oztrin

oztrin, 49 minutes ago

Sent some of Dad’s ashes (about a teaspoon) to the sea at the local beach on his deathiversary, like I promised myself I would. Will bury some more in the garden later.
Now treating myself to a breakfast at yet another local cafe.

oztrin, 39 minutes ago

I had the same problem a few weeks back when I finally upgraded my mattress.

oztrin, 21 hours ago

Buried some of Mum’s ashes in the back garden of the new place, at about the time she died two years ago.
A magpie started singing as I covered them up. She would have liked that, I think.

oztrin, 12 hours ago

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

oztrin, 2 days ago

Remember how everyone was having really weird dreams if not nightmares yesterday? Well last night was my turn. Urrrgh.

oztrin, 2 days ago

Comfort food and a large chai latte plz chef.

oztrin, 3 days ago

Feels like I’ve been going flat out even after settlement day, so this is the first chance I’ve had the space and energy to have a little celebration.
Couple of dishes from the little Chinese cafe which is a bit of a local institution, the bottle of bubbly the estate agent gave me when we sold the house, and sitting down to finally watch Bridgerton. Ahhh.

oztrin, 5 days ago

Survived the move. Of which more later.
Now on hold to Cennalink while they try to sort out what to do about the inheritance business.

oztrin, 20 days ago

Whatever’s on that’s energising and motivating, plz chef

oztrin, 20 days ago

Up early after Zooks woke me up by sitting on my shoulder, so I decided I’d tackle some more clearing and sorting.
Last day of work before the move. Kinda wish I’d taken this week off as well, but I suspect I would have faffed around more if I had. Plus I wouldn’t have scored free cat food from one of my clients after her cat sadly died.

oztrin, 19 days ago

No work for me today - colon went boom about an hour before I was due to start and my clients were a 97 yo and another household where both the client and the carer have autoimmune issues, so I phoned in and said ‘it could be moving stress or it could be something, what do?’ I was told very firmly regardless to Stay Home.
Back to the packing!

oztrin, 24 days ago

Did a Bunnings run and had to interrupt an animated discussion about the movies between a couple of the staff to ask where something was. 😄

oztrin, 24 days ago (edited 24 days ago)

Apparently Grendel Grendel Grendel is awesome but I’ve never been able to find a copy.
EDIT: it’s now on Prime.

oztrin, 25 days ago

Hwæt!

oztrin, 28 days ago

Same as @anotherspringchicken plz chef

oztrin, 28 days ago

In the continuing saga of trying to get the business verifed on google, we finally got the video call working, but the banner signage I had was deemed inadequate and ‘you need a permanent sign’.
I explained we never had one for privacy reasons (it was Mum’s house after all) and I’d be moving mid this month anyway.
So more or less back to square one. At least I got some clearing and sorting done.

oztrin, 1 month ago

Protein shake with a side order of motivation pls chef.

oztrin, 1 month ago

I was vibrating with stress for obvious reasons - ended up googling mattresses in boxes. Slept once one was sourced.

oztrin, 29 days ago

You’re not going to believe this - after one person at the auction place called on Friday to say that the furniture I want to sell can’t be picked up, someone else called to talk about pickup.
We agreed it would be easier for me to bring the stuff up anyway but they now don’t have a slot for me to drop it off until 2:45.
Anyway the neighbour came around to help me load the car so that’s all done, and he helped me disassemble Mum’s old bed in the bargain and waved off any suggestion of payment. What a guy.

oztrin, 29 days ago

So I got a phonecall at 11:20 from the original guy at the auction place wanting to know if I was still bringing the furniture 🤦🏻‍♀️.
Thank God the car was loaded so I just had to drive there. Auction is this afternoon so 🤞🏻.
In other news, went back in my room and was hit with a blast of Eau de dead rat - checked and realised I’d managed to sprinkle bicarb soda everywhere except where it’d carked it. Google suggested bleach and I had some lemon White King on hand so I poured a good glug on it, opened the window and closed the door. Went in for something and all I could smell was bleach, so here’s hoping that’s sorted it. 😖

oztrin, 1 month ago

😖 Zooks decided because I woke up early yesterday that 3:30 is now wake up time and head-butted me awake.
Admittedly she woke me out of one of those annoying dreams, but still.

oztrin, 1 month ago

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I STARTED SMELLING THAT SMELL AND CHECKED AND THERE WAS A DEAD RAT UNDER MY BED UGGGHHH
God knows when it got there but a) I only just started smelling That Smell an hour back (and I crashed for a couple of hours this afternoon) and b) I’m pretty sure it wasn’t there yesterday because I hauled the old suitcase out from under the other side of the bed to take to the op shop and I didn’t spot anything.
But ugggghhhhhh.

oztrin, 1 month ago

I hope you’re okay?

Just stopped shaking… I had to deal with one just before Christmas, though, so maybe that took the edge off?

What worries me is when it got in and how long it’d been there - as I said, I’m pretty sure it wasn’t there yesterday and I only just started smelling That Smell, on the other hand it was stuck to the carpet and matted underneath, so… uggh.

Problem is, the foundations have sagged so there’s a lot of places it could have got in (part of the reason I’ve sold the house). I just hope that’s the last one I have to deal with before settlement day. >.<

oztrin, 1 month ago

Luckily I had some peppermint oil on hand, so that’s been sprinkled around.

I just hope the smell hasn’t got into the mattress or the bed. Ugggh.

oztrin, 1 month ago

.< Drunk some water in the dark and felt one hit my teeth once. Yergh.