• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    Have sad.

    Cleaned my little balcony/sunroom and moved the plants around. That was a good job. I am hoping that I will medidate more now that space feels less run down . . But am so tired lately I just can’t get through my basic chores. And have bad anxiety about work this week (just overloaded for reasons beyond anyone’s control).

    Gaaah. Just needed to vent.

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    I’ve done too much doom scrolling this morning. Now that my morning coffee is kicking in I think it’s time to switch to my book. It’s one of the old fashioned paper varieties, and although the content is interesting having to constantly hold it open is tedious, the screen resolution is not that great and there is no ability to change the font size in settings.

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      I tried that. The trial separation turned into divorce. Alcohol and I bump into each other occassionally at parties and have stilted polite conversations, but we are no longer in a relationship. 10/10 Highly recommended.

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      I watched the game. Your team did very well.

      Best I’ve seen of them in awhile.

      🩵

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          Nah, I didn’t tip them sadly. Might need some evaluating in the future though if they can do it again.

          Season is a bit weird, some teams having odd crappy weeks of play already.

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    Goodnight all. Glad to see the arse end of this weekend tbh. Such awesome weather and I still felt like it was one step forward and two back in my pursuit of domestic glory lol. At least I got most of the laundry done I guess 🤷🏼‍♀️ Catchya on the flipside 🤙🏼

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      Domestic glory be dammed… I spent the whole weekend avoiding all domestic chores and traipsed the city eating and shopping instead. I’ll pay for it later in the week, and had to scrounge through the unfolded laundry for work and school uniforms, and the house looks like a bomb hit it.

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        I like your style Eagle! In fairness to myself, I could spend the entire weekend cleaning and the place would still look like we’d been robbed 😆

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          Oh mine does too! Too many people and too much stuff. And pets! And the housework will always be there!

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    Can’t sleep, just spent a few hours tossing and turning.

    Apparently I’m up in time to hear the local meth heads lose their minds in the alley 😂 late night snack and a ‘radio’ show it is!

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      the council or who ever are doing road works in the alley at night

      and during the day there are 3 houses directly my neighbours undergoing loud renovation, another neighbour is doing stinky painting

      getting tired of this

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    Alrighty, gonna finish this coffee then vacc the back bedroom and living room, and go over the hallway again.

    $32 vacc is getting used and abused today!

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        I’ve been sucking up bastard cocoons and unlucky moths haha!

        Gotta wait for mein liebe to wake up so he can help me move the couch and I can get under there too lol.

        I wish my big fat 2nd hand Dyson didn’t die, but here we are

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    stress and optimism

    Have been waking up at 4am almost every night over the past few weeks. Probably stressed about all the undone things, and the uncertainty of the future. I can manage this by breaking tasks down even further. Having 100s of pages of readings to do and five 2k word assignments is a recipe for overwhelm.

    Tomorrow, I will be looking at my calendar and prioritising stuff. Also setting achievable tasks for the week. This is my time to prove to myself that I CAN do time management.

    Also mindfulness. That involves listening to music, playing music, and engaging my senses.

    Had a big cry today, which I hope will be the culmination of the rude night time awakenings. I’ve cried 19 times YTD, compared to 38 times last year and 25 times in 2023. I am SO glad I no longer have Wrong Relationship-itis.

    Peace ✌️

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    I gave 100 bucks of frozen steaks and chicken and an unopened huge bag of japanese rice to the nice neighbours 🙂

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    I’m over my uni fieldwork for sure (it’s such a long drive just to get to the start of this second section…) but what I do love is that it’s a good few hours off my device; and these past two nights I’ve been meeting my old school friend visiting from overseas, which has been a really really good balm for my soul…

    …my lack of hydration earlier in the day is definitely catching up with me though. Owwww headache owwww… back out in the field for work tomorrow so I need an early night…

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    Yeah the little rotary tool doesn’t have enough power to enlarge the little drilled holes with the grinder bit.

    Bunnings has an Ozito drill for $50 but can I justify it… I would have to buy separate drill bits too and not sure if universal

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      Ozito is rubbish, but fine for occasional household use. Bits and batteries are where the real money adds up. Boyo has Pro level gear but still covets the variety of bits that came with my now 20yo GMC set.

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        Ozito is not rubbish. Ozito are rebanded einhells. I’ve got a rotary hammer droll i’ve been abusing 15 years straight that is still punching holes in concrete. And their return policy if you do get a dud is geneous as hell

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      I bought cheapo corded ozito one and was very surprised it worked so well (going through thick metal posts). I think the bit was almost as expensive as the drill heh. I rate them.

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        Would there be a particular bit or set to buy? If I get one I only need something cheap and basic for general use

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          I think the cheap sets (any really) will do the trick but for more dense stuff I usually use/buy the more expensive ones individually as I keep on breaking the cheaper ones lol. It’s a graveyard of incomplete sets here :(

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          We did 90% of our renos with an aldi bit set. Just get a mid set and update the bits you need as you wear them

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    We watched Flow this morning. The animated movie about the cat.

    Not quite as kid friendly as Wallace and Gromit, but an interesting movie. We had to leave early so I’m keen to see how it finishes.

    It’s dialogue free and doesn’t beat you over the head with story so it’s like watching a cinematic playthrough of a game like Journey. I want the boys to watch it when their a bit older to get their takes on the places, animals, and the world. It’s a great movie to get their minds going

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      My gran’s nicest dog was called Flow, probably short for Florence. I remember cuddling with that dog on the porch at her place in Jerilderie.

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        There’s a Labrador in the movie that has that same comfy friendly vibe. It’s nice when things like this movie can remind you of the good times with animals

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      I have been avoiding it because from previews it looks like a sad movie where bad things happen to animals, so not something I want see in my current mood. I don’t actually know anything about it though, it’s the vibe I got? If you tell me it’s happy I’ll see it.

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        It’s good and not too sad, but some of the ways they chose to block things makes it really stressful.

        It’s not 90 minutes of animated animal torture. The cat just needs to be continually put in a situation for the tension to keep up.

        We didn’t catch the end but it wasn’t overly sad up to that point. It has a really hopeful vibe and a lighter tone.

        It’s like, just because it’s an animated motive it’s not completely for kids.