Moose Musings

10:04pm: LOL, I can't tell time so I was like hey it's still George McFly's birthday in the US right, except it's totally not.

Oh well, whatever, it's the thought that counts, or something.

Anyway, once again I haven't been updating a lot, mostly because life remains, same ol' same ol', which is great since it means my job is going well :O) Although recently my supervisor and a co-worker have left for greener pastures. Good for them I guess, but I liked working with them, so I'm kind of bummed. We've got a new co-worker now though, who's super nice, so yay! Still no word on a new supervisor though, hopefully it will be someone who suffers weirdoes gladly :OP

Also, daylight saving has ended, boooo! And the weather has turned cool, summer and spring are definitely behind us now. Which means it gets darker much quicker in the afternoon, to which I say boo again. Well, one of my co-workers is happy about this since she gets up early, so now she doesn't have to commute to work in the dark.

Oh well, now that I've joined the gym across the way from the library doing my weekly work out isn't as difficult to get to and from.

Apart from that not much else to report, although I have found a new fandom to play around in, Ghosts! The US version not the UK version. I've found a fun group on Discord to hang out with, written a few fanfics, hooray for inspiration!

What I remain inspiration-less for is cleaning up...every so often Mum will come by the apartmento so I clean it all up and say to myself it must stay that way and it does not. I may have mentioned this last entry...in fact there's a strong possibility I did, LOL.

Oh well, at least I did my laundry, although I totally need to fold it and put it away now since it's covering my bed. Yes, yes, I'm an adult!

I did spend the night at my parents place though - they've been away in Uluru, so it was great to catch up after church, plus we had roast chicken and vegetables for lunch before Mum drove me home, so yeah whoo!

Right, I don't have to go to work until the afternoon tomorrow (since I worked on Saturday) but I still don't want to stay up too late, my sleep has been a bit poor lately so I'm hoping to fix that.

See you next time I feel the urge to update! :OP

Ta ta for now!

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11:01pm: Yes indeed! Not only was this morning the get together for my uncle's birthday (usually it would be for my aunt too as her birthday is actually today, but she's sick so couldn't come), but since I took the day off work I went to my friend's house in the afternoon.

The family get-together was great! I made mini-blueberry muffins and we had breakfast with sausages, toast, eggs and tomatoes (although I didn't eat those :OP) and a good time was had by all.

It was also great seeing my friend again, since I've been slacking on contacting her so it's been like a few months since I've seen her last, despite the fact she lives like only ten minutes away, shame on me! Hopefully, we'll be able to see each other a bit more often, although since I work on the weekends and like to go skating on Saturday afternoons and I've been getting those extra shifts it's harder than you'd think to find a good time.

The only downside of today is hayfever is attacking me like whoa right now...at least I hope it's hayfever, it better not be another cold (knock on wood!) Mrs S will never let me live it down if it is, plus I don't need that shit.

But I think it is, because it all started yesterday when I used the fan rather than the air-conditioner in my car, I think the fan takes in air from outside rather than air that's all ready in the car and I got a face full of pollen because my nose was itchy and runny. Then today it's all stuffy, and my ears are itchy. I've been meaning to use my nose spray, but I can't find it! I'm hesitant to take an actual hayfever tablet because whilst they do work my eyeballs end up so dry I end up with a terrible headache. I may have to give in a take one so I can get some sleep, perhaps it won't be so bothersome if my eyeballs are closed.

Speaking of bed, I have to hit the hay right now because I haven't been getting enough sleep the last few days what with the ice skating and it doesn't take much for a lack of sleep to get to me. :OP Also, it's that time o' the month, grumble grumble.


So on that note I'll be off! But all in all it was a great day, I even got to see the little bro, it's been a while and I was really happy to hear he's given up smoking, yay!

And now I'm off.

Goodnight all!

