Interview 1: Not too bad I think.
Interview 2: Not enough tech knowledge sadly.
Meeting set for 10am tomorrow about police check with General Manager.
2 interviews to go.
Edit: Interview 3 went OK I believe.
Interview 4 has been postponed.
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Interview 1: Not too bad I think.
Interview 2: Not enough tech knowledge sadly.
Meeting set for 10am tomorrow about police check with General Manager.
2 interviews to go.
Edit: Interview 3 went OK I believe.
Interview 4 has been postponed.
4 interviews in one day is full on! Good luck with the rest, and tomorrow's meeting.
I can't concentrate today. A close friend was in a bike vs car (cars fault) yesterday. They are still in hospital but ok -multiple fractures and chest trauma but could have been much worse. I spent yesterday babysitting and helping out and I thought I was ok but I keep getting the shakes today. I feel silly. I need to concentrate but I keep thinking about it.
Hug your peeps my peeps.
I feel silly. I need to concentrate but I keep thinking about it.
Bro. Dont feel silly at all. PERFECTLY normal to have this reaction to trauma. Take a day off, be kind to yourself. Go for a walk, get a cuppa and process.
Thanks. I know that intellectually. I know that it's also smashed me right back to childhood where there were a couple of big bad life changing moments like this. I don't know why I expect I would ever be over that but I do. Thanks. I am gonna make a cuppa.
Today I managed to finally get ahold of my step mum and found out my dad was ok and I finally got a text message from him.
I guess with his recent illness itβs really taken a toll on him.
Anyway Iβm glad to hear from him and just told him to rest up.
In other news my clothes smell like curry from when I made it last nights.
Nervous about the meeting tomorrow. Can't stop thinking about it.
Going to have an early night I think.
Hopefully will have some good news tomorrow. Hopefully.
Goodnight everyone β€οΈ
A rare weekend where I avoided all social media and the news. What happened while I was gone?
Today sucks. Have been feeling crappy all day, and feel like I barely had a break over the weekend. Suddenly I understand the hatred of Mondays.
Getting up this morning? I'm agin it. You have permission not to. I'll sign a note for your bosses saying so.
Wish I'd seen this two hours ago. Was late because it was stupidly hard to get out of bed. But, now I'm here... and just missing my bed!
There's something about someone burning their kids alive that makes me supportive of eye for an eye punishment.
something is very wrong with those people, 7 children and he's only 29
cult perhaps?
Maybe some very old fashioned notions of what constitutes masculinity. Back before the AIDS crisis of the 80s, it was fairly normal for men to be very very hesitant about wearing condoms - fearing that this would compromise said masculinity as well as being uncomfortable. And unplanned pregnancy for their wives/girlfriends was a validation of that same masculinity and was something to boast about. Attitudes like that stink on ice nowadays, but still happen.
eye for an eye? nah fuck that. Public execution. There are some crimes so great that rehabilitation isnt in the public interests.
I avoid the news usually so I had a google. I'm lost for words. Those poor babies.
Burn him at the stake!
Spoke to my friend who got hit by a car. She's still in hospital and in for a big recovery but it could have been a lot worse. I'm so relieved. I just don't understand how someone can sail out onto a roundabout and clean up someone right in front of them on the roundabout (who also has right of way). I really like being on public transport more and more.
My dental checkup this morning led to two fillings as well. One of them is just a fairly short term fix and I'll need to look at a crown when it fails. Tomorrow I have an appointment with the dental surgeon, who will be removing a broken tooth, before doing two implants in a couple of months.
I've been saving up towards all this for a while, but the money is going to be disappearing very quickly. The decision to sign up for extras on the health insurance again was definitely a good one - stretching the timeframe for getting the crowns over a couple of years will mean I'm getting more back than I have paid in premiums for at least 3 years, four if the filling today lasts long enough.
heads up we got some rain incoming. The forecast looks considerably worse than it did yesterday. And we are gonna get wet tonight by the sound of it.
Gratitude thread.
