Retreating to bed cause it’s fucking freezing. Fortunately got the electric blanket on in preparation so beds nice and warm at least. Reckon I’ll leave the electric towel rail on tonight too just so don’t freeze my junk off when I get up at 6am.
I know they get a lot of hate, but I actually like the new short Coles paper bags. They have about the same effective carrying capacity (unless you are buying something really light like a bulk purchase of marshmallows) but are much less likely to end up torn. They also seem more stable, things don’t end up rolling around inside the bag as much. The larger bags almost always ended up torn during delivery when they had cans of cat food and similar in them, it hasn’t happened once with the shorter ones.
I have not had the same experience. I find they all rip in no time. The plastic ones lasted 10-15 uses. The paper ones are lucky to last 2.
Today, I heard someone refer to a flannel shirt as a “western shirt”…I had not heard that one before.
I grew up hearing “western shirt”, another term was a Miller Shirt as that was the popular brand. But then it had to have pearl snaps. I expect flannel shirts have buttons.
Well I asked about it, and they meant “western suburbs” so I was like …ohh snap!
oh
They are clearly not western suburbs natives. Anyone who is would know the official uniform is adidas, hoodies, and fancy sneakers.
Whaaaaat! Western shirt - tight fitting cotton plaid, sometimes with press studs. Flannel shirt - made with flannelette cotton (which is thicker) or wool, worn looser with ordinary buttons.
Two different style of shirts.
You hadn’t heard it before because they’re wrong.
I go for the pre training review thingy today. They sent me the link yesterday and reiterated I had to fill out the LLN assessment prior to the PTR, so i wrote back to ask if they’d received my assessment, and they never replied which is always a good sign.
I feel like this is a bit of a pivotal moment for me, and this is about the point I’d start making saves if this were a game…
In other news, I was finally able to go watch that bad men movie on Sunday (3rd time’s the charm, I guess). I enjoyed it, even though I never saw the other one(s? I think it’s a trilogy). I pieced enough of it together to still enjoy myself.
Good luck! You’ll be great 👍
Thanks dhmo!
Good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Thanks G!
Who cares about all that training stuff, I think you mean Bad Boys and there are FOUR of them now.
Don’t you know Will Smith got cheated on and it inspired him to become the greatest actor of all time?
No
Why am I so tired today??
You ever wonder if you’re just tired a lot or if you’re actually Stage 3 something or other and just haven’t gone to the doctor? I think I might have hypochondria.
Victorian public service executives have now been awarded a pay increase between 3.5% and 4.3%.
Less than inflation.
More than the 3% that government policy caps the offer for all their other workers at. But the politicians themselves and the executives get to have different rules.
Stage one interview done, I feel like it went well. I’ll know in a day or two if I get to the in person interview which would be next week
🤞🤞🤞
I washed the woolen underlay I use as a dog blanket a couple of weeks ago and hung it outside to dry. I missed taking it in before rain hit so it had to stay out longer. Now I have a magpie coming in regularly to collect nesting material from it, so I guess it has to stay there now.
Possible job offer.
Reference check being conducted.
If they require a police check, which they probably will, it’s 50/50 that they withdraw the offer.
Fingers crossed, 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
Crossing everything for you!
Thank you! If there is a police check, I’m going to request a meeting with the general manager who I interviewed with and see what she’ll say.
Got your back on this no matter what happens
You’re an absolute legend man. Seriously ❤️
Got done by a lemon tree thorn a few days ago. Tiny little prick but it’s really puffed up. Headed over to Dr. google and learnt a new word:
Phytophotodermatitis, where when you get done, then expose it to UVA it flares up. Most common from lemon trees apparently.
Little fucker packs a punch. I had no idea.
I will wear gloves next time.
Wait until you get a rose thorn stabbing, and end up going to the doc for a penicillin injection. Which they administer with a sharpened hose pipe into your gluteus maximus. Rose thorns do gangrene really really well apparently. Learned my lesson from that experience and now wear gloves when I’m anywhere near roses. Never knew that lemons were particularly hazardous - thanks for the info!
TIL
and hugs
Well, 11.5 degrees looks to be as warm as I’m getting today. I’m off to have a stroll around the neighbourhood with Mr Woof.
Trying to be kind about an email from a friend, where they have linked me a seek job posting for… A sales rep.
When they know I’m changing careers and have spoken to them about it. That I won’t be going back to call centre shite.
