Moose Musings

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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10:40pm: For example, I was totally sure that I have the physio appointment this morning, which was weird because my Google Mini didn't mention it when I woke up. Before setting off this morning I picked up my phone to check the address (my physio has more than one office) and FINALLY noticed that even though it was showing on my calendar app, it wasn't actually happening until the 23rd, next week!

Whoops! Fortunately, I wasn't any later for work than usual, but that was a bit embarrassing...

Anyway, not much to report, work went well, although I did discover that somehow I sent an ILL book to the wrong patron! So I've had to order another copy, because said wrong patron is a Home Library Service patron and they have reaaaally long loan periods, so apparently I wouldn't get the book back until 28th August at the earliest. Yeah, way too long.

I have no idea how I managed that either...but suffice to say I feel pretty silly. It is possible the book hasn't actually been sent to the Home Library patron, but I haven't got a reply back from the Home Library Service person yet.

I posted my second McFly July prompt, I was actually thinking of writing on it during lunch, but I need to find some new boots and possibly a pair of white sneakers while the sales are still on, so I did that instead. No luck, I'm afraid, the problem is I wear orthodics, so I need to get a larger size than I'd wear otherwise, but that does mean the shoe can sometimes be too loose in the back, but too tight in the front. I guess I could go to the shoe shop that specialises in orthodic type shoes, although I'm not sure they're having a sale.

Right, so it's coming up to 11pm and I've been trying to get to bed at a more decent hour, so I'll do a quick meme and hit the hay.

The Friday Five

25/4/2024

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user milo_r.

1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?

Most definitely! It took me forever to get into the library field and now that I'm in it it's everything I hoped it'd be :O) I like pretty much everything about it! Except maybe filling in stuff for the yearly Performance Reviews, LOL.

2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?

You can pry this job from my cold, dead hands :OP No seriously, I don't even like to think about having to find another job, it took me so long to find this one!

3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?

Well, I started working at this job 5 years ago, so that's a yes. 10 years ago, I was volunteering at the library, but I wasn't actually succeeding at getting any positions so I went to TAFE to get my Certificate III in Aged and Disability Care. This allowed me to meet Mrs S, who even though I haven't spoken to her in a while, was a really good boss and I enjoyed my time with her... Also the three councils in my area merged into one during that time and everyone had to reapply for their jobs so I'm not sure I would have been able to take the stress!

4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?

Long time readers will be well-aware of my Peter Pan Syndrome and lack of plans re: my adult life. I didn't briefly want to be a vet, but when I took a one day "Visit a Vet" type program thing, I quickly decided it wasn't for me when we were asked to dissect a goat's liver.

5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?

Oh geeze, I dunno if I want to go there and it has to be radically different? I honestly can't think of anything I'd want to do. Maybe work at a museum? Which isn't radically different, but it's the closest I can think of and I do enjoy history so...

Oh and I almost forgot, I'm happy to say my stomachache was gone today! Although, I unwisely drank a bit too much water just before going to the gym so I had to cut my work out shorter than usually because I felt kinda ick. I feel good now though, so here's hoping that continues!

For now, goodnight!

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6:44pm: Sadly yes, I took some ibuprofen for it a couple of hours back but it's only taken the edge off slightly, grumble grumble, how annoying. I don't think I got enough zzzs last night, tsks at self.

Goes to check my app, well, it was under 7 hours by a tad and even though it gave me a sleep score of 80, I think that probably is not quite enough, better make sure I go to bed on time tonight!

But crap, I've just noticed something...my period is due smack bang in the middle of the trip Mum, her friend and I are taking to Fiji. Oh shit. I forgot that we're going a week later than originally... well that sucks ass... On the other hand I'm not sure since my period isn't as much like clock-work as it used to be, so maybe I'll luck out, or alternatively get really screwed and have it the whole time I'm away.

In other news, I want to get Inside Out 2, but I feel like time is running short, I could try going this Saturday, but it's rather short notice, guess it can't hurt to ask though.

So yeah, headache, very annoying, it's hard to write stuff when your head hurts, shakes head at self, but you can only do your best I guess!

Not much else to report, although the yearly assessment thing (which I'm totally blanking on the official name of) is next Monday afternoon, gulp! I'm mostly prepared, but kind of not, I totally forgot to do a few things and now it's a bit late. It also includes a self-assessment thing which is always a pain in the butt because like as if you're either going to big note yourself or sell yourself short.

