Melbourne

Totally forgot about daylight savings. Was wondering why a Freelancer wasn't around at 11. Not everyone does daylight savings... I'm an idiot!

I did some yoga today and it felt good after only walking for the past week because I'd hurt my shoulder and then re-hurt it because a spider decided to crawl along the couch while I was wrapped in my doona like a cocoon so instead of a quick get away I rolled off the couch onto the floor hurting myself.

Ended up doing an unscheduled sort of the wardrobes after I hung a heavy coat on the rail in the back one and the rail collapsed. :( On the plus side, it was on the to-do list and now I have another box of stuff that was 'send to op shop', no ifs ands or buts.
Also ordered a couple of cheapie sofabed type couches off Ebay, as I am not taking the old ones with me - I did a bit of experimenting and found I could the old ones through the doorway with a bit of manouvering by myself, but I will get an extra pair of hands on the job if I can. Still, it's good to know I can do it solo at a pinch.
Now to get into the shower so I can take the stuff down the op shop...

Anyone else have a surplus of uncooked sausages and burgers from their grand final BBQ? I seriously over-estimated the appetite of our guests! I'd be fine with hotdogs and cheeseburgers for the rest of the week, but Mrs_Owl would be over meat-in-bread for dinner pretty quickly. I'm thinking I could smoosh the sausage meat into meatballs to have with pasta or rice. The burgers will just have to be eaten as intended.

Hayfever is a funny thing. So I'm walking outside and I'm fine. The minute I step inside my eyes itch like crazy and I want to rip them out!

Poured almost boiling water over my hand
Held it under the tap for a couple of minutes
Good as new

I see why it has to be so cold this morning

I've had a blast today, I take back what I said about Qld drivers being crazy, it's really more at shitty intersections or peak hour when everyone is insane - it has been such a cruisey drive, everyone so polite and generous, I know there is a large cohort of douchbag ute drivers but honestly I think the overall level of irritability is much higher in Melbourne.

Maybe it's just the sun intoxicating me...

I know I've mentioned them a few times lately but these neuron rental scooters have completely changed my view on living in Docklands. I don't tend to get out and walk much but these things are getting me outside more. The beauty of the rental over being something I own is that I don't need to worry about it if I want to stop somewhere. If someone else takes it I can always find another nearby or walk or get on a tram.

I would love my own that's a liiiiittle quicker but I'll take a 20kph top speed over not stressing that it'll get stolen.

If I moved out to a suburb or town I'd consider buying a nice quick one though even just for recreation.

This entire morning/lunch the fire panel has been on going with a shrill, low piercing alarm that really bores into your head. This has to be a OH&S thing right?

Food prices keep going up, but it's not yet as bad as it could be - Nottingham Cheese Riot I look forward to the forthcoming Colesworth Riots of Christmas 2023.

Trying a new doctor at the same clinic I usually attend as when I got diagnosed with PCOS my original new doctor straight up just told me to lose weight to treat it...yet somehow sitting here feeling guilty for changing doctors.

Do we need a Vegas sphere in Melbourne?