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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
I did not expect my lovely little trip to feature a visit to urgent care, but here we are. After vomiting all day they've given me anti-nausea stuff. Hopefully I can actually enjoy the rest of the trip!
I missed your last comment, so I thought you were talking about a different type of trip. In any case, I hope you recover quickly and are able to enjoy the rest of your trip!!
Hope the problem clears up soon!
Hope you get better soon . Lots of hugs.
Mr Woof working on his turndown service
Just so long as he doesn't leave a chocolate drop on the pillow ...
Oh he's precious!
What a blessing!
such a cheeky boy, I love him 💖
Omfg the amount of bloatware on this laptop is insane! Windows really is just bloat at this point. It reminds me of when I was younger and used to have a cheap shitty Optus/Telstra phone they probably sold as a loss leader. They used to come with sooo much bloatware. Even the cheap Samsung's used to.
But seriously. No I don't fucking want Norton, LinkedIn, candy crush, Microsoft maps, or Facebook. God. And everything is so pushy, why can't it be quiet bloatware.
Open edge
Search for chrome
"There's no need to switch to another browser! Edge performs better."
Close popup
Go to the download chrome page
"Microsoft edge performs up to 3x faster than >google chrome!"
Close popup
Download chrome
Open chrome
"Installer error! Failed with error code 57"
Norton popup: "we found a threat on your device! But don't worry. We blocked it."
I NEVER WANTED NORTON OR EDGE I JUST WANT CHROOOOOOOMEEEEEEEEEEEE. FUCK. OFF
this was also after about 15 minutes of trying to figure out how to fuck all the Microsoft garbage off and just use a local account.
And now:
MSI Centre popup: "Have you backed up your system?"
NO I HAVEN'T BACKED UP MY FUCKING SYSTEM THERE'S NOTHING TO BACKUP YET YOU DONKEY! I HAVENT EVEN INSTALLED CHROME YET!!!
Imo, reinstall the LTSC version of windows and dual boot Mint.
Shame they didn't get you a mac.
And Firefox not Chrome.
Idk what LTSC is, but I think I've gotten rid of all the bloat now. Not really interested in Linux on this laptop. Also chrome, not Firefox.
On the way home from tennis. I gave myself two options: 1. Take PT home and order delivery or 2. Take a cab home and make food instead. I did neither, took PT home and will make food instead of ordering in. Go me!
Update: it just arrived. I checked the tracking at 7:18 and it was still saying ready for processing so I went to the kitchen to grab some cheeky ice cream, and then there was a surprise knock on my door! Delivered at 7:21, and after double checking the tracking they've retroactively marked it as on board for delivery in Tullamarine at 7:12 (definitely wasn't there before). I'm a lot more than 8 minutes from tullamarine. I'll be honest - I jumped when I heard the knock. And yes, it came through startrack not auspost (although in my mind they're still the same thing)
Not complaining though, that was bloody efficient. I mean look at this!
New laptop day though!
What kind of laptop did you get? I want to get one for school bc my current one won't work without being plugged in lol. Still technically a laptop, but not portable haha
I got an MSI Thin A15 "gaming" laptop. I specifically went with this one as it seemed to be the best at that price point and had a dedicated graphics card.
Although it's a "gaming" laptop, I fully intend on rocking this to school. I'll turn off the RGB keyboard, and maybe tape an apple logo over the main one (although it's not RGB and fairly discreet) or something. It's got a metal case and full size HDMI out + ethernet, so I don't see why you couldn't rock it to school. Then again I have a friend whose school only permits MacBooks, even though they aren't school provided or managed. So I guess YMMV
Made it down the Bellarine on PT. Bus dude was throwing down some Bowie - Let's dance.. which brings us to a Rave choon
Was the radio on Bay FM? I love that station.
It's always Bay FM laying down the bangers :)
Too right!
So I guess we're all good now. Recruiter messaged back saying it was a great reference.
HR rang to let me know my start date and time, and what to expect on my first day.
It's done.
Thank you everyone for all your help and support ❤️❤️❤️
Now I'm going to give the cat a shit load of treats, and enjoy some video games without feeling guilty because I should be applying for jobs.
It's been a huge learning experience the last 6 months. I won't be forgetting the lessons any time soon.
That's great news and I'm so glad things have worked out
Huzzah!!! 🎉🍾🥂
Well done man, you deserve it! You worked so hard to get this, congratulations 👏🎉
Yay!! Congrats!
FUCK YESSS!!!! YOU DID IT! EVERYONE HERE IS AMAZING! AHHHHHH!!!
YOU DID IT! 🙌🙌 YOU DESERVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS!!! AHHHH!
So many hugs
You deserve this. 😘
Boom!
Wonderful just remember how to keep the story straight 🐈
Lucky I have a great memory lol
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ yay!!!! More treats for the fluffy butt family!!!!! That's well deserved. You worked bloody hard
Congratulations 🎉
Woo hoo!
That’s awesome to hear it’s all been sorted now!
Treat yourself as well!
Honestly this weather is so fucking shit. Literally have not left the house today and frankly it's probably going to stay that way.
it's fucking freezing
so I will be staying home tomorrow sewing
Scary movie review part II
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
I forgotted the most important part of my review.
This movie tells teens they have the ability and innate psychological strength to face adversity and that they don't need protecting from stories about tragedy and trauma and that facing trauma is a part of healing.
So my replacement laptop is coming today (possibly). They had an option I've never seen before - "Australia Post next day evening (6-9pm)". I decided to go with this one instead of express post, because surprisingly it was actually a dollar cheaper. Apparently this is part of some service called Australia Post metro express, or possibly startrack courier (both things I never knew existed). The shipping info said they did the pre lodgement at 1pm, and apparently it WILL arrive within the next 4 hours.
I'm really sceptical, because since when do Australia Post do after hours delivery, and half the time their next day shipping doesn't even happen. But I will update you all later. If it actually does arrive, then I'm going to think I'm in a dream
Any luck?
Not yet. It still says it's ready for processing. But the website says it's at Tullamarine (my local delivery centre). Guess it depends how late they're deliver.
I hope they don't deliver it tomorrow though, because I'm out all day and don't want to go to the post office
Rang Tenants Vic for last night's issue.
Amongst many things, these two stood out:
- Under RTA S72 Was told that rental provider must repair within 48 hours
- Under RTA S67 quiet enjoyment of premises, and that I should be able to use all facilities and rooms to full extent.
But I couldn't find anything written to support the "48 hours" figure and the "full extent" statement that I could refer to in the next email, any idea?
Agent pushed back saying it's normal for the switch to trip if we overload the circuit lol. No shit. But if the apartment's power is cut off from an outside switchboard that only owners corp can access... gotta wait 3 days for someone to come and fix it.
And for clarity:
- Switchboard inside apartment: Oven, hot water, and I think the stove are on their own circuits. No idea where the bathroom heater is wired up to.
- From outside of the apartment: aircon on one "line", oven/hot water/stove/bathroom heater on another, other outlets on another.
- Using oven/hot water/stove/heater together apparently cuts the power to the whole apartment from outside, but from what I can gather, we would be fine using a smaller combination of the above, our own portable heaters and aircon together lol.
Have come home hungry so I made peanut butter toast.
Came back annoyed from work because I think someone went through my drawers for a stapler which I’ll double check tomorrow morning when I get in.
I will be confronting this person and telling them that going through my office drawers was inappropriate and violated my personal space.
I don’t understand why people don’t know boundaries.
Would that be personal office space? 🫥 🔥
Yes and any of my personal possessions that I store in my drawers.
It makes me angry.