i did a thing today and it went very well
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Now there are two!
The remainder of the soil is covered up in anticipation of rain. And in my need for a rest before I haul the rest around.
Third night in a row I can't get myself to sleep. Next time the melatonin is coming out at 7 and it'll be a full tablet. I also have forgotten to eat much today so upon having two slices of toast my stomach has performed quite the symphony of gurgles.
Hooray for sunny Wednesday! My toes are frozen... I desperately need to spend more time outside
I'm glad I brought a bunch of zzzquil back with me from the US. Just took a shot.. let's see if it takes otherwise #nosleepgang
I've just popped into the office and was standing outside this room thinking about whether I should go in, so I did.
Did you contemplate leaving as well to cover all bases?
I did! Once I was in I contemplated whether I should go, so I did.
I decided to give goget a whirl today to meet a friend in an awkward part of town and do some errands while I was at it - gee it's a rather pricey venture once you add it all up. I can only justify it by doing multiple things on the one trip and hope it's all close by so you don't rack up heaps of km. Car Next Door (now Uber Carshare) is not much better at all given its high booking fee - $7 per booking! - and not very transparent pricing.
Flexicar looks like better value for money but unfortunately the closest car is 2km away and no PT in between...
E: holy cow the final bill was $62.20 for 3.5 hours and 30 km. Think if I need to visit a friend next time I'll just take a cab/uber and ask them for a ride if I need to pick up or move stuff...
Shout-out to any folk at DH who may be getting some rough news this week/having their teams decimated. Rough time.
The first delivery of soil has officially been moved - just in time for the next load to be delivered! I'll try to get the second planter filled today, then cover the rest of the pile to protect from rain and fill the other areas I have over a bit more time - this is exhausting!
Rewatching The Shape Of Water, and I know people go "hurhur fish fucking movie", but seriously it's such a fantastic movie. The cast, the cinematography, all of it is just, chefs kiss.
Remember guys if you put a bolt or screw in something some poor bugger might eventually have to take it out. PSA brought to you by me having to angle grind the anti-rattle bolt off my towbar.
I love it when I buy new technology gadgets and I pass it to the man and say "make it happen please". BTW it's a skipping rope with Bluetooth and a app and shit. I just thought it had a battery and it counted skips. Not my problem. I told him "you'll have fun with that". Secretly he loves this kind of shit.
Codral original do your thing, I need to push through work today. Really wanted to take another sickie but these bloody client deadlines have come thick and fast this week and we have several people on leave.
Lunchtime in the sun planned, hopefully some solar power will help me get better.
Well.. shit. One of my fave colleagues has quit as a result of the boss closing the place on Fridays. Which means we aren't closing on Fridays anymore because there aren't enough of us.
lovely day so I'll be going out walking and doing some errands
then back home to do my emails and messages
Enjoy the day everyone 😘😘
Last night I woke up in the middle of the night with my thumb hurting. (Not asking for medical advice, just sharing my misery). Swollen and bright pink, with a hole in the skin. Couldn’t get a doctor’s appointment until today. Throbbing all day yesterday, and now I can’t sleep from the pain. Anxiety about flesh eating bacteria and having it amputated.
Go to doctor stat. You really really don't want this puncture wound to go septic and develop gangrene. Easily done when pruning roses. Happened to me once and I had to have the classic penicillin injection in my butt - with what felt like a sharpened hosepipe. Could not sit down for a week. Don't recommend.
PS I now wear gloves to do the garden - strong recommend for this practice going forward.
Unless you went swimming somewhere you should have zero worries. Maybe a bug bite ?
I was thinking maybe a spider bite, I had been gardening. Oh well, I’ve got a thumb on the other hand, she’ll be right mate.
Whitetails and necrosis is something that worries the hell out of me. I don't care that they're not deadly - I don't want no flesh-eating spidey bite to remind me some little fucker was able to invade me like that!