Man, I keep almost nodding off, on the plus side the headache seems to be going away, so hooray!

Before I go though...

Friday Five

24/5/24

These questions were written by juke128 on LJ.

1. What's the happiest thing to ever happen to you? Like ever? Wow, that's a tough one...I guess the big family trip around the world in 1993, because that was pretty epic and so many memories :O)

2. What's the saddest thing to ever happen to you? Hmm, well, I'm quite sad about M dying last year, but she was old, not well and ready to go so I'll say moving away from Dubbo as a kid. I was totally crushed by it and it definitely affected me for a while.

3. What's the thing that got you the most angry in your life? Ponders...well I remember being seriously pissed off by some of our State Government's decisions during COVID, there was some dumbass decisions made during that time, let me tell you.

4. What's the most frightening thing to ever happen to you? When I was like 8 years old I was riding my bike to school when my shoelaces untied and got stuck in my bike chain, which resulted in me and my bike falling to the street. While I was stuck down there trying to free my shoelace, I swear a bus came this close to running me over. Somewhat embarrassingly, I didn't learn my lesson or at least my shoes didn't because a few weeks later the same thing happened, fortunately no bus this time around!

5. What's the most unbelievable thing to happen to you in your life? Ponders...I have no idea. I guess getting to go on a world trip was pretty unbelievable, I mean who gets to that? :OD

OK, it's Taskmaster Australia time!

Ta-ta!

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2:10pm: Yeah, I decided to just go with the half day today and take another half day next Monday, which proved to be a very good idea indeed, because I have feeling pretty tired after only 3.5 hours at work! Geeze...it's been a week since I got the cold and I don't recall ever having a lag like this before. I don't think I had this with COVID either, but I can't really remember.

But yeah I hope this isn't some new 40 year old thing where it the recovery from illness just drags, because that would suck ass.

Just goes and checks phone for my sleep amount, hmm only 7 hours which I don't think is quite enough for me and now I'm wondering if I should take a nap or something.

I'm also wondering if I should take my gym bag along tomorrow - I mean it's not super heavy or anything, but I'd rather not lug it in if I'm not going to use it. Dang, I should have checked to see if my work colleague who I usually get a ride with home is out on Thursday (if she's on the weekend shift this Saturday she will be) and I can't check that from home. Boo hiss.

Another good thing about the half day was that I got to take my laptop to the computer shop down the road to sort out the screw situation. It cost $45 but the back of my laptop is now secured, apparently all the screws were loose! Yikes, I should probably keep an eye on them in future, I mean I'd get quite the shock if the bottom just fell out one day. Although maybe I should have let that happened, because there's some tiny bit of plastic inside the case, you can hear it when I move my laptop around. The guy at the shop though, assured me it's unlikely to cause an issue in there. So fingers crossed on that front.

So yeah, I'm now safely ensconced at home watching the replay of the highlights from the last two days of Le Tour De France since I'm asleep by the time it finishes. I did see some of yesterday's stage though and apparently, if the slope of a climb is too steep or you can't make it (because the road's gravel like yesterday and you get caught behind someone) you can in fact get off your bike and push it up without getting disqualified! That's pretty funny. Although obviously not if you're one of the guys who has to do that.

Hmmm...not much else to report although Cities Skylines crashed on me last night after I'd done some fiddly stuff with replacing buildings so that rather sucked. Hopefully it's not one of the things I downloaded, I hate trying to figure out what might be causing the problem. I'll have to give it another go today/night I guess.

On that note...

The Friday Five

14/6/24

1. What is the oldest object you own? Hmm...well my parent's still have the first toy doll's crib I had when I was a kid, although it's not exactly mine. Um, probably some old second hand book, I once bought a lot of airplane books at an auction and I think one of them I kept is like from the 60s or something. I do have a pair of green boots from my grandmother that are probably that old too, LOL.

2. What object have you owned the longest?

My Garfield books! I started collecting those in the mid-90s, one of my first obsessions!

