Moose Musings

11:03pm: Alas, yes, it's back again, I think it must be my lack of sleep, which means updating this at past 11pm is a poor idea, LOL. Although it is Friday, so at least I don't have to wake up early tomorrow.

So...I thought I had something to say about today, but I honestly can't recall what it could be right now... Oh wait, there was a huge worldwide crash of computers this afternoon (Aussie time). Apparently, and somewhat ironically the software that many computers use for security purposes had a bad update or something and made pretty much every computer that has said software crash. Fortunately, the circulation computers in the library restarted OK, but the public PCs were down for the count, also my computer didn't restart, which was a relief because I had a document on there that I hadn't saved!

Oh yeah, I just remembered what I was gonna bitch about in this entry, apart from the headache, I think I burnt my lip on my hot chocolate this morning...there's like a red spot on it and when I smile it rather hurts. Which certainly sucks...although mouth injuries are known for healing quickly, so I'm hopeful I"ll be good for tomorrow.

And finally before the meme, they finally opened the fruit and vegetable supermarket at the Mall, gotta say I'm surprised! I kid you not, it's been like three years since the old fruit and vegetable supermarket closed down just before COVID. Of interest there's a special donut shop in there! I haven't actually heard of it before it's called L.A Donuts, but it's based in Australia not the US. Anywho, I decided to partake in one today, I got a chocolate iced glazed one, it was quite large and I figured I'd have like half at work and bring the rest home, but nope...ate the whole thing, LOL. To quote the great Homer Simpson "Mmmm...donuts".

Now, the Meme!

The Friday Five

22/03/24

1. What is your native language?> English

2. Do you speak any other languages? Which ones? Nay, I'm trying to pick up a bit of Russian and Japanese via Duolingo, but it's slow going at best.

3. How difficult is it for you to learn or understand new languages? Supremely. This is an Aussie problem, we didn't even start learning a different language until Year 6, i.e age 12, a bit too late. I mean, obviously other Aussies have learnt to speak another language, my mother can speak French and my brother Japanese, but alas I did not.

4. If you were going to study a new foreign language, which would you want to learn? Well, I'm already working on two! But if I had to change another, I suppose Italian.

5. How are you at reading subtitles in foreign films? Quite well! Except for this one time they picked the wrong colour and it was almost impossible to read, LOL.

OK, goodnight!

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11:07pm: Man, it's been forever since I updated! Almost two months! I've let myself down, I've let my journal down and...maybe let you my loyal readers down, but probably not :OP

Anyway! Since my last update I've settled into my new role as Collections Librarian and it's been going awesomely! Not long into the job my supervisor said I was doing so well that it's pretty likely my contract will get extended! I sure hope so, because the apartment building is set to be completed in December this year and with an actual (nearly) full-time job I can probably afford to live in it.

Of course, there's also the chance that I'll actually interview to get the job permanently, which worries me purely because according the the law they can only judge an applicant based on how they interview (even if said applicant is int he position already) and I'm known for not been the best at interviews. Although I have been told that my interviewing skills are getting better so perhaps there's no need to worry. Fingers crossed!

So yes, the job has been going really well! I've caught up on the backlog and I'm learning new stuff - soon I'll be getting to know about cataloguing, which will be good because at present there's only one person there who can catalogue stuff from scratch so as you can imagine she's super busy! Plus new skills are always a bonus.

Suffice to say, I'm really happy with how life is going, I've got an awesome job, awesome co-workers and awesome peeks into the new books that are coming out. :O)

About the only downside is...it's not quite full-time as I mentioned, however I usually get an extra shift on the weekend which brings me up to 32 hours, which still isn't quite full-time, but seeing as I'm being paid as a librarian now certainly gives me way more money than I had before. Although I need to be careful in that respect, I went on a bit of a spending spree with Pusheen goods (ha ha no-one's surprised at that I bet!) as well as some Yuri on Ice related stuff so I don't have quite as much as hoped.

However! I did - for the first time in I don't know how many years - get a refund from my tax return! Which I meant to pay towards my HECs debt, I say meant because I managed to send it to the wrong account at the Tax Office. Which reminds me that I was meant to call them and find out where it is this week (I did it last Friday), but now it's the weekend again and I can't. Oh fail. I hope it hasn't disappeared...I need that it's like $1,500!

