Moose Musings

11:05pm: Somehow last night I didn't plug my mobile into the charger and as a result the battery ran right down and switched itself off. This meant that my alarm didn't go off this morning! Now last time this happened it was a complete disaster, I didn't wake up until like 9:30 and ended up missing work. However! This time, miracle of miracles I woke up at precisely 7:14am this morning, just a minute before my alarm should have gone off! Well, it was probably more like 7:15 because my fit bit's watch seems to end up running slow, it's really weird!

Time was still not entirely on my side because somehow 20 minutes all but disappeared, I swear! One moment it was like 20 past 7, the next it was 10 to 8! This was very bad news for me, because I was supposed to drop off the car at the garage for it's service by about 7:30am. I got to the garage, but at that point it was during the 20 minute window when no all stop buses show up and there I was with my phone only 6% charged trying to call Mrs S to let her know I was running late.

Because of my lack of organisation I also didn't have a chance to have anything but a mandarin for breakfast, at least not until I got down to Collaroy and was able to buy a crossiant before I was able to catch the right bus. But life had to be a bit of an ass, because for some reason the traffic was shit! I did get onto Mrs. S, but I was like 20 minutes late in the end instead of 10. Tsk.

However, the car has been serviced and I've got it back now - Mum kindly came and picked me up and drove me to the garage - if she hadn't done that I would have had to catch two buses - and also paid for the service, which ended up being very pricey. If I do end up getting a car I'll need to factor that in. Actually I do owe my parents $56 10% of the service cost, but I'm going to pay for Mum's ticket to see the "Voice of Cycling" Phil Liggett as well as my own.

Anyway, as a result of the near-schmoozle this morning I decided I really needed to get an alarm clock and even went to the Mall before going to the gym with plans to buy one. At least until I recalled that I have an alarm clock- or at least I was pretty sure it has an alarm...and I was quite right too. It runs on batteries so even if the power goes off for some reason I should be good.

Right, I better wrap this up, I have to get to bed especially since I need to start a half-hour earlier than usual tomorrow.

I did forget to mention something yesterday, a rather annoying thing...namely my right black work shoe was squeaking! The entire shift at the library it was going squeak-squeak-squeak, which is quite noticible in a quiet place like a the library! So that was awkward! I'll be wearing the same shoes tomorrow when I volunteer at Dee Why and I'll have to see if it's any better. If not, I'll have to change my shoes!

And I've caught up on Million Dollar Minute yay! Tomorrow three new players are playing, who will be the next champ?

On that note, goodnight!

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10:46pm: You won't believe what showed up today in my car...my Fit Bit! How bizarre, I swear I checked it very carefully yesterday and saw no sign of it. But this afternoon when I went out to the gym - after going to all the trouble of picking up Mum's one and having to dash to get my orthodics (which I was late for, whoops) - there it was lying there between the driver's seat and door. So weird, but I'm most thankful! Thanks, St Anthony, I didn't even have to pray directly to you this time. :O)

In other news, I discovered this afternoon that the black pants I wear for my carer work had worn away in the groinal region, and there was now a whole in them. Well shit. However, after finding the Fit Bit my luck continued as I went to the Vinnies in Brookvale and managed to find a pair there that fit very well for only 5 bucks. That's a relief!

Moving on, the weather has been ridiculously good this week, with clear skies and warm weather, a little too warm even I had to turn the air-con on in my car! But it still gets cold in the evening, plus it's supposed to get colder early next week, so I shan't be putting my scarves away any time soon.

What else...I used the new vacuum cleaner today after letting it charge for 24 hours, it works pretty well, especially on the laminate flooring in here. Not sure about the carpet though, then again my bedroom area is still a bit messy so I wasn't able to vacuum with abandon in there. I'm looking forward to trying out the dust buster bit in my car, which is looking a bit worse for wear.

And now I better check what memes need to be done before heading off to bed - tomorrow is skating day so I have to be up early so I can get my washing done!

Booking Through Thursday

Storage

How do you store your books? On bookcases? In piles? In piles on bookcases? Are they sorted? Do you know where everything is? What’s the most creative storage you’ve seen or used for your books?

