Melbourne

0.1c And it definitely feels that way.

Time for a snack.

The birds are not chirping this morning. Might be too dark still.

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Almost every weekday morning from 7am some fucker's dog several blocks away starts barking non stop for a solid hour. I'm so incredibly fed up with it but I'm surprised none of this guy's immediate neighbours haven't found a spare tranquilizer dart to send a message yet. I'm so very over living here, can't wait to move somewhere quieter...

Woke up with both ears fully blocked, so toddling off for a cleaning this morning. Hoping the fact I haven't used drops doesn't mean it's too blocked.

Taking it as an opportunity to wfh though.

It’s cold as balls this morning - for the 3rd day in a row! 🥶🎾

Where is the global warming that this climate change promised us? I was expecting Mai tais..

Eyyyy happy anniversary to me and his lordship. 14 years of marriage, a lot more in general, we're gonna pork it up at big pig and then watch a shitload of malcolm in the middle on a heated blanket with fat purring cats.

I envy my dog for braving the cold weather.

I'm off to the shops to man handle all the meat like the senior citz do. Hopefully I can get lamb shanks. I have plans for them.

Trying to get work done but it seems like Office 365 is tweaking right now

Lovely sunny day here. Want beach but I'm still recovering from a cold.

hate that i'm taking extra care now when i get sick, 😔😠, i can't deny i'm getting older

Not feeling great today at all. Headache and light sensitivity that comes and goes (all this screen time and coffee definitely not helping), starting to feel nauseous, really ragged and tired. Brain distorting random memories about thesis into nightmare situations. Taking it as an overwhelming sign to take a break...

Luckily I snapped out of being bed-locked and booked myself in for a full one hour massage this arvo at a place round the corner, ahead of psych session later. It's an ongoing thing to actually choose things that legitimately feel good instead of constantly hunting down digital dopamine.

I have reached an agreement where instead of taking lunch I can leave an hour early.

This is great.

I made cheese sauce earlier this week so the boys could have steamy nachos like in the Steamy Nachos song (Jerry was a racecar driver by Primus).

It turned out quite well, and it's easy to make. Essentially a roux with a bunch of grated cheese mixed in. Here's the recipe

Surgical pre-admission question: Do you live at home?
Facetious reply: Where you live is called your home.

My ongoing quest to create an edible/satisfying gluten (oat) free porridge continues. The current mix uses polenta+chia for the stickiness, rice flakes+millet for texture and coconut+ground up almond for yums. It's ok but the millet takes way too much soaking and cooking to get soft. I might try to source some aramath instead.

I found a pretty good store bought one but it's not cheap so I'm using their ingredients as a starting point for my experiments. The polenta was a good addition.

I rugged up. Long sleeve t, fisherman's rib jumper, slicker, knitted hat, warm socks and boots.

there is an inversion layer over the bay and all the ships looked like they were floating in air

I found a cowrie shell and a piece of coral

a willy wag tail was hanging about the sea wall and breakwater

Another cat tree done.

Miss Meow has nearly as much furniture as I do! I plan to also put a kitchen trolley I have into the corner to act as a dog safe feeding platform.