Crashing soon so I can be up at 6am. Interview Monday requires me to be in the city at 9am and I want to have some practice in advance.
Enjoy your evening everyone β€οΈ
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So just at a park in Brunny, and it's faint with the eyes, but my phones picking it up :D
oh wow.
nice!
Silly question maybe, but you're looking South?
Yup, looking south. The city light pollution is blue, but the red is the aurora
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rice is in the cooker, I made some satay sauce and cooked the chicken. Now I have to saute the vegies n stuff and dinner is ready.
I'm ok not using cash. I just wish the constant shitty surcharges were not a thing.
And as far as olds struggling with online stuff, I don't think that's an age problem. I know many old people that are perfectly competent with online banking. Seems more like a personality issue to me.
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So I have to decide if a 4 hour a day commute a few days a week is ok or to look for another job. They changed the rules on me and went all return to office. Itβs a damn tech job - no office presence even required.
I donβt want to give up my dog :-(
Ouch. It might be ok for a couple of days a week but it is not ideal. You basically have to write off those days completely and you also can't do any of the little chores you would have otherwise done around or after work either (things like doing your washing) so you lose a little bit of other days too.
If itβs two days a week out of five, itβs do-able but thatβs still a massive loss of free time. Is this travelling by PT? Can you start work on PT in order to spend less time at the office?
It is PT. Something to ask aboutβ¦..
@Mittens_meow @Seagoon_ Given you live two hours away (is that by train or car?), are they willing to make an exception?
Car to train. Not sure that the Monash fwy would be faster, plus getting parking somewhere. Seems not negotiatble, message is being reinforced via multiple levels of upper management. Wondering if itβs an excuse to reduce head count without redundancies.
@Mittens_meow That's pretty horrendous. In a previous life, I was doing around 2.5- to 3-hours commute each day, and that was bad enough!
How are you enjoying the role otherwise? Are there any other issues?
I actually really like the role, itβs different and challenging and I love learning new stuff. Itβs super disappointing that this has happened.
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24 hours:
7 hours sleep.
1 hour preparing for work.
8 hours working.
4 hours commuting.
2 hours preparing and eating food.
That leaves 2 hours for everything else. I could not do this.
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Very hot chicken and veg soup for dinner. Made a huge pot of it today. Also need to make the Xmas trifle that I bought ingredients for and never made, thinking maybe breakfast trifle ?
Am I biased in saying crazy cat ladies (and gents) are the best people?
Anyway, little Spunky got a surprise today when his mum got an Amazon delivery today. A big new box for a little kitty ππ¦
Box π»
Spunky has been evicted from the box.
Mr Snowy decided the box looks like fun, and decided to have a turn.
Omg. There's gonna be fights in the wee small hours cos "somebody's hogging the box".
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I got some details about the next people who are moving in. On the lead tenant front, we're getting a new one "sometime soon". I've been told his name, and that's he's a Resi worker, but not much else. On the kids/YP front, we're getting a newbie from my old org, probably around the same time. I don't want to stereotype, but he's coming from, uhh, quite the rough house. He's also AOD affected from what I've been told, and has issues with nicking stuff.
I feel cautiously optimistic about the new LT, but I haven't met him yet. He's also quite religious from what I've been told, while I'm quite staunchly atheist. I don't really care, as long as he's not the preachy type, which it doesn't sound like he is. I'm quite nervous for the new YP though. I'm mainly nervous because the current LT is moving out a week or two after they move in. Can't blame him, he's been here for many years, and if I was in his shoes, I'd bail too. But we get along really well, and because he lives here and has experience with the system too, he argues with them on a lot of out of place policies. The new bloke is a Resi worker, and it's basically part of their training to not question orders and just do what they're told.
:/
As someone who was regularly stolen from by flatmates - get yourself a small safe, keep it out of view under your bed, and bike chain it to your bedframe so it can't be carried off. Journals, wallet, money or cards, ID, small electronics, sentimental items, prescription medication etc go in here when not in use. Keep your phone with you. If cost is a barrier you could also just get a lockbox of some kind, like a lockable toolbox. You can also get small stash containers that look like everyday items.
Also get yourself a subtle lanyard/wallet chain to keep your room key on you and lock your bedroom door when you go shower. Like, don't be obvious about it and cause tension, you don't want him to see you do these things or act weird like you're sus of him. But just don't be casual about easy access to your room or belongings until you know you can trust him. If he ever notices just keep it light and say it's out of habit.
"Haha, just a holdover from the old place. (The lockbox?) This is a high crime area, you heard about that burglary. (But if he knows about your lockbox? HMMM.) Oh that? It's habit, if I don't remember to lock up my room everytime I forget to do the main door! If I didn't have this chain/lanyard I'd lose my key! Nah, I just like taking my phone to read on the toilet/play music while I'm in the shower."
If this turns out not to be needed, great! But having some self protective strategies might help you cope better until you've sussed the new guy out.
Edit: Oh yeah and password your computer. Hit the shortcut for lock anytime you walk away from it.
And since you work. If he ever asks, you're broke. You've already spent your paycheck on rent, food, a replacement part that was desperately needed for repairs. Sorry homie. I got nothing left to lend you. Keep purchases of anything nice hidden or save it for when you're living on your own. You don't want someone racking your headphones or sneakers.
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It sounds like a really tumultuous time. I hope everything works out for you. Sometimes people from super troubled backgrounds can be a bit better when they have a change of scenery.
Hopefully.
Heading to a big (and free!) outdoor park bass party tonight and easy to get to. Always good vibes.
Hopefully the fun police won't shut it down.
Really good to see a crew start thowing these again.
Which calls for a rave choon.
is it south east?
It's at royal park. Bit ballsy to throw it there tbh.
spoiler
Goes until 11pm
I wont make it there. feel free to delete. thx
They plastered it all over fb anyway heh.
Enjoy, BR
Thankyou Baku :)
Enjoy your night!
It's been a while! It's right next the zoo so I wonder what the animals will be thinking.