Discussion Thread 🪀 Thursday 26th June

I felt we were really cheated by autumn this year which is why winter feels much more miserable than before. It's not even July and I'm already over this shit

Put the blinds completely down last night to get a truly good night's sleep and it worked a bit too well, I'm struggling to get out of bed. But there is more reading and writing to do, and crucially, a presentation at 2 (that I have yet to rehearse)

At least I'm not feeling anxious like I was last night. I'm giving myself until 9:30 and then it's action stations! 🦾

100% agree with autum.
It was too warm and then straight to winter.
No chance to enjoy the coolness for a proper amount of time.
- I could tell because I went straight from summer clothes to rugging up like an Eskimo.
I was just thinking that this morning, I felt like we didn;t really have a nice or decent amout of autumn this year.
I go by 2 seasons. Good drying day and inside drying day.

I told my boss about my studying (complete career change) and how I would be leaving at some point. Told him about my last lot of annual leave was for my placements and I'd have enough leave for my next placement but after that I'd probably have to leave.

His response was: Don't worry about taking leave for it. We'll work something out.

I was umming and uhhing for months on whether I should tell him or not and decided yesterday to do it because it would then force me to decide how to approach studying/working instead of worrying about it. That went a whole lot better than I expected.

this is awesome
It's always so good when you get support for life plans.
- For real. I expected him to be ok with it, but the whole dont worry about AL thing was just completely out of left field. Relieves a lot of stress.

Presentation was a total clusterfuck - took waaaaay longer than I expected and absolutely bombed some of the questions asked - but at least it's over and I will absolutely not dwell on what went wrong (although I have a bit of a pit in my stomach)

All I need to do now is finish up the penultimate version of this thesis for my supervisor to make final comments and then I'm submitting the damn thing tomorrow. Fuck, I'm just so done with this

e: delayed anxiety is making me feel increasingly nauseous, think I'm going to go outside for a bit of fresh air and maybe drop by the chemist

I'm not sure what your presentation was for, but as an academic who has watched many, many presentations, I guarantee yours was much better than you are imagining. I know this because a) people presenting in academic setting are way too hard on themselves, always, and b) because of a, everyome in academia is actually pretty cool about presentations.
- Aw thanks. I appreciate it - it could've been a lot worse, but this legitimately was a "oh shit, my intro slides were still in draft phase" realisation 30 minute before the preso kind of thing, and I had exceeded my time limit not even halfway through the presentation. It's easily the worst presentation I've given in my entire adult life, but I can kind of laugh at it now...
  I got some softball questions that, due to total nerves, failed to completely understand at the time let alone answer coherently. But you're right, everyone was nice enough about it, and although I'll certainly get marks docked for rushing and going over time, I think the content was interesting enough for people to go "yeah that'll do". Nobody's going to judge my worth on this thing. The thesis, otoh, might expose me as being academically anaemic - but I so don't care because I have absolutely no interest in academia or doing any work in that sub-field!
That's a big event out of the way, well done! You're so close to getting this done, some deep breaths in the fresh air and you can do this!!
- I can TASTE THE BEERS (or, in my case, the barrel-aged umeshu). Though this nausea is really doing a number on me hahahaha...
Hey, you're almost done though!! Not long until the umeshu. <3
At least it’s done! Piece by piece this will be finished
Hey Kitten, sorry to hear that the presentation didn’t go as planned but at least you’ve done it and presented it.
Now you can move on to your thesis.
Make sure you give yourself some self care and maybe some nice food and a movie for the weekend.
- Absolutely, it's great to be just shedding layers of stress with this thing. I normally don't work Fridays but booked in a site visit for work late tomorrow morning (could do with the money and replenish leave), so I have extra motivation to finish this tonight. Haven't made any plans for the weekend beyond going to help my aunt with her never ending preparations to sell her place - I did guilt trip her into making a bit of extra food if she could, she's a very good cook - and no plans otherwise but I have a lot of catch ups owing over the next few weeks. I've been on social lockdown with most friends and ready to reconnect!

Treating myself for at least the next fortnight.