In bookcases! At least here at the Granny Flat, and I have sortered most of them in a generally comprehendable sort of of order, not full-on alphabetical, but mostly so and by subject. At the Newtown apartment though, I use crates, which is sort of irritating because if I want a book at the back I have to pull the whole crate out and sometimes they're heavy!
As for the most creative way I've seen books stored is on a shelf that seems to be invisible, so it's like the books are floating up there! Quite amazing.

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Fresh Catch

1. What were your feelings the last time you stood on a scale? Well, it was less than the time I got on it a week before so I was pleased, but then when I found out that I'm shorter than I thought and looked up my BMI I found I was technically slightly overweight, whoops.

2. In what ways are you old schoool, and in what ways are you new school? My music preferences fer sure. As for how I'm new school...uh...I don't think I'm new school in any way.

3. What big event is coming down the pike for you? Well, my training shifts at the Pittwater Library continue which is a rather big event, oh! And getting into the Casual Pool - officially - at Warringah Library. Apart from that, nothing big in the near future.

4. In which social situations do you thrive, and in which do you flounder? I thrive in small social situations, with a couple of friends or even people I don't know that well, however in big crowds or official occasions I'm usually the complete opposite, not able to talk much and very anxious!

5. When was the last time a fad hooked you? Uh...well I've kind of got into Hetalia which is a bit of a fad in Japan right now. Also My Little Pony, but as far as fashion or whatever, I'm not one for fads, they change too fast and it's too expensive to keep up anyway! :OP

Right those are the only two memes up, so I guess that's my cue to exit.

Oh wait, on a final note, my new orthodics are so comfortable! Man, I really needed those things...Big relief to finally have them let me tell you.

Goodnight all!

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10:40pm: Thus I can't even think clearly about what I want to say in this entry! Not that anything super important happened today, except it briefly looked like I was going to get my first shift at Dee Why Library. However, as it turned out someone was all ready covering the shift for next Monday, so I'll have to wait for a while longer.

Tomorrow however is my first shift at Mona Vale, and I'm still wondering what to do about getting there, what with the parking situation in the area. I sort of feel that I should use public transport when possible, but since I have to change my clothes after working at Mrs S's that means I either have to haul them around with me, or go home afterwards to change - which seems a bit of a waste of time...I'll basically have to turn right around the second I do that. So, I don't know. I'm currently thinking I could take the car to Mrs. S's park in the All-Day Park and Ride parking lot next to her house, catch the bus to Mona Vale which has the added benefit of me been able to catch the bus back there after the library shift and not have to worry about the buses synching up to get me home.

I do make things convoluted for myself...maybe I can just Google and see if there are untimed parking spots in Mona Vale closer to the library.

Hmmm, what else to report? Not a lot, I did catch the replay of the last stage of Le Tour de France and wouldn't you know it? It looked promising for the Aussies, with one of our riders in the lead and thus able to win the stage, but there were still two laps to go, and by that time the rest of the sprinters had got to the front and the Aussie was nowhere to be seen. Ah well, you can only do your best.

Right, I better wrap this up, tomorrow is going to be a long day and I need to get the right amount of shuteye.

Wish me luck!

Goodnight!

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11:06pm: That was the result of the pre-work medical I had today, hooray! :O) Although, apparently I'm only 158cm tall! When did this happen? I thought I was at least 163cm, damn...

I did have to mention my medication for ADHD and anxiety though, since I'm useless at lying, or should we say concealing unfavourable facts. This hopefully won't have any effect on me getting in the Casual pool, least of all because I think that's rather illegal. Although I'm reminded that I'm currently on the Disability Pension...should I still be on that thing? I have no idea. I guess when I tell Centrelink about my new positions they'll decide. But it's confusing because people in the Casual Pool have no set hours, so going off Centrelink payments all together...I guess I can live, although there goes saving up for a car! It'll be like five years before I save up a deposit!

Speaking of the car...I'm trying to figure out if I should take it or not, tomorrow is the On-site Induction at Mona Vale Library, but I'm not all that sure it'll be worth taking the car because I'm not sure where I'd park it. I imagine that time limited parking will be in place for most of the roads around the library, I don't want to end up parking like fifteen minutes away! But then...I'd rather not carry my work clothes all over the place. These are the decisions I have to make! :OP

And I need to get myself to bed! This has been a very short entry indeed, sorry about that, Wednesday is a busy day TV viewing wise and I just lose track of time!