Got my uni results and even though I could've done better, I'm proud of myself for getting through despite going through a breakup. I'm sad I let it affect my results, but grateful that next semester, I can wholeheartedly focus on turning those results around, hopefully drama-free, with no one to disturb my peace :)
Despite my grumbling, happy to have 4 interviews today, and a call from legal team to find out what can be done about expunging my record
Got some good financial news yesterday which takes some of the stress off my shoulders
Fluffy butt as per usual
Meeting tomorrow with the GM of the company that gave me the offer so I can discuss the police check. Hoping tomorrow I'm grateful for a job
Grateful for cats, even though fluffle is in velcro mode and stopping me from getting stuff done. Time with kiddo on the school holidays, one day he'll be too big to want to hang with mum for the day. Understanding tutors who don't make you feel stupid when you went 500 miles in the wrong direction on an assignment. Sunshine. Home-made banana bread.
I am grateful my fence gets fixed tomorrow. Let's see how happy I am tomorrow when there's banging and power tools and little dog going off his nut.
I'm grateful that I can drive with reasonable ease. I was in a major accident last year (hit by a semi trailer at high speed) and my car was squished. I somehow walked away with only minor injuries and I was back driving quickly, and I've made myself drive regularly, but it's only in the last few weeks that it's started to feel normal rather than something super stressful. Healing.
Mid day yawns are killing me right now. Had a solid night's rest, waited till 9 to have my coffee...to no avail.
Absolutely dying for a nap, but have meetings all afternoon.
Stupid cozy clothing.
Kids are so dramatic. Kid in the waiting room flipping between screaming tantrum and smiling happy.
I guess we all slept well last night ....
Well but it was my turn for the DT weird dreams ...
Ooh, what did you have? I had a dream that my sister was pregnant and it was such a convincing dream that I had to wake up and check my chats with her to make sure it wasn't real.
I had an adventure dream. Someone pick pocketed my handbag so I chased her, brought her down. Turns out she had stolen my Bic pen.
Got to witness the birth of a bogan-mobile over the weekend. Some neighborhood teens were trying to install a f off exhaust on a red p plated commodore.... with a hammer. I REALLY wanted to roll up my selves and jump under the car with them and go "right, lets get this bastard on. Then we're tackling the sub and installing the LEDs strips under the dash right? Also if your headunit isn't already multicolored LED we're ripping that out too!"
Clean doggo has been given couch privileges - invite only, hopefully...
Yesterday was bleak. Hangover and new illness all hitting at once. Feeling better after a good sleep in. Taking the day off otherwise - without sick leave feels different, no work no money is the sucky part of being self employed.
I'm up! Again!
weird ass dreams, dreamt i met famous people and i was intimidated so acted like an ass , doesn't matter if they were asses first
note to self, just remember, be gracious and have good manners , even if other people are asses, which most people aren't
I cannot decide for the life of me if I want to start my piano lessons this term or next term. I need something to do right before the uni semester starts and also something to ground me besides the gym and cooking, but the exxy-ness is kinda putting me off.
I want to stop doomscrolling and do something meaningful with my time.
Ugh! My bus to work this morning smells like it's been used to smuggle rotten garlic and onions.
Umami π€€π€€
Pardon me I have been getting the food truck ready
Had a mate sell his first car recently. He is in his mid 30s now, and yes it was a toyota. Sad day for him. I decided to look up my first car's rego. Loved the shit outta that thing, sold it probably 12 years ago? maybe more. It was utterly ruined when I sold it! A combination of its previous owner, age, high km and a young 20 something me living his rally fuckboi fantasies in it. The rego was cancelled jan this year. So it went on to be driven (or at least parked and rego paid) for another 12+ years. Cant believe it! The quote I got to keep it on the road 2011/2012 was $10k. I sold it for 2.
Im a bit heartbroken. I coulda kept it going way longer than I thought.
Wonder if I can order the number plate and just shelve it for now till I can one day stick it on a WRX?