Tax return lodged!! Of course my old employer’s income statement isn’t tax ready, they have ALWAYS been so slow at paying super, lodging tax details, etc. Meanwhile my current employers are on the ball - one is a huge org, the other a tiny firm, and they managed to get shit sorted. I didn’t bother waiting for the old guys, the sums correlate to my bank deposits. Hopefully it’s all in order, anticipating a decent chunk that I can put towards getting my car’s head unit replaced with one that does android auto.
There’s also small silver lining to my reduced employment over the last FY, should be getting $511 back as a tax offset. Overall, a huge relief vs my shockingly low tax refund last year of $250 or so
Happy to hear you managed to lodge yours in sooner rather than later.
Last year my employer forgot to push the income statements through and I had to call the finance department and ask what was going on and they forgot to action it and push it through to the ATO. 🤦♂️
They got it in on time this year so I just lodged mine in the other day. I’m glad that I’ll be getting back more than what I got last year by quite a bit but I think a lot of it came at the expense of travelling offsite and back constantly so I was able to claim back on that.
Now for the wait of it being assessed which hopefully won’t take too long and then win!
That’s really poor of your employer, surely one of the finance/payroll department’s biggest tasks is to ensure staff get their tax-related statements on time. I would’ve been so mad - thankfully it came through on time this year. I hear what you mean about the travel, I was looking through my past tax lodgments and one year I racked up thousands in claiming vehicle use for work travel, dunno whether it really worked out in the end with all the costs of maintenance and some expensive service items.
I’m keen to get something back before the end of this month if possible. It’s time for me to restore my savings balance to where it was near the end of last year before I quit my job. I’ll be due for a chat about my pay at my second job and going to negotiate as best I can…
I told the man if he insists on keeping The Beard during Winter, then atleast trim it away from the top lip because sitting here whilst enjoying my dinner, I have seen some disturbing things.
do not make leek soup
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Cheers! 🥒🍸
Chin chin! 🍹
Someone smashed the glass to the advertising billboard thingy at the bus stop near the shops. Kind of surprised the rest of the glass isn’t smashed too, they just went for the bit they kept the ads in. Surprisingly they didn’t even steal the ad (just a poster Blu tacked to the inside by the looks of it), just smashed the glass. Missed opportunity imo
Also, this is the same stop I got abused at a few months ago, and one of like 3 places I’ve ever been truly scared for my safety while I’ve been out. Nice to see it hasn’t changed one bit (I try to avoid it now)
Edit: just got back to my hotel and there 3 cop cars + a crime scene services van parked out front. About 6 cops got in the lift with me, but they got off the floor below mine. Can’t eavesdrop, but they’re opposite my room pretty much (there’s an internal courtyard), so I can spy. In any case, looks like somebody’s having a bad dsy
hugs
She’ll be right. I’m not the one that pays for the glass 😃
I feel like I just saw a hot air balloon disappear behind some trees and land in Edinburgh Gardens. That can’t be normal.
Why? They land all over the place. The pilots do an amazing job of steering them, but are still at the mercy of the winds as to where they can go and can’t plan exactly where they will end up.
It was more in my 6 years of living this apartment I had never seen it before. More concerned than anything.
They used to land there (and take off) quite frequently. Mostly the open ground to the west of the park nearest to Queens Parade. My parents lived in Rowe St just up the hill - and their dog went crazy whenever the balloons showed up. High frequency noise I expect.
For some reason I have Handel’s The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba in my head this morning and I just imagine… cats. Specifically, a glossy-maned cat of regal bearing sauntering into a room on an overhead ledge and looking down on us unworthy humans. I am a bit cat-starved. I have much more freedom to adopt a cat compared to past years, but wondering if it’s a good time when I might need to cut back on work for a year to finish my studies…
Queen of Sheba
Eee that was my old abbys name.
She also enjoyed heights to the extent she’d make sure you were looking and jump off the roof (2nd floor) for sport.
Logistics wise, unsure. But! A cat is the best study buddy. Mickey helped me heaps when I was at UniMelb, and prolly will again when I start TAFE. They just make it that much easier, even when sleeping on the laptop, pressing keys, or swatting all your pens. Good motivators but also good to remind you to take regular breaks, even if it’s a moment to pat them. Idk, it depends on your situation of course, but my mental health is so much better with a furry familiar
Oh, the mental health boost would be 1000000000000000000000000% there. But I know that on top of regular food I need to have an emergency fund for vet visits, etc, and just wondering if it’s a wise financial decision if I’ll be cutting my earnings (reducing my work hours) to study, not long after a period of already eating into my savings from unemployment and then travel and a car.
I also am not home a lot of the time and wonder if that’ll be good for the cat. At least having a WFH setup means that now even if I need to do a late day at work I can come home and finish off what’s needed and still feed kitty on time.
I will see what study leave options I can utilise at work to balance it all out. The truth is, on a single income, it’ll just take a rent hike to throw a lot of these plans in disarray. As much as I love cats I do not want to touch my savings again in order to afford having one…
There is fostering rescue cats - limited time commitment, big expenses paid for, and you get to help a cat learn that hoomans are good companions.
Heading to a dnb/jungle/dubstep gig tonight. Gonna see how many lemons I can give away.
Just some rando handing out lemons to randos.
Used to do it in the before times and they all went so keen to see if that still holds.
In this cost of living crisis, they would have to have clinical brain damage not to take free lemons.
It’s a dnb/jungle/dubstep gig - clinical brain damage not ruled out.
As much as I want to feel offended you’re quite right :)
Was not trying to directly imply the quantity of psychoactive substances ingested to refuse the offer of free citrus ;)
so tired, could barely sleep and strange dreams
Same. My father was in my dreams, so a bad mood waking up.
I think I’ll head to the border for the night so I can smash out another 6-8 hours of my audiobook (Pet Sematary read by Dexter’s Michael C. Hall). I’ve been meaning to check out Yackandandah for a while so I can go by there as a detour on my way home tomorrow.
Plans: sorted. Well… nearly. I need to see if I can find a room up there.
Edit: sorted.
He’s got such a great voice! Enjoy the drive 🙂
The meat is finally in…
We’ll start with January’s numbat photo.
I reckon the Creator had some help from a graphic designer when he/she/it designed these. Same with loons.
loon
Existential crisis 💫
(She gets half a roll of toilet paper for her nest every week after I clear away the old stuff. Thankfully, she just likes laying on it. No idea why)
Memories of being a kitten in a paper nest with her mum?
Paper is warm and dry like dry leaves in nature
The things we do for our cats 😂 she looks so happy!
It’s been several years since my best Winter sleep period ever. Trying it again (sleeping with the window cracked). Think it went well last night.
This weird little weirdo is actually excited about it.
I slept with the balcony door open on my first night on the train to Mildura. It was nice, but that was in Creswick and it was a few c colder there than in Melbs. Woke up with freezing feet, even with socks and the blanket. The rest of me was happy though
minestrone for lunch … brr it’s cold inside
My olive oil is solid.
You can still afford olive oil?
It’s from the before before times when things were cheaper. Maybe I should sell it.
We bought some rice bran oil this week. Only tried it with some crumbed chicken last night so far, but it went rather well.
It’s less than half the price of olive oil.
Was still 8C outside at noon so it makes sense that I have been struggling to stay warm today. There’s a bit of sun now which is a relief. My poor toes need a hot water soak
hugs for your toes
Done my shopping for the week. Now to clean the bird cage
