just_kitten @ just_kitten @aussie.zone

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Grrrr got my tax return back and as expected, my bloody super deduction is not available and I owe them a huge chunk now AND I'm out of pocket for the substantial amount I deposited... guess I will have to make those phone calls when it's 8am. Not happy Jan. I foresee a lot of "no you need to contact ATO!", "no you need to contact your super fund!" back and forth...

E: and it's been three hours now, 4:30am and I can't get back to sleep. Do they put something in these pizzas?

oh damn that's some hot competition. I concede.

Pizzas on sale today... pants have been feeling tight recently... but pizza... after the day that was... pizza. At least it is economical enough to last for 3 meals. Then I might watch something. Red Rooms has been on my list after it was mentioned in the DT

E: gotta love Quebecois French and how they randomly drop in English words with a totally North American accent.

The extra one is for me. Thanks

Nah I don't. Maybe I might, sarcasm could be a great way to get them off my back without coming across as unengaged - thanks!

That's just such a great photo! Yeah, sometimes our animal companions are a real relief after a lot of human company. Good luck with the new job, lol @ the existing one having no IT policies seemingly...

But do we get a potato cake for it?

Urrrrgh. I think I can handle it when it's on teams via text but in person it's hard to give a non committal answer sometimes because that person is then around and you need to interact with them further and they might bring up their productive weekend yet again.

I just had a couple of colleagues very performatively go on a quick run before lunch because that's now their Thing and they want to get people into it after having announced their running activities this weekend. Like they're perfectly lovely folks and this place is generally great but I simply do not have the energy to pretend to be interested in any of these today. I had the shortest lunch ever and will be skedaddling as soon as I hit 7.5 hrs before I really do turn into the Grinch.

I am 10000% ready to blame the weather. I really wish I'd timed everything so I could be on leave right now. I think that might legitimately be contributing to the crankiness... resentment... maybe a sickie is in full order for tomorrow to balance the scales since we have SFA to do anyway.

It totally is just a transactional thing, I can handle a "how are you" most of the time as it's just an extension of "hi" (although yes, harder to lie through your teeth when you're really not feeling it) but the whole weekend thing is just way too long for my liking especially when I simply can't match the mood of the other person.

There are some people I will always have time for re: a genuine response to how are you etc, but because of experiences like the ones you have also had, I am very selective. I think I've gotten better at working out when someone might be a one-directional dumper - esp when interacting with the public during site visits.

Oh god. As if Monday mornings aren't hard enough

Bleah, back to being cranky pants again today. Feeling bristly when people ask the prerequisite "what did you get up to on the weekend" and I don't have anything exciting to say like a fishing trip or running a marathon or whatever so they tune out anyway. I know it's a nicety but like I wish they round just skip the question, neither of us enjoy it at this point. And I don't actually want to hear about what most of my colleagues have gotten up to because it's not in my wheelhouse anyway and i can only feign interest for so long.

Ordinarily I'd just bury myself in work but we've run out of stuff to do and the only stuff left is some very very tedious document updating which I've already spent a lot of time on and I'm dying of boredom send help. Almost tempted to start chucking sickies...

Cranky janky mood dissolved after a fantastic, uplifting and inspiring one on one with friend (and great food, and a walk both ways due to being in my hood).

I feel blessed to have friends like her - so deeply intelligent, capable and adventurous yet more than happy to get in the weeds with little ol' me 😊

How unfathomably mean to provide office doggo and then renege! But that's fantastic that your first day has not yielded any red flags. Hopefully it continues to be decent.

Reduce, reuse, recycle ♻️

Just SO cranky and short-fused today. Didn't help that I woke up late and realised I was late for a job I'd been assigned. I was super perfectly productive after but I feel no satisfaction at all. Meeting up with a friend for dinner and feeling kind of ugh about not being in the right frame of mind, hopefully it gets better after! ... though I haven't heard from her all day despite sending a message to check in, if she's forgotten about it or had to cancel less than an hour ahead of time I'll just be all justifiably sad and angry in my cave lol. okay never mind she replied. Me and my oversensitive nervous system today

Oxalis is one of my sworn foes (stupid thing leaving little bulbils in when you try to yank em out) so that's pretty rad that there's a way to really deal with them. I could really go for some therapeutic weeding atm

Woof, you definitely deserve a bit of time and space after all that energy going around. That's great that you have this space to get a breather because it sounds like A Lot. It also sucks to be the only child stepping up (I note crickets around the sibling's involvement).

Your little dim sims almost look like dangerous marshmellows. Very cute. I kind of want to try grilled dim sims too. (Also good idea from melbaboutown regarding your dad doing Manly Barbequeing - though it depends on whether you mother can eat that or needs softer foods)

I need it to be back 😭 The cold and dark is getting into my bones!

Hope you have a good week too. My entire back is sore for no good reason and I feel like I'm coming down with something rather than recovering from it - I'll chalk it up to having absolutely no coffee or tea today and all the grog from last night. Gonna have a light dinner of steamed brussel sprouts and a fish fillet... and thanks for the reminder, need to take my weekly vit D and iron tablets. Feels like winter is getting me down but I just need to hold out for a couple more weeks!