delivery arrived and now i have crab tempura snacks 🦀
I gotta say, one of my favourite things about these DT's, is when we're talking about family members, pets, etc. we use our username along with anything identifying the relationship. I'm really enjoying it.
Ahh Friday. Today my partner comes over and I'm so excited to see them. I haven't seen them for like three weeks! (Usually we see each other each weekend but they had work all weekend both times) I can't wait till we can live together because ugh.
I very nearly bailed on a social occasion last night, and I'm so glad I didn't. Much fun was had.
There's been an out of cycle fare increase. Myki fares raising to $5 for an adult 2 hour fare from July.
Just got cc’ed on an email from our corporate overlords and in the thread is one of them saying, basically, I’m not doing my job. They trash talked me to a customer. Would you complain? I’m thinking I’m gonna reach out to his manager. I’ve recently been told we all have to be buddies and respectful and this just rubs me up the wrong way.
Have I been shadow banned already? My comments haven’t shown up all day.
Hey, I made it. Behind the times on a good thing, as is my raison of sorts, it seems. Um... hi.
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