Chook has had a bath
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Heโs looking very fresh and handsome
Hi Chook!
Yay my pay fell out of the cloud finally and into my bank account! ๐คธ๐ผโโ๏ธ Thankyou for your kind words this morning guys, it really helped me emotionally!
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I really dislike employers who leave employees hanging. ๐คฌYou've done your work. They should pay. It's not your problem how they do it. And it's a moral issue too, people have families and bills. You do not know if children will go hungry pr without medical care. It's just unacceptable.
YASSSSSSSS
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Still haven't gotten my pay ๐ It's in the damn cloud somewhere. Had to transfer money out of my kids bank accounts to cover direct debits. I feel deeply ashamed.
Thereโs no shame, itโs keeping the water and lights on that they also use and youโll pay it back.
Iโm wondering if Mr P is contributing to the household expenses. Because now would be a great time
Edit: I found this for emergency help with essentials, fingers crossed your pay comes through soon but if not https://ndh.org.au/debt-solutions/emergency-assistance/
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There is no shame to be had. You are doing what you have to, and the money will be back in theirs as soon as it hits your account. Its nothing you've done and beyond your control.
You've got great kids. I'm sure they'll understand.
I'm sending this out to the cloud - HURRY UP WITH THE FUCKING MOOLAH
I hope this helps. โค๏ธ ๐ค
Thankyou. Listen, cloud, listen!
This is the one time when yelling at clouds is socially acceptable.
That sucks. Your boss knows its late, doesn't he? Is there anything he can do from the payroll side?
All he knows is the money has gone from his account. There was an industry outage affecting merchant payments to external accounts earlier this week, so it's been caught up in that somehow.
Contemplating veg and tofu stir fry with much noodle for dinner tonight, y/n?
Dinner is done.
I made pasta al limone, with fried salmon and a salad with lemon-yoghurt dressing. It was rather tasty. I've been trying to do more pasta sauces that are not tomato based, this definitely fits the bill.
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Yo
Yooooo ๐
Crap. I went outside to put out extra water because the black cat was there. Looks like a boy? And he was desperately head bunting for affection but also for some reason suddenly hissing. His fur looks sparser than I realised and heโs thinner than he looks.
So I think he might be neglected or stray and also would be too aggressive to easily get in the carrier, with high potential to injure me.
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Iโve caved and given him some dry food. I didnโt want to encourage him here, but he might possibly need help. Not sure what to do or how to manage this with limited physical resources and transport.
I could try to get a cat trap and wear oven mitts to grab it. But would have to carry him and the cage through the house past my own critter to get him in a pet uber by myself. Thereโs another spot but I risk catching other cats or having it stolen and itโs hard to monitor.
Edit: Ok the council rents and collects, but also only lets you have it for a week and no weekend cat collectionโฆ
Hahahaha I am so tired I was posting in yesterdays thread wondering we're we all were.
Put a fork in me, I'm done.
One day left champ, chin up
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Urgh
That's it pretty much.
Edit:
I'd like to add blergh
Client: Your team are dipshits
The team: this client is fucked in the head
Me: I just want to go home
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trying to get Ted vaccinated attempt 2 ๐ค
Carn Ted you got this buddy. ๐
he got it ๐
Onya Ted
Vaccination done.
First there was a huge fight for him to take his sedative, he nipped me and chucked up.
At the vet the nurses tried to pat him, even after we said not to. he did not like it. But then they wrapped him up in a towel and gave him his shot near his bum. So success. ๐ Right now he's still a bit wobbly and is resting.
So for Ted the past week has been good. He weighed in at 1.25 kg less than a year ago, he's had his fur trimmed and brushed so no more mats and knots and had his shots. ๐ป๐ป๐ป
Give that man a squeeze tube
What a big week for Ted. A snooze in a sunny spot should now be his only agenda item.
Powerful, courageous ted, definitely needs some treats once he's recovered!
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We are also off to the V-E-T today
you have D-O-G
Today's musical vibes are mostly Sarah Vaughan ๐ถ ๐ต
Fire drill successfully run at work. I always haaaate doing it, but it took less than 2 minutes this time but another 2 minutes to write up the report. Helps that I had to give the heads up that it was happening this time.
Where breakfast?
the beach today, I went right out over the sand flats to the water
beach
>stuff around with spider climbs to try and strengthen hands
>distant memory appears
>hmm
Warning for mention of spider and squashing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bvFuUaCe8eY
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What Iโm referring to is I think spider climbs were partly used in writing this song. Sounds like the deepening bass part is ascending up the fret and the vocal parts sound like theyโre descending down the fret (getting higher in notes).
Anyway. I donโt write or play music, just randomly noticed that.
Edit: Ok the main riff sounds like one spider climb at the top of the range/bottom of the fret (four fingers climbing up then the single finger beginning of the next) and then a big jump to the third fret from the top then one note on the fifth. I think. I donโt read music or chords. This is all by ear, very simplified and would be so much easier with a real bass rather than a ukulele. Tried initially on an E because thatโs the string used in the exercise but it sounds better as a C?
The โcreepy crawlyโ vocal part is the second and third fret alternated. I initially tried the E string, apparently thatโs a G but I feel it sounds better on E.
No idea how this matches up to a guitar
I canโt sleep
That was an especially poor dishwasher cycle.
Felines have forgiven us for visit to the PokeyPlace. Unfortunately TheVoid needs to return for a dental clean
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Hello breakfast! One sausage mcmuffin and an iced skinny latte please
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Feelin' a bit zonked from two shows in a row but that's why I knew I had to get on the bike to work today. Still feelin' it but I'll be glad I did when i get home
I thought I was too late planting my snow peas and that they would die in the heat before managing to produce anything, but instead I have the first pods on the vine now! I also have the zucchini and squash on the verge of production and some cherry tomatoes at the flowering stage.
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