I've decided, in my 50th year on the planet, to do something about getting fitter. I'm fit enough to do my manual labouring type job but not as fit as I'd like to be. I work in food manufacturing, which has been better for the wallet than the waistline! I'm not really one for going to the gym and I have trouble sticking with things like exercise routines. So this morning I downloaded a coaching app and started with a beginner's workout. It turned out to be a good place to start. I wasn't absolutely stuffed by the end of it but I definitely felt like I'd done some exercise! I'm posting about this to keep myself accountable. Hopefully I'll be less likely to slack off!

Feeling super smooth in the Smeg household after we just did clay masks. Bought the Sky & Sand Australian pink clay.

Self-care Sunday success! Would buy again

I'm not going to lie, I have zero regrets whatsoever about being in Sydney this weekend, went down to Corrimal beach with the fam and had a great time basking in the sun with short sleeves and rolled up pants...

...even though I am currently shitting myself, as I have a SMALL amount of extremely urgent work to finish this weekend, but I'd somehow left my laptop on when unplugging so it had barely enough battery left aaaaand I've stuuuuupidly left my charger all the way back in Melbourne...

The Targus proprietary charger from jbhifi isn't working and my cousin's just helped me get the USB-C one - I need just enough juice for it to synchronise the files to SharePoint for another colleague to work on tomorrow 😭 praying it'll work

E: I GOT IT TO WORK. Crisis averted

Tinyest is about the only person on the planet who likes my singing. Proof that we’re not born with a sense of taste.

Morning cherubs ☕

Sunday Monday happy days
Tuesday Wednesday happy days
Thursday Friday happy days
Saturday what a day
Rockin all week for you. 🎶

I may have plagiarised this but it's ok because the under 35s probably don't know any different.

An AA mate made me flush my weed down the toilet. Take the hit. I wasn't smoking anyway. Fucking waste of money but it's better than relapsing, that would cost a lot more ultimately.

Brekky at the caff. A few groceries, then i'm gonna get my arse into gear, clean the kitchen, make that fucking stew finally, go for a walk and play guitar. As always I face fucking transphobia from losers on the online meeting just as I do everywhere else pretty much online. Funny how fucking weak people are. I never experience it in person. Interestingly though immediately after I read it someone read the sickness part. This program is working for me anyway and the group are really supportive and accept me for who I am. That person will be banned. It's just fucking frustrating. /ent rant. Today will be good a day

Had bros wedding last night. Was wonderful.

Sent the parents off to an art gallery with my aunt and cousin so I get some much needed solo pool time.

It's exhausting trying to make conversation at brekky, lunch, dinner and stuff in between.

Oh man it’s over! Wagner boss is going to live in exile, which just means he’s gonna die of a 9mm hemorrhage or drink some nuclear tea in a few months. And some how, Putin lives on to fight another day. That’s underwhelming AF. Hope Ukraine made some solid gains in all the chaos.

So I brought back just over a kg of Kava from Fiji. Damn, after a few wines it's a great thing to have so you don't get too drunk instead. Just makes you chilled out but not paranoid like weed does to me.

So i have a weird fun thing w woolies where i always get as close to the delivery min $50 as possible, and every 2 to 3 days, to keep my wastage down. Theyre now increasing it to $75 (i did look at coles but their subscription is twice as much) so now ill be strategically adding and removing stuff from my cart to reach 75 instead 😅 its an odd diversion but i enjoy it lol

I really don't want to go to work tomorrow. Or ever, really. If I do a Go Fund Me for 2.5 million so I can retire you guys would all chip in, right?

Pinkie Cafe Ivanhoe.

Service 5/5 ( Fast and accommodating)

Food 5/5 (Chilli Scramble)

Atmosphere 4/5 ( a bit loud, but hey)

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Slept most of yesterday, and last night. I must have needed it. Still feel foggy and gross, but I get what I deserve, drinking as much wine as I did, at my age.

The cat slept on the bed with us. So lovely when he snuggles between us, because he wants kisses from both, not just one lol.

Have an in-person interview tomorrow, and a video one to record as well. I'm anxious (depressed? cptsd flare? It's all connected, man) but I know I'm experienced and smart. The only thing holding me back is the

Sorry for the arvo trauma-dump. Feeling anxious and wayyy too talkative ugh. Self-awareness can be such a bitch; ignorance is bliss, in a way.

Thank you for creating the thread @Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 🙂

Have just marinated and batch cooked a whole bunch of chicken breast with my new girlfriend (the air fryer) for meals throughout the week. So easy, so delicious, and so tempted to just eat a mountain of chicken right now.

My Steam Deck arrived today, time to tinker! And thanks @lodion@aussie.zone for fronting the hosting costs of this instance.

Mainlined s1 westworld again yesterday since i had the ceebs. Shoulda stopped at one and done, utter perfection.

Taekwondo grading went amazingly!
Now onto the next thing: finding LARP-ish gear for a fey outfit soon. I really need to figure out where the charity shops are in the CBD, I just need to get like five leather belts.

There's some storm coming if you've got a dog to walk.

Wow, the wind is really picking up out there. Definitely an indoors day.

Taekwondo grading today. I'm so nervous! Couldn't sleep well and that's gonna screw me over.

Usually I like to spend my Sunday nights brooding, but it was nice to have dinner with some friends I hadn't seen for a while.

Picking up my Intel NUC from Centrecom Maribyrnong today.

Stopping at Le Bajo Milkbar in North Melbourne first.

Then probably wash the car in Alphington on the way home at this place Mr Smeg's work uses that's touch free but does a super deep clean.

Playing some PBS in the car on our journeys. Not a bad day all up

sky pretty

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉

Bit the bullet and cancelled my Netflix subscription, as I'm just not using it enough to justify it.
In other news, the cats suddenly like Whiskas again. headdesk

It really is one of those mornings where your toes burn when you get in the shower.

My JavaScript project is off to a slow start. I wanted to download the appropriate programs onto my old laptop, and as there is not much space on it I wanted to remove the local copies of my OneDrive files. Apparently this was too much for the poor thing which had a complete breakdown. So now I have just finished a full reset and am finally ready to start again with a clean slate. Why does creating a bot army have to be so hard? The amount of effort required to make things easier is absurd.

My Jerboa app finally updated! It seemed to take a while for the update to show in the store for some reason, but I am now in the "sort thread by new" club on my tablet. Happy days. Hopefully the phone app will sort itself out and stop crashing every time I try to open it as well.

Edit: it works! I am on my phone, app is open and it is no longer telling me that every instance does not actually exist.

I woke up early enough, decided I’d rest my eyes. Several hours later…

11 feels like 4, get fucked.

So cold. Huddled under blankets and reheating little wheat packs to keep myself warm and I can hear the wind picking up outside.

Thankfully just ate dinner or what passes for it so hoping to warm myself up again.

Settled in for the night playing movies. Maybe might make a late night hot tea.

Hope everyone else is able to stay warm tonight and have a relaxing time.

Happy sunday dt friends :)

Whoever watched Wayne's World yesterday thank you. Currently enjoying some Cantonese food for the first time in about 20 years.

Ugh, housemate is upset I don't want to go sit in a packed cinema on the first weekend of school holidays.

Sunday Funday.

Does anyone else's dog get really anxious/restless when it's windy? My dog came out of surgery on Tuesday so she's already a bit out of it but I feel like the wind is making her even more on edge! I've given her some calming cookies so hopefully they kick in soon.