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11:28pm: Yep, this morning I woke up at 8:22am and was rather confused because I was pretty sure it couldn't be the weekend yet and of course it wasn't, it's only Wednesday! So yeah, there was a mad dash as I hurried to have my shower, get dressed, eat breakfast and get to work. Breakfast in particular was a problem because I somehow managed to miss the loaf of bread that was sitting right in front of me and instead made do with cereal and a tiny bit of milk that didn't cover even a third of it, so it was pretty dry.

Anywho, I managed to make it into work no later than usual and in fact earlier than I did on Tuesday, LOL, which was still 10 minutes late which I was a little worried about because we're doing that Time and Motion study - I think I mentioned it - where we keep track of everything we do all day. Technically I'm on a flexible time schedule so it should be OK, but I dunno.

Anyway, I did some good work today! Most of the team were at the training I went to a few weeks back for most of the afternoon, so I didn't have any interruptions, so that was handy :OP

So...I've been meaning to do the Friday Fives, problem is I keep starting these entries too late, so even though they are up, I don't actually have time to do them because yeah, you gotta sleep! I blame The Sims 4 for this.

Oh well, you can only do your best...

I still can't believe I missed that loaf of bread though, LOL.

Goodnight!

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10:59pm: Well, not really, but I couldn't think of another subject heading.

The good news, I got plenty of sleep last night so I was feeling much better today! Although that might have also been helped by taking Buscopan this morning and having plain toast for breakfast.

Work also went well, although I did end up missing my bus, so had to take the one that doesn't go directly into the mall, which is always annoying. At least I wasn't super late or anything.

Apart from that not much else to report...except after work and The Chase I went to the shops to buy some groceries and managed to forget the one thing I meant to get, margarine! LOL fail.

So yeeeah...what else to say... well I'm procrastinating on the McFly July 2024 prompts, instead I've been watching James Turner's Bigwallet Marathon and playing along with Bingo card that some fan created.

But yeah I'm feeling super distracted right now, so apologies for this boring as Heck and really short entry. Maybe I'll have something interesting to talk about tomorrow.

Goodnight!

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11:16pm: It's 11:16 and I need to get my person to bed! Not that I have anything super exciting to report today - thinks for a bit... Yeah I got nothing.

The weather has turned towards Spring, it's supposed to be in the mid-20s and beyond this weekend, which is kind of a worry because I'm pretty sure it's still winter-time, technically. Although I did hear that a cold front might come in mid-next week, so who knows what the climate is doing?

There was some good news today actually! A few days ago a baby humpback whale got stuck in some fishing line, but mid afternoon today the marine rescue people managed to free him from the line and direct him back out of the harbour to the open ocean to continue on his migration. I wonder why he was in the harbour in the first place, maybe taking a break from swimming? Who knows, but I'm glad he made it. The last few times whales have been on the news the outlook has not been so good.

So yeah, happy animal news always brightens the day :O)

But as mentioned it's late and I have to head to work tomorrow, so I better Meme and run!

The Friday Five

23/8/24

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user goddess47, who adds: "if you're not in the US, change the dates to your country's last election."

1. If you are old enough, are you registered to vote? I am indeed! I don't remember actually registering, but I must have because my little bro didn't register himself so missed out on voting in some election. By not registering though he didn't get a letter warning that he was going to be fined since voting is compulsory in Aussieland.

2. Did you vote in the November 2023 election 2022 Election? I forget what actual day it was, but yes since as above it's compulsory, although I'd like to think that I would vote even if it wasn't, because that's how you get your voice heard.

3. Do you vote in primaries? Don't have those here, the party decides who will be their leader, which is why, particularly in past years there's been different Prime Ministers here without a vote.

4. Do you plan to vote in the November September 2024 election? This is actually a Council Election, but it's still compulsory, it's also caused more bruhahah than usual because the Liberal Party (note: not actual liberal, they're conservatives in Aus) actually forgot to enroll their 140 of their candidates in various council electorates. So yeah...talk about an own goal there. Although party alignment doesn't matter as much in Council Elections, still are their faces red!

