Recruiter couldn't get hold of one of my references, so I messaged him and he's calling her back.

One reference check is done and went really well. Thank you to the unnamed user that stuck their neck out for me ❤️

I was freaking out about nothing. So on edge waiting to start my job. Keep expecting something to go wrong.

Everything is fine.

Sometimes I wonder if the cat sees me as more than a food dispenser.

I've been sick in bed all day pretty much, and she's sitting beside me. When I fell asleep and woke up suddenly she was all alert, checking to see if I was OK.

Right now, the heater is on in the lounge room. She has a favourite spot she sits in (on top of her TP nest).

But she's sitting in the cold bedroom with me instead.

Good old fluffy butt.

IRL cakeday.

Getting to work was crazy today - I somehow hit the link on my work app for the second client instead of the first, and only discovered the mistake when I was almost there - partly because a friend phoned to wish me happy birthday and proceeded to grizzle about how she'd lost something she'd bought yesterday at her local shopping centre. So has to phone the office and tell them to tell the client I'd be late. At least, given their recent track record, they were... reasonable.

Both clients treated me very well - part of the reason I agreed to work today - and the (other) papou gave me four frozen meals from Greek meals on wheels that his wife hadn't liked, so score. But I think next year I'll take the day off.

Anyway I got the notification that my click and collect from Kmart was ready so I went to pick it up and of course was behind someone who was having trouble with his order and had to return half the store. Finally got out of there and got a bahn mi and some cakey things from my favourite local bakery, as well as a bottle of pear cider.

Now relaxing with the cats after a shower, and planning on ordering whatever looks appealing from Menulog.

Jesus christ I feel so fucked from changing my sleep pattern. Can't do anything except sit and stare.

Bed time couldn't come soon enough.

Time to switch off the news.

All this Trump stuff making him out like a hero makes me sick to the stomach.

Meeting went poorly. But I said that if they don't retrofit a deadbolt onto my spare room I'll install one myself and they won't have a key, and they took that pretty seriously, and said they'd look into it. I more than likely won't because I have no clue how I'd do that (plus the door frames extend a few cm above the door), but they don't know that.

Besides that, I think he knocked them back for a kitchen renovation, but unfortunately it seems he knocked everyone back on anything. They're not going to fix the rotting floor or the uneven stairs, at least anytime soon.

But the property issues are the least of my concern at the moment. I'll be having that meeting with the area manager at 2. He'll bring the program manager (who'll take minutes), and I'll be recording it on my phone and bringing my support person. I need to start making some notes so I don't get all discombobulated and agree to everything he says.

Recruiter for the job I got called me. I missed the call, rang her back.

She didn't answer and I'm nervous

Edit: She's doing reference checks. Still don't know why she called me...

I thought I had a nasty patch of dry skin on the back of my hand, but it turned out to be dried remnants of the icing from my morning tea.

Time to go to Aldi, and grab an "Adult Hobby" kit they have on special.

Mr Woof has taken to providing a full turndown service for my bed each night. This involves piling the doona up at the foot of my bed and curling up on top of it.

Goodnight everyone. Here's hoping for a more productive day tomorrow 🤞🏾

Sickie = chucked. Not going into an office with a now properly sore throat, and I decided I won't even wfh today as I could do with resting up/catching up on things I couldn't do on the weekend, rather than pushing myself.

The meeting went meh, but I'll share more later/tomorrow.

In the meantime though, I have news that makes me happy. I installed the new RAM and didn't break anything! I also bought the new GPU finally after being advised by the computer shop it would be compatible (I'd already checked, but I don't feel super confident in these things so would rather have them tell me it will work. At least then if it doesn't I can be like "hey, this GPU isn't fit for purpose. Gonna need to return it thanks"). But $455... Fucking oof. It better make my games happier. Now to eagerly check the order page every hour until they ship it :D

Edit: fucking of course right after I paid for it I've seen it elsewhere for 40 bucks cheaper. Ugh.

Done, on my way home. Arvo shifts only from now on. Good lord, my eyes 😱

DT hivemind - what does a "mental health day" mean to you? or "Personal Leave day" in general?

In my brain (office work, Gen X) my personal leave is for dealing with either being sick, caring for someone else or preventing being out of action (might be doctors appointments, might be a day off because I'm processing physical or mental stress etc). I have a team member that often asks in advance for a "mental health day" and their vibe is that this is a 'not a lot on this week I'll grab a day off'....if this were me I'd take an annual leave day. Also I have worked through poor mental health and other illness because I was scared of stigma so I'm aware someone saying 'mental health' in a blase way might niggle at me for my own reasons....

It just made me wonder how people see personal vs annual leave and if it changes based on industry / age etc.