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11:28pm: There's not a lot to say about it probably, since all the competitiors have to wear white, but they've got a Frenchman playing and his got a bushy beard! LOL I've never seen a tennis player with a beard before! Actually that seems to be an athlete thing, I know body hair is the enemy of swimmers, divers and cyclists, but you don't see other athletes with them either. Hmm, maybe it's all the sweater.

In other news, I'm relieved to report that I've managed to get through a road block in my fan fic! I've been stuck on it for the past few days, but finally some inspiration hit. Yay, go me!

So I didn't end up updating yesterday after all because that's how I roll, but let it be said, it was a great get together for my cousin Mack's birthday. Some of his maternal cousins were there, who I don't think I've met before, interesting people.

I had a cheese burger with chips on the side (I also put the lettuce that was in the burger on the side, because who wants warm lettuce? Why is that a thing anyway?) Very nice, although the cheese could have been meltier, it's hard to find good cheese.

Mack liked the Google gift card my little bro and I got for him - which reminds me I forgot to give the little bro my bank details so he can pay me back, whoops! - and the card I made. I drew Mr Burns in his "Excellent" pose since we enjoyed the play.

Aunt Jo made a rather interesting cake with caramelised apple and...I'm not sure what else, not chocolate though, because my aunt doesn't cook with chocolate. But there was dollop cream to go with it so yuuum!

Plus let's not forget the fact I took a paid day off work, so yay!:O)

Anywho, it's ten minutes to midnight now, so I better go, I've got work tomorrow at 9:30am and I need to make sure I get the proper amount of zzzs.

Wish me luck with my story and goodnight all!

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11:27pm: Indeed! I finally got around to making a card for the occasion! I pride myself on my homemade cards, but I've been slacking on them lately. But I made one for Mum, yaaay! Although not for my little bro, who's birthday was yesterday. I thought I was going to see him at the Mother's Day Brunch at my Uncle's place but alas he's sick and wasn't able to come (sick for your birthday, that suuucks), so I called him to wish m a belated birthday. I left him a message at first since he didn't answer, he called me later though.

Sadly the weather was not very nice today, all rainy in fact when I drove over to my uncle's place it was totally bucketing down, I couldn't even hear the radio over it! Luckily, it let up but it was still pretty dreary.

However, work at the library was still pretty busy because it was Code Club day, which is a monthly computer thing that is popular with kids - there were thirty of them there this time! However, my feet were positively aching by the end of the shift. However, they're fine now...so I don't know if this is a sign of an issue with the shoes or if I'm just adjusting to the orthodics or what? It's puzzling I tells ya! The shoes are stiffer than the ones I had before, so maybe I just need to break them in?


What else to report? Not much, which is good since it is getting late and I should be getting ready to hit the hay and since I'm at my parental units' place I need to get the couch ready to lie on :OP

Before I do that though...drumroll please...a Meme!

Sunday Stealing

:The Getting to Know You Questions:

1. What is your occupation right now? How long have you been there? I have two, three mornings a week I'm a personal carer for Mrs S, I've been working for her for nearly two and a half years now, wow! On the weekends (and a shift here and there) I work as a library assistant in Mona Vale and I've been there for...nearly two years. Niicce.

2. Favorite rock band. Ever. EVER? Man that's a tough one...do The Corrs count as rock? If not I'm gonna say The Beatles.

3. What are you listening to right now? A house show Mum recorded, we enjoy watching the house shows together on Sunday :O)

4. Last person you spoke to on the phone. What was it about? The little bro, about his birthday and is badly time sickness!

5. How old are you today? Or make up a question. This one bites. Can't think of another question so I'll answer this one, 33.

6. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? Figure skating for the win!

7. What is your favorite drink? Iced water...or iced chocolate.

8. Have you ever dyed your hair? Nope, I'm too lazy to do it myself, too cheap to have it done at the hair dresser and I wouldn't want to mess it up and be stuck with it!