I should have more to report tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Goodnight all!

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10:34pm: OK, that subject is a little dramatic, but I have good reason for it! Namely, I finally got into gear and went to see the podiatrist (yes! He was able to see me today) where I explained the weird pain I've been having in my left butt/upper thigh area. He thought there could be a few reasons for it - firstly, my orthodics are 8 years old, but they really should be replaced - so I had to get my feet cast and I pick up the new ones in two weeks - secondly, my current ones have worn away quite a lot, particularly the left one, which is supposed to be built up slightly because my left leg is 7mm shorter than my right and thirdly the clutch of the car!

Yeah, as embarrassing as it is, apparently, it's a thing that can happen, operating a clutch is different from operating the break and accelerator, which explains why my right leg doesn't hurt from working those pedals. Anyway, he recommended that I either move my seat slightly forward or slightly back to change the way the muscles are been used. Although, hopefully now that he put some material to build up the left one so I'm not lopsided anymore the muscles will stop hurting anyway.

Hmpf, I told you manual cars are a hazard! :OP

So, as a result of that I had to pay up quite a bit of money - since I don't have private health insurance at the moment, although the one I used to have doesn't even cover podiatry! I think I need to sign up with some other place. I paid most of it today, and I'll pay the rest - about $200 when I go pick up the orthodics.

I also had the opportunity to pop into Stanton Library and pay off my library fines - $10.60 damn! Before I headed for the gym, alas no swimming today, firstly my towel was still damp and secondly I decided to wait until after see the podiatrist in case I was told to take it easy because of the muscle pain. But I got my weights done today, go me. :OP

However, I received some not-good news from Mum - who I rang up to ask about whether she had a spare kettle, because the one here at the flat leaks when you pour it - apparently N, the male landlord wants to renovate the granny flat, or at least that's what C - Mum's friend and the female landlord told her. Well, shit. Apparently, there's been talk in the air of N and C possibly trying to rent the flat out to overseas students because the money is better (but that also involves doing a whole lot of stuff - like preparing meals and washing clothes etc), and Mum thinks it might be in my best interest to look for somewhere else to live. Pain in the ass...Although I looked up granny flats in the area (since I don't really have the money to rent an apartment) and found a couple that look promising, Mum has advised me to call them up tomorrow and see what they're like, except Mum says she can't actually help me look at any so I don't no what I'm meant to do about that. Probably not a good idea to go look at strangers granny flats by myself!

Of course, the issue is with the rental market in Sydney being what it is, these places probably won't be available very long at all, but on the other...N and C often don't have good follow-through, so should I really uproot myself like this? On the other hand, living in uncertainty isn't my bag either. It's only a matter of how much I'll be out when it comes to paying bills and what the internet and TV situation at these places would be.

In other news, the was drama at work this morning, not ten minutes after I arrived the power went out! In the whole suburb not just the house, which meant not only was there no heat in the bathroom there was no hot water at all! Since Mrs S needs to use a shower chair or a wheelchair it wasn't feasible to help her into the wheelchair and then wait til the power came back and transfer her to the shower chair for a shower. Even more unfortunate today was toilet day so we had to improvise. Fortunately, Mrs S's stove runs on gas and her husband was able to get it going with a lighter and boil some water so we ended up with a "sponge bath" sort of arrangement. Which all went well, phew! Of course, the power came back only a few moments before I was going to transfer Mrs S to the wheelchair. Ah well, what can you do? At least it meant I could make Mrs S's toast!

So yes, a very busy day indeed, but I shall do a Friday meme or two before I wrap this up:

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Looking For Alaska

1. Alaska’s motto is “North to the future.” Where’s somewhere north you’ll be traveling some time in the future? Uh...I don't think I'll be travelling any time soon...although the Mona Vale Library is north, so I guess we'll count that. :OP

2. Alaska is the westernmost of the United States. What’s the farthest west you’ve been in your country? That would be Adelaide, which is more south, but I've never been to Western Australia so there you go.

3. Alaska’s state flower is the forget-me-not. What’s something you really need to remember to take care of before the weekend’s up? Cleaning my bedroom area and making sure the main area here in the flat is still nice and clean, no backsliding me!