The servings are a lie.
- I didnt look at it. Looks like 2 servings for me
- 💯💯💯💯💯
👁️🫦👁️
- Mine all mine!
I'm gonna have to try this at some point, the weather calls for it. Report back with results?!
Right now I'm just scarfing down doritos as I can't stomach anything warm and liquid-y.
- This isn’t going to help but Woolworths have those large party size bags on half price at 4.40 I think for Doritos cheese.

back from beach, it was cold, I should have had a scarf and gloves

my little local beach was very changed, the recent strong winds and high tides tore up most of the big vegetation/bushes and washed them inland, sand was pushed into the grasslands ,

some local roads were covered in sand and small stones

I saw a big spiral shark egg

oh wow. I don't think I've ever seen a shark egg before!
that's such a cool egg!!!
Never seen anything like that before.
That’s cool.
- I was just thinking about you and hoping you were ok, because my "hometown" FB page showed footage of water over the road because very high tide and people driving through. Love the 🦈🥚
Those shark eggs are so cool, they're like an alien egg in real life. I'm surprised I haven't seen something that used them for inspiration yet
I should have written it's about 20 cm long! I am not sure which species as there are a few like this.
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-environment/2018/08/the-weird-world-of-shark-eggs/

Welcome back YarraByte, hope you're feeling ok. It's a bit of a nasty bug that's been going around.

Sent in the final draft.... this time at a much more godly hour - it's now down to the last round of very minor edits from my supervisor tomorrow and freedom is around the corner!

Evidence of how I'm clearly done with this is that for the first time in my life, I am actually under the word count (310 words even below the 10% margin) without even having tried to cut any words out. And I can't be fucked just babbling on about anything else extra. I truly look forward to never posting about this ever again in the near future (I guess I will check my marks when they come out)

good luck 🍀

The new BBQ gas tubes have arrived. Happy days.

Lonch

2 more sleeps till the trip!

So fucking tired today. I could legit go to bed right now.

Found a great online learning platform for drums which I'm excited to start with. Organised some sessions with the new trainer for next week.

Had a phone interview which went OK.

Big day!

Drumeo looks good even if it's paid. There's heaps on YouTube from them
- I don't mind paying. Seems they get great reviews.
Aww man. That’s so good to hear.
I hope you have a great trip.
If you’re planning on driving you’re definitely going to need that rest.
Who is going to look after Gibson for you or are you taking her with you?
- A trusted friend. They'll hopefully have a good time :)

I eat berries straight out of the punnet, no washing. Am I a savage? Maybe. But the raspberries I just ate were particularly delicious.

You'll most likely be fine. Just don't think how many people handled them before consumption.
Definitely not a savage.
- It's important to wash your fruit and veg because of 2 words. Dick hands.
Yeah you are.
I wash raspberries...then quietly eat them one by one while they are drying so they never usually even make it to the fridge
I only wash strawberries. There's no logic involved, it's just what happens. Haven't died yet.
I dunno, washing is a good opportunity to check for needles

I have decided to cook curry for themy next wave of meals which a lot of chicken and some veggies.

Mild Butter Chicken curry it will be!

Inspection got moved to tomorrow morning, which is good because I'm still motivating my partner to tackle the bathroom 😂 then I have a lil vacay (as I'm thinking of it) over the weekend which will be nice. I'm bringing a book called We'll Prescribe You A Cat by Syou Ishida - my Nan and Opa got it for me for my bday and I still haven't read it despite hearing great things about it, I'm hoping this weekend will give me the motivation to start it!

I have a book the might be it's pair Do Cats Need Shrinks?

Aunt saw dog at the vet called banh mi. Don't know what kind of dog it was, but shall report back.

Edit: it was a cavoodle

I think I'm feeling better now. Still a bit of a sniffle, but mostly fine. I'm out of bed, showered and even took Mr Woof for a walk (he is thrilled to have the daily walks again). Now I can hopefully get into gear to do a bit more unpacking - I've done the easy initial bits so it's very tempting to keep putting off doing more. But it needs to be done and I'm a bit sick of all the boxes everywhere.

I had to drive to Williamstown yesterday to see the dental surgeon, which was absolutely horrid driving with the weather. But the good news is the implant has healed (implanted?) successfully, so I'm free to move on to the next phase of getting the crown. I might push that off into next year so I can get another insurance rebate for it, I've not got a lot of cash spare after all the moving costs.

I accidentally put my Myki card in the wash with my jeans. Need to take PT tomorrow, do you think it's going to work?

Yes, no problem. The washing machine will not affect the chip embedded within the plastic of the card.
I used to accidentally wash various cards over the years (is this money laundering? har har) and nothing happened, so you should be fine I reckon
possibly

Well El Jannah is open in the CBD. It has not been love at first taste for me... but I think I'll do a little tour of the menu and hopefully find a favourite. Huge serving size though. My little insulated lunchbox did *not *cut it.

Oooh, where?
- It's where the Woolies used to be on Swanston St, between Bourke and Lt Collins.
I have one fairly close to home but haven't gone yet.
It's seems like it's either amazing or basic, with little in between.
- I'm not giving up yet, I see the app seems to have substantial offers every now and then. Might be worth it if the deal is right and I can find something I like!
Their garlic sauce is pretty good. The one near me used to be really awesome, but it's done that change of ownership thing and now it's a bit shit.

