I have been approved for a home! I shall not after all be homeless.
It is in a new estate, so comes with the standard building noises during the day I have become used to, but should not have the regular demolition sounds. There is a dishwasher. There is heating. There is cooling. There is a walk in pantry and double glazing! Now I have to order a dog door insert for Mr Woof, organise the removalists, and figure out what goes where.
I guess this means I’m officially no longer a Melbournian, I am an official Ballaratian. Or is it a Ballaratbag?
Ballaratatouille
Yay! You’ll need that heating, Ballarat nights are nippy.
And I’m moving just in time for winter. Into the suburb of Winter Valley. ❄️🧊🥶
The garage connected to the house will also be very good for that, less ice scraping from the windshield.
Congrats!! Yay!! And definitely Ballaratbag (as a former Bendigonian)
OK, I’m late to this party, but I thought Ballaratbag only applied if you live in Wendouree. Or has that vibe expanded with new settlement/immigration. I last lived there in the late 70s, so my info could well be out of date.
Congrats!!!
I’d love to move out that way.
Hopefully I can get fully remote by the end of the year.
aim higher. Get a place in nambucca heads for like 600k and live like a freakin king!
Congrats! Sounds like it will be a comfortable place.
Congrats! That’s great news! There’s good gallery action there if you like that stuff
Hurrah! Enjoy the serenity of the Rat. I am well acquainted with some of the new developments around Delacombe (E: specifically winter valley!). Quite affordable for the space and facilities as a rental. Will it be a long commute to all your usual things though?
16 minute commute to work, which is the main reason I leave home. Most everything else will be a similar distance or closer. I will be much closer to cows and forests.
Congrats 🎉
Yay! That sounds perfect 😊 double glazing is a big win near Ballarat
The twins.
Unrelated but didi drivers struggle with maps
On the unrelated: yep, recent DiDi trip I somehow ended up from Collingwood on the eastern freeway heading east, I live in the west. I was quite drunk but not enough to realise he was going away from the destination.
I watched 2 drivers miss my street and drive onto the freeway lol
More good news on the rental front: the agent takes direct deposit rather than insisting on you using an app that stops you from automating the payments unless you pay extra fees.
Update from midair…
They give out ice cream. I’m currently holding a coconut-mango Magnum
Which airline are you flying with?! Yummo!
Qantas did me a solid
I have checked all my shit in, bestickered my suitcase and scooter, and made it through security. They are satisfied my crutches do not contain a bomb
No poison spikes in the ends, a la KGB umbrellas?
an absolute shame they do contain powerful laser weaponry but good thing your responsible enough not to use them!
Safe and comfy travels to you!
Plane go brrrr. I’ll touch base on the other side
See you three hours ago.
Tinyest can now say his name. I was surprised cause lets say his name was Tinyest, we often just call him Tiny. But he knows the full thing as well. He some times just says to himself “Mommy, Daddy and Tiny” which is so cute. Sometimes the pet names too.
He can also now say “Come Here” so poor mrs b is getting summoned a LOT. Daddy is mostly just used for playing cars which means forza horizon on the xbox doing jumps.
I just helped out an excitable dog by the name of Sadie, who had gotten outside without authorisation and didn’t know how to get back in. Fortunately her people were home. I now smell slightly of wet dog and have a few paw prints on my jeans.
Have infection in hand. Taken antibiotics yesterday and today. Am completely wiped out :(
Edit: I’m so fucking bored. Too fucked to do anything fun. Just sleep. Laaaaame.
Erin Patterson’s trial begins today, I think it’ll be really interesting to hear how it turns out, what a wild story it’s been.
Is this the mushroom lady?
Alleged mushroom lady.
Yeah, that’s the one!
I find it so crazy that she (allegedly) thought it would work, and that no one would consider her suspicious
Democracy research complete. I have written Nutter next to rather many names. Well meaning ones in several cases but full of crunchy crazies nonetheless. Bring on sausage time!
There are some interesting candidates out there
There sure are. The guy who is openly running as a joke would get numbered way above many of them.
Ooh! Thanks for reminding me. The school was calling for sausage volunteers on Saturday and I forgot to reply.
Today’s the day!
Holiday!
April in Paree …
Perth, but the vibe is there
Perth is beautiful and so clean. Make sure you use the bus port. It’s so much fun.
whats going on with perth atm, my brother in law is going over thursday as well. I dont get it.
I wanted to get as far away as possible from the bullshit that’s been driving me mad. Perth is As Far Away As Possible
for future reference: not as far as a swag under the stars with a camp fire, trust me.
Yeah, but I’m a cripple who can’t drive. It’s a tad more complex when you’re me
If the driving part is the only hurdle there I’m happy to bring you out next time I go. Or even just an onsite cabin down Philip island (which I assume is PT accessible) is still a great way to unwind.
Ooh I’m off to Perth in a few weeks too! Enjoy
Qute
I find it hilarious that the things people viewed as insecurities like blushing and undereye circles, are now being more romanticised. When I was in school, people would make fun of me for blushing, and now those same people are putting a fuck ton of blush on their face. Or with undereye circles, they’re leaving a bit unconcealed so they can have an “in-built smokey eye”
Beauty trends are so freaking dumb. 😍
Not as nuts a tooth blackening or painting blue veins on your décolletage
Taking a little arsenic to look pale.
Let’s not forget painting nails with radium.
Mousehair eyebrow wigs
The nose make up thing at the moment is really odd. I see it on insta all the time.
If done lightly it kinda looks cool, but yeah it’s weird.
I’m not really on any of the ‘hip’ socials. Do you mind if I ask what the ‘nose makeup’ trend is?
To make matters worse: blokes are totally oblivious to it all. I wouldn’t notice or care what makeup you had on (or didn’t) so long as you are happy.
Two hours of absolute brain frying over R and stats and plots with my supervisor on coffee and an empty stomach, hunched up on the floor in a tiny room… and that’s just the beginning of a very packed day. I just want to go back to sleep 😭
Late breakfast, then help mum with the shopping, then do a small bit of work that has to be done before 2pm my time, then no more screen time: help with cleaning up, lifting stuff, laundry, family friends coming over and then an early exit to go see my brother for dinner (which will involve some Big Conversations too). I have to quarantine my brain from all the cognitively taxing stuff before my head asplode. Python will wait till tomorrow
PS chatgpt has admittedly been very helpful with breaking the inertia of getting started with basic coding. I feel like I’m getting dumber every time but needs must!
You’re doing an absolutely amazing job! Ninja-level juggling
