Unfucking the garage. No time for blogging.
No money in our account yesterday afternoon. Fortune smiled in the form of carers benefit in my other bank account. Has money for the week. Yay.
Also has emergency funds, now, so double yay.
Onwards with the unfuckening.
I have to see my shrink today and work out whatever the shit is going wrong with my brain this week. I don't think I'll ever be cured of my anxiety. I'll just find ways around the whole deal.
And speaking of ways around stuff... It turns out that the 2009 print of Steam Powered Giraffe's Album One is still in the no-touchie class of their music because of the recent re-release. It would have been nice to know this in advance.
Read more »It's already past nine and I need to clean. Crap.
Any minute now, my work could be interrupted for four hours' of hard yakka.
So I'd better get a wriggle on.
Read more »I almost forgot to blog here. Can't disappoint my two viewers from a snapshot of my disorganised life.
Yesterday, we packed up and then shifted out a HUGE amount of ex-clothing. From too small, to too large, to just plain too many... we got rid of it all. And it's an immense relief to have that noise the hell out of my house.
Decluttering is hard work for a hoarder. But it also has the benefit of adding a larger fasting window
Read more »And 90% of my shit is definitely not done. Thanks to a very busy weekend, there's crap on the counter that should have been put away, stuff that should have been washed, and a fine layer of dust from when I haven't wiped it all down.
And I have half an hour to make a story happen or y'all have to wait until the afternoon.
Thanks to a visit to Mum-in-law, I have asthma creeping up on me. She's very much anti-keto
Read more »So that's a long-arse trip there and back with a non-ketogenic lunch from the mum-in-law who just doesn't understand how evil carbs are.
At least we had a nice breakfast.
Owing to a comedy of errors, we didn't have the salmon last night, so I cooked it up this morning. You can check out how it looks over on my Instagram. Delicious. Even though I followed the instructions, the skin didn't turn out crispy at all. Not complaining too hard though.
Now
Read more »Friday's a big day for me, now. Huge. Some things have to wait and it's usually the stuff that involves copying and pasting.
Today's agenda:
Ever since I let myself relax with WordPress, it's been slightly easier for me, but there's still the guilt if I don't get every little thing done.
And I know I
Read more »Drove down towards the more mountainous areas of Brisbane so we could climb some equally mountainous stairs and sign some important documents so we can have an investment property.
With good luck and no further housing bubbles, Beloved and I should never have to go begging to the government for a retirement stipend that nobody could live on anyway. Which is the way the government prefers it.
Giving people a stipend? Pshaw! They could play with that money. Better that older people
Read more »I have until nine-ish to do as much writing stuff as possible. So of course, I'm distracted by Bunny Bennett's arting this morning and a whole bunch of other random crap. Because time limits make me think of doing anything other than the things I'm meant to do.
Writer stuff I pretty much have to do:
My car is due for a service, today. BUT, because of scheduling issues and Beloved's workload being THE MOST IMPORTANT THING... it gets convoluted.
I'm run around...
For some reason, the post office likes to send you texts about your parcel WAY after they're closed. Maybe they're arsehats. I dunno. But this morning's trail of confusion also involves a trip to North Lakes to get the parcel I don't even remember ordering.
Nothing I've put into the works has shipped yet, as I recall...
Anyway, I will find out what it is soon enough. My flight path coincides with opening hours, so I'll see what I
Read more »Yes, once again, life interferes with my PLNs. This time, it's getting into the inner circuit at Chaos' school so I can help with her learning at home. To that end, I'm turning up to assist at an excursion for her class.
Which means that most of this morning will be eaten up by Parenting instead of my usual faffing about on the internets.
I also have a NEW new keyboard with a programmable light interface :D Which means double the typos
Read more »So today is an interesting schedule. I have a plumber coming at an unspecified time. I have the cleaners coming. Both will want paying and I only have the cash for one of those people and I worry about that sort of thing.
Fortunately there are ATMs, and I definitely used the Suncorp account this morning. Huzzah. So after a short school run, I now have enough money for everyone including myself.
I also found out that the account I can access
Read more »MeMum actually won a li'l something in the Lotto, and each member of the family syndicate gets a little over $100 bonus. However, Mum doesn't trust the post office to get a letter to anywhere if it has cash in it, so I'm courier for Beloved's Mum's dividend.
What happened to sending a 'Congratulations' type card with said dividend inside? It's not like the post office scours letters for that kind of deal. But then I remember that there's change involved and,
Read more »I don't know when today's Instant will be published, but I'm doing my best to see that the flow of fiction remains largely uninterrupted.
I'm on support duty, today. Propping up those I love through their time of trial. And according to my brain, it means bringing along enough tissues. Which means all of the carry packs I have left, because I overcompensate.
Yes. I know. I'm mental. I can deal with that.
Read more »