9. Favorite food? CHEEEEESE!

10. What is the last movie you watched? Finding Dory on DVD.

11. Favorite day of the year? Oooh, that's a toughie, I'll say Christmas, because hey it's Christmas!

12. How do you vent anger? Not well, mostly with yelling and crying. :O/

13. What was your favorite toy as a child? My imagination :OP Also my dollshouse.

14. Living arrangements? (Of course your pets count. Geez!) I live in a Granny Flat with my fish, Fishenko. :O)

15. What was the last thing that you cried about? Uh...you know I can never remember, I mean I remember crying, but not what it was about.

16. Who is the friend you have had the longest? I guess it'd be Edith? But we're not so much in contact these days, so I'll say Zep. We've known each other since I was about 13! Edith too, actually, so yeah!

17. What did you do last night? Hung out online and watched house shows.

18. What are you most afraid of? Throwing up.

19. In how many areas of your country have you lived? What's your favorite? I was born in Canberra and lived with my family for five years in Dubbo, which is in the country and of course here in Sydney. And despite my feeling when we moved there I gotta say Sydney has been the best. (Although Australia's a huge place, and I've only lived on the east coast!)

20. What is your favorite flower? (Ugh. Quite the note to go out on. But hell, we steal the questions. I guess you get what you pay for.) I love red roses! :OP

Okedoke, that's my cue to exit, it's ten minutes to midnight!

Goodnight all!

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11:06pm: Not my epic recounting of the cruise (I'm afraid with the late start to this entry there'll still be a few more days to go with that!), but the fiction book about Russia I've been reading since - I kid you not - mid-November last year! It had 1006 pages in it! Plus as the distractable person that I am, I felt the need to read other books around it, so it all added up there. Anyway, it was a pretty good read!

( But without further ado...Dad's Birthday Dinner! )

And that's how Dad's birthday went! And now, midnight is closing in so I shall wrap this up here. I hope you're enjoying the cruise journal as much I am in reliving it. :O)

Goodnight!

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11:25pm: Apparently today is Stephen Hawking's 75th Birthday! That's pretty amazing, especially when you consider that on receiving his diagnosis all those years ago he was given like 6 months to live or something like that. That's kicking the odds in the face! You go, Professor Hawking!

In other great news, I took my External Harddrive to the computer shop in Collaroy and he was able to take the case apart and put it in a different case with a little attachment thing that works. Hooray! It cost me $50 but this is considerably cheaper than having to do specialist type data retrieval. Plus I don't need to buy a whole new drive to back stuff up to. Yaaay!

And more good news there was a Fast 4 Tennis tournament tonight, it was Australia vs the World and we won! :OP Although we were represented by Nick Kygrios and Bernard Tomic otherwise known as the two biggest jerks in tennis! Although their behaviour was OK this tournament so perhaps they've finally taken up the advice to see sports psychologist. Although I didn't actually watch Kygrios but that's what my friend said over Facebook messenger.

And lastly...a new ep of Air Crash Investigation is on right now, sweeet! Although, I shouldn't stay up too late to watch it all, there's work tomorrow after all.

But before I turn in let's have a Meme

Sunday Stealing

24/09/2016

: The "Doing Questions Like It's 2003" Meme"

1. Tell us about your pets. If you don’t have one, share why you don’t. I have a Siamese Fighting Fish called Plushenko. He's a beautiful teal and black and he lives in a nice 16L tank on my cabinet. I was a bit worried about him when I got home after work today, he seemed a bit listless, but he seems better now. Phew! (My previous four fish died in quick succession, it was rather sad)

2. Name three things that are close to you. Like literally? My mobile phone, a block of Cadbury chocolate and a book about overcoming anxiety issues.

3. How was the weather for your summer? We're still in summer and so far it's been quite warm indeed.

4. What was the last film you saw? Did you like it? It was the new Ghostbusters film at my friend's house and I liked it a lot!

5. Tell us about the last trip that you took. Uh...it was ages ago back at the end of 2014 when I to Bathurst to get my Masters in Information Studies. My parents came along too, although they went a day earlier and I met them in Lithgow after coming in on the train.

