Melbourne

Got an interview tomorrow. Let's see what happens. 🤞

Today was a particularly shit day. And I have to go to the stupid xmas party and pretend I'm excited to be around a bunch of people who make 350k+ a year.

Been at my new place of work for just over three months now and they have the new batch of people sitting with me, watching me work, and asking questions etc. also a manager (not my direct one, but same role) spoke to me yesterday about having my mind on my future with this company, as they need good people and are expanding in Melbourne. Feels quite good 😊

I don't get to have any fan lol

Goodnight all ❤️

You know that feeling when you're too hot and tired to feel hungry but you know you'll regret it in bed if you don't eat anything... yeah that's me right now.

I've worked 23 hours over yesterday and today. That's ridiculous. I really hope I sleep in on Wed morning. Maybe make myself an omelette for breakfast. It's a bit silly now how much I'm avoiding cooking in this kitchen. Right now all I need to do is soak some rice noodles in hot water, drain and rinse, and stir through premade vegan larb. C'mon, I can do this. It's not even cooking.

Edit: yay I did it. In a pan, on the stove, with frozen veg to bulk it up. Now I have 3 meals worth of food. Easy.

Time for a few days of solitude down the beach. Only irl interaction will be 'ellos to randos on the beach and their dogs (and the local IGA for goon, love those peeps). Cannot wait.

Absolute zero risk of anyone popping 'round.

Just redid the ol' girls drug / drop schedule - calendar after today's appt.. Still full on but seems to be working well so far and logical. Keeps changing after every appointment as there are a few docs involved. They can't communicate for shit. Crossing off shit that another has prescribed. I'm in a very privileged position to know very deeply, that kindergarten kiddos with a few cans and some string could do better here with respect to communication it's like herding fukn cats.

Edit. Just taught mum how to break tablets with a bic lighter, she has to do half tabs couldn't use the splitter (these are prescription).. My youth mispent turns out was well spent. lol.

Her: "how did you know that"?

Me; "err trust me it works".

Right, so Nellie is up for renewal. Ought be one more email. Shall I or does anotherbody want this year?

bastards did a last minute no show, I'm hot and this is now my lunch

Today is a I feel like crying day, and i don't even know why

DAISO…

I don’t understand. You sell all these binders, but no inserts?

What is this?

Bit of a rant coming up.

Went to my GP to get a referral for a minor procedure. Referral was sent to the surgery clinic (Western Health), I was told it takes about 5-7 days for the surgery to send a confirmation text and set up an appointment. It's not urgent but needs to be done.

After about 2 weeks, hear nothing, call the surgery clinic, turns out they didn't receive the referral. As GP to send another one, and now have to wait another 5-7 days to actually find out it was received.

So either the referral wasn't faxed the first time OR it was misplaced at the receiving end.

I'm not really interested in investigating any further (like asking for sent receipts from my GP), but it's pretty frustrating.

Private is not an option due to lack of insurance and costs unfortunately.

Cool change just swept through. Now it’s 23-24.

That humidity-less breeze is beautiful. I’ve got the windows open to let it in the house.

warm day, hot to do housework but it must be done

Bikini, soap and bucket. Are you gonna wash my car Seagoon? Yeehaa

My car insurance renewal came in with an increase of over 25% so I'm getting to spend the morning getting quotes for alternatives.

Youi just crossed themselves off my list with a bait and switch process - the online form says they will email you a quote, then asks for a phone number just to send you a PIN. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt, gave the number and it goes straight to them phoning me instead. Lying to me to get personal details is not something that makes me want to deal with a company.

And for the second time in two weeks I've had "your interview was fantastic, we really loved you, but we've gone with an internal candidate this time." Arghhhh

Entire balcony scrubbed and tidied. Outside table wiped down.

Too hot to do the bathroom right now though; the lightbulb blew, and the only ones left are the heat lamp ones. So fuck that!

I'll leave it for my partner to do when they wake up lol

Feels like the whole of Melbourne has been transported to somewhere in FNQ.

Fuck it's hot out there and the BO is ripe cos my nostrils told me so.

The dishes are rotting in the sink and I’ve spent all day in bed. Feeling like shit in a way I can’t seem to climb out of.

Bit of a mood today which is kind of nice cause I don't often get the nuance of it all. If you need some vibes, it started with Take 5 - Chet Faker Honestly not a MASSIVE fan of the dude, and some of his takes were a bit artsy. But theres something about hearing another guy bare their emotions and admit what they dont know gives my anxious mind permission to relax a bit and let in some feeling. Got into some Trophy Eyes as well to really sell the moodiness.

I’m suddenly craving toasted ham and cheese sandwiches.

My phone won't work properly until tomorrow. Thank god for WiFi at home!

Meeting the CSO of one of my clients today. He accidentally stood me up last time so he's taking me to lunch.

Yay?

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My son's school is hoping to have their outdoor Christmas Carols event this afternoon.

At this stage I'm thinking it's a 50/50 possibility.

My son is singing Feliz Navidad - one of my all time faves.

Through some sort of weirdness of the insurance industry it has turned out to be cheaper to get comprehensive insurance for my car than third party. Renewal of the third party with RACV was going to be just over $500, a basic comprehensive policy with AAMI is $342. Even with AAMI the third party policy would have been more expensive. I have no idea why, but obviously the underlying risk assumptions for the policies have some sort of different risk calculations that work out in my favour.

I guess it's insurance day today, after sorting the car I moved on to finalising the forms for Income Protection. So much money, and the premiums just keep going up the older I get. It does make the car insurance seem extra cheap in comparison.

Requests for feedback on online orders are getting beyond ridiculous. This time they want to know how we like a Thing 6 hours before the notice it would land today. I also now know what my Solstice gift is, but that will happen when letting somebody else use your account.

How long does it usually take to hear back from a place once they've moved on to reference checks? Or is asking for references a sick new part of the selection process instead of the last step for the selected candidate?