3. What is the newest object you own?

I think it would be my mobile phone, which I bought at the start of this year, although I think the phone itself was already a year old when I got it (it was new though, still in the box and everything) but that meant it was cheap. :O) It does alas have a tiny crack at the bottom right of the screen fortunately it's all but unnoticeable, but every so often I see it and go 'do'h'!

4. Who is your oldest living relative?

That would be Grandpa 93 years young, still plays golf twice a week. Seems in general good health except for skin cancers (he was in the Navy so exposed to a lot of sun).

5. Who is your youngest living relative?

Unless one of my cousin's has had a baby lately, I think it would be my nephew Rowan, although, thinking on it, it could be another first cousin once removed, I'm not entirely sure when they were born. Rowan though was a COVID baby - born 2021.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot, despite the sleepiness it was good to be back at work, I may have talked a bit too much though LOL. But hey apart from the parentals and people in church (from a distance) this is the first time I've seen other people in almost a week!

Right, gonna wrap this up now.

Ta-ta!

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9:45pm: So I always forget that when I have a cold I feel shitty in the mornings, so I'm super glad I have those Doctor's Certificates! No way would I have wanted to go to work this morning. I'm also taking tomorrow off as well to make sure I'm good to go for Monday, which will be a half day, so I'll be easing back into it.

Making sure my hands were clean I made the cupcakes for my parent's retirement village's get-together tomorrow. Vanilla ones, which is not my usual MO, but Mum asked if I could make them and I said I would, it went pretty well until it came to add the milk. The last few times I've made cupcakes I've made a double batch which means one cup of milk...this time I was doing my usual batch which only needs a half. You can see where this is going...

Queue the cake batter practically turning into a liquid and me going O.O, then adding a whole lot of flour to make it become solid again, before realising that might be a bad decision and looking up the internet to see what if anything I could do to rescue the situation (I didn't want to have to throw the batter out). The first suggest I saw luckily said to add extra flour, but it also recommended adding an extra egg, which made sense... I once got a recipe from M for a one egg cake, which didn't work when I tried it...I guess egg helps bind all the ingredients together, because when I baked the cake it wasn't properly solid and just fell into a puddle.

Long story short, I managed to get the batter looking right again and got to baking the first batch of six. They looked pretty good when I took them out, but I decided I better taste test one at which point I realised that cupcake was rather...flat. Also, because of the cold my sense of taste is kinda off right now, so I wasn't even 100% sure they did in fact taste OK.

I decided to call Mum at this point for advice, thankfully she had some which was while adding the flour and egg was a good idea, I needed more baking soda to help it rise. Duh. The net did say to just double the recipe and I did add extra vanilla as well, but totally blanked on the baking soda.

Unfortunately, I'd put the second batch of six in, whoops, so in the end half the batch had the appropriate amount of baking soda and the other half didn't LOL.

After all 23 were ready to go I packed them up and headed over to Mum and Dad's so Mum could decorate them - she had dollop cream and wanted to butterfly them and add a little decoration on top. Unfortunately, I'd kind of forgotten what the roads can be like at 3pm on school day...took twice as long as usual to drive to my parents place, lucky for me it usually only takes ten minutes so it wasn't THAT bad.

I hung around while Mum decorated the cupcakes, they look really good! With any luck if there's any left over I'll get to enjoy some! In the end there were 22, because Mum had to test one as well which met with her approval. Wipes brow, lucky me!

In a blast from the past look what's still around on LJ...

The Friday Five

28th June 2024

1. Have you gotten everything done that you had hoped to do during the first half of 2024?

Hmm, sort of? Once again I've been failing at the keeping up with IRL friends, but I have managed to take four short flights on an airplane (having not flown for more than 20 years), and otherwise facing some of my anxiety issues, so go me.

2. Did anything exciting or unexpected happen to you during the first half of 2024?

Well, I visited Cairns u in Queensland Australia for the first time, that was pretty exciting! Considering how cold the weather has been this winter, having a short four day visit to the tropics was much appreciated :O) Plus, the flight up and down went quite well for me, so that was a relief.

3. What big plans do you have for the second half of 2024?

Well, in about three weeks I'll be heading to Fiji with Mum and her friend - this will be about a five hour flight. I'm pretty hopeful that I'll be good for it, plus more tropical weather and a place I haven't been to before, huzzah!