6. Where do you buy groceries? Why? Usually from Warriewood Square, especially since an Aldi opened over there. As for why, it's the closest shops to me!

7. Tell us something that you did today. Or will do if you haven’t had your morning coffee yet. I don't drink coffee :OP And today I went to the gym, good times.

8. Have you pulled an all-nighter? Not intentionally, once I couldn't get to sleep at all because I read the prologue of the Jaws novelisation and it scared the Hell outta me!

9. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi & Coke? Don't drink either.

10. Tell us about your siblings. How many and what do they do? I have two brothers, one older and one younger. The eldest lives in Japan with his wife and baby daughter and he works in the legal department of a bank I think? My younger brother lives a few suburbs away, but we don't see him much and he works at a warehouse.

11. What’s the oldest thing that you own? Well, I do have a vest from my mother which she sewed herself back in the 70s, so I'm gonna say that.

And I gotta run now, it's actually past midnight, but I was trying to do my Russian so um, let's just pretend it isn't. :OP (Still Happy Birthday to me! :OD)

Goodnight all!

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11:50pm: Yeah, yesterday as I was coming home from the parental units place I popped by the 7-11 to get some milk and decided to pick up one of these Santa belly Krispy Kreme donuts, which are super cute looking. I didn't eat it last night because I'd all ready had quite a few sweet, but I warmed it up for dessert tonight and let's just say it was not the best decision. It was just waaay to sweet, my stomach felt so weird afterwards that I almost had a panic attack!

Bah, I don't even care for Krispy Kreme donuts anyway so I don't know what the Hell I was thinking...

Anyway, that was basically the most activity I got done today I'm sorry to say...my mother ended up going swimming in the morning so there was no reason for me to go over since I wouldn't be able to go swimming myself and my big bro was having friends over, so...

I probably should have gone out, lying around all day is no good for me...or my step count. :OP I hope to rectify that tomorrow with not just work but going swimming with Mum at M and Grandpa's place.

Oh! And my the landlord's wife dropped off a small present for me today! How nice of them! I should have at least given them a card...shame on me.

But! It's nearly midnight so I better haul, before I go...I wrote a little fic for my friend crossover_chick for her birthday! Happy Birthday, Vic! This is the first writing I've done in a while so I'm totally rusty...

( What's A Nice Guy Like You Doing In A Place Like This? )

Hope you enjoyed!

And now, goodnight all!

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11:17pm: And just as I posed that question he finally calls him 'Grandpa' on this episode I'm watching, LOL. The rest of the time though he calls him by his first name, which if you ask me is weird. Although having just typed that I'm again reminded that my aunt sometimes calls her own father "Mick" so, you know.

In other news...I was about to write something else and I've just forgotten what it was! Oh yeah that's right, it was pretty warm today, warm enough that I decided I needed to set up the air con. Unfortunately...it didn't all go to plan, first of all, the outlet tube thing doesn't reach the window properly, secondly when I was trying to open the window the adjusting wand thing for the venetian blinds got caught, but I didn't notice until it snapped. Fuuuck, now I have to figure out how to replace it.

Not sure what to do about the outlet tube though...I did sort of get it to reach the window, but the window opens out not up so there's no way to secure it there.

Annoying. :O/

Also annoying is that ever since I updated my Simpsons Tapped Out game it keeps crashing on my phone! This never used to happen, and it means I can't play it, quite the bummer. :O(

And oh shit, I just realised I totally neglected to send my Uncle Sam a birthday SMS! I guess I can do it now, although if he's all ready in bed it might wake him up...

Speaking of which I gotta get my butt to bed myself!

Goodnight all!

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11:18pm: The Colour Rescue stuff worked on my stripped long-sleeve shirt. Last week I washed it with a red shirt and it the white stripes turned pink! I suppose it wasn't exactly a disaster, but it didn't right. However, I wasn't sure the Colour Rescue stuff would work...Dad used some on Mrs S's white jacket,and it didn't entirely work, although he got most of the pink off in the end after using two satchets.

