Barely slept last night and Daylight Saving starts tonight. Grrrr for losing sleep, but yay for no longer driving home from work in the dark!

One day, I might actually be able to visit Ballarat and not feel exhausted, frustrated and cranky AF.

Today is not that day.

Letters from old friends are the best.

Hitting the gym at 7.30am for an "assessment". 

Not only am I a good 15kgs heavier than I was this time last year (thank you family stress, middle age and juggling work and study) but my strength and flexibility are rubbish. 

Time for an overhaul.

Damn, but I have some talented friends.

I have my life back. Sorta. For a few weeks anyway. Time to start watching The Handmaid's Tale and freak myself out at the state of the world.



(I couldn't watch it before as it was one of the novels I was studying for uni and I didn't want to taint my reading of the book)

When you think you've got 5 minutes to submit but then realise you've LEFT OFF THE KEY FUCKING SOURCE FROM YOUR WORKS CITED LIST AND HAVE TO GO BACK TO FIX IT... 

Really not feeling the inspiration for this essay right now... but thanks to a sunny, 29C day I have all my laundry done! Yay for clean sheets!

English essay submitted at 7.30am this morning. Should now be smashing out the next one but have zero motivation to do so...

Also, I'm apparently the name oracle... was a great privilege being asked to adjudicate on the potential names for KJG's new daughter!

Determined to smash the rest of this essay out tonight and GET. IT. DONE.

Then it's on to number two over the weekend and as of Monday, my life is my own again. For a few weeks at least.

It's past 10.30pm and I've done fuck all study. At this rate I'm going to have to cancel my Friday night plans.

Why do I always leave shit to the last minute?!?

Exhausted and it's only 8.30pm (and I still have two assignments to write).

I really don't have time to be tired.

So I'm super stoked that Kate McKinnon won another Emmy and was teary when she thanked HRC, but I am SUPER PISSED that Sean Spicer presented and was treated like a king. The man openly lied on behalf of cheeto don for MONTHS and he's suddenly the most popular guy in the room?

Slow going on the studying front today. I think if I had to describe how this week will turn out...

Late night Fringe shows where you catch up with a bunch of ex-students and colleagues that you haven't seen in forever are the best.

So full of Greek food and wine... the upsides of having out of town guest insist on Hellenic Republic dinner dates. 

The downside is my waistline has expanded even further. 

Today is R U OK? Day, so we had a yellow themed afternoon tea at the office. Yellow food. Crisps, tortilla chips, yellow dip, cheese, lolly bananas, yellow cupcakes, yellow lamingtons, honey joys, yellow donuts.

Honestly, this new job is one constant eating-fest.


😋

Finally got my first pay for the new job today. Actually being paid decent money for a change = debts will shrink faster than I thought was attainable = weight off my shoulders.

Happy release day, Hillary!

Too busy to actually read the hardback for a couple of weeks, but thankfully since I now drive to work, I can listen to her read it to me on my daily commute.

#StillWithHer

For someone who could barely drag herself out of bed this morning, I sure did have a truckload of energy when I got home... although for hoovering and mopping, not studying.

Sigh.

Anytime this cough wants to disappear is fine with me. I have a hugely busy week ahead.

Have not left the house all day. 

WTF.

(I have actually watched a couple of lectures and done all the laundry, so there's that at least)

So this afternoon in a meeting I was at the tickle-in-the-throat-that-makes-you-cough-so-hard-you-throw-up stage and tonight at dinner I was at the pass-me-all-the-napkins-so-I-can-blow-five-gallons-of-snot-out-my-nose stage.

A jug of water and three lozenges did nothing to help the meeting problem, and two extra strong margaritas, spicy wings and quesadillas did nothing to help the dinner problem.

THERE IS NO FIX. AM DOOMED TO BE ILL FOREVER.*


*Shut up, I'm also at the 'when will this all end' stage.

I'm all outta DayQuil AND NyQuil.

They don't sell it in Australia, no will Walgreens et al ship it to me.

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF THIS COLD?

Still sick.

Still went to work.

On the upside, I started doing Lite'n'Easy this week so I don't even have to contemplate cooking... just have to shove a box in the microwave.

You say lazy, I say efficient.

Was thisclose to taking a sick day today and probably should have but it's only my second week in the job so by the grace of a truckload of DayQuil and some VERY strong black coffee, I managed to struggle through.

What's the bet I collapse into bed at 9pm and then wake up at 3am bright as a button?

Just give me ALL the cold and flu medication you have. Now.

I have no time for this throat infection that seems to have reared its ugly head.

NO. TIME.

Saying sayonara to one of my Melbs crew who, after four years has decided to head home to Sydney...

Rollin' into the new month like...