Lastly, I have had trouble making sure I get enough zzzs, I set up my FitBit to tell me when it's time for me to head off to bed, but then like a dumbass I ignore it and next thing I know I'm only getting 7 hours. Which doesn't sound too bad, but after a couple of days of this I end up with a headache and that's just not good.

Fortunately, I should be able to catch up on my zzzs tonight - for the first time in a while I won't be working either day on the weekend because I've only got half an hour left out of the total hours I can work (the maximum is 35, my part-time work is 28 hours, so that leaves me only 7 hours that I can do). I am heading over to M and Grandpa's tomorrow to play Canasta with M, but I don't need to get there until 11am.

Anywho, I'm gonna wrap this up now - perhaps next entry I can tell you about the saga of my 2-in-1 laptop LOL!

Goodnight all!

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10:25pm: And it kicks me in the ass in the form of a nasty headache at the end of the day, which means I haven't written a single word on my fanfic. Sigh!!! Don't leave me, mojo, I love you!

But! I do have exciting news, first off my Viktor Nikiforov Nendroid arrived! OMG, he's so cute! And he looks perfect next to the Yuuri nendroid - please observe.!

Also! As promised a photo of Fluffshenko the Llama. Isn't he totally adorable? SO FLUFFY!

Although speaking of shenko's I was rather worried about Fishshenko this morning he's looking a little a drab...also he was hiding behind the heater in his tank. I thought he was dead actually! But nope. His fins don't look as full as they used to. I hope he's OK, I changed some his water, I've been slacking on that. Honestly me, get the program! I've just seen him swimming around so perhaps he's recovered! I think maybe I've under fed him a bit? Hard to know with fish isn't it?

Oh well, despite the headache I have been enjoying the Junior Grand Prix skating there's been dancing, pairs and now the ladies! There's been an Aussie in each (and in the men too, except I wasn't able to watch that live) although alas our Junior World Champion pairs skaters juuust missed the podium. Ah well, it's early in the season.

Anywho, beyond that not much else to say except it would appear to be ant season again, shiiit, I hate those buggers. Could think I've still got my ant poison from earlier in the year. But seriously get outta my house you nasty things.

Right gonna wrap this up here because the ladies are skating as I said and it's hard to type and watch at the same time!

Good luck to the Aussie there (who trains at the rink I go to!) and goodnight all1

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10:28pm: Or at least I do. I dunno if it's because it's that time o' the month or what but I've got some terrible abdominal discomfort and a niggling headache that won't go away despite the fact I took some period pain medication. I hate it when pain relief doesn't work because I can't take anything else for like another hour, by which time I need to be asleep because I have to go to work a bit earlier than usual tomorrow. I sure hope I feel better because otherwise this will suuuck.

Anyway, the get-together with the friends last night went super-awesomely! Except my other friend couldn't come, boo I so should have asked her along earlier, although I'm not entirely sure she would have come anyway, it was a long car ride out there.

Ben's new place is very interesting, it's located directly across from the hospital he works out, he can literally just roll out of bed and get over there in five minutes! I suspects he gives himself more time than that though. :OD

So yeah, I did plan on making this an actual entry, but my discomfort makes that impossible, so instead I'll have to short-entry syndrome you all again. Although before I go you'll all be pleased to hear that Plushy did excellently at his show in Italy, he's got the moves, man, he's got the moves. Note to self: Must go seem him somewhere somehow.

Now, I'm off, let's hope my various aches and pains are gone tomorrow, I got shit to do.

Goodnight all!

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8:39pm: Wow, it's been forever, hasn't it?! My plan to update on Sunday 12th before the ship left port never eventuated! And even though I did get the wireless internet package for the last two days of the trip I was on my phone so I didn't update then either!

Anyway, there's so much to report! So many photos have been taken! I'm not sure if I need to actually upload them or what because I think they might be on my Google drive...Goes and checks...

