Hiked Mt Oberon today. If it counts as a hike, the track was very well formed. 
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The Prom is my very favourite place on earth. It looks like a beautiful day to be there.
So pretty, I feel like a bad Victorian that I’ve never been to Wilsons. Need to change this.
It's a pain to get to. I only went because I saw a bus tour on Meetup and it was cheaper than if I were to drive myself.
Yeah that’s why I haven’t gone. When you live west side it’s quite the drive for a day trip.
Real. I went from the city but that added an extra hour and a bit.
Gosh I love Ladyhawke.
Both the singer and the film lol
Oh good. The neighbour who likes to burn things on their smoker 24/7 bought a home karaoke machine to add to the fun.
Fight back. By a cheap drumkit and let out your frustrations.
Invest in a trombone or trumpet and join in the music making. It is not necessary to play the same tune.
I had a fairly productive day today. A couple of loads of washing done. Yoghurt made. Some cloth hemmed and shaped for the straining of yoghurt tomorrow. Lawn mown.
Yeah I’m moving this meat to the freezer as I won’t be able to cook it today. Right now the focus is getting things back up off the floor and doing laundry including the clothes that fell in case of any flea eggs.
My BigDubya stick vac works impressively for the size and quality but it’s too late to use it right now. I wish it was quieter. It’s such a hassle to vacuum with a thing that screams but the quieter stick vacs in my budget don’t pick up a thing.
I wish my sleep schedule would correct
I’m also late with meds because cat won’t come out of the hidey hole. I just had to reach in at a contorted angle to give an oral syringe one handed and by feel.
Melbcat looked so rough this morning even after meds… but I managed to give her sub q fluids while she was lying in bed with me and we both rested while her tank filled. The Dine melting soups got her to eat a little bit. She’s somewhat perked up again.
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Then I woke up and she’d eaten the homemade broth from last night that I forgot to take away 🤢 She’s just had another half pouch of cat soup and has now gone into her hidey hole. I’ve refilled the bowl with the rest and put it nearby in the hope she keeps on eating.
She partly tipped the litter box trying to get in so I think it’s time I try to saw down the sides of larger containers to make wide shallow boxes. I have a mini hacksaw but will see if I have the energy.
Haven’t seen the black cat much. I’ve been busy and saw him lounging in the common area maybe last week but he didn’t run over for pats. Ever since I started feeding him and gave him a parasite treatment I’ve seen a lot less of him. I can only hope that means others may be helping and he’s okay.
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Speaking of which… there’s a round red flaking lesion on my knee 🤨 It shouldn’t be what I think it is as I usually wore long pants and often showered after patting him but… I’ve washed it with sulfur soap, applied anti fungal cream and covered it with bandaids.
Please do not let me have to deal with decontaminating my house of ringworm on top of everything else. I have a small bottle of F10 disinfectant but I have zero energy to spare and half the place is carpet.
My house has slid back into kaos
It's a good sign that she is eating. The Laos can wait (but oh I understand the frustration. I am trying to do one little unKAOS thing every day for 'lent' and I am struggling).
Yeah that’s the most important thing. The cat soup pouches are expensive and not nutritious but it’s so good that she’s eating. And they’re liquidy. I bought a bunch of them.
I had it fairly under control and then this week hit… Between a mess of pill containers and medical supplies, clothing that fell onto the floor when I grabbed something to head out, cat bowls, and the groceries just brought in… the place looks like it’s been hit by a bomb
melbs, you are amazing the way you are looking after mcat, she sounds like she is recovering well under your expert and loving care 🥹 I was so worried for you both.
I really hope she is 😭
I’m regretting the choice of surgery and will just have to monitor with bloods to see if the acute kidney damage heals
🤞time, care and rest
Went for a boogie last night, ended up walking home (only 4km) at 5am like the good ol' days.
It's a very calm walk that takes you over the johnson st. bridge which I'd say has one of the better views of the city. Didn't see a soul on that walk. Just you, the footpath and the mission.
beach done, I walked all the way to the big mangroves, it was a little iffy, the sand is unstable because of the underlying silt , it was so quiet tho, I could hear nothing but birds and water and just smelt nature . Five hundred metres closer to Point Little I could smell civilisation again, a bit of smoke, dust, sunscreen. Found a cool big cork from a fishing net and some nice shells.
A collection of cat videos. Enjoy.
The dough kitty, love it!
I liked the kitty slap, the pocket and most of all the baker cat 🐈⬛🥖
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Fellow millennials.
I bring news:
The website: onio.club is pretty much the internet from when we were in high school.
That looks so nostalgic
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Dream has come true ❤️
You’ve invented a cousin to the Italian dish called pasta e fagioli, which is soupy pasta and beans. Italians would not approve. But who cares, enjoy!
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Fuck me anxiety is off the shits today.
Explain youself you fart huffer. I refuse to indulge you unless you give me valid reason to
Right there with you. But I guess I know why
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I have marketed
The spoils
- Peri peri (peri?) marinated chicken
- A bit of venison from the fancy game shop in the deli-hall. It was a good price, I quite like venison and I rarely have it. @TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone , since I saw you mentioning you were fond of rabbit, I also saw whole rabbits for $25 and they were willing to joint them for you
- Milk
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Nashi pears, my beloved
- Eggplant
- Zucchini
- Capsicum, red and green
- Spinach
- Green beans
- Broccoli
- Bok choy
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