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  • Back from the bellarine from a thankfully mostly stress free easter. Got blamed for bro and SIL not coming down though (usually a tradition thing) lol. Pointed out a few things and the subject changed pretty quickly without a fight.

    But in more positive news the old slide projector worked great for the nepal trip slides. There's a big white wall down there that was perfect for it. Felt so old school. That tech is a bit before my time so was good fun trying to work out how to work the thing. Image quality was surprisingly excellent. A lot more fun than just flipping through files on the 'puter.

    • What's a family gathering without some blame being thrown around.

      Glad it was mostly stress free for you, hope you're a bit rejuvenated.

    • Slide nights are def fun 🙂 and you had beautiful pics too

      computer pics are just not the same

  • Friday 2nd May the Thornbury Local is having a country rock n roll evening. I think I could get into that on election eve. And Missing Link is playing at Shotkickers on election night. OK, who needs to doomscroll when you can dance!

  • Client is getting shirty because the report I had planned to finish last week but couldn't due to my manager's shenanigans is now overdue. Manager is looking really guilty. I have been mostly giving him beatific smiles and continuing work at a steady pace. Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine 😇

  • I have to go back to work tomorrow but screw it.

    Got myself a coffee to treat myself.

  • Annoying neighbour has cottoned on to Boyo owning a fair few tools and made noises that sounded like a cash hire attempt. This isn't a good idea for many reasons.

    • There is exactly one neighbour I loan tools to. He's one of the good ones and honest to a fault. I've borrowed gear from him before (his suggestion) and we've helped each other out.

      Anyone else can admire my tools from a distance.

      • Pretty sure he wanted the man and the tools. Much more time required on that to not be perceived as 'The Help' or whatever nonsense

  • I decided to put the winter doona on the bed, even if the nights are still being a bit warm. It meant I finally got to use the fancy patterned sheets as a top sheet. I'm trialling using the doona between two sheets instead of putting it into a cover. I cut open the covers so I can use the patterned piece as a top sheet, and the patterned sheets I got from the Buy Nothing group are underneath and folded over to show at the top. Mr Woof thinks it's ok, although he has a propensity to throw all the pillows onto the floor during the day so probably does not have the best credentials as a stylist.

  • I think today will be a good day to do some stress gardening. Until I have the new lease actually signed (and confirmation of my specific work hours and moving date, rather than just "June will be fine") I am going to be a little bundle of anxiety. I don't do well with uncertainty at the best of times, and these are big uncertainties. Ripping out some dead tomato plants etc. seems just the anti-anxiety activity I need.

    • Can I recommend not anxiety pruning? Some of my plants have taken years to recover.

  • Feeling extra sad this evening for some reason. Flat sort of day. Very bleah at work. Finished the thing due today though, so that was nice.

    Pay came in late, but it's in, so I finished pretty much all my gift shopping - no luck with fancy discounted Easter choccies :( car bills all paid off, flight stuff sorted.

    Dinner, then time to pack and weigh my bags. I only leave on Thursday but tomorrow will be hectic so I'm going to just get it all out of the way today and avoid the immense anxiety that often comes with packing <24hrs before leaving

    Might also tee up a list of ebooks to download. I'm thinking The Convenience Store Woman, maybe, for a bit of snark.

    E: 90% packed except for the last minute stuff. Gee you can hit 20kg pretty quickly but. I somewhat regret buying a hefty 3+kg desktop replacement as a personal laptop all those years ago

  • Gone out for early voting today.

    Currently stuck in line, big line too here today.

    Almost like it was election day today.

    Maybe wait a few days unless you want to be in a line.

    Edit: it took 20 mins

  • painting of vintage furniture continues

    today it's sand the iron outdoor table, then use some some rust killer, wash then paint with some lovely bright pastel aqua blue. It's very Miami pastel .

    then wash some more of the vintage bedroom setting for the spare room. Can't sand and paint furniture that is dirty.

    i bought gloves because my hands were getting shredded and now I'm off to the op shop later to get some old clothes to paint in. I threw all my old clothes away when I was packing.

    i'll post pics when it's all done 🙂

  • My job and workplace are problematic, there’s no doubt about that, but I do appreciate that my boss doesn’t mind me sitting at my desk and tuning into CDawgVA’s Cyclethon. Event even inspired me to clean up my bike yesterday and get out for a quick ride!

  • tv review

    Ragnorak. Norwegian series on netflix

    so promising but as disappointing as Man in the High Castle

    2 hobbits because it looked great

    • Man in the High Castle

      S1 was good, S2 was a massive downgrade, only made it through like 3 eps of S3.

      Didn't realise there was a Season 4.

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