April next year has Neck Deep, State Champs and (separately) Greyscale in Melbourne. Punkrock heaven!
The male zucchini flowers are wilting and dying already… despite the fact that some female flowers are budding and will soon open. I’m just hoping that I get a mix at the same time because the longevity on them isn’t looking good.
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The plants also seem a bit young/small to be flowering and fruiting yet. I saw a neighbour’s plants and who knows they could be full sized pumpkin plants, but the plants and blooms looked bigger. I wonder if I’m planting all my ish too late. It’s not like I have full control over that though.
The dishes got soaked in dish soap, bicarb and a kettle of boiling water. Quick scrub then soaked again overnight in dish soap, vinegar and boiling water. I put bicarb down the drains too. Maybe they’re ready for a hot soapy normal wash and air dry.
I tried to strip the bed but furbaby jumped onto it to save the shared scents… she then went to eat so the second attempt was successful.
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When it’s time I keep a clean fitted sheet ready at the end of the bed. When she moves off I unhook the bottom corners, hook the clean ones corners then pull the fresh one up/onto the mattress while rolling the old one up/off in one movement. It’s fast enough that if I wait til she’s distracted I have most of it on before she jumps onto the middle and I can just secure the last two corners.
I really need to vacuum sweep and mop but am really low on energy right now. I’m mainly focusing on laundry
I wish I was able to eat vegetarian. I wish I was able to eat properly at all. I could min max budget vs nutrition so hard.
I really miss when I used to clean my house nonstop and meal prep.
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I was so efficient back before I deteriorated. Especially when I wasn’t constantly being forced to exist under intolerable loads of stress and constantly manage around other people’s dysfunction.
Anyone would struggle to keep up dealing with stress and other people. You're doing the best you can right now
I don't have any advice, but extra tight hugs ➡️🫂⬅️
You're doing your best Melba, try and take some comfort in that if you can
My parcels still have not budged. Last update: 3:38pm yesterday, in transit in my suburb
I had to get a replacement connection box thingy for the new house. They said there'd be no tracking, and it wouldn't require a signature, but it parcel matched to my my post account even though I haven't entered the new address yet. Guess they must've written my email and phone number on the box. In any case, it does need a signature, but it's coming express post from Sydney, so I redirected it to my current house and told them to leave it. Maybe it'll push the others through
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