Hey, it is! Nice. Although they don't all seem to be there, I'll give it another go, and perhaps I can link to them. Because uploading them one by one will take aaages. Although I'm trying to upload some now and they don't see to be going? That's weird how some do and some won't.

( The First Three Days )

But, there's way too much to talk about in just one entry! But I have to say...in typical Moose style after being unsure about the whole cruising business I was so sad to leave the ship this morning! Sad enough that I cried on and off throughout the day - which as you all know is never a good idea for me...suffice to say I'm tired with a bit of a headache right now.

Also, I kind of hoped to stay over at my parents place - even though I don't actually have proper clothes for Mrs S tomorrow - because of course now that I'm off the ship I'm feeling kind of dizzy! - but Mum insisted I come back here to the Granny Flat. And when I did after dinner I discovered...that my fridge door had somehow being left ajar! FUUUUUCK! I knew the watermelon and lettuce I'd left were going to be pretty much gone when I got back, but without the benefit of cooling it was putrid in there. Fuuuuck. Not a fun homecoming and I don't even have cold water for my trouble! Sigh! And then I found that the fish in my freezer had defrosted as well! (Although the ice cream is still fine, so...good news there I suppose)

Anywho, I better go since despite generally getting more than enough sleep on the ship I didn't last night so I need to get to bed sooner rather than later.

Wish me luck tomorrow settling back into real life!

Goodnight all!

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11:36pm: Well, at least somewhat as I'm writing this from the little bro's apartment, or I suppose I should call it my apartment. I decided to spend the night here after bringing over some more things including the kettle and giving notice (along with Mum) at the office of the agent that manages the Granny Flat. I'm hoping to practice the drive to Mrs S's place a few times before I move in completely just before going on the cruise.

However, this means I need to wake up half an hour earlier and thus I need to be in bed half an hour earlier...so I'll pretty much have to wrap up this entry here because I'm all ready late and when I don't get enough sleep a few days in a row I tend to get sleepy and headachey. In fact I all ready have a headache now, but that could be from being a bit dehydrated. The little bro doesn't keep a jug of cold water in the fridge here!

Anywho, this night has gone quite well, with the little bro and I hanging out in the living room watching the tennis, as I wrap this us Rafa's still on court, but alas, I can't stay up to see how it ends. Also our last Australian singles player is out, boo.

Right! Really gotta head off now. I'll have a more detailed report about the apartment next time.

Oh! And I ended up buying the green backpack, because I'm worth it. :OP

Goodnight all!

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10:00pm: Yes indeed, my ears were terribly blocked! And now that they've been syringed I can hear so much better which makes me think...I must have really had my TV turned up loud the past few weeks. Man, I should be glad the landlord didn't complain.

However, just before heading off to the doctors I got a nasty headache, I took one Nurofen after parking my car, but alas I dropped one of them so ended up only taking one...I thought maybe it'd work, but clearly it didn't. I took two about an hour or two ago but it hasn't really done jack. Also my lower abdomen feels decidedly icky too. So yeah, not a good time here. I'm most annoyed that the pain killers haven't worked and it's not like I can take anymore. I guess, I should just head to bed...which to be honest might be behind all this...As I said last night I need to start work an hour early today but alas I didn't go to sleep an hour earlier. So I'm lacking in sleep.

So I need to get myself to bed at a reasonable hour tonight, since I do have to get up at my regular time to drop my car off to get its service done.

With my general malaise I didn't end up going to the Mall which I had planned to do, or had my tyres look at, but I was thinking that maybe the missing chunk was from way back when I first got the car and hit the kerb rather hard when I was trying to pull over to answer my phone (it turned out to be for the library job, whoo!) in which case it doesn't seem in danger of going flat any time soon.

Anyway, time is getting away from me since I was watching The Last Leg so I better wrap this up.

Hope I feel better tomorrow!

Goodnight all!

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11:37pm: In a very ill advised move I decided not to plug my phone in last night figuring it had enough charge in it.

Spoiler: It did not.

So, at ten to nine I woke up realising to my horror that the alarm hadn't gone off and even worse because my phone was totally dead I couldn't even call Mrs S to let her know I was alive and on my way! Then there was the adding complication of the fact that on Fridays there's this market at the sports fields behind Mrs S's place and for the last few Fridays all the parking spots at Mrs S's are taken! As happened today so was even later, do'h!