5. Do you vote early, by mail, in person, or some other way? I tend to vote early in person, because they often have a polling booth in the Community space above the library, so I figure what the Hell. However, you can't vote early in Council elections, so I'm gonna need to do that on the day. Which fortunately is a Saturday in Aus because of the whole compulsory ting.

Right better run.

Goodnight!

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8:42pm: Well, I didn't get as much sleep as I hoped to last night, somehow time got away from me and it was 12:45am before I turned in, then some asshat rang my apartment buzzer at like...8am or something? I didn't answer it, obviously, but it woke me up. Grumble. This is hopefully why my left eyelid feels like it's twitching, I wouldn't want it to be something serious :Oo

Anyway, I thought I had more to say with this entry, but my mind is kinda blanking...I went out this morning with the aim of finding a darning mushroom (I'd never heard of one, but it's what you need to darn stuff, like the jumper I'm hoping to fix), there's this sewing shop a few blocks down. Alas, they didn't have one, although admittedly I didn't ask the shopkeeper. I'm terrible at not doing that, LOL.

Looking at my jumper though I fear I won't be able to fix it, it's not just a hole in it, the material itself seems to be thinning out :O( So I wondered about maybe tracking down a plain grey jumper and stitching little coloured squares on it like the current jumper, but no luck there either. I even briefly considered learning to knit so I could make a jumper myself, but that sounds a little overzealous LOL. It is a bummer though, because I did actually find a jumper like it on eBay, except it was a size medium, which won't fit me. Hope whoever did buy it will enjoy it, it's a cute jumper!

Anywho, I should wrap this up, tomorrow I'm heading down to Wollongong with my parents, we're meeting with some relatives along the way and then Monday morning I catch the train back, so I should make sure I've got everything packed and ready to go.

Before I go though...

The Friday Five

17/5/24

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user Spacefem.

1) Is summer a break for you, or is it busier? Well, it's not summer here in Australia, but yeah it is a bit, since it's Christmas time and my birthday, my big bro and his family usually come for a visit too so I take like two weeks off work. Good times.

2) What's next for your travel plans? Well, excepting tomorrow, in a few weeks I'm going to Fiji with my mother and her friend. Only for five days, very exciting!

3) What have you spontaneously done lately? I'm a pretty boring soul, so nothing really comes to mind right now. Hmmm, well I did spontaneously buy Cities Skylines last month, which proved to be a good idea.

4) What's your favorite way to unwind after a long day? Sit on my butt on my ouch and watch TV and/or YouTube.

5) What's in your pockets? I'm in my PJs so no pockets.


On that note, ta ta!

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6:43pm: At least that's what I'm supposed to be doing, but I've been meaning to update this thing and I've kept on forgetting so I figured I'd do it now while it's on my mind.

Of course, now I'm here I'm not sure what if anything I wanted to write about! Pft major fail.

Well, the reason behind my title up there is my mother and her friend are planning to come over tomorrow to see my apartment and as so typical of me the place is an utter disaster zone. So I really shouldn't be writing this but cleaning up my floor, which as Mum always says "Isn't a storage area!"

Sigh, I swear I don't know how the place gets this messy, it's not like I throw things on the floor...at least that's my claim. But then again, when stuff falls off the couch here I don't bust a gut picking it up. Yeah that probably explains a lot.

Seriously though, I thought I had something to say, sigh.

Oh yeah, the figure skating has started up for the Junior skaters and while none of my favourite Russian kids will be there (for reasons we all know), there's lots of other skaters to enjoy and the men er boys will be skating their free programs in just half an hour! I totally missed the girls though and there was an Australian girl! I should try and watch that.

I'm also hungry, it's dinner time and I've got sausages to cook up.

Wish me luck with my cleaning!

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11:06pm: This photofit of a suspect they just showed on the news! I mean yikes if anyone looks like that in real life you'd pretty much know it! It'll be interesting to see, if the guy is caught - and I sure hope he is because he's a suspected rapist - if he looks anything like that photofit.

Anyway, what do I have to say since we met last update...well Mum came over today and helped me clean the Hell out of my kitchen, it looks really nice in there. I really need to figure out how to keep it like that! Famous last words of mine, I know. :OP

I had something else to report...I've lost my Aldi fitness tracker! Which I probably should have seen coming. Arrrgh why do I lose things so easily? It's enough to make a grown woman cry.

