Forewarning: Brag post.
I got a message from the parent of a student who goes to a school I did a talk at during book week who said "I inspired her son to come home and write a story" and jesus christ has that made my day/week/year. I don't get them that often, but every time I get a message from a parent saying something like that it just means so much knowing there is a kid out there writing his own story now.
Ugh. 3/4 burners on my electric stovetop are fried, cooked, dead. 2 haven't worked since they installed this stovetop 3 years ago, but being a renter I put up with it. Now the other one is dead, probably because I've been using it to boil water since my kettle died.
Now I have to put in a maintainence request and I just have no spoons for any of this shite
Just out of the dentist - crown/bridge went well, here's hoping nothing slips underneath the bridge bit. Will be on soft stuff for a bit.
In feline news, both cats are scarfing down the treats they utterly refused a fortnight back. Cats...Usually I love new car smell, but just passenger rode a test drive and now I feel ill.
Always seem to get my nightmares on my second sleep ( after I get up to give cats brekkie at 5.30 I try to get another few hours )
dreamt of allie cat, her last day when I held her in my arms 😭
Today was a significant improvement over the last few days of yuck and torpor. The next two days are going to be a bit yuck... But at least I have some work travel coming up right after which will be intense, but also invigorating and fun. I get to switch off from my usual tasks which is great.
And next Friday evening I'm off to Perf for a full week! Yee. Cost a pretty penny but my mental health desperately needs restorative aunty time and a break from the intensity. I'm hoping I'll be in a much better place for everything in October...
Alright, time to start packing, planning and cleaning to make up for doing none of it over the weekend 🤪
While I was fixing the joints of the old chair I found the original makers brass plaque underneath, Ackmans Ltd , Fitzroy. I looked them up and in the 100+ years of the chairs life it's only moved a few hundred metres.
Here's a historical website about Ackmans. It's no longer there of course, long gone. https://fitzroymelb.com/243-247-smith-street-fitzroy/
It's cool. 🙂
About to get my hurrrrr cut. Baaaa
Update on the chillo situation.
Found a 25w led bulb that thankfully has a bit of blue in its spectrum. Cut off the diffuser and now have a ghetto grow light. Main grow light is down the bellarine. You can see they're a bit leggy but none have died yet and are putting out their first true leaves. Really need to get them under proper light.
Been to the library. Many books
I'm starting work at 7 everyday next week. Going to set my alarm starting from this week so hopefully I will be acclimatised. Hoping I'm not too sleep deprived, because this week and next week are assignment hell weeks and also hell week (iykyk).
Read my Year 7 journal today and it made me sad. Oh, sweet summer child. It puts things into perspective though, because in some years from now, I'll feel the same way about myself now.
my sad teenage life
As a young teenager, who had no real friends or deep connections, I was thrown into a class with people who bullied me. I thought I was the problem, when the problem was that I just didn't gel with those people. I desperately wanted the approval of people around me, and couldn't bring myself to leave the only "friend" I had who I knew was a really bad influence on me. She ended up being a bully too. I also grappled with low self-esteem, body image issues and constantly felt like I was never enough. Not smart enough, not pretty enough, etc.
There were so many signs I was dealing with ADHD and potentially autism too. I was constantly losing things, was never focused in class. I had specific rules for journalling, and limited interests. Most of my time was spent wanting to do my work, but doing nothing instead, hyperfixating on people, random special interests that would leave in a week, and the thoughts in my head. The being in my head thing hasn't entirely left, and I'm not sure it ever will. But the self-esteem thing has gotten a tiny bit better. I have awesome friends now. I have more freedom and independence to explore the world.
So now I have another reason to become a teacher or do some kind of wellbeing work. To somehow help kids have a better experience than I did.
G'day everyone,
Just writing to advise you that effective at a time that is not now but rather a time before now, I did a thing.
My thing has been deemed sufficient to warrant having done a thing.
Evidence:
My condolences to those who failed to do a thing.
Regards,
BakuSo close to falling asleep at my desk!
Work on second chair has commenced. I just whacked all the joints with a big ol mallet and a chunk of cork. Dusted and ready for sandpapering. 👍
Did a lot of moving today, I can tell I'm going to feel it tomorrow.
I'm wiped now and can't wait for the day to end.
Edit: Also did a lot due to poor planning by someone. Could have saved a lot of work if it was planned properly.
After a messup with last week's appointment I finally had my dental implant appointment first thing this morning. I did have to drive to Armadale for it, which sucked because it adds about 30mins travel time and involved driving on tram tracks. Apparently the bone had not regrown enough so instead of the implant I have had a bone graft, and the implant is rescheduled for January. It was a pretty quick procedure, but involves cutting open the gum, filling it with some sort of bone powder and stitching it back up, so it's going to be a bit hurty for a while. Plus the sensation of stitches in the mouth is never nice. As a positive it kicks the costs a bit further down the road, and the bone graft was bulk billed so no extra cost. I've no idea why Medicare pays for some of the dental stuff, but I'm definitely not arguing.
Edit to add: I'm grateful that my insurance has limited ability to roll over unused dental limits into the next year, otherwise the move to January could have pushed the other work I need back a year!
Also, why do cafés in Richmond close so early…
So.much.sewing. 😩🥱 Then tomorrow furniture restoring.
Goodnight everyone. Sweet dreams. luv u all 💗
Will tomorrow be a good day or a bad day? Hmm
Well the four corners report just convinced me to never buy an apartment. The strata system is a corrupt web blatantly ripping off owners.
Went to the aquarium today. It was lovely.
They have this ridiculously big baby penguin, that's twice the size of the other penwings. It looks like a gargantuan kiwi.
