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  • I'm wasted on this audience (my parents). The TV just had some ad where a woman had all of her toes amputated due to diabetes, showed her nub foot. She said "you never think it'll happen to you, but until you put your foot into someone else's shoes..." and I said "Ha! Was that a pun?? That was toe-tally a pun.." and dad was like "yeah".

    I crave appreciation for my comedy and I'm not getting it from these supposed "loved ones".

  • Approx 6mg of gummy, a good episode of Star Trek TNG, off to a traditional no-name diner next door for a hot meatloaf & gravy sandwich and a tall cold country style lemonade.. now I've plonked myself on a layback lawn chair in my hotels courtyard where the wifi is fast and plentiful. Not a bad way to spend a summer evening in Deadwood, SD.

    Update: I have relocated myself away from the flagpole because a thunderstorm has rolled in. Enjoy 79 seconds of Deadwood Summer Storm with me as I sit here: https://youtu.be/-OHD2UdU40c

  • Ugh, just remembered due to schedule changes the person I am relieving tonight is someone who I dislike immensely, think I'll forgo my strict punctuality and relieve them last minute. I hate to be rude, but with a week like the one I've had so far I couldn't bare having to listen to her crap for more than a minute.

  • I thought I had sold one of my Marketplace items, but I think it's just a better quality scammer than the last one. ☹️

  • Finally going home, I'm just happy to get away from the tradies. So bloody loud! I don't think anyone else was in the office complex except for me and my boss lmfao

  • Made a impromptu Japanese curry with what I had, which was onion, capsicum, zucchini, beef mince and a tin of diced tomato. Added chilli, ginger and garlic and curry roux cubes. First time using mince to make Japanese curry and it worked well! ::: spoiler spoiler

    :::

  • Busy day today, my desk looks like a disaster. I could almost make a fort or a wall with all these books on my desk.

    Well at least the sun is shining today, good to see it out.

    Super busy day today, I hope I can find some rest or break time somewhere.

    Also as a continuation to my dinner plans, I'll eat that pasta salad thing I bought and microwave it to melt the cheese ontop with the chorizo layered under it.

  • I am death warmed up, but I wanted to remain cold;
    \ They say death becomes you, and so does getting old.
    \ The pains of life seem to have increased threefold,
    \ But they're worth it as long as you stay bold.
    \ No, not all that glitters is really gold,
    \ Sometimes it's pyrite you get given to hold.
    \ But it's still worth it, even if we get old.

  • I finally had my hot water system replaced. It’s so nice to have hot water again though I’m going to have to get used to this system.

    It doesn’t seem as hot as what the last one was as it doesn’t take as much cold water to cook the water down for a wash. Maybe I can adjust the temperature on the unit itself but I’ll leave that for tomorrow since it’s dark already but….

    Oh my god is it so nice to have it on demand again!

    Also dinner will be organised soon and photos will come.

  • My contributing shitpost for today is that I had kippers and bread and butter for dinner. Now I'm enjoying a cup of tea.

  • No exercises for me today. Why? I have a cold, finally I've succumbed to the thing which has gone through the whole family. Easily done when your partner coughs wetly all over you! In the kitchen, no less. It was as disgusting as it sounds. Also my MIL has apparently had the same thing and keeps coming in to our place while I'm at work, coughing and touching things and dropping in cheap NQR junk food for the children (because that's what sick kids need🙄) spreading more germs around. Didn't learn anything from the pandemic did we. Fuck them both. No, I'm just the only breadwinner, supporting 5 people with my wage and paying the bills for the entire house, her part and ours. People are stupid.

    Luckily I have an awesome hoodie (thankyou dear friend 💜) to wear in bed whilst running like a tap. I'm not good at being a sick person, I haven't been sick since 2017 when I had glandular fever. Please forgive me being a grumpy bum. I just get crotchety when preventable things aren't prevented.

  • Here is my dinner for tonight.

    Tub of creamy tomato pasta salad with Parma and chorizo and a side serving of discount potato salad.

    Nothing fancy, deeply discounted and wanted to be a little bit adventurous as I’ve never tried the creamy tomato pasta salad before.

    • If in the discount section, good value. I managed to get a potat salad one for 70c on Sunday evening. It's really quite not bad.

      • Yeah. I got the creamy tomato pasta for 1.90 and the potato salad for 1.10.

        Not sure if I’ll try the creamy tomato pasta again. By the time I got through it I felt like it had a sour taste or something. Might have been the vinegar in it.

  • Lovely day outside. I've just been outside tidying up my outdoor setting to list for sale, and the fact that I've come back inside instead of sitting out on the neatly set up lounge in the sunshine is a good indication that selling it is a good idea! So, if anyone is looking for a second hand outdoor lounge setting, bargains to be had on Marketplace now! Meanwhile, I'm off to find more things to get rid of.

  • These tradies are doing my bloody head in.

    They're right above where I work and the drilling and cutting is just actually painful. I can't wait till this is over!

    Edit: I had a phone call meeting, unlucky, but lucky in that he needed to reschedule so whoo! Still can't wait for the heater to be fixed, it wasn't so bad yesterday.

  • Restless sleep as Zooks was snuggling and headbutting me off and on all night. So much for my planned early night to get lots of rest if not sleep.
    Went outside to move the car before someone else claimed the spot as the lawn guy is likely coming today, and tidied up the last of the rubbish from the great Operation Sort Shit from the garage (well there's a couple of bits that can be heaved but my feet and hands were wet from the dew). Concerned Feline Looks were had.
    Now on the couch drinking a well-deserved coffee.

  • The jigsaw is coming on, I have given up and am using the picture as a reference

  • 2 questions:
    \ Are most GPs okay with visits from people with cold/flu symptoms now?
    \ And: if I get a medical certificate for a few days, but feel okay to return to work while still within the period I'm cleared as unfit for work - is there a problem with me doing so?

    • 1 - wear a mask if seeing a GP in person, and it should be okay.

      2 - you cannot return to work until after the period the cert states.

      • Mmmm. I don't think my medical practice is doing Telehealth anymore so what else am I going to do I guess? I still need to see a doctor...

    • Not sure about the first question, but if you get a medical certificate you can't go back to work unless the doctor does a new certificate. Your employer would be breaching their OH&S responsibilities to let you work when a doctor has said you are not fit to do so.

      • It's a bit awkward. Like I want to go back to work ASAP, mainly as I have no sick leave. But also, I don't want to go and get one day medical certificate and then risk still not feeling up to it tomorrow.

    • Others have gone over the pros and cons for the second, so I'll just answer the first: my GP asks if you have symptoms, call ahead when making the appointment and arrangements will be made.

    • My GP's practice still does not allow face-to-face consultations for people with fever or respiratory symptoms.

      Regarding the medical certificate, that would be up to your employer for sure.

    • Could you get a cert from a chemist? I’m pretty sure some of them do it, and it might be cheaper than a dr

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