I have a massive job interview next week and cannot seem to remember my talking points no matter how hard I try.
Something every day, mostly work
The new shiny iOS update. But apart from that, side effects from Mounjaro. Who knew a mango could make me so unwell.
We need a structural engineer for a few things and can I get one to actually answer mails/answer the phone? Can I hell. Actually managed to contact one yesterday (well the office staff) who has promised a call back today. Let’s see…
Yet another hand dryer installed over a radiator and rusting it to buggery in six months.
And, Bristol CC have just announced the extension of the Living Streets scheme or whatever it is. Will now cover the area around The Wife’s work. So she can’t park anywhere near there and will have to park outside the zone and use a £5 a day bus instead. Still needs to drive to get there.
My car has been in the garage since Monday but because the main dealer has had a cyber security breach, their supply line is down, so they can’t get the part they need. No idea when this will be resolved.
I had a major negative life event recently and while dealing with it, have to face the fact that I’m very lonely. Going through this with only online mates to chat to sucks. Nobody to sit down and have a beer with.
After buying some scales last month and realising I’m nearly 2 stone heavier than I was 18 months ago, I got into a health kick. I upped my exercise a bit, started reducing my alcohol intake, made changes to my diet and started calorie counting properly. First week I lost 2lbs. The last three weeks despite having a total deficit of 19k I’ve not lost an ounce. Which is pretty demoralising. Obviously the first thought would be I’m miscounting calories, which I’m definitely not; I made sure when I started that I got that right. And if I’m not certain about them, round up on input and down on output.
It’s unlikely I’ve built up muscle and lost fat, as the exercise I’m doing aren’t that much different from before, just a bit more focus on cardio.
So next, and the most likely I guess, is I’m relying on my Fitbit to calculate the calories burned and I have to assume that it’s wrong. So more restrictions incoming I guess.
I’m trying to focus on the positives – I definitely feel a bit fitter (though still miles off where I was this time last year), my resting heart rate is the lowest it’s been this year, and I am eating much healthier overall. I’ve struggled with my weight all my life and I’ve been here before, but it’s never been this difficult at this weight. Guess age probably plays into it a little. Well, like with most of life’s battles, just gotta pick myself up and carry on.
Im a very new manager of a shop. Im finding it difficult and the owner of the business isn’t very good at communicating. Im trying my best, but having sleepless nights about everything.
Still in hospital and no sign of escape yet.
I previously ground my coffee a bit too fine for the Aeropress (needed an elephantine effort to make the brew) so coarsened the grind by a notch and now my coffee’s too weak. I ground 4 days-worth 😞
Plasterboard in my house is just disintegrating but no one wants the job because it’s not big enough to warrant them taking it on.
My partner’s on nights right now starting with last night, and got home at 7:50ish am. At 8 the pneumatic drilling of the pharmacy next door started again, when they said they would be done with that at 5ish yesterday.
I went to go and ask and was told by maybe the foreman, maybe the owner (busy road noise and I struggle with hearing anyway) that it was 5 more days, not til 5. I completely understand that work has to be done, it will continue, and we can’t expect people to fit around night shift workers. I also completely understand that my lad is shattered, did a 12 hour shift and has another one tonight.
It’s been several days of this drilling, and I work from home, I’d have gone into the office but I’ve got that horrible cold that’s been going around.
So my whinge is that a set of circumstances nobody can help and which have to continue have happened, and I can’t even be cross about it.
Twats who have the capability and means of working from home, and usually do, but decide to come into the office three days on the bounce just to cough and sneeze and splutter the whole time and go on and on and on about how unwell they are. Now I’m unwell 😃
Day 3 of attempting to get the wood chip wallpaper off in the living room. It’s 20′ by 13′ and in my 2 days (admittedly in short bursts as I can’t do much at once) so far I’ve done one corner which amounts to about 5%
I’ve been putting this off for over 4 years. Mate said he’ll bring his steamer round later so hopefully that will speed things up.
Thankfully I live alone so no time pressure really but it would be nice to get it done.
I keep seeing loads of those massive Jaecoo SUVs everywhere. I get that they’re good value for money, but they’re so OTT.
My work sucks. It’s chaotic, and only us software developers know how to do our jobs properly. This means that we have to pick up the slack for awful requirement specs, shitty testing, and ridiculous timescales. I was off sick with stress for three months, and I tried coming back but nothing has changed. The stress is giving me bad back pain, and the anti-anxiety meds aren’t working yet. I’ve resigned from my job but I’ve still got nearly two weeks to go, which is two weeks of back pain.
Meanwhile my cat has cancer. I took her to the oncologist yesterday and the best they can do is get her another six to eighteen months. But this will probably mean more vet visits, which stress her out. Otherwise she’ll be gone by Christmas. I have to decide whether to get more treatment or just let her go. Meanwhile, today she is running away from me because she’s afraid of another vet visit, and won’t let me cuddle her.
Life just fucking sucks right now. I’ll be glad when this shitty year is over.
We’re having building work done in our house – about 6 months end to end. The builder we engaged promised “full project management” which we’ve quickly realised means “full project management (mainly by the customer)”
We’re getting tradies turning up daily with no instructions about what they’re doing. Saying “just ring your boss” has become my morning mantra with the pleasant-but-confused-looking builders.
I’m a feeble, flabby middle-aged corporate drone who’s never done a real day of work in my life. I’m mentally preparing myself for going verbally toe-to-toe with the owner of a building firm. Pray for u/yearsofpractice
People on the tram not moving up to let others sit down
Dropped my car keys and the key bit is stuck open, it doesn’t fold in. Incredibly trivial annoyance but still annoying.
