Melbourne

We're in!

Hooray go me and my RSI from TOO MANY FUCKING BOLTS.

Feeling better than yesterday. After considering all my options, talking to various people, and actually having a look online... I'm starting to think that maybe moving will be a better option even if it means being trapped in a 1yr lease - if I stay close to work I don't need a second bedroom for effective WFH, and that opens up much more affordable options, which offsets the costs of possibly breaking my lease in June/July. It'll only ever be a short term thing anyway, and in that context... I could live with a lot less than I have now, and with no balcony (I'll have to give away my plants at some point).

Now is also probably a great time to look as uni students finish up, before the deadness of Jan and then influx in Feb.

Sad that it's come to this but holy hell the sheer stress of feeling unsafe in my own home is not worth it. My body feels better for having looked.

The boys are having a nice Sunday arvo nap.

He's not supposed to be in the sun for very long, due to his lil pink nose, but I let him chill in it for a bit because should be able to sunbake haha

Always amazed at his beautiful colourful coat; he has orange around his elbows, that are visible here and when I move his fur around, I think it's mostly underfur that's orange.

Anyway, here's Mickey this morning

Joined a random achievement run with a WoW guild I barely know and am having an excellent time. Have missed that kind of fun!

Life is pretty subpar lately but Melbcat did something cute last night. She crawled up inside the oodie I was wearing to cuddle, and poked her head out of the neck hole so she was wearing it too.

OUR oodie

Started re-watching Charmed. Ugh, some of S1 is just so stupid.

Edit: Context, enjoying it, but just letting total strangers in your home when they’re acting weird, so dumb.

Boss says I can return to work as long as I don't touch him 😆 Absolutely no problems in that regard 🤣

gonna touch sand

Doing the 10k option in the marathon this morning. On 3 hours sleep. Let's go

Edit. Finished in under an hour. Goal time

So the Dr said yesterday he thinks my sore bits are Impetigo, based on what a couple of them looked like. The rest look like eczema, but he's put me on antibiotics for a week and if it doesn't respond he's sending me to a specialist who might take a biopsy. So I've been taking the pills for 1½days and have more patches of sores now ☹️

Con: fell asleep before finishing cheese plate

Pro: woke up to cheese plate

We went to a book fair and picked up some DVDs and vhs as well. I think it's time to get the boys into physical media. They can bring us wiggles DVDs to watch instead of us just going on YouTube

Yeah nah back to bed

Edit. That's better.

Good Night everyone. Sweet dreams. 😘

Went for walk.

Had a coffee, bought a book, bought some flowers. Life is good

My car is back in it's rightful spot. The garage. Imma celebrate with a coffee and a load of washing. 🎉

I just learned something about myself. I thought I'd never ridden on a horse but I just saw a photo of me riding one when I was a kid on my parents digital photo frame. How about that.

I knew I'd ridden on a camel and an elephant. Didn't know about the horse.

Good morning. I seem to have woken up at an unreasonable time for Sunday morning

Friend was going to the market so I skipped the birdies and went with her. Lovely catch up, coffee then a walk around the park anyway. Such a nice day and realised I was badly in need of some social interaction that's not work related. Feeling peaceful

The secret to the softness of the tum.

Been a really chill day. Actually feel ready for work tomorrow :)

No steam fresh bags at the supermarket, I've had to regress to bulk flash frozen prechopped veggies. Feels like the stone age.

Heaven knows what I'd have to do if neither were available. Hardly bares thinking about.

8am perfect time to roast 5kilos of beef

quiz

35/50 Got a couple wrong that I shoulda got easy. Boo.

Hmm, I'm noticing that feeling of rising anxiety when the sun sets. Trying not to feed it. That old fear that I haven't done enough and the day is ending and something's going to go wrong. No, no, I'm not going to succumb. I'm too old for this, dammit!

I've done some Useful Things today: made rice and dal, paid my licence renewal fee, washed and dried the blanket and sheets, and now I'm going to tidy up my tatty anxiety-brows and pack for a day of training tomorrow. That's it, I don't need to do anything else. The day's been worth it, I can sleep fine. ...and if not I have a restavit by my bedside table.

Ok. I have to knuckle down and do some study/work later but I have a few hours now. Can't decide between

• Farmers market (don't need much but fresh eggs and a wander is always nice)
• Take a book to the gardens and just hang out in nature for a bit
• Podcast and a long walk past where the birdies hang out - I'll pack binoculars

All these things need different stuff in my backpack and brainspace so I want to do one. What should it be?

Goodnight everyone. Have a great night ❤️

Thinking it might be time for delicious tortellini

The giant Chiko roll won 🚗

I watched the Uzumaki animation yesterday and man, it starting fucking with me in the dark lol

So. I've made significant changes to the tracks for Thursday.

https://on.soundcloud.com/Xvjkx

Here's one I did last night. Pretty happy with it. So just practising where to take breaths today.

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