Finally caved last week and installed Facebook. There’s some businesses/organisations I deal with that only have a FB page. Decided to look up half siblings I haven’t seen in decades and actually found them. Dithered for a couple of days before sending friend requests. 2/3 were accepted almost immediately! I had an exchange of msgs with my brother and feel so chuffed, happy in a funny kind of way I haven’t felt for a long time. My nephews and nieces are adults! ADULTS!
I’m hungover. No ragrets going last night. I didn’t get up, but everyone was so welcoming anyway, they all said hello and asked about me 😭 I’m thinking of getting up next time and reading Unsent, but I hope to write something a bit less “trauma poetry” haha
Your very first one you posted here about the checkout chick was superbo and very relatable.
It was this one yeah?
I could not sleep, awakened afraid
Under the covers, I begged, I prayed,
For dawn, or death, for sleep to come
But mercy ungranted, I knew I was done.
For I committed a most awful crime
One for which we’ve all done time
Exactly the same or slighty changed,
Have we all made this same mistake?
I went to Woolies to buy a snack,
The cashier smiled, I smiled back
Items scanned, transaction completed
She said the words that have me defeated
Smiles and waves, “Enjoy your coffee and snack!”
“You too!” I regretfully cried back
Unthinking, unblinking, mid-step away
I died there, in Woolies, that very day.That’s the one!
This reminds me. I was serving a customer who was flying to Bali the next day. I told her to enjoy her trip and she said, “You too!”. One day.
😂 it’s so human
So good, and definitely get up there next time! Your talents have been kept to us for too long haha.
Thank you for your kind words 😭💜
Second interview tomorrow, let’s go!
You have already upskilled your corporate speak performance on the DT
Participated in off site team activities to maximise longevity of inexplicable use of defining language in order to push through expansion of pipeline.
Nice work! You’ll smash it 💪
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I’m loving these longer, warmer days. I can already feel the SADs melting away
My mental health had been absolutely fucked the last few months, but even generally, I tend to end up in little depression episodes during winter time, with the short and wet days and constant grey skies
The sun being up when I wake up and get home is a huge plus. Short days aren’t great for the ol’ depresso
22.5 hours to ten days of CAT. I must tidy up the house a bit for her - so she has more nests to sit in. And avoids the pots where plants died and it’s all just dried up potting mix.
Oh, and there was so much gardening I wanted to do before she arrives, because I can’t have her escaping via the balcony, but I don’t think I’ll get to it in time… so she might have to be shut off in a bedroom for a couple hours when I get around to it. Though at the rate I’m procrastinating it might only get done after she leaves.
You must really be looking forward to soxcat if you’re counting it down to the hour.
I hope you get many snuggles and cuddles from the kitty.
Tomorrow I think it going to be a really nice day but you might not have time to get it done tomorrow before she arrives.
Really wish I didn’t have such a full workload on because tomorrow would’ve been perfect to wfh/do half a day and potter around. I’m going to make sure I get some outside time at least and leave as early as I can. Weekend looks good for snuggles. I hope she will have fully remembered me by then. If not, some treats won’t go astray…
I think Soxcat is counting down too!
Poor girl will have no idea about it, until she’s placed with great and extreme difficulty in her carrier, the slinky little gymnast… But I think she does remember me as I’ve visited her a few times. I am sure she’ll enjoy her stay.
You’re so lucky you’ve managed to stay in contact.
There’s a kitty I still kind of worry about
Got the results from my blood test today and suddenly a lot is starting to make sense AND there may be a way to turn things around for both my physical and mental health. Feeling optimistic. I got the medical cannabis (from online doc not doc doc, a while ago) to try and help with the sads but found it doesn’t really do anything of consequence for me so I have a bunch of weed that I’m not super interested in. Although, the indica does help with getting to sleep when I can’t get to sleep which is its purpose so that’s alright.
Also though, apparently my sugar is a little high so they want me to do a 3 hour glucose resistance blood test thing to see if I have the diabeetus (like my Dad does). My levels are nowhere near the levels Dad gets though so we’ll see.
On my way to first day working from a co-working space. Got a membership for 5 days a month. Packed my bfast / lunch / snacks, and got dressed in something other than slum WFH clothes. Felt nice, I’m excited for this change up in my routine. Hope it’s worth the $$.
Ditching the tackies and hoodie and putting in a bit of effort to the WFH clothes was a game changer for me.
@TinyBreak @tone212_ How far did you take it?
nice t shirt, jeans or shorts. No dressing gown or trackies. Stuff you wouldnt be embarassed to go to the shops in. Slippers are the only exception.
Would be good to hear how it works for you! I am working from home today and super grateful I can wash my clothes and get some sun in, given the dire forecast over the weekend, but I really only appreciate it this much because I’m out of the house most other times. Hopefully it’s a conducive space
Would you mind sharing how much that costs?
$165 per month, so just over $30 per day. It’s a pretty nice space, have access to a dedicated sit/stand desk on the days I visit, kitchen facilities, and they do networking and social events too.
Ok cool, thanks for saying 😊
Getting set up for the night.