4. Alaska has cities named Chicken, Beaver, Pelican, Eagle, Badger, and Bear Creek. What place names near where you live are named after animals? Hmmm...well it's a bit of a distance away but the only place I can think of in Sydney is Emu Plains.

5. What’s something interesting you know about Alaska? It was originally part of Russian territory until being sold to the US in 1867 (I think?). Can you imagine Russia and the US exchanging land in this day and age?!

Or meme, apparently the others aren't up yet, but it is almost 11:30 so I best be wrapping this up so I can go to bed sooner rather than later.

Goodnight all!

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9:55pm: Although it's not me in the driver seat, yes, alas the green Hyundai Getz has been sold to someone else, just when I was thinking, what the Hell I'd look at a car loan (actually, that was a bit of an accident, I accidentally sent in a request for a quote). Bah humbug! I told my mother this sad news, but she's still of the opinion I should wait a year and keep driving Dad's old car. I dunno though, I've seen some other cars that look sort of promising, but I shan't be getting a car loan, no point in that.

In other news, I made some frosting for the rest of my cupcakes to take over to Mrs S's place tomorrow, and it would appear my instructions were not followed by my family at Cousin Mack's birthday - four of my silcone cupcake cases are missing! Terrible! I better call Uncle Sam about that, once I get his number because apparently I never did that when I lost all my phone contacts.

Also rather sad news...my betta fish, Ned III was at the bottom of his tank this morning, looking decidedly...out of shape...but I wasn't sure...however when I got home after work and the library it couldn't be denied that he had gone to the big fish bowl in the sky. He's lived so long too, such a shame. I wonder if I should buy a new betta fish, if only because I have a lot of Betta Fish food left over and I did like having a fish around. Perhaps I could get a green one!

What else to report? I'm a little concerned about the left side of my lower back and hip, I've been having muscle pain when I move in certain ways. I don't know what to think of this, I can't help thinking it's a result of driving the manual car - since I have to push the clutch with my left leg, but surely not? Perhaps it's the way I'm sitting on my couch when I'm on my laptop, because it's really not ergomatic! I really should sit at a table or something like a normal person. Or at least put my laptop on my lap on one of those tables, except my one is over at Newtown, I think, do'h.

Anyway, I better finish putting the frosting on the cupcakes before the new episode of Embarrassing Bodies begins! Or maybe this ep is it, although that doesn't make sense because I've all ready seen it.

I bid you all goodnight!

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9:24pm: So I'm watching a doco about this guy who killed his wife's teenage lover in the head and somehow managed to get off without any time served. Seriously, what the fuck? I didn't think that "She's having an affair, my masculinity!" defense flew these days? Plus, you know, he didn't shot his wife, he shot the third party.

Now admittedly having an affair with your student is fucked up, but I put it to the US Justice System that it's somewhat less fucked up then shooting said student in the head.

Basically what seems to have happened is the jury decided that it was the wife's fault for being a dirty whore so they let the husband off for murder. I find this rather offensive to justice.

Now I'm watching a doco called Dead Again, which is about two experienced detectives reinvestigating controversial murder cases, although I find it rather hard to believe these guys wouldn't know about this particular case (it's a big ass case) and they're not supposed to know about the case beforehand.

Moving on, today was the big day, moving day! It was all systems go and I'm quite surprised and impressed at how the moving guys managed to fit everything in the truck! It must have been like Tetris in there, LOL.

It took quite a while though and not everything is packed, basically most of the plates and whatnot in the kitchen, but it's not like someone else is moving into their old house tomorrow or something (not like with me!) so this isn't a huge problem.

Also, admittedly I had to put quite a few things in my car, but nothing too heavy or anything like that and Mrs S very kindly bought me lunch.

In other news, my feet are cold! The internet tells me that the best way to clear up the athlete's foot, beyond using the anti-fungal spray is to keep my feet bare and exposed to the air, which really sucks when it's winter, I've got the heater on but it's still chilly. It seems to be clearing up, so fingers crossed.

What else to report? Not much, although I did realise why I was running so low on money and had to dip into my savings, I never paid myself back for some expenses I had to cover for my parents whilst they were away. However, a new expense will be coming up soon, I'll be paying for half the Foxtel, which I guess is fair enough, it'll be about $45 a month.

