Seeing the newly released Erin Patterson evidence, like photos of dehydrator with mushrooms in it, and mushrooms being weighed, and her trying to leave the hospital despite being told her life was at risk, and having zero concern about her kids being at risk; makes me wonder why the jury deliberated for so long. She knew what sheβd done and confidently knew she hadnβt served herself or the kids any.
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So my bet was she got off and I lost that one. I owe everyone 50c :(
They probably dissected every lie she told. That would've taken a hell of a long time.
I saw those pictures of death cap mushrooms being weighed today and I was thinking - did they mention that evidence during the trial reporting?! Because that seems like pretty damning evidence.
They did - the defence brushed it off as "she was just interested".
Itβs cold tonight, I can feel it.
Yeah, I could feel the draughts a whole room over π
Electric water bottle saves the day!
Goodnight all β€οΈ
Night night!
Goodnight. May you have sweet happy dreams. π
Just catching up with some world news
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I went to Hobbiton yesterday. AMA.
Did you go into a Hobbit house? Not sure I did that when I was there.
Yes, we went into a house, not Bilbo's house but another. It was very beautifully made and furnished. It wasn't that small as I think it was made for tourists, not as a film set.
Did you have a second breakfast?
Yes.
I always have a second breakfast. I wake very early and have a very light brekkie, then sleep again, wake and have a second brekkie.
Today it was a little cornflakes and milk then second was some toast.
Did you take lots of pics?
I'm glad you had a good time!
I took some pics. Not many.
Noice
Did you acquire a spoon?
No. I acquired a stein from the Green Dragon.
My German teacher was intrigued by the word Stein for a drinking vessel. Apparently that is not a term they use at all.
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What was your fav thing? Which part did you geek out over the most? Were the banquet staff in theme or just casual? Did it feel tacky or genuine? Was it crowded?
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Was it cool and awesome?
Yes and yes.
And did get it eat a meal there?
We did. We had the evening banquet at the Green Dragon.
The mini pavlovas with cream and raspberry coulis were particularly good and I ate two. π€€
very windy tonight π¨
Aight so it looks like this whole workshop thing is going ahead but now I have no idea what to quote. All sorts of insecurities popping up. It's a ~3 hr in person workshop with 50km return travel (30-40 mins each way) for about 3-4 professionals. It will be mostly hands on demonstration and troubleshooting, not much prep or materials required. I might need to look into a couple of the app's functions I haven't explored much but that would benefit my job as well so I wouldn't count that time spent.
I'm thinking I should be compensated at least the equivalent of what I get paid for a whole day of regular work (inc. super), since I can't do my regular job the entire day, and maybe a 25% loading. That's 600 rounded up, no GST. Hopefully that seems fair?? I don't feel like enough of a grown up to ask for this, but fuckit. I can try
E: ugh I forgot I'd need to pay 32% personal income tax on that. Or 15% if I chuck it in super... 600 is starting to sound very justifiable
Don't forget you have to prep the workshop (it will take longer then you think, just to learn the app yourself and make notes on how to walk people through and good demos). and maybe do a followuo (email a summary or something). If it takes 6 hours to prep a 3 hour workshop + travel then you are ~12 hours time. 90-100 bucks an hour is cheap for most trainers . I would go for 1000 as a baseline
Of course this totally depends on the value to the customer? Non profit or micro biz or then yep 600 is fine. Is it for giant mining company with bucks to spare - they won't blink at 3000.
Also if this is the sort of thing people do training for have a scout online and see what others charge for similar training
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"Oh hey, sorry I'm going to need the rest of the week off. My cat is having seperation anxiety."
Edit: I had my first random endorphin rush today. And my first real laugh in a decade.
Felt great :)
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Was meant to catch up with a friend at 3. Last night she changed it to 3:30 because a new update for a game she's playing is out. Whatever, that's fine. I tell her to text me when she's leaving so I can leave then. She's fine with that.
I decided to leave earlier and get there at 3:30, because I have a jazz playlist I want to listen to. But it hits 3:30, and she still hasn't texted me saying she's left. She sends me a picture of her game asking which option I liked more. I asked her if she's left and she said no. She does live a 5 minute drive away from where we're meeting, so I guess that's not too bad. She is apologising profusely. Now it's been 15 minutes since we were supposed to meet, and she said she has to brush her teeth and wash her face. She is nocturnal because of her (undiagnosed but probable) gaming addiction.
Am I overreacting? I am pissed off even though she's going to be 20 minutes late, but it wasn't because of something like traffic or PTV issues. She could control it. Last week she also pissed me off because she's unemployed and using her dad's money. She said, when buying food,
"It's not my money. I don't care."
I need new friends. I downloaded Bumble for Friends today. Hoping I can get a group of people together and make at least one friend from there. I need friends that don't trauma dump on me or are selfish.
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Muting people on my Insta excessively posting about being in Europe. Iβm happy for them and all, and yes Iβm jealous, but I donβt need to see daily stories & every-other-day profile posts about your trip.
Someone used just about all of my butter in the work fridge! I'm probably more annoyed that they left the tiniest little scrape in the corner instead of just throwing it out the container.
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Got the details for the funeral for my old colleague. I'm going to go, even though I haven't spoken to him in years and years, since before COVID even. He made working at Computershare tolerable - guaranteed to make me cry-laugh with the jokes and witty comebacks he had for the micro-managers thereπ taught me how to handle those managers when I took over his role.
It's the least I can do I think, pay my respects and remember how he made me laugh so hard.
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