Ehhhhhhhhh. EHHHHHHHHHHH
Lodged my tax return this morning. Took like 5 minutes
That’s how you know I’m poor
When they’re like “you got any investments bro? What about income from dividends? Don’t know what a dividend is? Oh, just put down “no” then, you poor fuck”
On the other hand when you have to answer “yes” it starts opening up a bunch of complicated questions to wade through. I put a small amount of money into some investment funds a couple of years ago and now I get to wade through a whole bunch of extra questions, all over tiny amounts of money. It’s all stuff like $20 of franking credits, $2.31 in foreign investment offsets and $6 of capital gains. I’m looking forward to hitting the age I can access Super and can just shove money in there and take it out tax free without all the hassle.
I’ve always loved the question to the effect of, “have you received any tips?” 🤣
I took an old mattress to the tip; does that count? 😂
Modern tax return stuff is so good how it already knows about all of my dividend and interest payments etc. Most things are auto-filled but I just need to crack open my google doc I keep with my expenses I put in and keep track of purchases I can claim, whack that stuff in there, get briefly mad at how much tax I pay every year and then hit submit. Probably takes me about 10 minutes. 15 with a double-check of everything.
Before I came to Australia I had this impression that tax was Awful and Complicated and A Nightmare - primarily from American media - and this was before I was old enough to have needed to file a tax return.
Only to find out it’s a total breeze here.
Operative phrase there is ‘american media’.
I think USA has the additional complication of having both State and Federal income taxes. There also seem to be a lot of things that can be deductable there that don’t apply here - like mortgage payments on your own home and the value of donations given to charity (not just money, but stuff like old clothes you drop off at the op shop!). Plus they have the option to file a joint tax return as a couple instead of being treated as two individuals, which is beneficial in some circumstances but not others.
It’s certainly a massive improvement on the old paper forms. The early electronic lodgements were also basically just the paper form online, all of this automatic stuff makes it so much easier.
I has a quick look and plugged in some travel expenses since I started travelling off site at work and some other deductions.
This year thankfully is looking better than last year’s estimate.
The last time I did my tax that quickly I realised later I missed something and had to do an amendment. Turns out it meant the tax refund I had already received was higher than it should have been, so I had to repay the ATO 8c.
Fucking called it!!! Sit down for for dinner last night and the mrs goes “what we we doing this weekend?” “not much, why?” “Well, I got a message from (Couple I complained about yesterday) wondering if we…” “nope! heck no we’re not doing that. Whatever it is, its a no from me.” She stares at me a few seconds “Why?” “We talked about this last weekend babe, we are NOT getting pulled into this shit! the other day was exhausting, i need some space from them”
She goes on to admit the message was very strange and almost like we didn’t have a choice in the matter. I pointed out as adults we very much do have a choice. I so saw this coming, I may not have understood it but I was apprehensive enough to bring it up yesterday I must’ve had a 6th sense.
Your Spidey Sense was tingling for sure.
They’re also adults, so they need to figure themselves out. Don’t burn yourself out with their shenanigans.
I love your comment from yesterday I think, “don’t burn yourself out to keep others warm.” I’m gonna steal it.
The one that really stuck with me from this whole discussion was “You’ve kind of shot yourself in the foot there, can you please not bleed on my kitchen floor?”.
You’re definitely doing the right thing by doing your best not to get pulled into the drama.
I’ve also seen it more dramatically stated as "don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm ".
It comes up a lot on the caregiving Reddit sub, there are way too many people who are manipulated into prioritizing other people’s needs above their own.
All good advice are lessons learned in the flames that chill, rather than burn.
It can apply to many differing situations, but the best thing you can do is look after yourself first and foremost. One cannot do anything for anyone else, if one is broken from lack of self-care.
Short answer: Yeah Nah.
Long answer: No thanks, I can’t help you at the moment.
Yeah avoid that dumpster fire. Life’s complex and exhausting enough without taking on other people’s BS. Especially if they’re in a situation where they could do something about their drama but won’t due to reasons.
or worse, they manufacture the bad situation on purpose and the bad situation always makes other people look bad, not themselves
i am so done with that shit
Done the last of the repotting and prepared 3 big pots for jalapeno seedlings. Sewed up the outdoor toy penguin and put it out. Done daiso shopping, bought gloves, no one had fingerless gloves so imma just cut the fingers off myself. Got all the sewing haberdashery I need to do some french embroidery on my jumper. All the tapestry fabric for recovering the chairs is cut out and ready. Pizza is being done. Cats are brushed and fed.
I refuse to listen to the news, the whining from the dems is driving me crazy. Just fricking use power and do something.
