Did I dream frozen baby green beans because I can’t find them for like forever? I don’t need my beans cut for me, thanks. Maybe they were stunted ordinary beans and I got sucked in.
anyone got any good recommendations for where to get a sturdy long lasting couch? looking for a 2 + 3 seater +/- recliner. time to replace our 8 year old ikea options
I bought a couch from Koala 3 years ago, and it has barely any wear and tear from the cat. Super easy to put together too.
It’s been a very exciting day today. I have folded laundry, emptied the cat litter bin and sprayed poison liberally around the yard. Now I’m pondering the question of whether to change into a slightly heavier top before walking the dog.
Bad day to be working from home with no heating. Hands and feet are CHILLY.
pair of fingerless gloves from reject shop is a game changer! If you have a small room you can close the door on you’d be surprised how fast the computer warms the space up too.
I bought a puck light from Reject shop for the kids to play with. I thought they’d all be the same but apparently ‘you get what you pay for applies here too’.
The button is already busted and hard to press, and the magnet can barely hold the weight of the light itself. That’s the sort of thing I assumed would be the same everywhere
I recently bought a medium size candle from a dollar store, cost $5, it won’t burn properly because the wick is too thin for the wide candle. This is a bit of manufacturing cost cutting that is surprising and annoying.
I had a bunch of these from Ikea when the kids were little. Very useful when the kids awoke in the middle of the night. They were strategically placed around the house, I remember one being in the kitchen another in the bathroom. One in their room.
They were <$5, used 3x AAA batteries that lasted ages and had great magnets. If you have a real use for them, I recommend the Ikea ones. Of course, the real challenge with Ikea is actually walking in and out and only buying the $5 you went in there for. I’ve never managed it.
I have some other lights around I use.I’m sure I could find some at Jaycar or bunnings as well.
The kids just love to turn them on and stare directly into them
Good morning friendship pals! The sun is shining(somewhere), the birds are chirping(but not so much), and HOPEFULLY my delivery is coming today. “Transferred at Sunshine West” yeah you BETTER BE.
I had a dream where robots invaded the earth so that was cool and I fully support then in their hobbies.
I ordered some sheets from Kmart almost a fortnight ago and had them redirected to my post office, but then a week ago it said it was “in transit” twice in my suburb and has never updated to say it’s arrived at my post office
Did they send it via couriers please? Every time I’ve gotten something from them they have, and couriers please has managed to fuck something up.
Nope this one’s through auspost. They did send me a heater through couriers please at the end of last month but they managed to fucking lose it so I ended up with no heater
That sounds like them. I swear they’ve never managed to deliver anything well.
One time they broke one delivery, and then broke the replacement that was sent.
“Your delivery is coming today” message received. There’s construction across the road so time to look out the window every time I hear a van for the next 4 to 8 hours
Got my covid booster within six months no questions asked beside my date of birth (I’m 22) and name. Apparently pharmacies don’t follow the rules? I’m only allowed to get it every 12 months lol
I had it about a month ago, and the pharmacist told me that it was a good idea to have another one in six months if I was at all high risk or needed to travel, and that some pharmacies were stricter but most aren’t.
I’m keen to get my booster, but I think the advice is still that people under 18 shouldn’t get it unless they have specific health conditions
Finally!
🎉
I have a very strong opinion about the nuclear power debate. It’s new-clear. Not nuke-you-luer, not noo-cloo-la, not newk-yah-lah.
Noo-klier
Is this 2008 again? Flashbacks to Sarah Palin…
And Shrub.
New-clee-ah
I still think the private sector is gonna RBMK the FUCK outta traralgon. I’m not saying thats a dealbreaker for me though.