I know you're not looking for medical advice so I'll just say, hopefully you've managed to use antiseptic on the area and given it a good clean (or three). That and ibuprofen might help with the swelling.
Lower back pain 😑 Massaging the muscles at the sides of my hips helps but I don’t like the cheap foam roller. Trying to foam roll actually puts pressure on my joints from supporting my weight like that.
I end up just jamming my thumbs into the muscles but they bend back so I just use the heel of my hand. Wondering if a massage gun might be useful or is just a waste of money
Gluteus medius and minimus. They might be better accessed with a tennis ball or something firmer - rubber lacrosse or cricket balls maybe. I sometimes side-lie on my stainless water bottle as a way to self-massage them, it's a smaller diameter than my foam roller so it can get between the top part of the femur and the bony-wing of the pelvis, where those muscles hang out.
Emergency services trifecta today
Police call for a domestic. Not my volatile neighbours, I didn’t place the call. This is a DIFFERENT domestic.
Then ambulance, for some poor guy having a seizure in the homeless camp.
Now I have four fire engines outside and a fire alarm blaring from the building across the street
Whaaat is today.
Hey green thumbs I have a question. Can you grow coriander inside near a window in a little pot? It would get the afternoon sun. I'm sick of paying for it.
What I like to do, there's a receptacle I keep in my kitchen which has a foot pedal lid. I've found coriander works best for me when I put it in there.
It's the bin. Coriander belongs in the bin.
What do you put in your banh mi then huh? It's not a banh mi without the coriander.
Will bolt (go to seed) very quickly. Coriander as a green herb is a very difficult plant to get right. Better left to professionals imo. Sure, grow it for seed in that position.
You might have better luck with about half a dozen pots, and grow a small quantity in each. You'll need to feed and water them every day and harvest the INSTANT a potful is ready. Then replant that pot. Lots of maintenance for minimal reward imo.
Top advice here. I find coriander goes like this:
- Sow seeds
- Small shoots appear
- Growing but not ready to pick
- Growing but not ready to pick
- Growing but not ready to pick
- Gone to seed, too late to pick
I believe I could get it to go straight to seed in that position yes.
PSA. If you're thinking about an airfryer Aldi have them on sale for $149. Join the cult.
Today's coffee (last one I post unless I learn how to do fancier foam art)
spoiler
I'm afraid the only way to get this worm out of my brain is to share it, so:
IIIII'M ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM, ENNERY THE EIGHTH I AM I AM
William, William, Henry, Stephen Henry, Richard, John, oi!
🧡 horrible histories! I learnt so much watching them with the kid
I actually memorised that thing in my goddamn 40's because it's bloody handy for trivia nights.
I'm 'er eightf ol' man named 'enery, 'Enery the eighhf I am!
So much allergy…. Was awake half the night. Telfast and Dymista are not enough.
Want to be outside but more outside is more allergy.
Another glorious sunny day. And I'm filling it with hauling soil. ☹️
At least the second bed should be a bit easier to fill as I have access for the cart all the way along the long edge, I won't have to double handle soil to get it down the end like I did the first one - plus I've already filled some of the bottom section. I'm calling it my gardening boot camp, if this doesn't build me some decent arm muscles nothing will.💪
CW death
Oh wow. Cal Wilson?! I can't quite get my head around that. She was 53....I am not usually one for being affected by celebrity deaths but I kinda felt like she was just another Melbourne friend or something.
No idea why I'm still this awake after the night I had last night.. woooo
Maybe I'll buy some random cheap stuff online. Love a delivery.
Coffee lovers gather round
Ooooh, that's going on the dinner party menu. As well as the weekend self indulgence menu.
Fits beautifully with Jennifer from 2 Fat Ladies' advice to use instant coffee granules rather than a shot of coffee when making a coffee cake or coffee icing. I've never forgotten that, as it really really works. And doesn't stuff up the liquid balance when baking a cake.
And, moreover, it's got cheese in it so it's got to be healthy, right?