And I'm sure you're not very interested in that, LOL. Although, it's pretty cool that only the colour you don't want is removed. I guess its because the dye isn't as completely soaked in...Makes me wonder if I could have rescued those green underpants my father ruined many years ago by putting them in with dark stuff.

Moving on! I think my IBS has finally settled down, which is good because tomorrow morning I'm supposed to meet my parents and little bro at a cafe for a belated birthday celebration. I did skip the ice skating though, which I'm a bit sad about, although considering my knees are sore right now it was probably a good decision. Plus i think I need to get my skates sharpened before I go out on them again.

Apart from that, not much else to report, except my friend Ben is visiting from Darwin - where he lives now - this week! We have to meet up! I wonder if I can get my other friend - who I keep forgetting to call! - and we can all meet up. Ooo! Perhaps for Mini-Golf! I hadn't thought of that, good idea me.

Right, better do a Meme or two!

Friday5

How Did You Learn to Do That?

1. How did you learn to throw a ball? Not well. Seriously, though I can't actually throw a ball, I'm like Mr Burns, I end up aiming it into the ground about a metre in front of me.

2. How did you learn to drive? My parents' taught me! Mum was really gung-ho about getting me onto real roads, she had me driving over the Harbour Bridge on like my third or forth go in a car! o.O

3. How did you learn to swim? I had swimming lessons at the public pool in Dubbo. I never got freestyle down, but I managed to do it well enough to get the certificate.

4. What is the most recent thing you learned how to do from an online tutorial? Make a plushy! It doesn't look quite right so I have to redo it, but close enough...

5. How did you learn most of your social etiquette? Mostly from M telling me off :OP i.e Don't put your elbows on the table, use that knife not that one etc.

The (Other) Friday Five

These questions were written by twinklette on LJ.

1. How many pets have you had at one time? Hmm, we did have a couple of gold fish and Frankie my canary at one point, so that's about it.

2. What is the strangest pet you have ever had? Well, I kind of considered The PLANT as a pet for a bit, LOL. But that's about it.

3. What is the coolest trick you have ever taught a pet? I got nothin'. I used to hold Frankie when Mum cleaned out his cage and he was very well-behaved! :O)

4. Real animals: What animal have you always wanted as a pet? A kind of always wanted a dolphin...although he'd be more a friend, because obviously he'd live in the ocean and I come visit.

5. Imaginary animals: Describe the ideal pet, an animal that doesn't really exist. Ah, hmm...I dunno, I've never really thought about it...maybe a penguin who can live in your house, LOL!

OK, time to hit the hay, gotta keep my sleep up!

Goodnight all!

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11:41pm: Yes! To my surprise Mum and Dad didn't just pop by for a quick visit, they came for dinner and invited the little bro along too!

Fortunately, Mum made the dinner since I certainly didn't have anything prepared, of course the new place wasn't quite up to parental standard, but I got it there eventually...

Also, the older bro called too, for Dad's birthday, although he was quite annoyed because Mum was meant to call him like an hour before he finally called us. He called Mum through Facetime though, so it's not like he was spending a lot of money, but still that must have been annoying for him. Especially since Mum was so busy with the dinner she didn't answer any of his messages asking where she was.

Anyway, the cupcakes tasted delicious, especially with the double cream and sprinkles on top, although I really let the presentation down with not putting patty pans in the tray, half the cupcake was left in the tray when Mum pried them out. Boo. It was a silcone tray, which I've now thrown out because it got cuts in it.

In other news, I can record stuff from catch-up TV apps through my Blu-Ray player to my laptop with the analogue to digital converter! Whoot! I all ready got some figure skating done.

Speaking of which, there was meant to be figure skating on today, which I forgot to record, but it hasn't shown up on SBS on Demand, I hope it does pop up soon...Bit of a worry that.

And now, I have to go so I can get up on time to meet my friend down at the book sale, and possibly go to the Warriewood Shopping Centre beforehand to get a new water cooler thing and an external hard drive.

So now, I say good night!

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