An apple turnover
One assignment is done. It makes me bury myself in a hole knowing that my work is terrible and someone’s going to read it, but at least it’s done. Time to do the rest of the assignments.
I will vow to never procrastinate again after this. I know to start assignments when I get them but I don’t do it. Next time, I shall.
Just do them and if you have time go over them a bit.
you can do this and we’re all real proud of you 😘
We are in the same headspace of simultaneous relief and shame! (Well, except that I’m thankfully doing this for hopefully the last time in my life)
If you find yourself procrastinating next time, my advice is try not to beat yourself up about it (easier said than done but it does lighten up with age) - the grief we give ourselves about procrastinating, and the punitive measures, shame, etc… often just make it a lot worse than it already is.
Don’t lose sight of the fact that you have ethics, and a commitment to quality (easy to forget the sheer number of people out there who are genuinely fine with stuff they KNOW is bad because they have no respect for what they are doing).
I’m making less and less sense with my sentences in this damn thing the longer I keep on at it tonight, but it must go tonight… I’m going to add a note to my supervisor along the lines of “I’m sorry if this is completely incoherent gibberish, I’m not sure how conscious I am right now”
Wow, how bittersweet is that, doing this for the last time in your life! Good luck with the rest of your work tonight, and hopefully you get a good rest in!
I’ve got a year and a half left but it feels like I’m going to end up doing more ~~ continuing to torture myself.~~
Oh I’ll tell you now… it’s about 97% sweet and 3% bitter - I cannot be more relieved that I won’t be doing any further academic study after this. I think I need years of therapy to recover from this last assault and re-opening of old wounds plus heaps of new grief bahahaha.
I’ve FINALLY managed to send through a draft that ain’t gonna get published anywhere but at least is in complete sentences! Time to sleep before going to work. Hope you manage to get a good night’s sleep too!
You two are doing amazing. And take it from a life long procrastinator - it never really changes you just gotta try to let go of the shame. Some people need time for thoughts to digest before they can spew them out at the last moment.
One of my favourite sayings is ‘if something is worth doing it’s worth doing poorly’. Running a dishwasher that’s half new and half stuff you haven’t unloaded, it’s fine. Better to get something out and assessed even if it’s not perfect. It’s a hell of a lot better then it would be if it were not done. Nothing will ever match the idea in your head, but it probably doesn’t need to. Big hugs
I bought these frozen cookies in a zip-lock packet from Woolies that you bake fresh, which is happening right now. Mmm 11pm cookies. I will restrain myself and leave some for tomorrow.
Ok this is weird. Lurgy day 5ish. Have tested negative to COVID a couple of times. Just completly lost my sense of smell. Like I was cleaning out the kitty litter thinking it was weirdly not smelly. Can just get a whiff of eucalyptus oil if I basically shove it up my nose. Perfume - nothing. Cleaning alcohol - nothing. 😳😳😳
@imoldgreeeg are they old RATs?
No just bought them recently when I was starting to feel poorly. But who knows. I’m supposed to be on holiday next week so as long as it gets better soon I don’t really care. I’ve kinda already called that I am WFH all week (and reduced hours when naps happen)
What about sense of taste?
Bit dull but not gone (yet).
All signs point to Covid
It could be something else. But apparently the tests are less accurate with the newer strains. You might’ve been covided.
I had that, too, and couldn’t taste much. 5 tests over 5 days said no covid, but whatever it was was pretty bad
There’s a RSV going around, it can do that too.
I recall many colds where I couldn’t smell or taste very well but the Covid pandemic made me more aware of it as a symptom
Goodnight from the gremlin and I ❤️
OK my trip this weekend is sorted! Been hanging to see these guys. 10 years is a long time not to see people I considered family at 1 point.
Eeeeeeee!
yay
this is wonderful 😊
Are Gibson & The Strays sorted for the duration of your absence?
Actually, that’s quite a cute band name …
That’s a damn good band name!