Seriously...what was I going to write? I'm distracted by the Cheeto of Doom's latest dumbass shit move the whole tariff thing. What a fuckwit, honestly. I'm reminded again why I'm often avoiding the television news this day, he's guaranteed to show up on it and I just want to punch my TV when he does. I'm honestly surprised anyone can work with that thing.

Moving on from politics, it's starting to get chilly at night and in the morning, which totally bums me out. Don't leave summer! Sniff! We barely knew ye.

I guess the big news for me is that my work situation with Mrs S has been changed, I go in later because rather than using the sliding sheet, she needs to be carried to her wheelchair, which despite my working out in the gym I'm really not good at. I mean, I can lift her but my arms certainly shake while doing so. This means I'm getting less money, which sucks. It also might lead to a permanent reduction in hours when Mrs S gets back from her trip home to Peru, which is certainly no good...

And shit that reminds me, I need to check the internal jobs at the library, apparently there's one for a technology librarian and I was recently mentioned in dispatches (ie commended) in the weekly round-up for my dedication to helping patrons with the technology woes. I'm pretty sure it closes tomorrow and if so I gotta apply!

Anyway even though I am starting work later, I am working tomorrow so I need to get my butt to bed! So for now, goodnight all!

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10:57pm: My posting that is...man, I remember when I used to update every day! What happened? I mean it's not as if my life was more exciting back then, if anything it was more boring because I didn't have a job half the time.

Anyway, I'm feeling weird because in a little less than two weeks I'm turning thirty-four.

THIRTY-FOUR

That's the age Marge Simpson was when The Simpsons started! (I think that's since changed, but whatever) I'm also nearly in my mid-thirties, and that's just scary. I don't have a life plan, I don't know where I'm going, where I want to end up, what I'm going to do in the future!

My main concern, as ever, is what happens when...knock on wood...my parental units are no longer around - next year they'll be gone for six months on a big overseas trip, but I mean in a more permanent manner. Like...I can't imagine it, who will I hang out with? Who will I tell my problems to?

But at the same time, I can't see myself in a relationship, like...that's just not me. Also, it just wouldn't be the same, there's nothing like having your parents around. :O( I have actually brought this up to my psychiatrist, but his advice is to not focus on it, which seems unhelpful, but there's not much else he can say. 'Cause that's life and all that.

What else to report? Well, my spacebar is acting weird, like I have to tap it rather hard to get spaces...I hope it's just temporary, because otherwise I'll have to take it to a computer shop, because no way am I going to try and fix it like I did with my last laptop...I had to pay to get a whole new keyboard put in!

I did have something else to say, but I got distracted and now I'm totally forgotten what it was. Scratches head.

Well, I better wrap this up then, because I haven't been getting nearly enough sleep this week and that's just not on, I certainly don't want to end up making this a long-term habit. I'm the sort of person who need their zzzs, otherwise I'm more forgetful than usual! Shock! Horror!

Also I have to go the bathroom, LOL.

So on that note, goodnight all!

PS Oh wait I remembered what I was going to write about, I was going to head to the Mall today to look for the new Simpsons Season 18 DVD, but when I got back from the gym a firetruck was blocking the end of the road! I have no idea why it was there, and I have now realised I could have gone around it without too much trouble, via a back road, but yeah.

I wonder if they'll be anything in the local paper about it tomorrow...I didn't see any smoke so it was a very curious incident indeed.

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11:57pm: Well, clearly I left this update waaay too late, but I've been reading and procrastinating on my fanfic (OMG, me, get with the program!)

One thing I didn't procrastinate on at least was washing my car! Yes, the landlords have gone on holiday and while they're away I'm able to park in the driveway, which means I was finally able to use the garden hose. The only downside is I'm not entirely sure I cleaned the roof well enough, I should have got my step-stool (damn, my short self LOL) right from the start. Well, you live, you learn.

I also didn't procrastinate on going to the gym after Scripture Class today, yaay! The gym sure is busy on Wednesday afternoons. I guess people want to fight the mid-week slump.

