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looks like Ted Cat has settled in π€ no teasing, he had to have a shave because he was knotty π₯Ί
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I want to honk his wonderful tail poof
π I'm glad he has a nice home now
Welcome Ted Cat! Feliway friends made new introductions much smoother in my home.
I'm off today. Work I've had a lot of conflict and ended the day early to go for a walk, but also there's a few things I just need to rant about sorry...! Also have a picture of my cat showing how I feel today!
Just been dropped that I'm doing the flowers for my bros wedding this Sunday.
I'm seriously not impressed.
If anyone here has ever been to a wedding in Indo (their first wedding) and what her side of the family would (I'm guessing) expect... let's just say from what I saw they expect a lot of flowers.
Fuck me
Ted Cat is very very hungry . Every single rescue long haired cat I've had had been neglected and half starved. π’
Annnnddddd, itβs happened again.
Why have people decided to sit right next to me in a near empty waiting room? And the chairs right next to me? Leave a space damnit!
I do not understand. If this is my superpower, please take it away. ππ€£
Learn to pass gas at will
People will possibly then learn to distance and mask
Start muttering to yourself I am the angel of mercy, the time of cleansing is coming
They'll move, trust me
I once took the night ferry to Tassie. Booked the basic low cost seat section. The ENTIRE section was empty except for one other person. and guess where they decided to sit? Unreal.
I actually called him out on it.
While I was having a nice relaxing bath the kids decided to join me in the bathroom. The oldest one decorated the littlest one to make him look "pretty" with butterfly clips.
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So since moving to Tassie I haven't made any real friends, but in a really weird coincidence someone who I knew because she dated a friend I played footy and cricket with (20 years ago) happened to move in to the same area as I did in Tassie not long before I moved here (5 years ago). We spoke off and on but after she found out about the break up, she invited me out to trivia night with some of her work friends. I am really really terrible socially, was super nervous, and almost bailed. But I sucked it up and went last night and actually had a really good time. I was actually social and talked to people instead of feeling like I didn't belong.
And we came third so even better.
Go you! Sometimes you've gotta push yourself a little (I know the feeling!).
That's fantastic!! This is so good! It gets easier with time, but you slayed it! Very cool! π
Ted Cat has never seen anyone have a cup of coffee, he thinks everything is a cat food bowl!! And if he doesn't get his way he is cranky. I don't think he's ever lived with humans or been taught how to behave. π¨ He reminds me of a zoo animal.
I also think he was only neutered very recently π¬
Someone said good morning to me and I just responded
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Welp, Jimmy and Marceline are checked into the cattery. Sadness.
Pissing off to Hobart tomoz. Keen to try the fooodz.
Started work pretty normally.. about an hour in, realised my throat was really dry and felt strange even though I'd been drinking water. Then I got really really tired. Told work I'm unavailable and slept from 10am until 5pm. I had to force myself to get out of bed so I wouldn't keep sleeping. I'm going to order something in I think because I should eat but don't have the energy to bother myself.
This being the day after I went back into the office for the first time since before my leave. Yikes.
So any emotional extremes today. Tonight is comfort food, blanket, couch and either Netflix or gaming. Tomorrow will be better.
And so another data breach has happened. This time with Pizza Hut.
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Fuckery has increased. increased muttering to self
Rollercoaster day. Got an email this morning asking that I attend the office later this week to meet with the directors. No details provided on what the meeting is going to be about. An ex-colleague of mine recieved a similar meeting invitation earlier in the year where they got made redundant. So naturally I began to freak out, thinking I'm about to lose my job. I asked if I needed to prepare anything for the meeting and the response makes me think I'm not about to lose my job, but they're going to be raising something performance related. I'm pretty nervous because I have no idea what I'm going to be walking into. The response could just be throwing me off the scent. I feel sick.
I already want to leave, but better hurry up with finding that new job. Tonight I'm going to apply for a few roles and clear my work PC in case the worst happens.
Also, it is now the time for Halloween and Christmas items to be out simultaneously.
I donβt even know what to celebrate when anymore. π
THE UNIVERSE IS FUCKING WITH ME AND I REFUSE TO ENGAGE
I just wanna work out if the aircon should be ducted ceiling or through existing floor.
Ceiling. Better for dispersal across the area.
No I won't show my work. I've lived in houses with both setups and ceiling AC felt better
If you had the choice, what would you go for:
- Increase of pay to relieve cost of living pressure
- Decrease in work hours (but not pay) to increase your work/life balance
I know for me it's the latter but that comes from a position where cost of living, while putting a bit of pressure on me financially, isn't my biggest concern. I've lived frugally before and can do that but seeing my hours slip away while companies make big profits off of my work isn't fun.
On average, I'd guess it'd be 2 for most people who already got into the property market and are comfortable with what they have. 1 for people who are starting out/trying to buy things.
I'd rather the prices of things stopped getting insane so we didn't have to try to keep up with huge pay rises though, in general. I don't know how the world can turn this around and things can get better. All of the systems around the world are effectively just 'made up' so I feel like the world as a single unit could just decide to make it a better place for most at the expense of annoying those profiting most from the current system, but that's some John Lennon Imagine style daydreaming and I think the days of things being good for the masses is over and just going to get worse.
Yay now I'm sad.
I've just spend two hours on phone setup stuff. So many apps, so many accounts to sign in. I haven't even spent any time actually organising anything, just downloading and logging in.
MARGE
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Botbot and @RustyRaven any chance of pinning today's DT? It's flapping around in the wind and I'm afraid it might tumble down the wrong way with a particularly strong gust.
...Have any of you gotten an employment lawyer to run through a contract before signing? I've finally got my short term one for this project I'm meant to do, but it's both incredibly vague about my responsibilities as well as incredibly broad about IP created in my own time (anything that "relates" to the business?? what does that mean exactly?)
I'm wondering whether it's worth it since they are a small business that probably won't have the resources to really lawyer up and fight (and would ruin their reputation in the process if they really did). But they have been really hard to trust lately. It just doesn't sit right with me.
Exercises completed after spending time today setting up a new non Gmail account and securing my financials, changing my contact details here and there. I've probably overreacted but I'd rather err on that side than not doing enough, and it's my first time with a breach or hack of any kind. It was eye-opening for me how many businesses and organisations I'm involved with. One email breach shakes head and no, it's not the pizza hut one! Also talked to the Minipeelers about it, what happened and what I had to do about it. Now I've got to think about dinner but I don't feel like cooking π