Good night everyone. 😘😘😘

Ok nope, I've hit a wall. Crawled in bed with my laptop to watch something distracting/calming/wholesome. I am watching the Tale of Princess Kaguya. Wonder what else to watch after.

I feel a legit sickie brewing...

On the tram. Not enough coffee. Ugh!

Site: When I power on your DDU our dolby stops working!!! "
Me: That's ok, can you please unplug the port marked MEDIA. The IP we were given to use is clashing with your player's IP. I can change it remotely - is .8 available?
Site: No it is not the IP. The dolby does not like the hardware and is refusing to connect to the servers. It cannot remain plugged in if we are to use our dolby!!!
Me: The DDU literally doesn't do shit mate. It's an FTP server that sits there with its thumb up its arse until you initiate a connection from your end. If your player is misbehaving the instant it's turned on, then it's an IP clash
Site: No. You're wrong. I will now prove it by turning the DDU unit off. See? Our dolby works now!
Me: I s2g I WILL COME OVER THERE AND SMACK YOU SO FCKIN-

Anti-gratitude thread.

Sleep inertia.

Why is there a minimum hold time of 30 minutes when calling any government service? Always “we’re experiencing a high volume of calls”. And the hold music is terrible. Such a drainer.

Driving in the SUV i spotted 2 identical Mazda CX5's just in slightly different colours parked next to each other. A snide thought forms in my head about everyone buying the same cars till I spot the exact same car (colour included) as my own driving the opposite direction closely followed by a green one, both same models as mine. Couldnt help but laugh and smugly repeat the comment back to myself.

Ugh, I fucked up a couple of things at work and now I need to have a 'Mediated Goal Setting' session with management.

I do feel like this is on me. Work has been pretty quiet, I don't have much on, but I'm fucking things up. This should be a sweet gig but I look at myself and I'm like, 'Bro is folding under zero pressure.'

Gotta love crashing and waking in the early morning, especially when you left stuff in the washing machine

Edit: I’m not really a fan of the new clothes I bought. This is why I don’t replace my existing clothes, the new options are pretty much crap.

The smelly lip gloss that stings just went straight in the bin and the similar balm went with it

How good is chocolate milk?

New RAM day!

Fuckin hell! I hope it's alright. I didn't buy transit insurance

cold and dark

brrr

The spring time shedding of the fur has commenced. 😶‍🌫️

Hilarity with the Menulog order - poor bugger was circling around for 15 minutes. I finally went out to meet him when it looked like he was on the corner and he was just coming up the driveway, apologetic because he was 'having trouble with his GPS. Seemed quite surprised when I said I could see his progress.
The cheesy garlic bread was cool but the Nasi Goreng was piping hot and delicious - could only fit in half and one piece of the bread, so I'm well sorted!

First year doing tax on my own. Is it worth just lodging my own? Is it hard to do? I don't have anything fancy or complicated to worry about.

Well one good thing about being officially sick is giving myself permission to do things at my own pace which is really nice. I had breakfast (!), and I haven't taken any notice of the time or what I've "done" for the day.

Which of course means I have actually gotten a couple of simple things done (long overdue life admin emails). It's kind of nice feeling like I exist a bit outside of the usual bounds of time...

PBS FM also just finished playing the most awesome remix of You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) I mean, that song has to improve anybody's day, really. What a banger, especially when you get to the main chord trio after minutes and minutes of buildup.

Also, MIFF tickets are online! They are so expensive. There's an unimelb 15% discount code going around that is cheaper than the multipass tickets...

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So apparently the program leader is bringing in the director of property maintenance from child protection so she can try and get him to agree to give them money to renovate our kitchen. I was honestly rather surprised to hear about this, as there really isn't much wrong with the kitchen. I mean, they need to repaint the walls, and we could probably use a new stove, but it's just a little odd that the kitchen is what they think needs renovation. Meanwhile one of the floors is pretty much being held on by paint and appears to have almost entirely rotted out, and the stairs are wobbly and all at uneven heights.

I did ask why the kitchen is their top priority, and apparently it's because the property manager personally doesn't like the archway that leads into the kitchen. That's genuinely it. She doesn't like the arch. I think this is the sort of thing I need to just shut up and be grateful they're doing anything, but it just seemed a little odd that they're going for the kitchen. The kitchen is probably the most modern and sturdy part of the house tbh.

Also also, apparently they knocked back my request to refit all the locks with deadbolts because of fire safety issues. Truthfully I don't see how they affect fire safety, because I doubt anybody's first instinct when there's a fire is to try and stick a knife into people's locks and pry it open, and they can still be opened from outside with a key. But apparently this bloke is also the one I need to complain to about that