See if I can remember how to do it. Has been a while. Looks to be clear skies though.
Perfect night for it tonight. No moon, light breeze, clear skies. Are you chasing anything in particular or just looking?
Going for the South mangelic cloud tonight. So far so good everything seems to be working :) So clear out there.
Nice.
do it in the morning too for the comet
I was hoping to but trees will be in the way :(
I had to visit a client on site today.
There’s a lot to be said about being well dressed and how it makes you feel.
Not in a vain way, just feels good.
Found some (I presume) a few male ‘Superb fairy-wren’ tail feathers when weeding before:
Lots a fluff around so something went down (probably resident magpie having a go at it). Apparently a common bird but I never really see them (or found their feathers).
That’s much cooler than finding split peas on your car seat.
I saw this guy at Werribee Zoo a couple of years ago. One of my favourite birds, they always seem cheerful.
There’s a small colony of them in the central Agora of the Bundoora campus of Latrobe Uni. They live in the azalea bushes. When I worked in Heidelberg Heights, I’d go to the Agora and just sit there with a coffee until they appeared. Beautiful.
Might be rainbow lorikeets.
The only time I’ve seen a male Superb Fairy-Wren was at the 1000 Steps, when I was a teen. Also saw a wallaby there too, it’s a magical place.
Their feathers are so beautiful - how big are the tail feathers in the pic?
Tiny about 5cm. When you turn them around in the sun they change colour to a more aqua / green which was interesting.
I found a stick of cinnamon while weeding today. Probably from making chilli oil.
these are from cockatiels, not sure which ones, but they are far too big for fairy wrens
Hrmm I’m not sure if cockatiels hang out on coastal fringes very often but you never know!
From this morning I report: 2 touch base, 1circle back, 5 confirm, 9 flagged, 3 touched on, 10 capacity, 9 priorities, and 6 mentions of dyslexia or adhd
Shit that’s a pretty good round up! I had artifacts a few times, granular x2, vision x2, your team is the heart of this company x 1 (get absolutely fucked), and I’ve heard the word meeting at least 2 dozen times so far today.
next time could you post a trigger warning
Funny because those were one of the things discussed
of course it was …💀
I think we need to start dt weasel words bingo
There was a good meeting bingo card doing the rounds back in the 80s. I kinda miss it. One of the words was ‘elephant’. If you got it, that whole line scored double.
Thankyou for the inspiration, I just used “elephant” in a work meeting.
I’m curious about why there were mentions of dyslexia and adhd.
The person running the meeting has both, and is incapable of not bringing up the matter multiple times an hour.
Let’s touch base in the morning 🙌
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I hope the food truck circles back.
That is certainly an actionable item.
As is putting mandarins in your fuel tank
It is an AI tank that can process all categories of pre-loved fuel
Stahp 😭😭
R U OK?
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Looks like we need to schedule a team workout to hone that go-getter mindset!
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spoiler
This can become a viral product. Excellent idea.
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Morning full of meetings, only two left this afternoon.
Sun is shining. Going to do a kitchen declutter later. Gonna be a good day
I’d like to add “single source of truth” and “pain points” to our lingo.
Also, profound dissatisfaction was a term I used today lol long story
I’m actually really curious to know how ‘pain points’ are a thing in IT
Someone touched a live wire?
Maybe the deep existential pain that comes from the computer installing updates right in the middle of an unsaved important task or presentation 🤔
it’s a stupid bloody phrase that basically means “IT are gonna be really MEAN to make this actually adhere to good practises and we corporate snots don’t like that”
Motherfuckers. They’re issues. This article is a good example, I’m not sure if you work IT, but as someone who’s been doing it for nearly 30 years I am chewing my own tongue in rage at the suit-speak.
Interesting article - I see what you mean. Am also now feeling tempted to see if I can insert ‘ladder up’ into a (non-IT) based work discussion, haha
I saw “insert ladder” and that was it. my brain is filthy.
Yeah, I wouldn’t be able to keep a straight face saying it IRL
I think it applies broadly to any corpo project management. Translation from my perspective is: issues that need to be solved.
Ah! TIL, thanks.
It’s definitely what the IT person at my work suffers, from all the dumb questions lol
End users are definitely pain points lol
we LIKE dumb questions. they indicate a desire to learn.
It’s the dumb actions and dunning-kruger proclamations we can’t stand.
I got to use inveterate philanderer. Some bits of work are fun.
Tell us more.
What I’ve been working on recently includes the personal papers of somebody who was Not a Nice Person
could you be more specific
Megalomaniac, ripped off brother, constantly very publicly cheating, klepto.
Did everyone else get the “Energy Bill Relief” email?
I have a feeling that this is just more “corporate welfare”.
I expect everyone’s Energy providers to inflate prices over the next 4 months by about $75 a month.
I recently changed provider because the government energy website said my bill would be half of what it was; guess what; it was exactly the fucking same!
The sooner the Government de-privatise the Energy sector, the better. We will also see an end to the Fracking Industry’s astroturfing against renewables.