4. Have you taken, or are you planning, a vacation this year?

Heh, see above. Mum's a bad influence on me :OP I've already gone to Cairns this year and soon Fiji!

5. Have you ever wanted to be one of the people writing and posting these questions?

I feel like this might be a request for questions to be sent in...and maybe? Depends if I've got any inspiration, which I currently don't. I probably should send in some questions one day though...

Well, it's almost 10:30 so I should probably haul. Le Tour de France is on tonight, but alas it's the time trial and that's not nearly as fun as having a peloton to watch.

Goodnight!

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8:50pm: So I had another sick day today, the good news is my throat has stopped hurting (praise the Lord!), although my nose is running and/or stuffed up as Hell, it makes it hard to breathe.

In regards to my title, well I discovered that apparently if you take more than 2 days off you need a doctor's certificate, I thought you needed one after three days.

This is a bitch though because it means if I want to take tomorrow off, I need to go to the doctor, which is pretty dumb, because I know I have a cold and those generally take three days to clear up if not four. So now I'm supposed to go to a doctor's office, sit in the waiting room possibly infecting others all so I can get a note that says I have cold? Like WTF? That seems really backwards...

Now apparently you can get a certificate from a pharmacist, but obviously that's not quite the same thing as a doctor's certificate. I suppose I should clarify with my boss about that.

But yeah... I'm thinking I'll have to take a sick day tomorrow, if for not other reason then one of my work colleagues is immuno-compromised and I certainly wouldn't want to get her sick, that would be shitty of me.

I swear though, it's three days not two...but I have no way to confirm that, so I have to go with what my boss currently says. Annoying.

Also, I could have sworn I heard a few weeks back they were going to make changes to sick leave where you DIDN'T need a doctor's certificate because hey it's your sick leave and with COVID and all the idea of going to a doctor to tell you what you already know is a waste of time at best and a possible spreading event at worst. Grumble, grumble.

Also of annoyance, my ears are blocked, makes it hard to hear TV shows and my mother - I'm over at my parent's place because my Lite n Easy meals get delivered here Thursday morning, she also wanted to see the clothes I'll be taking on our Fiji trip, plus she came over to pick me up today since she borrowed my car the other day (one of my parents' cars had to go to the mechanics). This was also so we could talk to the financial advisor on the phone (my mortgage's are coming off their fixed rates so we might re-finance), this also means that my apartment got cleaned up, it was seriously due for it, so phew.

Plus we also get to watch our shows together, or maybe not...since apparently Mum watched them because they were online and the TV antenna at their place is being an ass. Hmpf, guess I should have watched them myself :OP although at least we got to watch the first 10 minutes.

Now we're watching Le Tour De France, gotta love Le Tour.

Anyway, I guess I should wrap this up because I have to blow my nose.

Damn colds.

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10:01pm: Indeed! And I don't actually have anything exciting to report, but then what else is new :OP I have no idea how I kept this thing updated daily for years, I think it was all the memes, or questionnaires, I'm not sure if those things are still around.

In other news it's mid-winter here in Australia and my feet are freaking freezing! Although the rest of me isn't that cold, fortunately! I should get of my butt and put on some slippers or something!

In other other news :Op I finally went back to a gym today, the one near Dee Why Library which the council owns so it's free. Sadly it's a bit shit, for one thing the bike there is unusable, not because it's broken, but because the seat is hard as hell and sitting on it is painful! Also it's got clip in pedals, but I don't have any clip in shoes - why would you anyway? Don't people with those shoes usually have their own bike?

Ah well, I did use the stepping machine, except it told me I only burned 52 calories for 15 minutes, I call sheninigans!

Oh well, I'm planning to go tomorrow to lift some weights, I'm crossing my fingers that I don't have that Post-Exercise Soreness thing the next day - since I haven't done any working out for ages. Wish me luck!

On that note, I better be off, this week I'm doing two days at DY Library - which was I was near the gym this evening - and thus have to get some shut eye.

Hope you're all well out there in LJ/DW land!

:O)

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10:46pm: The badge a good friend of mine gave me as a present many years ago, it has "Librarian" on it and this week I've finally been able to put it on...

