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  • Alright I hope to HELL that is the last time I need to go out for uni fieldwork - I'm so over driving to the most soulless and crammed of new outer suburbs in the north and west.

    I will say, if I had to pick one, it would be Doreen, but I'm guessing the east side bordering Nillumbik / Yan Yean Rd is up there in price relative to age/distance to amenities, even I have to admit much of it is so beautifully landscaped.

    No breakfast and lunch, bought a packet of Indian masala snacks and ate most of it on the way home, super salted/dried out now. I did also finally grab a jar of coconut oil after running out like a month ago - Colesworth just stopped stocking it out of the blue. I'll have to hope this one's decent...

    Anyway it's been hot and yucky and I'm pooped. I have to make these black eyed beans I put to soak in the am. Think I'll be throwing all the aromatics into the food processor and doing a very lazy Hoppin' John.

  • Stressed week + relaxed cheese and wine yesterday == tummy ache 😔. And I have a plane to catch. I am counting the days until I get a break at Easter 🐣🐣🐣

    • gentle hugs for you too

      • Thanks mate. I know that its actually a good sign - I am on a much more even keel now then a few years ago body and mind. But sometimes I push it all a bit hard and I hate having a sore tummy.

  • Air conditioner has been aquired, but I will wait until tomorrow to wrestle it in from the car & plug it in etc. It looks in great nic, has all the bits and has even been stored with a dust cover on. Seller was a nice older guy who is getting rid of stuff in preparation for moving to Japan later this year.

    I got my angles all wrong reversing into the driveway when I got home and needed to make multiple attempts before I got in. Fortunately there was no traffic, and everyone in the area is used to watching inept drivers try to master basic parking maneuvers as we are in a license testing area.

  • order slowly coming out of chaos

    it's tiring, it can be hard to see progress but it's very satisfying

    plus this is a lovely suburb to live in

    also there are no shops or cafes in this suburb, not one , there is a sports club and it is possible to buy a coffee there , that is all

  • Operation Murder Yukkas has been paused. We're gonna need a professional.

    • i have done it. First thing, cut off all the spikes , then then leaves, be sure to wear gloves and a strong shirt and safety glasses, then saw the trunk, they the stump

      • And then the flamethrower.

      • The biggest ones are more than 30cm at the base. Fuck knows how deep the root is. Boyo has cut a 'small' one to the ground (2 batteries on the rip saw) and given up digging pure clay.

        Professional advice it is.

    • drill a hole in them and pour poison in there?

      • Yeah, diesel has been suggested. I suspect this will result in a long wait before rebuilding soil is possible. TBC

  • I know it was quite a while ago for many of us here, but what, if anything, do you wish your teachers at school knew about you / did to make your educational experience a better one? Or just the school staff in general?

    • I wish my teachers had given me more advanced work instead of having to sit and listen to people read pages from the novel I'd read ages ago.

      • That was always so painful. Enduring extreme boredom was however the most useful skill I learned in school. I suspect I would have been better served by learning to actively work to achieve things instead, but that was generally discouraged.

    • I think those that relate on a personal level.

      I was most fond of the teachers who asked about where you're at outside the curriculum as well. Those teachers I listened to.

      • Yup! Favourite teacher ever had previously been a community nurse. Knew full well teenagers will drink, drug, and fuck. Talked about such in a blunt, truthful, non judgemental, and FUN way.

    • Honestly I’m not sure. If had my share of teachers I liked and didn’t like. Maybe more emphasis on inclusiveness and acceptance of everyone around me though I grew up going through primary school where there was rampant racism and ironically thinking back it were quite a culturally diverse class.

      There was a lot of growing up and maturing and self reflection and realisations that I needed to get where I am now or even 10 years ago and more so than anything I wish I could turn back time with the mindset I had after I matured to do school again.

      I also went through VCE without having a proper English teacher for half a year or more maybe, all we had were CRTs and wish we didn’t have to go through that in my final year.

    • I would have been happy if they just stopped trying to make the experience worse.

    • I don't know if anything my teachers or school could have done to make my experience better.

      My problems were at home. I excelled at work in school, my natural intelligence, voracious reading habit and willingness to work hard in school hours were the only thing that helped me pass or even excel.

      My home life was chaotic and even obstructive, with my parents defying advice given by my teachers regarding what I could be doing academically and career wise.

      So maybe a social worker?

    • Having the same teacher from K-6 is a really bad idea.

      Attending a school your parent teaches at is social suicide.

      I really wonder what would have happened if the concept of autistic girls had existed then.

    • My problems were at home, so probably not a lot haha!

      My least favourite teacher was a math/PE teacher because he would very obviously favour the jocks/sporty boys and ignore the nerdy boys, and then was super creepy to the pretty girls, and ignored the normal looking girls. He was fired after I graduated for inappropriateness with the girls, go figure.

      My favourite teacher was an English/Lit teacher. She was no nonsense, wasn't afraid to give the class a piece of her mind if we were acting up. She had such a commanding voice, for such a short woman 😂. BUT, if we asked how her adult daughters were, she could go on and on about them. She taught the curriculum wonderfully, provided context for what it meant, and explained what we needed to do for each task/test.

      Another favourite teacher was the science/physics teacher. He made every class fun, he was funny and never discriminated against any student for their gender. It was interactive, and he loved showing us concepts with physical objects/chemicals. He was easy to talk to and ask questions, because he never gave off the vibe that he thought we were dumb.

    • My best ever teacher was incredible. She was single by choice, and dedicated her life to teaching and her church. She kept the areas separate, but her peace from her religion followed her into the school. She taught English, lit and history subjects but her real passion was music. She worked out of hours teaching music, accompanying students to external exams and performances and ran the school musical and music festival. She was tough and took no nonsense, but she was just as quick to give praise. When she looked at you, she saw you. At her funeral last year there were students that she'd taught over her entire working life, and she made all of us feel like we were seen and heard. I was so lucky to have her because she said things to me that I'd never heard in my life. That I was good at something, and she hoped I'd take a particular class next year because she was looking forward seeing my work. I didn't get that stuff from home.

  • Went for a swim to make the most of the warmth and now I am feeling absolutely wiped! Time to finish off the cheese and olives from yesterday.

  • Note to self. When plugging in one's phone to charge up, it helps to turn the charger on. Didn't notice for hours. Another 20 mins to go before it's fully cooked.

  • Biria tacos for dinner. Family demolished and there's still some leftover for lunch tomorrow.

    Gonna add those to our regular repertoire.

  • Yuck. It’s 27-28 already.

    Got my air cons on dehumidifier setting today to see if that makes a difference.

  • Power bugged out for a minute or two.

    Hope that’s not a foreboding for later today.

    Also made a stovetop coffee but used 1/3 less coffee.

    Hopefully won’t keep me awake tonight.

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