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Interview prep is complete.
Time to chill and wait till 7pm.
Fingers crossed!!!
Edit: you guys are the best. Thank you โค๏ธ regardless of outcome it's practice which I'm going to need.
I've created a timetable to structure my days between gym, applications and increasing my IT knowledge with some time aside for music and gaming on weekends.
I am so, so fucking glad I am not on suboxone right now. The difference in mindset is night and day.
Iโm nervous
That's great to hear, man
Keep Gibson in your lap/on screen somehow and you can't lose. Gooooo Team!!
You've got this!!!
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Got back down the beach last night. Needed the break (again). Ol' girl is heading to the dietitian today had to reel out all the shit that's going into the soup she eats to ol' boy over the phone.. He got a bit frustrated as it's a fair list lol.
Still seems like I've only managed to keep her weight stable (or not dropping as quickly). Taken way too long to get even just to here which is very concerning. The only thing I can control is what goes in the soup. Can't control volume or frequency.
But...
Resident magpie has been bribed โ๏ธ
Oxalis is looking dead af โ๏ธlittle bit more to go but so far so good.
Council or whoever has lopped a bunch of things that were too close to wires so a nice surprise on the nature strip for extra mulch.
So little bit of wfh today then grinding up wood (which is actually very relaxing given how violent the mulcher is).
Look at it this way, even maintaining a stable weight when someone doesnโt want to eat is an achievement.
sounds like everything is as good as it can possibly be โ ๐
I've cut down on bread, cigarettes, cappuccinos. Snacking is non existing except for fruit, nuts and cheese on the rare occasion. Sleep, energy and motivation is excellent. I feel on top of the world and I've lost a couple of kgs.๐
Also vertigo is stable.
Getting match fit for menopause. ๐ช
winning ๐
Fuck yeah!
I can't cut down on ciggies or cappuccinos as I don't have them, but I do have bread and I do have 2 oat milk coffees a day. I snack too much. My vertigo hasn't come back since I did special exercises a few years ago. Sleep is shot. Motivation is very very strong but I'm tired, am fighting depressive states and the zeitgeist.
also, Carpenters are awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dewlH6HSDzk&list=RDdewlH6HSDzk&start_radio=1
It's like when people say "I gave up my 3 litres a day coke now I feel great and I've lost weight".
I DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM TO GIVE UP! Turns out it was bread making me feel shit.
home made bread is ok so far, there are some bread products that I do not handle well, like english muffins
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The side door of my van froze shut! It sucks having to defrost before you can go home (night shift). I've scraped the windscreen and dumped a few bottles of water over the ice and the water is refreezing.
Waking up to poo, pee, and vomit is a stress on the nervous system I didn't need so early ๐
Now blow your nose and flush our your ears. Ultra purge
Can't let all that extra protein go to waste ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
I woke up to my period, but strangely enough feel like you have it worse today.
Brrrr
Rightio.
Sucks waking up with a headache but:
Study for interview at 7pm Organise a bunch of life admin Create a few variations of my resume and start applications.
I also applied to the old companies direct competitor. There's only 2 companies that do that particular work so I wonder if I'll hear back.
I just had a suicidal rabbit throw itself under my wheels on the way to work.
#countrylife


I don't wanna get up.
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2026 StKildaFC membership with 3 Home Game Pass, currently on sale for $7.
I'm down for this.
early gang checking in, been awake a while already ๐ค
Since you guys are so active.. how has the site felt for the last hour or so? Any issues?
First hairdressers appointment in 4 and a half years booked for tomorrow... and I've come down with a cold. I feel bad for postponing, but I'd feel worse if the hairdresser got sick.
I still sometimes chuckle remembering the lines around the corner when the rona hairdresser restrictions lifted. The one near me was easily a hundred metres or so for a few days in a row. Wasn't so funny for the hairdressers though.
Curry. Hot.
Maybe 5 heaped tbsps of garam masala, a spoon of paprika, a tbsp of fresh ginger was a little too much

Goodnight all โค๏ธ
Owner's Corp meeting survived. This may change when Boyo finds out I nominated him for the committee in absentia.
Tuesday's at work shit me.
Mondays people tend to work slower and get in gear for the week.
Friday's are (should be) wrap up days and cruise towards the weekend.
Thursday is 'tired' day. Not quite Friday but the week has worn people down. Still a bit of work, but energy levels are depleted to a certain extent.
Wednesday is hump day. Halfway through, tasks are completed,.others are starting. Busy, but with purpose.
On Tuesdays everyone is in a rush for some reason. Or keen to do shit. Don't be keen, no one likes that.
Today is a day full of keeners.
My office is full of dark, dark moods today. Fair few tempers on edge, feels like something is brewing. The keeners today will probably be told to fuck off. Hopefully it all blows over and is back to normal tomorrow!
Mulch almost done. Probably wasn't worth the time being honest, better off just ordering it in. The real bugger was cutting it and trying to stuff it in the mulcher. Satisfying though. All up that gave maybe 2 - 2.5m^3. It did smell nice. Guess the other thing is that I know what's in it. Big block so I'm thinking I need another 8-10m^3 minimum.

I think knowing what's in it has more value than you realise, remember the playground asbestos scare? I love not having to chop it down for the green bin which feels like such a waste of time and hurts my hands.
Ticket inspectors out and about today. Spotted on commercial Rd southbound
i had bad dairy yesterday, it did not agree with me
so no dairy today , get a few jobs done, do some refresh on road rules and it'll be ok ๐
online grocery shopping done .โ
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Had an interesting bus ride this morning.
A woman was knitting and a man started talking to her, saying he needed his gloves fixed. She said she'll fix them for him in a couple of weeks. They started talking about how it's better to fix things and get second hand clothes instead of throwing old clothes in landfill. I think I fell the tiniest bit in love with her lol.
Then a man got on the bus with a guitar. He could barely walk, and his guitar playing sounded like my dad, who learnt 20 years ago and forgot most of it. I'm glad he still wanted to make music.
ChatGPT is great for doing q and a for interviews. Feed it all the info and get it to quiz you.
I think this thing has a lot more use than Iโve given it credit for. For particular use cases anyhow.