Because I've been seconded to a 3 month position as a Collections Librarian! Yes, I've sadly neglected to mention it on here, but the woman who used to be my direct boss at Mona Vale Library recommended me (apparently they hadn't had much luck filling the role?) and I was accepted for the position! How awesome is that! The lady said she has great faith in me, so perhaps with luck this might turn into a more permanent role. I sure hope that can happen! It's not quite full-time, but I do get to keep 1 of my shifts at Mona Vale so it's nearly full time, which is great news for my apartment. I'll have enough to live there if that happens.

So yes, I wore the badge (and the nice new business like dress I got at Vinnies for a steal) for my first day on Monday. Although, I actually thought I was starting the Monday before last, so that was a bit awkward, however it turned out for the best because I ended up with a cold last week, so I would have had to call in sick to my first week! It ended up been pretty embarrassing actually, because before I realised I was unwell I got a shift at Mona Vale, replacing a co-worker (because I'd cancelled them in preparation for the job), but ended up having to go home sick from it. :Oo I was at least able to go in on Friday though.

So yes! I'm a Librarian now, I haven't actually had to tell anyone what to do yet, not sure if I will? Maybe when I do a desk shift? Although that in itself is weird because rather than having it at the Mall Library where I'm based I have to go to Manly Library for those. Luckily it's easy to take a bus there since parking is pretty much impossible. I'm actually taking the bus to the Mall Library because that's easier as well, which gives me time to read on the way.

However, I also thought I might have time to write on my new 2 in 1 laptop as well...so I took it with me to work, but never did actually use it. However, I stayed over at my parents place last night and I was planning to use it to watch the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating, but when I opened it...

The screen was cracked! It still turned on and everything, but the touch screen was all sorts of messed up and I couldn't use it! D: I've barely owned that computer for a month!

I took it to the Computer Repair Place in Dee Why this morning, to see about getting it fixed. I hoped maybe the warranty would cover it, but no...and touch screens are notoriously difficult to fix.

To make a long story short...it basically costs as much as the laptop cost me to repair it! D:

I wasn't going to do it at first...but then I remembered another Computer repair place and decided to see what they had to say. They weren't entirely sure, but by that point I'd realised if I bought a new 2 in 1 it would be more expensive then getting my current one fixed, because it was on special. The only other 2 in 1s I've seen have been at least $500 or even $600, so when you factor it in...

Also when I left it at the second place the guy there thought it might be about $225 to fix...but it's gonna be about $300, which is what I paid for the laptop. But like I said, still cheaper than throwing it away and buying a whole new 2 in 1.

Annoying as Hell however! What shitty luck and I feel like a real idiot, especially since as I said I didn't even use it on the bus!

The lesson here is...I need a padded back to carry my laptop in once I get it back.

Anywho, the JGP Ladies are on now, so I must be off. This entry can best be summed up as...you win some, you lose some.

Ta ta for now!

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10:15pm: Because I got a little less than that last night and I am feeling very sleepy right now indeed. Yaaawn! This reminds me that I should probably start going to bed earlier in preparation for when Mrs S comes back, although I still don't know what days I'll have when she gets back.

One job I won't have however is the Home Library Service Officer role, I heard back from the Manager when I came in to volunteer on Friday. However! She thought I made a good case for myself and all, and suggested that I could do some casual shifts for the Home Library Service while they're a bit understaffed. Who knows...maybe the person who did get the job will decide it's not for them or find something else and I might be considered again. :OP I still haven't heard back about the Library Assistant job that they went external with, though...and there's all ready a new round of Library Assistant jobs to apply for! Phew!

Not to mention actual librarian jobs...which closed on Friday, I applied to those as well, although with my lack of experience I'm not sure what luck I'll have with that (lack of experience seems to be my achilles heel right now, except wouldn't you know it? Back when I didn't have a Masters it was a lack of qualifications! Side-eyes all this.)

So yes, lots of jobs to apply to! I sure hope I get something though...as the jobs get filled they'll be less casual shifts available for me. In fact, it's all ready kinda of happening, for the last two weeks I've only had one extra shift per week, when previously I've had three. I had to take money out of my savings this week to cover rent! I'm wondering if that might have to do with the move to a fortnightly pay system at the library, but honestly, I'm sure it's because even with the extra shifts I'm not making up those 15 hours I do for Mrs S.