And absolutely yes. I made sure to organise someone I trust to hold down the fort and dispense the treats to all :)
It’s really windy and cold outside. You still going tonight?
Good staffwork! All shall be well, all shall be very well.
I’m glad you managed to organise it. I hope you have heaps and heaps of unforgettable fun!
Gibson so deserves this 😭
Theory: all roads lead to Rome
My better counter-theory: all thoughts lead to apple strudel
I just put an apple danish in the airfryer. And I’ll be forced to have it with cream. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?
YES! I AM VERY HAPPY!
I have an aldi apple strudel in the oven and chocolate ice cream ready to go and I’m fuckin’ HANKERIN’ for it 🤤🤤🤤
Mine is an Aldi too. It says 6 servings but we all know that’s a lie. I’m up for the challenge.
I’m going to have to get some on shopping day!
Get the apple or Berry mini pies. 2 in a pack. They’re better.
There’s berry? Im all over that!
There sure is.
That danish wasn’t the best. I can’t remember if I’ve had the strudel but I’ve had the pies heaps of times and they are good.
Omg yesss! I love hot pie desserts just get it in my belly, the serving suggestions be damned! I want to feel like I’m about to explode!
I struggled at the end but 6 servings is laughable.
Excuse me this is RUDE when I have no strudel available to me and am forced to live a strudel-less existence (until I can get to Aldi).
I am also unhappily strudel-free
A horrific way to exist! 😭
That sounds like a YOU problem! I say storm your local aldi and demand your rightful STRUDEL
I mean I could but it’s cold and rainy. I’ll complain on the internet instead, that’ll help.
i am strudel and danish and pie less
but i have all the ingredients to make one, maybe tomorrow or the next day
I went to a guy’s business that’s looking for some marketing support today. He wasn’t there but it worked out well. I asked for him and one of his employees called him and put me on the phone, that proves I showed up and was there.
He said to come back at 7:30 tomorrow morning to talk, I bet he thinks I won’t show up. I’ve been looking for a bit of extra side work like this for a couple of years now, I had some stuff going on before the boys were born and that fell away, I haven’t been able to find anything since.
I feel like I’m going to get something because this sort of side work always comes in twos for me. I’ve been talking to some other potential leads and one of them will probably come through at the same time.
good luck
when jobs like this work out they are usually very good
It will be a good bit of side money I can put to use. It’s down the road from my normal job, and I can apply everything I’ve learned there to help this guy out.
Oh, and Jaycar is selling an RPi copy pretty cheap at the moment, the Rock 4C. I’ve been looking at these sorts of things for a while and decided to finally get one. It will really just be another computer around but at least it’s not as big as a laptop.
I have managed to put away some of my groceries and check if the order was ok. I somehow managed to order three avocados instead of one, and a single tomato instead of a kilo. They gave me much larger eggs than I ordered, but one of them was broken so I’m probably even on that one. Miss Meow will be comforted to know that we are now fully supplied with her tinned food, and have an extra bag of dry food to tide us over until I can find which box I packed her dry food in when moving.
Mr Woof has been very unsettled that I was spending time in the study instead of the lounge. I tried putting one of his beds in the study for him, but he just brought his moose toy in and left it in the bed.
Mr Woof has found his moose toy and has been carrying it around trying to find a safe place for it. He took it to the bed yesterday and has now bought it out onto the couch next to me. I think it means I’m entrusted to look out for the moose’s safety.
That’s so freakin’ cute.
Me: Stand up from my chair
my back: haha fuck you!
3 classes back to back at breakneck pace and got saddled with a duty right after it, this sucks.
After a week off with whatever lurgy that was, I’m watching my last trashy show and will be back at work tomorrow. I figured it was time, after getting so stir crazy today I did the vacuuming in batches, sitting down to catch my breath in between. Wouldn’t mind a life of leisure but the bank account doesn’t agree, sadly
I’m not a scented candle person but if there’s one out there that smells like a good shiraz I would burn the shit out of that.
A dash of shiraz in the oil burner?
