Going to bed now even though I know I probably won't fall asleep until like 11. Bed too comfy looking I been fantasising all day about climbing back in. Will put a solid dent into my current audiobook: 11.22.63, which has been excellent so far
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I saw the series with James Franco, it's a totes awesome story ๐
So lately I shut my bedroom window at night. That keeps heat in, but it can lead to a stuffy room.
On the other hand if I open it then obviously that let's warm air out.
Hmm. Maybe I can try just opening it a crack. Or maybe I can open a window in another adjacent room to encourage air exchange.
Iโm going to make a coffee because I donโt want to waste the last of my milk.
I also forgot to buy milk today ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
At this hour? I'd be up all night.
Yeah. Guess Iโm classy and insane. Was wanting to try out the new coffee blend o bought too.
@Duenan @wscholermann When you're still wide awake at 2am, you'll think to yourself: "Y'know, that was a damn good coffee" ๐น
Iโm already thinking it.
I donโt know how to describe it but itโs a fruity taste explosion and itโs vibrant.
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It's been such a beautiful sunny day ๐๐๐
Yeah, just not in Melbourne.
The fake audience/cheering on the triathlon is so cringe. It's looping over and over again -- the race will take nearly two hours.
I wish they'd stop talking.
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might be a strange question, but any time I figure out something about myself mental health wise its almost always a "Oh shit. Its THAT easy?" kind of thing. It always seems SO obvious in retrospect! Curious to see if anyone else has the same thing happen to them.
For example: if you're always telling mates to take a deep breath have a sit and let things come to them, then you go and actually do it yourself and you're like "fuck, that was the key all along?!"
@TinyBreak @Seagoon_ This probably isn't quite what you're looking for, but it does involve a phobia.
I'm a little scared of heights, and a lot scared of falling off ladders.
The last place I lived was an old cream-brick 1960s-ish flat. It had really high ceilings, with that "popcorn" (possibly asbestos?) texture.
I was living there by myself.
One day, the light bulb in the living room blew.
This ceiling was high โ I could just barely reach it from the second- or third-top rung (and I wasn't game to go any higher).
The light had one of those glass covers that had a screw in the middle, and then a couple of hooks on either side. After about 50-odd years, it was well and truly rusted and didn't want to budge.
Well.
After two goes, taking around half an hour each time, I finally managed to get the bloody cover off.
Then another 30 minutes to get the old bulb out.
Then another 30 minutes to get the new globe in.
After spending around two hours โ basically the best part of a Saturday afternoon โ trying to change one light globe, I was done. The cover can wait for another day.
Unfortunately, a few weeks later, I got a notice that the real estate agents wanted to do an inspection. The joys of renting!
That weekend, I asked wifey to come over (we hadn't moved in together yet) and help put the cover on.
Ladder out. Clip. Clip. Clip. Screw.
She had the cover back on in, like, two minutes, tops.
I think I might have actually said something along the lines of: "Shit โ it's that easy?"
The moral of the story?
Find a handywoman, move in with her, and get wifey to do it ๐
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Found this Maggie in our front yard just now, and Iโm not sure if thereโs something wrong with it or not. Itโs not at all scared of us, and I got quite close (<1m) with no reaction. Itโs eaten a few salada crumbs and had a drink, but does look a bit bunched, and is just staying in the yard. Is it worth calling wildlife rescue? OH thinks we should leave it and see how it goes.
Leave and see how it goes. If it's still there tomorrow, then maybe call rescue. This is early pairing up season for maggies, so it might just have been tossed out of the parental nest/territory.
Turns out itโs missing its tail. I did end up calling and they suggested catching it and taking it to the vet, but it wasnโt having any of that and is now on the neighbourโs roof. Iโll keep an eye on it and leave food & water out. Hope itโs ok, poor thing.
That pleading look my little dog gives me when he sees me eating twiggy stix. Can't give him any cos they the "spicy" ones.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Seagoon_ You just reminded me of something thst happened a couple of weeks ago.
When we first adopted our babies, wifey used to often give in and give them scraps from what she's eating. I never did.
Fast forward a couple of years.
I'm eating dinner in the living room, wifey's having dinner in bed.
She was joined by all three cats.
Mewing incessantly.
"Why do they always leave you alone at dinner time, yet always pester me for food?" shd asks.
I reply: "Because you trained them to!"
I say to him "I don't hover around when you're eating".
It's become apparent to me some of my problems at work are coming from my manager's poor communication skills.
It's time to move on in my own terms before that decision is made for me.
I'm having a pretty good day today. I hope everyone here has at least one moment of joy today.