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Goooood morning! Happy friday! My last Friday in my current role 🥳🥳🥰

Could the media please shut the fuck up about Raygun. Please let this story die.

Chill is back in the air. On the way to a moooovie (MIFF film) even though I have this assignment to do... But I wouldn't have gotten anything done tonight anyway as it's been a big day at work... I think my guilt/anxiety over the assignment is what's caused me to have nasty dreams of teenage woes (had another dream after the one of my mum screaming, with an uncle telling me I wasn't allowed to watch Suits. Which is weird as I've never been interested in watching it anyway and that uncle was relatively lenient)

It's okay to have a bit of a life outside of work and uni 😩 can't sustain my psyche otherwise...

In good news though, I passed my probation at one of my jobs today and got a 9% pay bump (they kind of tend to lowball in the first 3 months then do more after. Even my boss admitted it was "embarrassing" what I'd been paid so went beyond the upper range of what I was thinking). The annual equivalent is the highest I've ever been paid in my life so far - would finally take me past the PHI tax threshold lol - and it is so much cruisier than my previous job, so I am feeling pretty chuffed about that. 🥂

edit: I also negotiated one day less per fortnight so I kind of end up the same financially but with more time so that's not so bad at all 😎

Happy Friday everyone 🎉

Quiet night tonight but I don't mind some music and gaming time.

Hope everyone has a great night ❤️

Bad nightmare taking me right back to my teen years being screamed at by my mother over trivial things... The sense of fear and feeling trapped woke me right up :( not now, brain.

Cheers Peppercorns 🍺

The man goes back to work on Monday so it's like the closing ceremony.

They came out to install that gate thing yesterday, which took me by surprise. They did say it would be installed this week, but I didn't believe them. But then it happened, so that's cool I guess.

Unfortunately they didn't install any electrics or motors for it, and it's on a fairly steep hill, so it just opened itself every time I tried to close it. I was able to find some old bed slat thingies and wedge those between the gate and the fence. Looks ghetto AF, but it worked and provided some safety.

Unfortunately today they came out to try and install a motor, but they forgot a part or something so it doesn't actually.... Motor. Unfortunately in the process, they've put it on same chains and gears that can't be moved when the motor is off. So now I can't actually close it.

They'll come to install it some stage next week, but it basically leaves me in the same position as I was 2 days ago over the weekend. And I can once again enjoy the constant baseline anxiety of old mate coming back again.

It has now been 39 days since I returned and had to deal with all of this garbage.

Edit: I should be fair to them. In 39 days they've purchased 1 security camera

I’m sitting in front of this now. I can’t seem to get up.

God help me.

I'M FREE BITCHES

Why has not evolution equipped us off switches?

I’ve turned into a hysterical fountain.

I just ate a cheese kransky in a baguette with hot english mustard and t-sauce having a radox bath... and.. i'm fundamentally a different person now.

I did not expect that on the bucket list.. it will remain permanently on the bucket list I'm not crossing it out.

It is Mr Woof's 10th Gotcha Day today! 🎂🐕

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I have retired to bed, like a boring old fart. Everything is too loud after work in an occasionally quite noisy factory. Sometimes when I come home and I've done all my jobs (dinner etc) I can't wait to leave the living areas of the house. Everyone's enjoying themselves being noisy with Xbox and tv and I'd just be a killjoy asking people constantly to turn it down. I need peace and quiet to recharge and relax, and it runs counter to everyone else in the house doing their Friday thing.

International politics/current affairs musings. Feel free to disregard:

::: spoiler idiot shows his lack of foreign affairs knowledge

• How long do you think before Fox News turns on trump? looking more and more like hes gonna lose, continued support is only gonna lead to civil unrest which I am sure they dont care about, but they would care about looking like they supported a loser.

-I sort of understand why they arnt doing it, but I would love to see Ukraine call a snap referendum in Kursk about leaving the Russian Federation and joining the country of winners instead. I hope this incursion leads to things calming down and putin signing an agreeable treaty, but I doubt he is gonna go down quietly.

• I cannot WAIT till the EU shows its teeth and puts its boot up Elon's ass. How quickly he threw on the victim mentality shows how pathetic he really is. Love seeing bullys get smacked down.

So, I've had this single annoying hair coming down over my eyes, brush the hair away, it doesn't go away or soon comes back.

Just now in front of the mirror, I found it. The thing was a massive eyebrow hair. I yanked it, and I kid you not - the hair was 4cm long! I'm entering my old-man eyebrow phase, and I don't like it.

As wrecked as I've been this week thanks to starting on Wegovy, I've booked myself a room up in Beechworth for tomorrow and it's non-refundable so that will force me out of my apartment. I'll pop into the Billson's brewery tomorrow afternoon and then chill tf out on the room balcony which overlooks some pretty countryside.

Sunday I'll get up early, go and spend some time looking at Woolshed Falls then drive to Yackandandah and finally see it. I've lined up a place to grab a coffee and breakfast there.

That's as far as I've gotten. As always plans are subject to change (besides the accommodation) because I'm free to do what I want any old time.

Question: Who lives in a multicultural household? Tell me some stories please.

Happy Friday 🙂

still no rain here

this calls for extreme measures

I'm going to put the freshly painted chair outside to cure some more

Rain is here , I rushed out to get the chair in. 😹

Just a little bit longer and I can have a drink, fark me 💀

I've watched my movie and emerged into the bustle of Chapel St Windsor, still on a bit of a high after work (and a very strong drink), absolutely hanging for some Indian food... but it's so darn pricey for one person! Why aren't there rice and curry sets at most places 😭 I dont want to spend $6 on rice and $25 on one curry...

I shall just be content with heading home and making some rice to go with leftover bits and pieces. Almost considered a simmer sauce with some fish but maybe not...

I was up until 12 finishing a assignment, but I had to get up for work at 5. I am le tired.

Some how I get wetter than the toddler in bathing, and I’m not the one going in the bath. How the heck does that work?

Mr Woof's evening turndown service was extremely exuberant tonight, with most of my doona ending up on the floor. There's nothing like having to make your bed before you can get in it.

Testing

spoiler

Okay, Aussie Zone brains trust, I've got an interesting dilemma for you.

So a bit of background. My partner works as a sole trader, and does contract work for a number of companies.

One of the companies she works for has had a full time position open up, which involves managing their external contractors.

Being a sold trader works well for her, so she wants to turn it down. She wants to recommend me instead.

It's a good job. It gas decent pay.

Here's the tricky part: Were I to get this role, I would be responsible for managing this company's external contractors, including my partner.

In effect, I would be her "boss" to some extent.

Working with your spouse or partner is always tricky. Let alone being their manager.

Has anyone here worked with someone they're in a relationship with? What were the pros and cos? Did you disclose your relationship?

Should I take up the role? Or us it not worth tgd hassles?

my husband puts the telly with two different sets of speakers and they are always slightly out of sync, then when I say choose one I am a luddite 🤯🤯🤯

Been wiped the last couple of days even though work was relatively easy. Trying to get the energy up to do more sorting and tidying. It doesn't help that the cats seem to have missed me and have been demanding snuggles.

I really think we need to give this thread a different name like The Melbourne Yarn or The Melbourne Chit Chat / Shit Chat. Cmon marketing people what are your thoughts?

I took out a splinter from my finger yesterday.

This morning it's now a stupid blister and hurts like a mother. Left pointer finger as well which is a massive pain.

Argh.

2am circling chopper. Some kind of shit going down.