Quick update on the Christmas saga. Mrs B spoke to my mother in law who was like “Of course we dont have to go to the extended family thing if you dont want to”. And Mrs B now sees the light of how dumber idea it was in the first place. More than a little annoyed that it speaking to her mum rather than listening to her husband to see that, but whatever. Saves a fight, 1k and promises to be a more chill Christmas.
Working on my resume and thinking maybe I can just live in a cardboard box.
e: and by writing a resume I mean convincing the Applicant Tracking System into passing my resume onto an actual human.
I heard a trick about putting the ENTIRE job description in there invisibly
Yeah that’s the plan for all the criteria I didn’t directly address.
I don’t normally have beetroot in the house because I don’t really like it but for a change I thought I’d dish it up. Comments were: don’t really like it and it tastes like dirt. It’s a no from everyone.
Understood. If you have a household of beetroot refusers, then currying the beetroot can work. Mildish curry paste, and use orange juice as the cooking liquid. The tang tends to defuse that musky taste. Which I love but I can see why people don’t. Pickled in a burger - well that hits the tang factor too.
Was it in a burger? If not, you’re doing it wrong.
Hahaha. Yeah it was wrong cos I just put the balls on the plate.
I don’t mind them if they are washed well and steamed. I slice them and eat them hot. They are messy to prepare tho.
I didn’t think it needed saying but… never just put balls on a plate 😇
Did you get them out of a tin? They look like the ones in tins.
No they came in a vacuum sealed pack.
Hmm, jerboa not working for me this morning so I’m using my browser. Seems to be a few server errors lately.
Edit: now it’s working 🤷🏼♀️
If you want to hate musicians, go to any music technology site and read the comments.
Yuck.
Even Ultimate Guitar I’ve seen some nasty things.
Just checking in with you, did you manage to get your bank stuff sorted?
Thankfully yes. Required ID at a branch.
So I made an account with another bank that has some emergency funds.
Is it the weekend yet?
gonna be a LOOONG one this week without the public holiday as well.
Didn’t get the public holiday last week anyway (yay for working in higher-ed!)… I’ve already hit my tolerance limit and have only been here 3 hours!
I need more coffee…
We got it for the first time ever due to new EBA. Creates weirdness over the New Year etc break as a result though
Yeah I bet it would! I definitely DON’T miss having to burn half my AL for the Christmas shutdown like in my former life.
Thanking my past self for booking a random day off on Thursday
Nearly
Phew. It’s been a long week.
Today’s sort of my Friday - I have the next three days off, yay!
I wish, I might take Friday off this week though.
Have the go ahead, just need to book it in if i’m to commit.
DO IT. Think about the 9pm coffee you’ll be able to drink Thursday night
Do eeeeet!
I have successfully convinced my daughter to move back to Melbourne.
And what sold her on it was Slurpees. I was telling her how good they are and now she wants to move back.
Gotta do what you’ve gotta do!
does this mean your coming back too?
Yes, I am starting to make plans and will hopefully move back around the start of 2026.
Oh cool. Let us know if you want some fires set in some suburbs to reduce property prices. Though I somehow doubt that’ll help much. I cant even afford Paky these days!
I could buy the burnt out shell of a house…
Who am I kidding, couldn’t even afford that.
You joke, but a burnt out shell just went for 400k out my way. It is INSNANE.
If it has a working dishwasher I’ll buy it. It’s been 7 long years of handwashing dishes.
I should have everything to finish the work from home request now. At least today can count as one of my days in
Today we have sardines and jalepenos in a spicy tomato sauce
The Alfred is a tired old hospital in parts isn’t it. Feels even disrespectful to the staff that they work next to landlord special paint jobs, dingy fluorescent lighting, mismatched chairs, etc.
Oh man, there are parts of the back corridors of that place that would make you go ‘holy crap’… it’s like they’ve INVITING the hauntings.
One thing haunted hospitals in games or movies don’t do is the smell. That vile old bleach that goes with the weird green paint. Shudder
Lots of tears flowing here at work today.
Thankfully not mine but it’s going to be a long day today.
I hate Mondays.
Damn, what happened?
Tired and emotional people today I’d chalk it down to today.
Monday-itis
Ok on some wise advice I have kept only the 4 plants I already potted up, and put the rest of the little Audrey II’s at a visible spot where people often leave hard rubbish.
Feels like abandoning them :( Maybe I should swing by occasionally over the next days with a water bottle and see if they’ve all been taken. I hope they don’t just get trashed
Back from one week holiday. Really enjoyed seeing another corner of our beautiful country, even if it is super expensive to travel locally. Highlight was visiting Whitehaven Beach, I’ve never seen ocean water so blue.
On the to-do list today is holiday laundry, grocery shopping as my fridge is empty, gym session and catching up on many work emails.
It’s so beautiful up there. Your eyes can’t believe what they’re seeing. South Molle island gave me a giggle.
Beautiful. So jelly. 🙂
Tickets to NZ are booked. Campervan is in the process of being booked. I’m really excited now.
Going to Mordor in style. Nice.
🎆
So awesome. 🙂🙂🙂
I have the autobiography by Edmund Hillary about climbing all the peaks and ridges of NZ as practice for Everest. I should read it to get the dwarf vibe. ⛰️ Misty Mountain ensues …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEm0AjTbsac
Legend has it he practiced on Mt Cook, which is NZ highest mountain.
He used places in NZ which replicated different parts of the Everest climb. Same angle, rocks, distance, fissures, etc etc So he was only practicing like 20 metres at a time, just a very specific 20 m. That’s so clever. ( I did read half the book … lol )
sky’s gonna be pretty
If sky pretty but you don’t get to see it, was sky actually pretty?
If the sky is pretty but you’re not there to see it, did the pope shit in the woods?
Only if the bear was Catholic.
I might respect a Pope if it was brave enough to Christen a bear in the woods
Blessed be thy paw, thy salmon, and thy holy hibernation. Amen
