Didn't get the role I went for sadly.

Am drowning with work atm. Asking manager for more money tomorrow.

I heard back today the university job I interviewed for want to move on to references. This is the interview where I had all the technical problems, and they still want to progress.

The salary sacrificed ebike dream is becoming more of a reality

I has a friend:

The nip strikes again

Goodnight all ❤️

I know this comment may make history as the most downvoted ever, not just in this thread but the whole of Lemmy, and could possibly result in my expulsion from this community and even the internet as a whole, but...

I actually don't mind this weather.

There. I said it.

Have at me, beaches.

I am not an ogre and so I would prefer not to live in a swamp please.

Well damn. Roofer is coming tomorrow but I can’t be home so have to let the LL in handle it.

Burnt all my days that I can take off for the year and wasn’t prepared to take leave without pay.

Less than ideal situation but got to do it.

So I opened up at work to some people how bad things have been with some higher ups, part of my stress is coming from work and how powerless I am to control a situation that was related to yesterday afternoon.

There was agreement in place to mitigate and manage the situation but that didn't work yesterday and I was subjected to a lot of stress even with the aid of someone with me.

I had to make it clear that I need to be supported at work because inevitably the root cause of the problem is coming from work and they need to support me better because it's coming from work, I don't believe that I should be seeking external help when the problem is actually coming from work.

Can get such a good deal on two pairs of glasses at Specsavers right now, including a pair of polarised prescription sunglasses, but their range is either tack and el cheapo, or obscenely priced for what it is. I'm thinking my gorgeous features deserve better?

Today was a pretty cruisy day. We had to go get new wheels, and then decided to head to the National Railway Museum in Port Adelaide. It was alright, but last year they stopped allowing people to enter the locomotives and carriages because apparently people were stealing shit and vandalizing everything. I get their decision, but that kind of took about 80% of the gun out. It was basically just walking alongside old locos with a bunch of barriers besides them with the occasional plaque about the history of it. Also wasn't really national, state at best

They also had a little miniature railway. It was rideable, but a little freaky. It's intended to young'n's, and while age wise, I qualify as a I youn'n (or so I'm told), I absolutely do not have either the height nor stature of a young'n. Damn thing almost tipped over when I got in 😂

Then we went to Okami for all you can eat Japanese food. I love Okami (hence why I'm probably capable of tipping miniature railways over), and came back for what was meant to be an early night but is rapidly becoming a late one (due for another 4am start tomorrow. Not sure why I do this to myself tbh)

Also got some cute postcards I'm gonna write up and post out tomorrow

day... 6? still coughing shit up. Woke up feeling amazing but within 10 seconds of being in the shower it starts again. Hit me with your home remedies. i'll even accept placebo ones at this point!

sky’s gonna be pretty

Amazing lightening storm happening to the north atm

Okay, okay, I must brave Ikea and Kmart today... I am gonna go, and not glue myself to this couch...

E: ikea done, damn i have to say they have some hypnotic VGM style Muzak, I felt like I was floating in some special waiting room dream... now to brave tacky Kmart

E2: kmart done but how in the fuck is every single one out of simple, basic S hooks?! No, not with a flat top, round so I can hook my pots and pans onto this weird metal bracket hanging from the wall in the micro kitchen. I'm loathe to drive all the way to northland just for these but also don't want to wait for delivery..

Nice little funderstorm rapidly approaching from the north.

I watched a documentary on Netflix called That Sugar Film. Basically the creator ate "healthy" processed foods for 60 days. He put on around 10kg. It was very interesting to watch.

5/5 hobbits

In office today I'm sitting next to someone relatively new (different team).

She had a fairly strong Russian accent and even a polite and innocent sentence sounds like a threat.

I managed to snag one of those white Steam Decks as a graduation present for my girlfriend. They're a nice little unit, Valve really made sure to give them that premium feel like an Apple product

I think Catch accidentally doubled up and gave me twice the amount of dishwashing tablets. I guess I don't need to order anymore for like 2 years now

Positive team building post. 🙂

So what is the first song you remember? Mine is The Beatles, Twist and Shout. I must have been about two and a half, maybe younger. I remember the joy of it.

yay, my watercolour practice book is here. I don't care if it's harry potter, it has good instructions, good paper and it looks fun 🙂

🎨🖼️🖌️

Working in the garden in this humidity has turned me into a soggy mess. It's not actually raining which is probably good - the weeding I did yesterday was in light rain, which was soggy but cooler. Hopefully I get the remaining plants in before any storms come over this afternoon - it is great for the plants to have lots of water after planting though, so the timing is great in that regard.

I'm hoping I haven't gotten any sunburn - I thought I replaced the sunscreen in my toiletry bag last year, but apparently not. I went to put some on, found it had completely separated, and when I checked the date it expired in 2016. Oops. At least I have my hat.

You know it’s hot when your Indian colleague is complaining about the weather.

First world problem #475358: seems not all microfibre cloths are created equal. I bought some new ones but they are hydrophobic and not very good at picking up dirt. Annoying. Lesson learnt, I’ll be having a feel of them in the shops before buying new ones to see if I can find ones with similar texture to my older set.

I'm starting to think my house plants are ramping up the humidity in this joint. Did a bit of mucking around in the kitchen and organised the spices but there's still a way to go with pantry items. Can't think of a logical layout. Forgot to get little step ladder as I'll absolutely need that in this place.

For now though, I'm calling it a night, been breathing shallowly for some reason and yawning hugely/feeling light-headed the past hour. I've pulled 9.5 hours yesterday and 9 hours today at work to make up for last week, excluding 30 mins lunch; still need an extra 30 minutes tomorrow. And then so much uni work on Thursday. zzzzz....

15% off everything at Dan's today only for my fellow frugal piss pots.

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/879868

Good dreams get to me when the content feels unattainable :(

Lightning show due north of the city - heading due south according to windy.com. No rain as yet, and no thunder audible. Aaaaand it's fizzled out. Again. I'm disappointed.

to do list is being listed

first done is the dvd player has been fixed

audio visual centre reorg has been completed