Melbourne

Permission from Birthday Child to stay home because “you’re hurting”.

I love you, Birthday Child. I will donate to your Lego Fund generously and spoil you rotten at Christmas

Visited the castle. Visited the beach. I stayed in the car because I don't do sandy cracks.

Family plague update.

It turns out Dad and Stepmother BOTH have Covid

Walked passed this the other day. Yes, Fairlie, world renowned for their coffee.

It's taken me 3 years to figure out where I got Gibson's brush from. The reject shop!!!!

✅ dishes washed

✅ clothes washed

✅ clothes dried at laundromat

✅ clothes put away

✅ soaked beans cooked

✅ breakfast and coffee had

~~Time to hit ze shops for some milk and OJ. Maybe a small box of ice lollies.~~

E: is my local Coles just shit or has Proud & Punch stopped making pure icy poles without "cream". I am disgruntled. Considered all other ice cream options and then decided fuck it, I don't need that in my life, OR OJ, got my favourite coconut water on half price instead.

Driving back the sun was already stinging like a MF, so make sure to get that sun protection on today!

Then chop and cook up the veg and tvp for hoppin john, wash up all of that, switch on the AC and do a few hours of work (to make up for short days next week) until my friend turns up.

Captains log, 6pm:

Little has been done. The perfect Sunday.

I’m supposed to attend a child’s birthday party today, but I’ve massively overdone it and can barely move.

What do

omg omg omg, I found an original book from 1912 by Professor Flinders Petrie, he's like the guy who invented modern archaeology. It's typical of much archaeology of the time, called Biblical Archeology, it's interesting nonetheless.

I've read some of his essays in compendiums but not his books before. He's quite scientific about it all, unlike Carter, who I've also read, but who was an adventurer and treasure hunter , not a scientist. Carter's book was about the discovery and the objects he found.

This book is full of plates and rice paper covers, hand drawn maps and has an awesome embossed cover with hieroglyphics. The hieroglyphs look like they would have originally been in gold leaf, they are all black now.

Happy to report back lunch was good. He ended up not bringing momos and we ended up not going and getting coffees because of the temperature. We substituted for bahn mi and Bundaberg ginger beer (though I had a coconut one instead)

Good chats were had. I'll admit I was feeling a little bit put out cause I had a plan and misinterpreted the message of momo cancelation as a general cancellation like half an hour before we were scheduled to do the do, and I'd set everything up for momo. But it was fine. He stopped at that Luke's bahn mi place, so I can now say I've tried it. Definitely don't think it's worth the hype fwiw. Better places with cheaper prices and no or short lines in either sunshine or footscray. But it is like the only bahn mi place here so I can see why people go to it (it's cromulent just pricey and I don't believe in waiting half an hour just to order food)

There was an ulterior motive though. When he moved out, he left a lot of plants and pots and gardening stuff to me. He'd bought it all when he moved in to liven the patio up a bit, but I realized I can't care for it all once I move and it'll all die if left here so I have a considerable amount back to him. I've got a more manageable amount of plants now, and the plants have a better chance of survival

Someone who drove past my place chucked half eaten McDonalds all over the road. It was attracting birds and gong to become disgusting in 40c weather tomorrow so I picked it all up. The street is not your trash can assholes.

One last trip to the doggo park with hams soon.

Truly is hopeless off lead. Marginally better on lead.

But I do feel for him. At the park, a lot of people don't understand that breeds' behaviour.. going prone, ears all over the place, aloof. Doesn't really 'play' with the other doggos but still wants to be part of it (don't think other doggos understand that breed either). Unlike most other dogs he won't go up to people for pats. Completely disinterested.

Doing a bit of reading and apparently collies annoy the shit out puppy most trainers and make owners feel bad for not getting doggo to do what they're told. Once you throw in a distraction and they become fixated, they're truly in their own world. Can't do much about that (not now at least).

Okay testing phone.. ello?

e: Hooray it worked

Warm day, I shall do all the wet chores so they dry quickly. Elderly mop: you should consider revising this plan.

Chocolate in the fridge, yay or nay?

Gas man arrived! He did the soapy water test (I forgot to last night before falling asleep lol), and apparently the seal on one side and the regulator on the other were both leaking. Lovely bloke though, he even relit the hot water system for me (I didn't even have to ask)

Easy replacement, and apparently it's quite common. Glad I didn't ignore it and did trust my instincts, but I'll be honest, I did do laps of it sniffing it up close a bunch last night. In hindsight, probably a bad idea, but it also wasn't a particularly strong smell. I only got a quick whiff off it walking down the stairs and I wasn't sure where it was even coming from

Also, TIL downer really have their fingers in all the pies. They run yarra trams, the entire Adelaide metro system, the trams on the gold coast, a bunch of buses and other PT, and I learnt today that they also maintain the gas network, at least AusNet's. Apparently they also run parts of the NBN, those gigantic metal power lines with like 100 cables, spotless (street sweepers), the list goes on. Between them, Jim's group, and Arnotts, we really seem to like these 'everything' companies!

I was a little surprised to see someone from Downer rock up to fix it though. When we had electrical problems, I called Jemena and somebody from Jemena came out. I just sort of assumed this was the same do

It’s been 3 months since we setup the “drinking fountain “ recirculating cat water bowl thing. It took 2 months for one of them to start using it and the other cat just refuses, like would rather drink out of a manky pond scum. I love Jimmy but, he isn’t too bright and it’s a bit of a waste of money for the water bowl thing.

Can't. Stop. Hiccupping.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=va1aPJRur8w&list=RDva1aPJRur8w&index=1&pp=8AUB

Just going to see if my Sunday rave choon worked on mobs.

Hooray. Seems to... god I hate using mobiles feel so nekkid without a 'puter.

Lovely day to day. Birds are chirping so I suppose I better feed them. 🙂🐦🐣

Bedroom still so hot. Ughhh. Windows shut and I feel like I'm suffocating. Might need to try the sleeping bag in the lounge tonight

Heading home from doing more tech support. We were cutting it too close to go home then run down to the retirement village so I got dropped off on the way.

No answer when things were done and buses were replacing trains so I had to walk to a bus stop and wait for one in this heat

Omg I've awoken to the worst pain wtf wtf wtf I think I slept on my wrist, because it hurts so much! I've popped some ibuprofen, but it hasn't kicked in yet.

It's taking my breath away, fuck fuck fuck, I couldn't have broken it while I slept? 😭😭😭😭

Edit: I need to restock my first aid kit, used a scarf as a bandage so I dont move my wrist too much, but god fuck the ibuprofen hasn't touched it yet. What did I do to it!?

Edit: urgent care opens at 8am. If my stupid wrist isn't better by then, I guess I'm going on a lil trip ugh

Was supposed to do chores, but like the irresponsible teen I am, I ran away.

Smashed out a ride to Apollo Bay and now am suitably lubricated with my wonderful neighbour.

Left my lappy power adaptor at Aunts place so trying thunder for the phone. Only app that worked on that old dinosaur.

Trying to work out how to use it so if you get rando downvotes or I'm writing in the wrong spot sorry!

Oh man… if I could do dairy I’d love to work my way through a tub of plain vanilla icecream

Sleeping on the couch for the aircon. My wrist is better, still quite achey and tender, slightly swollen, but I don't think it's as serious as I thought this morning.

Just have to try not to sleep on it, somehow, considering I sleep like T-Rex in the fetal position lol