Yeah, I’m not going to call it that…
Want to be my cat today. Day of napping on the couch, right in front of the heating……
Medical procedures, disability, disordered eating
I’m so beyond angry that a rare undiagnosed medical condition has left me enduring severe pain, nausea, difficulty in eating, and bowel dysfunction for almost 20 years. I haven’t had it confirmed yet for sure, tests will have to be done, but possibilities have been raised around MALS and/or Nutcracker Syndrome. There’s also a strong possibility of gastroparesis. All of these are strongly correlated with the rare genetic disability I was born with.
I’m still going to be appreciating food posts and sharing recipes. I’m not going to let it take that from me too.
But I’m now facing the possibility of needing a temporary nasojejunal feeding tube (a nasal tube that bypasses a broken stomach and goes straight to the small intestine) to support my nutrition. Despite my efforts to keep eating I’ve deteriorated that badly now. Apparently a lot of people with my physical disability do end up requiring feeding tubes and none of the specialists I sought out fucking bothered to tell me. Nope, it must be psychosomatic!
And worse than that, while I’m willing and know what assistance to ask for… if I can’t arrange it another way I still may end up having to repeatedly attend the ER to try and get some action on that. Which will mean repeatedly boarding my cat and waiting in a hospital for up to 12 hours only to potentially be told there’s nothing they can do. For as many times as it takes. (I’ve already done this twice to access a referral to gastro specialists in a different hospital, since the ones I had were actively unhelpful and don’t do the procedure I was asking for.)
And then there’s refeeding syndrome to face.
No pity please, I’m just incensed and having a rant.
Hugs. Biggest hugs
Was supposed to study today but have a migraine. Hopefully it’ll be gone soon.
Landed another interview Thursday so that’s 2 this week!
Fuck yeah! Nice work on the interviews!
Hope you feel better soon :)
hugs and 🤞🤞🤞
there’s a road closed off near my house. Its well documented, signs everywhere ect. And the amount of people who drive past 6 or 7 signs only to get to the actual closure and go “Oh. shit. I guess I have to U turn” is crazy! The cops should just stand their and just be taking licenses off these folks cause they are showing 0 situational awareness.
Ah but the closure MIGHT be further along the road from where they are going - and so they take a chance and lose it.
The road closure is not in Google Maps. This is the same reason the Montague St bridge keeps getting hit - Google Maps sending people down that road.
There was one on the corner of Duggan St and Albion St, Brunswick West.
I rat run that intersection 8 times a week.
That intersection had “road closed” signs on all 3 sides, but in reality every time I drove around it at all hours of the day, it was open and cars were flowing freely.
So I just started ignoring it until they actually sealed it off and started digging 2 weeks later lol.
I live near one of the railway crossings they turned into an overpass, and the whole time our street was blocked off at the train line people kept doing that. They would drive up to the barrier then get shitty because it was hard to turn around due to parked cars. It’s like they’d read the signs but still think, nah, I’m special, that doesn’t apply to me.
Good night everyone. 😘
Sleep is no friend to me this night
Bit of a disappointing work today. On Friday I messed up a spreadsheet by simply copying and pasting things wrong. However, I didn’t pick up on it until late today, when I had already done a heap of work on it (and spent the whole time wondering why it was throwing so many errors). I really felt like I dropped a notch in my manager’s eyes, as I had to bring them in to work with me to fix the sheet, not to mention other people who I showed the report to who picked up on the same thing. Ever since my interview for this role, i’ve been approached by people in different departments saying ‘they’ve heard a lot of good things about me’ - apparently someone on the panel has spread word that I’m some fantastic contributor to the role, and now I feel like that reputation has been tarnished because I couldn’t figure out a very simple mistake. Sigh. Wish I could just undo the last few days.
These kinds of mess ups really feel so big at the time, but I reckon… You’ll be able to look back on it and laugh in the future. It might feel really far away, but I promise this absolutely won’t define you!
If you reckon you thoroughly messed up, maybe an upshot is people have a more realistic expectation of you and it won’t feel like you have as much of a burden on your shoulders. And then maybe you’ll get to prove your worth in unexpected ways down the track 😄
