Xmas dinner went well. We got a bonus and a healthy Westfield giftcard!!!!!
Edit: pretty wild considering I've been there 5 weeks.
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I don't want the ptv app to plan my trip, I want a pocket database where I can select a route and see the timetable. Boo.
@SaneMartigan
If you go to the "search" tab, you can search for a route and see a timetable for each stop
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Sky pretty, but I feel sad from what’s happened at Bondi. I was just there yesterday. It’s horrific.
so many hugs, it can feel a bit weird when you are that close in space and time, it can feel like luck
more hugs
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I am apparently on the University of Tasmania 'Roll of Excellence' for my results in the Diploma of Sustainable Living. I did not know such a thing existed and doubt it will have any impact on anything, but I guess it's a nice thing to know.
I got a participation award in yr 2. And a sticker.
Was it a dinosaur sticker?
I wish. Just a red dot lol.
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Congrats!
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OMG just saw the news about Bondi. Horrifying. I don’t know what to say.
Families out celebrating a holiday. Horrible.
Oh, I hadn't seen it. I don't understand how people can ever get to a state where they want to do things like that. I think it's hard to know what to say because the words just don't exist. Horrible and terrible just aren't enough.
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OMG
but sadly I am not surprised
ugh, ptsd raises it's ugly head, 😖😢
I am shaking and crying , fucking terrorists, I hate them
Just awful.
Caught up with friends but buses replacing trains really marred the experience
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TIL how to turn up or change songs etc from my watch to my new little speaker.
Husband: Technology is becoming obsolete and you're just catching up.
Me: 🤷♀️ 🙂
A woman in my team was sick all of last week so she missed out on Kris Kringle. My girlfriend got one of those "random scoops" of dice from some fantasy store so we've put together two sets.
I'll bring them both in and try determine her favourite colour from the classic indicators; phone case, nails, drink bottle, and I'll give her the set that closest matches
You know how to pay attention without being a pest 😻
There are not so subtle ways women express their favourite colour for those willing to look
This guy womans
Blerg ride on mower is cutting unevenly.
Time to do crash YT courses and pretend to know what I'm doing. Already been serviced twice in 3 months :'(
Hoping it's just tyre pressure. Anything else will be a head scratcher.
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Every night my cat sleeps in the human bed and every morning receives breakfast in bed. Now she’s washing herself.
I’m coming back as a loved elderly cat
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Well, surprise surprise... Was feeling shit mentally, went for a run, now feeling less shit mentally.
Annoying neighbours have installed a wind chime. This means war.
Time for the lawns to be mowed at 7am every weekend. Saturdays and Sundays.
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Waffles for breakfast. 5/5 yums, would waffle again.
I was told in no uncertain terms that we were going outside today. There was banging on the door. I was reluctant, worried that Melbcat could wait for a chance to abscond. I managed to get a cuddle but she was adamant. Eventually my guilt won so after making a cuppa we went out.
spoiler
Not sure why she sooks a bit sometimes when she’s outside. Either a uti is coming back, or maybe it’s her age?
My umbrella sailed away with the wind, I found tomato seedlings among the flowers, and I couldn’t find my spot in the book. Neighbours dog was barking at me in my own damn yard and nutcase neighbour briefly moved around.
Eventually we needed to come back in for the bathroom.
Noticing that people seem to be arseholes to me online more frequently lately, and getting some stronger ‘drift’ energy off the last few online friends. Even maybe a bit of a funny vibe. And it’s like… ok. I only stuck around for you so guess I know what time it is.🚶
I don’t feel like doing art today but I might anyway this evening. It is a human activity and I have to do something. It just sucks that something that used to be inspiring is now mechanical. Same for reading. Crochet also boring.
I hope I can wrangle my brain back into books because both irl and online suck.
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Alright, so RiMusic does not work (offline only it seems). I'm pretty annoyed about this situation I've got to say. Yes, social media is bad for kids, yes some restrictions were probably necessary. Banning music (YouTube Music not though YouTube proper) access on a family managed account is just stupid, heavy handed and smacks of out dated thinking... daaaaaaah What am I supposed to do, double up and pay for Spotify.... As I said, daaaaaaah!
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I went to swig down the last mouthful of tea, but forgot about the tagless teabag in there and smacked myself in the face with a ginseng teabag 😆
I made a Basque cheesecake yesterday at the insistence of Miniest and today we just decimated it, there's barely ¼ left 🫣
On Tuesday the power company are shutting off the power for the whole day to do works. I've seen it as an opportunity to clean out the freezer, which has desperately needed it. Too many things in shitty containers and bagged food with pegs on that allowed foods to get freezer burnt in too short a time. Luckily I haven't done Xmas food shopping yet.
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beach
Today at the beach I found a piece of a Spartan sample banknote. Oddest find ever, but ever so interesting. First, how did it get on the beach? Spartan is an Australian anti-counterfeit banknote company.
I knew it was a "banknote" but a denomination of 8 is just weird. Tho USSR used to have a 3 ruble note so 🤷♀️
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slept well, just too late and not long enough
Ugh… exhaustion nap. Today really sucked anxiety wise and taking Melbcat out in the yard always flares it up afterwards. I’m just trying to spoil her
Cancer
because of her surgery in January. It’s minor, biopsy and removal of surface level cancer on her nose and lip, but I’m afraid about the general anaesthetic at her age and whether it’s spread.
Also kicking myself for not dropping my email or number to people on Fb. It might be too late now. I put it off because.. I don’t know.
Spoil yo cat.
There was one time we gave my aunt's dog way too many treats because he was terminal and would refuse everything else except for those treats. I hope melbcat is okay though.
Thanks. Hopefully she will be, as long as she’s in stable health they seem confident to handle it. I’m trying to be optimistic. But you do worry when it’s your pet.
She’s getting free flowing treats too as always
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