Melbourne

Sitting under a plane tree on the river bank, watching boats chug past.

Life is good

Time for the other Horse race now - the ones our US friends are having "Today" (It's midnight in New York). It'll be mostly tomorrow for us, though.

Curiously, the betting odds appear to favour the previous President having a return. I don't know how much faith to put into that, but if any bunch of people are dumb enough to put that bloke back in charge of the country, they'll be found in the USA.

Heading back to melbs today.

Got a lot done garden-wise over the last few days which is a good feeling. Bit of a rave choon garden Blitz

Inching ever closer at snails pace to a hands off (ish) summer.

Just spoke to mum 2 days after her fall. Turns out she hit her head first and didn't say that. now vision is blurred in her only good eye. I suspect a bit of delayed concussion. Her hubby is a doc so she's in good hands but history constantly reminds me that that gen is stoic AF.

Delicious breakfast concoction. Broccolini, olive, pesto, cheese, chilli, lemon juice, pepper

Goldfish are healthy and happy. Places to hide, fed, and everything is cool.

Went out and got some iced coffees and cake things from woolies. Went for a walk down the street and back for my tobacco replacement herb mix.

Very nice day

On mental health watch today for mein liebe, nothing serious as long as I keep to the safety plan, remind him to play with the cat (grounding, and Mickey needs the exercise), and stop looking at the other place lol.

I'll do some study, play some Brotato, and keep myself centred. Today is a good day for being happy and forgetting about the problems.

Edit:

ratchet-ass mofo knows I'm wearing thin pants

So I took another dreaded trip out in the day, this time to Bunnings thinking about how much I have to spend with dealing with wasps.

Fate smiles on me when my next door neighbour called out to me and we get chatting only to find out from him that they’re bees and we should leave them for the moment until we notice it get too out of hand then we’ll get a professional in for it.

No out of pocket for the moment thank god.

Also My horsie didn’t place today. 😢

Miss Meow is trying to convince me that public holidays mean she needs 24hr lap provision to be able to relax properly. I am concerned about this plan as it is blocking my access to caffeine.

Edit: It's alright, she's decided she really wants to have a day of progressive sleeping and use all of her beds instead, as long as she has intermittent lap access we should be ok.

Back in melbs. Lotsa drunk people, TAB hats and double sided tape at southern x 👀

E: also the moon and venus are looking very pretty together tonight. Which calls for the second rave choon for today

I think Toby's time to really starting to come to a close... does anyone have any experience with at home services? Had a google but got overwhelmed.

Well, barely got anywhere with the pantry, but I have a better idea of what's in there... and packed all my books and listed three things online. My back is aching pretty bad so I think I'm going to pop a Nurofen with dins, call it a night and let myself rest. To be fair I've been busy the last three days straight, physically so on two days.

Gonna read one of the books I dusted off. It was a friend's, we cut contact over covid and I still kinda miss her but this one's gonna go to the op shop when I'm done I think.

I get up to do the dishes and in an instant Ted is in my chair. 🫠

Time to get dressed and head over to my sister's place for a bbq. Lovely day for it, I'm glad I got assigned to do a salad.

There is much for us to do, much we want to do, but we are restless.

I have an exam in two and a half hours and I just want to sleep.

Got together all Elder's school uniforms from the high school he started at (some things he never wore) and whatever text books, scientific calculator and unused stationery etc there was. Bagged it up and took it to a friend's house (whose son is starting at that school next year 😬) and just said, "here you go!" She knew I was bringing some stuff around but was pleasantly surprised. I looked into selling it but then I've got people coming to the house and only wanting some of it and being annoying.. I decided I'd rather just give it away to someone who will appreciate it and isn't a pain in the arse! I also feel sorry for them; they've got no family here and they both work really hard and one whole wage goes on rent. Felt good. Now all that's left is to get the remaining stuff out of his old locker, they can have that too. I've contacted the school twice and they were going to contact me back to arrange a time but just never do. Mr P dropped in one day to do it and they didn't have any spare person to accompany him while doing it, so it couldn't be done 😒

I gotta say, now the plumbing is OK, I feel so much better mentally. The last few days my mood has been awful.

The beach is full.
Aldi is empty.
Sky pretty.

Procrastinating hard on cleaning out the pantry and packing books. It took me 2 hours to get out of bed and now I'm thinking about work and therapy and the US elections instead of just taping up boxes and getting going... it's such a beautiful relaxing day, I just want to enjoy my home but NO!

I know I'm gonna get there though. Texted a friend who's gonna help me with the plants and has a knack for listing shit online. Reaching out to family and friends interstate about Xmas/NY plans so I have something a reward to work towards and I don't fall into the "woe is me" trap.

Btw does anyone else have the same problem of getting distracted wanting to read books only when packing/unpacking them (and thinking about how much you've been meaning to read these again!) - only to forget about them once they're on the shelf...

Ah dammit forgot to turn off alarm 🤦🏼‍♀️

Lunch!

Bit of a stuff up at the cashier and got double charged but refunded in cash. Almost haven’t carried cash in a good few years.

Think the lady was a tad flustered and didn’t charge me for my coffee.

Are they zombie emojis in the thread title? Didn't know they were a thing!

I know it's late in the evening but I just gotta share this good positive YT channel about movies. It's "Everything great about .... " . Because I really do enjoy movies, movies are good and just don't understand all the hate channels . Hate channels don't add to a happy experience, they make us feel worse. I don't watch those channels.

https://www.youtube.com/@CinemaWins/videos

Gym done. House is clean. Washing done. Sheets changed.

I want to go to bed lol

Meanwhile:

If anyone wants to watch the big race today it's showing on Channel 9 at 3pm

Race 7 at Flemington.

Ticket inspectors on St Kilda Rd. On a public holiday wtf. Just disembarked at Toorak rd

To the moth that landed on my midnight snack anti-hangover Vegemite toast when i turned my back putting butter away that was a really bad idea. I didn't eat you but that's surely going to hurt tm.

I decided to stop talking about it and actually clean my light shades. Of course while I was doint that I noticed how feral the ceiling fan was looking. Plus all the cobwebs around the corners of the ceiling (and I have exposed rafters in the lounge, so there are a lot of corners). Cleaning all that meant that dust went everywhere so I needed to vacuum. I'm finally finished now and it does look much better. I really should sweep the front porch off too... Why does housework never end 😭

Edit: Have now also swept front porch.

I'm going to make that Thai mango curry tonight, I have all the ingredient and the will. 😋

Posting this to debrief so will prob delete in a bit. I was just at the local shops, and jogged slightly crossing the road as the walk lights charged to orange.

As I got to the other side, this aggro-looking man held his hand up (middle ‘FU’ finger up) right in my face so I had to dodge my head back, and kept it in my face as I went around him. He continued glaring aggressively as I went past and away down the street.

Have never seen him before, and no idea what that was about. There are always people begging at the shops and some seem to have mental health issues, but I’ve never felt actually threatened in the 10+ years I’ve been here. He was very likely methylated or something, too (not that that’s an excuse).

I’m fine (and am usually tougher than this), and I know it’s very minor in the scheme of things, but am feeling upset and yuck right now.