Oh! And I rang about the Lifetime Health Cover Loading thing and have been assured by my Health provider that my suspended membership will keep me from getting slugged for not been covered. I sure hope that's right...I don't want to call Centrelink because it takes over half an hour to answer, if they do at all. I suppose I could go in in person, it's still a long wait but at least they get back to you!

Finally, Wimbledon started last night, but alas, Little Lleyton didn't make it through, he's still playing Doubles though and this was his 17th Wimbledon! Gotta applaud the man for that. And he got lots of kudos from the greats of the game, hooray!

I only just remembered that it's on so I've quickly switched over to watch, it's a nice day in London! And of course you can't beat the class that are tennis whites on a grass court. Right now I'm watching Rafal Nadal go up against some kid I've never heard of, wonder how that'll go!

And lastly, I went through my apps on my mobile and discovered what was probably behind me running out of data this month, I had most of them on 'auto-update'! Damn, I though I told them not to do that, very irritating. Oh well, July starts tomorrow so I'll be able to use Mobile Data once more, and thank God for that because The Simpsons: Tapped Out doesn't work all that well through wi-fi. At least not here.

Right, I better be off now, although I don't have to start work until 9:30am tomorrow, Mrs S says we all need to recover from today! Still, can't stay up too late, even if the Fed-Ex is up on Centre Court after the women's match.

For now I bid you all, goodnight!

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11:16pm: Yep! I filled in for the other carer this morning, it went all right, I kind of forgot the proper order of somethings, though! Honestly, I don't know what to make of my brain sometimes, it can be so scattered!

Although, part of that could have been the result of the less than stellar sleep I got last night, my thoughts were full of the green Hyundai Getz, wondering if my parents would give me a loan. Also, I managed to do something with my doona and it ended all twisted up and thus I was not properly covered so woke up at like 5am freezing my person off. I've straightened it up now so hopefully tonight I'll sleep way better.

As for the loan, alas, it is not to be, since Dad only just got his new car it's not like there's any great need for me to get my own car, even if it is perfect for me, sniff. I can only hope against hope that I can keep saving and perhaps the car will stick around and maybe even the price will go down a little. Mum thinks I should be patient and surely a nice car will pop up eventually, but I dunno...I've never seen a green Hyundai Getz automatic, they all seemed to be manual (on top of been in WA LOL).

In other rather gross news, I seem to have developed a bit of athlete's foot on my left foot, between the little toe and the one next to it. It started hurting me just before I had to head off to church so I was kind of limping around. I bought some spray to treat it, which will hopefully work quickly! Apparently, in addition to this you're supposed to keep your shoes off to air your feet, which is the last thing one wants to do during the winter! And also wear thongs in public showers...except I hate thongs, they annoy the bit between my big toe and second toe. I think I have a pair of slip sandals though, I'll have to check that out.

Anyway, I need to head to bed as soon as I finish this entry because tomorrow is Mack's birthday party and I need to get to the Mall to get my hair straightened beforehand, the party starts at noon so ideally I need to get to the hairdresser's by ten because I also want a trim and my hair takes ages to straighten because it's so thick.

Before I go though...Memes!

Booking Through Thursday

The Other Side

What do non-reader friends think about your reading habits? Do they understand? Are they sympathetic? Or are they always trying to get you to “get your nose out of that book?”

Well, I don't really have non-reader friends, or if I do they don't comment, however! My parents certainly do, more so when I was younger when I was often told to "get my nose out of that book". Honestly, the attitude still confuses me to this day because the parents of my friends at the time were always telling them to read, and there I was doing it for fun. Pft, the grass is always greener...

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So Rank

1. What memories do you have of an old-fashioned general store? Uh...I dunno if I have any, I don't think I've patronised any old-fashioned general stores in my time. They don't really have them in Australia. There were milk bars and corner shops, and I generally remember them as been quite dark and small, but plenty of chocolate options!

2. What’s something people think incorrectly of your home state (or country) but still contains a kernel of truth? That we all talk like Steve Irwin, we don't, but we do use "mate" quite a lot and shorten people's names by adding 'o' at the end.

3. What are the major differences between you and your best (non-romantic) friend? I have more than one best friend! But probably the volume of our voices. Most of my friends have normal volume...not so much me.

4. What’s something you were the captain of? Er...gee...I dunno. I don't think I was ever captain of anything! Not even when team captains were randomly selected in PE!