I felt super bad when I finally got there because originally Mrs S had planned to take her mother and sister (and husband) on a ride on the ferry to take in the view of Sydney Harbour. But because of my lateness this plan had to be scrapped :O(

However, the were able to go on a picnic to Balmoral Beach, I hope they didn't get overheated, because it was absolutely hot as Hell today! Which meant that it was quite hot inside the Granny Flat even after I put the air con - since I'm still not sure I've set it up quite right. This had a further negative impact in the form of a terrible headache, which decided to strike not half an hour before I had to leave to sign the contract to lock the apartment in.

Even worse there was a change of venue, instead of meeting at the Dee Why office Mum said we needed to go to the solictor's office in Forestville a good twenty to thirty minute drive! And the headache was getting worse! I took some paracetamol, but it took time to kick in and I didn't think I'd be able to drive. Which didn't go over well with Dad who had done the drive all the way from Canberra and wanted to go to the school to set up some stuff.

The headache was bad enough that I went to my parents' house to lie down while Dad dropped Mum off at the solicitors office - but he didn't have to sign anything because apparently Mum had got the instructions mixed up! Mum though still had to pick up some documents so once my headache settled down I went and picked her up and then it was to Dee Why to the realtor office.

And...in the end Dad had to come there to sign something after all! OMG fail! Suffice to say, Dad was quite annoyed, hopefully it didn't ruin his evening.

And now, it's off to bed with me because I've been staying up too late this week as evidenced by what happened this morning!

Goodnight all!

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11:53pm: It's only 7 minutes 'til midnight!

However, I at least managed not to drop the ball on everything else, save volunteering. I woke up this morning feeling better in the abdomen, but just generally lethargic and with a terrible headache so eventually I rang Dee Why Library to say I couldn't come in. I felt a little bad about that, but the headache was bloody awful. Two Nurofen and a heat pack to the forehead seemed to do nothing! In fact it only went away after a second dose of Nurofen later in the afternoon.

However, I was at least able to drive down to the 7-11 to take out my rent money, because the only ATMs at the local shops are those ones that charge you $2.50 to take your own money out! Also one's that don't belong to another bank so my account's "Cover the other bank's charges" thing doesn't count.

Anyway, I better wrap this up because work is happening tomorrow, but hopefully, I'll have no health issues by tomorrow! I think skating may have to foregone.

Oh! And I did remember my Russian and I applied to the Dee Why Librarian job. Now we play the waiting game.

And now, goodnight!

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9:47pm: I'm wondering if I should have called in sick to work tomorrow, but I don't like to do that, plus with any luck I'll wake up feeling better tomorrow.

I have no idea what the issue could be, this morning I felt quite OK until I was halfway to work and started getting bad abdominal pains. They were bad enough that I had to go to the bathroom at Mrs S's something I don't usually do, but I didn't feel any better. In fact eventually Mrs S noticed I was looking too good, and offered me an anti-spasmodic tablet, which kind of worked, but later on while I was doing my library shift I got a headache and it just won't go away! I took some ibprofuen, but it hasn't done much at all, and now my abdomen is back to hurting and I don't think I have any Buscopan left. I wonder if there's some paracetamol, maybe that will do something.

Although the best thing to do would probably be go to bed early, especially since as I discovered at the library today I have a shift there tomorrow as well! Yikes! How am I supposed to get any gym time in this week? I guess that'll remain to be seen.

In other news, the hair curling endeavour was a bust, I think my hair was too wet, I did blow dry it for a bit, but my hair is quite thick so it was probably wetter than I thought it would be. And maybe I should have sprayed my hair with hairspray before taking the curlers out? Whatever the case, I've admitted defeat and am planning to go to a hair dresser on Friday to get it done by a professional, although this will mean going to work on Saturday with a retro-hairdo! Oh well, what are you gonna do?

Well, I'll tell you want I'm not gonna do, the memes, because yeah like I said, I have to go to bed early.

I really hope I feel better tomorrow! Send good wishes to me!

Goodnight all!

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