In other news, Mrs S's mother henceforth known as Mama S arrived on Monday evening and I got to see her this morning. She's a really cool lady - over 90 and still active! Also, she bought me a present, which I totally need to get a photo of because it's sooo super adorable! It's a llama toy! Seriously, it's just too cute, I love it. I have christened it Fluffshenko, LOL.

Not much else to report, although the person who's taken over the Scripture class from Mum would appreciate my help (there are a lot of kids) so I guess I'll keep that up for a while.

For now, I better wrap this up and get my butt to bed! I got work and library volunteering tomorrow!

Goodnight all!

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11:24pm: Which is making me think I must have long term sleep-deprivation or something, it's rather concerning to be honest! Obviously I'm not time managing things properly! Although I'm really starting to wonder how I managed to write and keep up with my reading all those years ago. It's not like I wasn't working at all or anything...I guess I have to blame Tumblr there's so much going on on that thing. Perhaps I need to accept if I skip a day I won't be catching up :OP

Moving along, not much to report, except I didn't manage to go ice skating yesterday! I thought I'd have enough time to go and get my skates sharpened and get back to the Mall, but as usual things took longer than expected. So, I'm thinking of going tomorrow instead...otherwise it'll be getting on to three weeks since I've been! I'm also seriously considering just leaving my skates at the rink to be sharpened off-site, because all that extra travelling to the skate shop probably adds up in time and petrol costs.

In other news, I keep buying things and then returning them, for example today I went to Officeworks looking for a stylus, which I got, but I also saw these small tablets for sale, they came in different colours and I though the green one would be a fine replacement for my old tablet (that thing is slow as shit now a days), but alas it had crappy screen resolution, so I took it back. I probably expected too much from a $66 thing. LOL.

I should just accept my Bamboo art tablet, it's a bit small and weird to draw on something and have it show up on the laptop screen. Either that or try and find a different tablet, but eh, the decent one's are still pretty expensive.

Anyway, I have to head off because even if I do get to start work an hour later tomorrow because of the public holiday I really should endeavour to catch up on my sleep, unless I want to keep this eye twitch thing, which I totally do not.

And that's all I have to say about that. :OP

Goodnight all!

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11:41pm: Yes, I am trying to keep a schedule of updating every second day, because...uh...I dunno, I'd rather do every day, but you know me, I get distracted so easily.

So I didn't update yesterday, so today is supposed to be the day, but I've got this niggling headache which hasn't gone away even though I took some Neurofen a few hours ago. Rude! I took two tablets and everything! What's the deal? I am wholly disappointed.

Anyway, yesterday I had planned to do some stuff - maybe even ring my friend up and see her, but the weather turned from sunny to rainy half way through the day and then my eyeballs decided to go all dry and I was just in a whole lot of discomfort, grumble grumble.

That time o' the month is due today so I keep expecting it to sneak up on me any second now, but thus far it is elusive. More rudeness!

But, I did at least get some cleaning done, although it was not to Mum-standard, however poor Mum still has her cold so she couldn't be bothered to tell me off too much, LOL. I shouldn't be mean though, because she decided to go over my resume for me so I could email it to a pharmacy - there's an ad in the paper, which is lacking in any detail whatsoever so I've been procrastinating on it. Then, the case I got for my external hard drive decided to break (man, I'm having no luck with those!) and it has all my updated resumes so the whole updating was being a pain...

So I ended up emailing one of my older resumes to Mum and she sent a new one back to me, I'm not entirely sure about it actually...it seems to break all the rules of resume making I was taught during my years of job hunting. On the other hand, Mum has no problems getting work whereas I flail around so who knows. I had to add more info to it of course and Mum wanted to see it so I still haven't emailed it yet. I should check the Manly Daily to see if the ad is still in there...

What else to report? Not much, I went to Warriewood Square hoping to find some cheap Easter eggs, although like I said they don't leave them on the shelf for very long these days and I had no luck, boo! However! I remembered that IGA had eggs for quite some time, being a small independent supermarket, so after I went out to get a new case for my external hard drive (only 20 bucks!) I went via the one near my gym and there was indeed eggs - or rather bunnies to enjoy, yum! (Although the Red Tulip ones don't seem as good as these days, or at least the smaller ones don't, weird).

Righto, it's getting late now and I need my sleepy times so I shall be off!

Goodnight all!

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