Ah man, adult life is hard. :OP

In other news, the parental units are on the cruising portion of their travels, I was following their progress on Cruise Tracker (they have had wifi here and there and sent us photos :O) but it's stopped tracking, which I'm wondering might be because some years back there was the whole pirate thing (the ship my parents are on actually got fired at by Somali pirates!) so perhaps they're not updating so the pirates can't track them. Having said that though...I'm sure they use their own radars or whatever...or just sail around looking for ships. Or maybe they're not even in action anymore, I haven't heard about pirates out there in ages.

But yeah whatever the case, they're in the middle of the Indian Ocean right now, so no wifi and thus they're incommunicado. I bet they're living it up though!

Anyway, with the parentals away I have been seeing more of M and Grandpa, which is nice, in fact this week I'll be spending two nights over there because it's ANZAC Day on Wednesday and Grandpa goes in the march so he'll be out and M can't be left by herself for too long in case she falls over something (knock on wood!) Although, she's been much more steady on her feet since the operation on her toe - which was pretty much an amputation. But, the important thing is, we can play Canasta when I come over! :O)

The only thing I'm still wondering about is whether or not to go to the Annual Ice Skating Show at the Macquarie Ice Rink on Thursday. On the one hand, ice shows are fun and it'd be good to support the skaters, on the other as mentioned I'm running low on dough and I don't have anyone to go with so perhaps I should skip in this year? I dunno... Plus would I drive there or catch the bus? If I do go, should I see if I can stay over at my friend's place like I did a couple of years back? I have work the next day in the afternoon so I guess it can work. Thing is I didn't go skating this afternoon (I got some new shoes and my feet were sore) so I don't actually have a ticket, so I'd have to go over early on Thursday to get one before the line gets too big. Decisions decisions!

Also...I've realised I need to rearrange the day I'm going in for volunteering, because of the working on Friday thing (I forgot about that shift...) Plus I've got my car booked in for a service on Monday morning, phew! So busy busy week coming up!

On that note, I should wrap this up and get ready for bed. Last week I totally overslept and didn't get to church which was a shame, so I want to be up tomorrow.

Hope you're all well in internetland!

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9:50pm: The GOAT of course meaning "Greatest Of All Time" and in this case it refers to - who else - but Roger Federer, the Fed-Ex, the man! He's here at the final of the Australian Open looking to win his 20th - count that - 20th Grand Slam! He's up against Cilic who he beat at Wimbledon last year - although Cilic was injured at the time, but he's not now. The Fed-Ex had a great first set, but lost the second during a tie-break, won the third and now in the fourth it's on a pretty even footing - the Fed-Ex broke serve early, but Cilic took it back and now there's another chance for Fed-Ex if he can break the deuce!

Nope, Cilic is one up! I rather hope we don't end up doing a five setter because I work tomorrow morning and thus can't stay up too late. We'll have to see.

Anywho, I've been slacking so badly on the journaling, mostly due to a lack of excitement, but also because I've been really busy with lots of extra shifts at the library. I may not have got either of those full-time jobs, but I'm still loved :OP

In other news, my fitness tracker isn't working! Like WTF?! The battery was flat so I changed it, only to find I couldn't get the thing to synch up with the app. I've tried everything! I have no idea what the problem could be, I mean the lights still come on and all that, the app says it can 'find it', but then won't pair. Bad news is the company that makes the fitness tracker Jawbone no longer supports any of its devices, so emailing the support people won't do much. I can buy a new one I suppose, but after a while it's kinda not worth it. So I'm seeing if I can get my Aldi one up and running again.

Oh dang, it's going to five sets, I hope it doesn't go too late and I hope Fed-Ex can re-group! He'll be serving first which is a positive! You can do it, Fed-Ex! We believe in you!

On a final note, I've been investigating the upcoming Olympics, less than a fortnight now and dang me if everything isn't on in the morning rather than the evening - which is when you'd expect it. Obviously this better for the the US audiences, but it does make things irritating. I won't be able to see stuff live - I can only hope I don't get spoiled :OP

Oh man, Cilic's got a break point in this first game of the fifth set, I am alarmed! I'm also thirsty, but I don't want leave before seeing how this game goes. Or maybe I should, sometimes I think I'm bad luck :OP

YAS! Fed-Ex hold on! Oh I hope this bodes well! Go Fed-Ex, go!!!

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