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Rant warning. Red paint. Everywhere. 🤪

Miniest made a storybook costume for today's parade a couple of nights ago and it looked great. She painted it red with acrylic paint and used her nans drop sheet (Nan's an artist) to protect the floor. All good, it dried beautifully, she put a cartoon face on it and it looked great. While I was at work yesterday Mr P decided it needed second coat of paint. He poured red oil paint all over it (over acrylic) and put no protection down. On the dining table 🤦🏼‍♀️I came home from work to discover tacky wet red paint all over everything (think light switches, toilet lid and seat, pale grey living room curtains, carpet, my mother's table cloth, children, fridge door, walls.. I mean everything). Paint on the little face she'd made. I said, "why didn't you tell him no?" And she said she did but he just did it anyway 🤦🏼‍♀️I said, "this has to come off because it won't dry on time," (it says on the instructions that it takes between a week and 6 months to fully harden) so we spent the rest of the evening sopping all that paint off; it took a whole double length roll of kitchen towel, a roll of toilet paper, most of a box of gloves and several newspapers. Elder Minipeeler was an invaluable asset in this. And it was still a bit wet in places! This morning I opened the dishwasher and discovered that he'd just tossed the paintbrushes he'd used in there on the top rack and turned it on🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ Now I have paint on the plastic containers, cups and glasses as well. Miniest wanted me to paint the words Once Upon A Time... on the spine of the book in gold, which I did this morning (it's fast drying gold metallic paint) and the red paint is still a bit wet in places 🤦🏼‍♀️So she's off to school with red painty hands and a very slightly damp in places project, but one she's happy with. I said, "don't stand near a girl with an expensive store bought costume whatever you do!"

I suppose I'll laugh one day.

Did I happen to mention that I'm allergic to mineral turps?

I am currently taking my break away in another team’s work room since I seemingly cant take breaks at my own desk.

Been gifted a Lindt chocolate ball by a kind resident team member.

Shame though that I’ll only have my phone to enter myself but better than nothing.

Going to try and chill quietly and alone today with my coffee.

Things could be tense for awhile since the altercation this morning that I had with my co worker.

Here's a song a sung and played on guitar a few months ago.

I recorded it on my phone and uploaded to Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FI8qtfdfadLUlvtPVNzRJ-v0Eq9dJtny/view?usp=drivesdk

I fuck up in the middle for a sec lol

Today I'm feeling drained.

Just when you think everything's going well everything comes crashing down and what I thought I had solved and did for yesterday to be all set and completed turned out to be a totalure failure and stress inducing till the moment I went to sleep.

Sell something for $700, simple transaction, clean quick.

Sell something for $15 and the guy is busting my balls. I swear if he sends another dumb request I'm going to cancel and give it to the op-shop.

Back home - blood tests showed nothing abnormal except for higher thyroid which is unusual in a senior cat. They gave us some fluids and that seems to have helped - when I got her home she went straight for the old food that Zooks hadn't finished and then scarfed down the fresh stuff I gave her three mouthfuls at a time - didn't finish it all but spread over three saucers probably a full saucer. So fingers crossed.

2 nights ago I noticed some loud rumbling sounds in the kitchen. Was listening to music so thought it was a neighbour dragging heavy furniture.

Today it happened again. But I didn't wear headphones this time.

The culprit?

Our cat attacking the draught stop. She used all her strength to try to rip the thing off, resulting in the door, concrete wall, and the kitchen window 3 meters away to all rumble and rattle loudly.

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Ooooo wind. Melbourne is angry

We finished watching all episodes of Superstore last week which was sad. I'm gonna start the man on The Inbetweeners which I know I'm gonna get wtf and your kid watched this!!!???? Then Derry Girls I think.

I tell myself that I can't watch stuff until I've done my work, and then sit around for hours not doing anything anyway. The paralysis.

Got a reply from HG, suspicions alleviated.

The boys were fascinated by a remote control car last weekend so I think it's time for me to break out mine.

I hope they don't mind I don't have a truck. I'm a 'serious' remote control car enthusiast that goes for cars and buggies.

I used cold brew instead of water in my vanilla manshake and it's not bad! If I post "help help" in about 30 minutes then I'm having a little bit of a heart attack so please send help.

I really could've benefited from staying in bed til 10am today. I am le tired, though I hsve no missiles...

Some person has the audacity to call me for work related matters at 3:15 PM on a Friday......settle down sister. The work will still be there Monday

I swear everytime I go for a haircut it's raining.

Happy Friday everyone 🎉❤️

All Hail HypnoCat https://imgur.com/a/Ycqjywn

Birthday party secret broken. Grump! He’s pretending to not know organisation wise. This is effectively the same as a surprise I guess?

Callisto Protocol free on Epic, looks like one of the more premium freebies. Single player horror shooter.

first? hmm.

Still here: they were running behind because of an emergency.
Nothing obvious but they're concerned that she's dropped half a kilo since her last visit. Waiting on some blood results as I type.

"I'm not an expert in Hyena genitalia..."

I love my professor

watched the trailer for the final Grand Tour special and I'm already crying. I dont know if I'm gonna be able to get through it.

Whatever youse are doing tonight have a good time ok.

Just keeping the numbers up because I love a competition.

It's blast off Forco 🚀

Cheers Little Dumplings 🍺

I'd like to thank yesterday's me for baking banana cake. Yummy.

This work week has been a GRIND. Almost there but I'll be crawling to the finish line. Then a week off next week, really looking forward to a short break. Thinking a second coffee is in order.

Dumpling review:
Good flavour - these were pork and ginger. Texture was lacking, but I blame my own cooking. I ended up kind of... Shallow boiling them, draining the water, then putting them pack on with a little butter (I don't really use oil). Let the remaining moisture evaporate as best it could and stirred em around a bit. Finished with soy sauce and la gan mao chilli crisp. Also had broccolini. They came out quite soft and tacky? Still good though.

Fucking had it with these gall wasps in the lemon tree. I let it go too far so have been taking the kukri to it (surprisingly very effective). I'd like to call it shaping the tree but in reality it's wasp genocide.