5. What’s the story of your first private moment with a high-school romantic interest? N/A. :OP

The (Other) Friday Five

This week's questions are brought to you courtesy of theidolhands, the letter F, and the number 5...

Star Gazing!

1. What is your fondest memory of something related to the stars or space? Uh...scratches head...I can't really think of anything. Well maybe a group project in Year Six that involved building a model spaceship, I got on well with my team and we made a pretty good model!

2. What is a celestial body that you find particularly interesting? Saturn! First there's the rings and second the fact it's so gaseous and light it would float in a bathtub, if there was one big enough.

3. When you look at the night sky, what thoughts cross your mind? Nice, especially if it's clear and you can see the moon, To be honest though, when I was out in the country with no light pollution the number of stars I could see were positive dizzying, I didn't like that at all.

4. Have you ever seen anything weird or inexplicable up there? Nope, at least, I don't think so.

5. Would you live in space or on another planet? Maybe if I can pring my family along, but just by myself? No, I'd get way too lonely!

Right, better go now! I have to whip cream for the cupcakes I've made for Mack's birthday before I hit the hay.

For now, goodnight!

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10:45pm: I have to go to bed soon because work calls tomorrow, and I haven't done any of the memes, booo!

So I better move quick, today was lunch at the parentals, which didn't end up quite as expected because the little bro currently has a cold and therefore didn't come. Plus the parental units were being lazy and my mother hadn't even got up when I arrived! However, there was lots going on, namely after all the talk of cars the parental units were searching online for a good price on the Chery J11 and would you believe it? They found one...in Melbourne and since Mum has a friend who's son lives down there with his family, she and Dad are heading down there by plane tomorrow to purchase said car, hang out with Mum's friend and son and family and then drive the car back!

Damn, that was fast! Although apparently they'd been researching the car issue for some time...the upshot of this is that my little bro and I now have exclusive use of Dad's old car. The downshot is it's a manual, which I can drive, but it can be irritating when stuck in traffic and scary when you're trying a hill start!

But, I need a car at the moment, so I went with Mum after lunch (and the car thing was arranged) to the little bro's place to drop off some left-over Chinese and pick up Dad's car from him. Plus, it gave Mum the chance to see him since she and Dad got back.

Once I had the car I headed off to the gym, since I didn't go on Friday, but I had to skip the stretching because I forgot to give something to Mum for Dad, so I had to do that and then it was off to the pool.

I even managed to go to the Dee Why Grand afterwards to get some stuff from Coles, which necessitated going into the underground parking garage. Last time I took Dad's car down there I had a Hell of a time getting up because of the steep ramp, fortunately, it was the evening so I was able to pretty much floor it up the ramp rather than try a hill start halfway up.

So hey perhaps it won't go that bad. :OP

( And before I head off, let's have a meme or two. )

Whoops and now it's almost 11:30 and I actually need to start work half an hour earlier than usual tomorrow so it's time to haul ass even if I do have the car.

Wish me luck tomorrow!

Goodnight all!

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11:11pm: Step Two: Get the paint...Step Three: Apply to a dry car...

And wouldn't you know it? The rain's set in and is supposed to be around until Friday...which makes applying the paint to those scratches on Mum's car next to impossible. And I went all the way to Autobarn and had the paint colour especially mixed up too! You may well say I should have done this earlier and you'd be quite right, however, it took me until now to figure out how to find out the colour code of the car. Turns out its under the hood. It took me a bit of time to figure out how to pop the hood, but eventually I did it, so that's rather a triumph!

I guess all I can do is hand the paint over when Mum and Dad get back and offer to do the touching up...it might not be raining all the time but it's on and off.

I did have something else to say...oh yeah, the hunt goes on for the grey beanie, it hasn't shown up at either of the loss property offices and wouldn't you know it? They were all sold out at the Warriewood K-Mart, shit. I'll either have to go all the way to Chatswood, or all the way to Broadway on the other side of the bridge. Mrs S's mother is here in Australia at the moment near a K-Mart, though, so she said she'd ask her to take a look if she happens to go there.

Sigh, come back to me beanie, it was so soft and nice! Sigh, at least I still have the gloves.

Anyway, it's a bit late so I better haul ass to bed.

Goodnight all!

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