I wish it was the weekend already, I’m sick of work today, my boss is on holidays and someone has decided to change up one of the aspects of my job so that what used to take me about 45 minutes, took me 2 and a half hours today. Hopefully it will be quicker tomorrow, but I keep thinking about the fact that I usually have Fridays off and have to go in just to get frustrated.
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I finally got paid, yay! And I sent my partner the money that I owe them from last October. It's a lot of money and goes over the savings budget, but it was only an extra $40 or so, and I'd rather it out of the way than still looming.
I'm going home to make fish and chips
Someone just found and liked a Facebook post I made in 2017. Things really do hang around on the internet!
After much procrastination I took the first step in my plan to make instructional videos by doing a short video of how to darn a sock. I really don't sound like I think I do when recorded, it is very odd. I also put some apps on my phone to filter for colour blindness visibility, it was a bit tricky to find colour combinations that would work well and provide good contrast for different types of colour blindness.
I think I've got the basics down about how to use the editing software, but managed to delete a section in the middle (fortunately not an important bit). I also need to work on keeping what I am doing centred when filming, I kept moving my work into the wrong spot.
Overall, lots of areas to improve on but I'm fairly happy with it for a first effort.
It looks wimdy but yesterday was so warm I overheated in a long sleeve top and jacket. 🤷♀️
have decided to take tomorrow off and go somewhere for the weekend. excluding Daylesford (its lovely but I go there all the time), where's a nice regional town for me to visit this weekend?
edit: someone mentioned wandi in a different thread, strong contender
Go to Forrest. While you are there make sure to stop by Dar Tèta cafe for the best baklava ever.
Also, lake Elizabeth is nearby. They have canoe tour if you want to check out the platypus community there.
Also there is a e-bike tour run out of Gellibrand a short lovely drive to the west.
Woke up from a nap, now when am I?
Pondering buying an old car in case I have to drive into the city - can’t park a large car to save myself. How many km is too many ? Looking at $5k or less. No Uber or taxi where I live. Was $145 to book a private car to get into the cbd a few weeks ago. (Was emergency medical)
Have a friend going to Olinda tomorrow, might suddenly become ill and go with. Had an incident at work when I started earlier this arvo and it's extremely soured my already diminishing taste for the place.
Met this super cute woman at a meet up tonight and just really couldn't figure out, is she gay, bi or does she just hang around queer people and is just a Melbourne hipster? All I do know is that I thought she was really cute and pretty. Lol.
wind’s howling
I thought I'd take my break outside in the sun and it's be nice and warm.
Nope, it wasn't warm enough and the cold wind was blowing quite strongly....frozen again :(
Run to the shops for bread and coffee accomplished. I am prepared to satiate and caffeinate tomorrow morn.
🍞😘👌☕
edit: who am I kidding, I am totally having some bread now lol
I actually slept a full 8 hours last night, no wake ups. One day in the office and it kills me haha.
My left rear car tyre has a slow leak and I just can't right now. I pumped it up last night, it was down to like 14psi.. I'd pumped it up 3 weeks ago and it was down to about 17psi then. Just.. urgh.