I just kind of want to take my eyes balls out of my head and give them a rest in a jar of eyedrops. My vision is shocking today from pounding my pupils on a screen for about two weeks, not to mention my poor hips from sitting way way waaaay too much.
I miss my bike, my bed and would like to be somewhere apart from dorm rooms with slamming doors that start from some ungodly hour in the morning. Yep, yah Llab is tired. You know, whine, whine.
In other news, how are we? I escaped before the poor weather, please regale me with tales of your happenings… Pretty please… <3
Hanging around, downtown by myself
And I had so much time to sit and think about myself
And then there she was, like double cherry pie
Yeah, there she was, like disco super-fly
I am in a love hate relationship with my electric blanket. Love the warmth in winter, but it’s a bit lumpy and stiff. The warmth wins out though. Can someone invent a soft breathable electric blanket please. Agree it’s almost time to put it back on, nights are getting chilly!
I want to run an idea by you to see if I am missing something.
My 4th Van Diemen’s Valley book is releasing later this month and I was thinking of contacting local schools/ones I’ve done author talks with, to run a competition for the kids to write a short story for a chance to win signed copies of my books.
I want to get schools involved for exposure and advertising it to the kids but also to give it some sort of authenticity and allay any fears parents might have. I wouldn’t need access to their details aside from their name as well. It’s really just write a story, put your name on it, give it to the library, I can pick it up (or if they do it on computers, get it sent to me), decide on the winner and deliver the books to the schools.
I don’t see anything really worrisome about it but wondering if there are any outsider perspectives on this/if it’s a good idea or if I’m missing something that might concern parents/schools? Thanks,
The schools should hopefully be able to advise how to go about it. Also set some parameters around the story, like a word limit. And unfortunately, with the prevalence of chat GPT type tools, some kids may be tempted to generated stories and submit as their own work, so you might ask the schools how to identify and deal with that. It would be very unfair to award something to a kid that cheated. But it does sound like a fun Idea to get kids interested in writing.
Mine had my company director set me up for epic failure and my manager just laugh. While I could see the director doing that, I firmly know that my manager has my back, so that’s good.
mine was having a boss of a workplace accuse me of something that I not only hadn’t done, it was literally impossible for me to do, and maneuvering to fire me from a workplace I haven’t worked at since 2019.
So where the fuck is the sense of guilt coming from
It makes me feel good I already knew most of these.
I’ve been on the hunt for a good regular spot to buy books from. Robinsons is a no go since the owner came out as crazy, and Booktopia can be a nightmare to navigate if you have a couple of privacy extensions and open more than one tab
up and at em…! getting ready for work and planning to finally give my notice of resignation. I’m nervous but I’ve been feeling awful here for a long time.
Oof. Walking to find the ginger ninja cut into my physical energy so badly I crashed and woke up at 11pm, extremely dehydrated and very late with Melbcat’s supper and meds.
It might be that I can’t afford the energy, just don’t have the capacity to keep pursuing a cat I might not be able to catch. And I don’t have the comfort level to engage with rescue groups. (This would involve using Facebook, speaking to strangers, doxing my location, and perhaps being asked to meet or cooperate with them.) Currently it’s really difficult to even care for my own pet and myself.
There’s also online friend group drama which I didn’t cause and was not involved in… but am still stressed out by, and if I’m not careful I could be pulled into. I’m in an awkward position. (I absolutely have a side and am quietly distancing myself from someone due to their behaviour, but don’t want to feed into any escalation). I really hope I’m making the right moves to classily bow out.
Sounds like lots of signs to pull back and take care of yourself and melbcat. Rebuild yourself and let the universe find another way to care for orange cat and the conflict take care of itself. Hope you can get some good rest and cat cuddles
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