I had the pleasure of sitting through a nearly hour-long meeting today, that was entirely for the benefit of padding the presenter’s cv. Aargh!

WE’RE A TEAM!!

Dream:

Friends with people running a Christian school. I have no fucking idea what was going on lol

I remembered my dream which is rare:
I inadvertently touched a coworkers boob with the back of my hand when moving past her in a crowed room. Turned back to her and apologised, thought that would be that.
Few days later my manager tells me that I've had an HR complaint by this person that I intentionally punched them in the boob violently.
Ended up meeting with one of the top HR people to try to explain myself.
That's about all I remember but it was stressful 😬
We need a book based on your dreams. Or an Inception type movie.
- It's funny. When I used to listen to white noise going to sleep I wouldn't dream as vividly, or even remember them.
  But now I sleep in silence, the dreams are wild lol

aww, Ted's such a cutie, he won't start his brekkie until he's had lots of pats.

The high tide yesterday was interesting.

Coming into Flinders street station thru Spencer street I could see the Yarra was really high

Coming home in the afternoon and entering Seaholme I could see the rivers and marshes were flooded, close to home all the streets except in my little area were underwater.

The water has receded now .

Maybe I should have taken pics. Next time.

Saw some cool pics of my local pier yesterday and the tide was pretty brutal!
I really need to change the order in which I read posts when I'm catching up lol 🤦🏻‍♀️

Roast chicken is in the oven. It took a bit of looking through boxes to find a few vital components - most important being the baking dish. It's the oven's first roast, I've only used it for heating a pie before. It's smelling pretty good. It's a much bigger oven than I'm used to, which could be handy sometimes (but mostly I just use the little toaster oven/air fryer).

I've had a productive day. I've moved a few bits of furniture around and assembled a shelf unit that will hold a lot of the pantry/storage items. That section has been the cause of a bit of roadblock that stopped me doing things in other areas, so this should mean I can start getting a lot of stuff out of boxes and properly sorted out. Mr Woof was very unhappy with all the banging going on while the shelf was being assembled and evacuated to the back yard until things quietened down, but Miss Meow was right there wanting to be involved and investigating everything.

The small fenced off area around the back gate to store the bins in and keep the pets back is working very well. Amazingly the width of the panels fit across the gap between the house and fence perfectly so it looks like it was made for the spot. Hopefully it lasts ok in the weather, it's designed for indoor use so it will probably rust out at some point, but if it can last me for a few years while I am here that will be ok.

Sounds like things are coming along nicely. Are you enjoying the new place and finding it comfortable?
- It is starting to feel like home, which is a nice feeling. It is nice having everything new. The last place was old and not in the best repair, so no matter how much you cleaned things it never really looked that great.
  Miss Meow seems to be liking the new space, she seems to really enjoy exploring any newly rearanged areas. She'll probably be disappointed when it is finished. Mr Woof is still a bit unsettled, but I think he just needs a bit of time to get used to things.

so many hugs
just keep working at it and it should work out
- 💗💗💗
I understand about the sibling situation. Mine was the golden child and I was not to put it mildly.
You can only compare yourself to who you were yesterday. I think that's the way it works best.
- I guess that makes us the silver children then. And I personally like silver better than gold 😀
  I absolutely agree. Am trying not to compare myself.

Work so far has not destroyed me, but there is still time!

Mine is trying today, but We Continue.

Good morning. It’s dark.

Here in this universe it is still rather bright outside. I have yet to remove the sun.
- Where are you?
- You are the sunshine in our lives.

The body is sore l and the brain is done for the week.

Yet, I continue.

I'm off to the beach to check what the tides did. I'll take pics. 😊

Hope you're all rugged up!!!

damn, up an hour earlier than I thought again

My stomach is still being a real piece of work but I am stubborn… I want my health back.

From limited options and aiming to get more vitamin B12 I’ve invented dairy free “Doritos”.

What is a dairy free dorito
- Basically you thinly butter or marg a plain cracker and sprinkle it with nutritional yeast flakes.
  It works for toast and probably popcorn but this is just how I like having it

Something got caught in the chain of the new bike and bent the derailleur all to shit. Never happened to me on a bike before.

I knew I should have gone belt drive

They normally have a sacrificial hanger where they attach to the frame. They're not too difficult to replace either though.
- This ones's bent pretty bad so I hope it's an easy enough switch over

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A pretzel and an insanely strong coffee, please!
- 🥨🤯☕️
Roast beef & mustard with all the trimmings please
- 🥩🍯🥔🍠🥦🥗🥒🥕🍅🌽🧅
Microwaved potato with beans and tuna and cheese and hot sauce please
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About to watch season 3 of The Bear. S1&2 were amazing, 3 was good, so I hope it’s back to amazing for season 4.