Drivers rushing to park to take their kids to school. If you’re going to park on my road, at least drive slower and safely.
Double dip for today for me! My home office faces east, I face the east facing window. The sun shines in (no complaints about the sun) so I need to lower the blind. It lowers fine but stops either too high or too low which leaves me blinded by the sun, or squashes the plants on the window sill. Stupid blind.
The temporary traffic lights at the crossroads by my house are on week 3 of a 3 day fix.
The hole they are digging keeps getting bigger, we keep getting power cuts/no gas and the traffic is getting worse as they push the lights further back up all four roads.
Everyone beeping their horns at all hours, people deciding to just jump the queues and block everyone, and buses/lorries not having enough space to turn so they have to do comedy Austin Powers manoeuvres.
I’ve become quite taken with 0.5% Proper Job IPA, but our local Morrison’s keeps running out of it. I don’t want to buy it in bulk when they do have it as I’ll be part of the problem then, I just wish as they can see it’s popular that they’d stock more of it.
Also, I’m getting to sleep at what my health app says is a good time for me, and then when I wake up for my alarm feel like I could do with about 8 more hours sleep.
And I wish the weather would make up its mind on what it wants to do regarding temperature currently!
/wanders off grumbling at *gestures vaguely at everything*
Maybe controversial…? But I hate people complaining that summer is “over” too quick and that winter is coming too quick.
First of all, I’m scared that global warming is going to make us boil like a fucking egg in the coming years.
Second of all, as much as I love a bit of sun, I don’t do well in UK heat. I’d rather complain over freezing temperatures and shove a million blankets over me than die because of lack of sleep from high temperatures and heat exhaustion.
And third of all, it’s *still* summer! (A couple of days left I know). Everyone skips over Autumn and I hate it! No – I am not buying Christmas stuff right now, shops, because you’ve skipped over multiple months filled with fun occasions and it takes the ‘fun’ out of getting to December and thinking “oh shit, Christmas is coming & I haven’t done any shopping yet”.
Fourth of all, I know people suffer with seasonal depression, but there are some people who suffer with season depression in summer too.
Therefore, I am willing to accept my rant as a moot point. It will always be Winter with people saying “I can’t wait for it to get warmer” and it will always be Summer with people saying “I can’t wait for it to be colder”. We just have to accept that and live in unity.
The inability of roadworkers to lay flat tarmac. Just had a whole section of road relaid near us and it’s bumpier than before. I’ve noticed that a lot, do we not have proper rollers anymore? It’ll be potholed again in no time with the suspension bounce
Colleague who spends most of the day making weird noises and repeating phrases from TikTok is back today after being off yesterday. He’s saying weird things in an Indian accent. He’s not Indian.
It was so peaceful yesterday, and now it isn’t.
since yesterday i’ve been having this on and off pain in the right side of my stomach, not very strong but it’s enough to set my ocd off and my brain keeps telling me i have appendicitis and my appendix is going to burst and i’m gonna die 🙃
I’ve been signed off work for 6 weeks after a knee replacement but return tomorrow after just over 2 else it’s statutory sick pay and I can’t survive on that. At least I can wfh and whine at the dogs about the injustice of getting old.
Overslept thanks to being rudely awoken at 6 by a dog barking. Fell asleep shortly after and have just woken up!
I’ve put off doing my roof since I bought my house, and now crows & magpies are pulling off bits of tile – which sometimes goes with them, but typically either falls to the floor or sits in the unreachable gutter.
My youngest bought home a bug for the whole house to share. Queues are forming to be sick in the bathroom
Didn’t sleep hardly at all despite being knackered, and on a rare day off have a laundry list of items to get done (Reminds me, laundry).
Also, just family stress. Mum is pretty well off, my sister is a single parent to 2 kids in a remote area and is struggling hard. Listening to my self avowed “feminist socialist” mother list off reasons why she won’t help financially is pretty galling. Sister stands to lose her home next January because her mortgage will become unmanageable. “Don’t approve of lifestyle/boyfriend/social media posts/choices/car she drives/she could work more”…. Gah.
A room in my house has a musty smell which I suspect is damp. Great.
Back in work for the first time since last Friday. I don’t mind being back, I’m just annoyed that I had two jobs in mind to do yesterday and I realise this morning that I forgot to do them both. Balls.
the new iphone update is pissing me off i hate how glossy it is
Mental health not great so I don’t want to be perceived but I fucked that up about 4 years ago by having a kid so now I have to be showered, dressed and out of the house every day of the week for school and various stuff.
I forgot to fill the freezer ice tray last night, so I cannot put ice in my coffee this morning.
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I have a massive job interview next week and cannot seem to remember my talking points no matter how hard I try.
Something every day, mostly work
The new shiny iOS update. But apart from that, side effects from Mounjaro. Who knew a mango could make me so unwell.
We need a structural engineer for a few things and can I get one to actually answer mails/answer the phone? Can I hell. Actually managed to contact one yesterday (well the office staff) who has promised a call back today. Let’s see…
Yet another hand dryer installed over a radiator and rusting it to buggery in six months.
And, Bristol CC have just announced the extension of the Living Streets scheme or whatever it is. Will now cover the area around The Wife’s work. So she can’t park anywhere near there and will have to park outside the zone and use a £5 a day bus instead. Still needs to drive to get there.
My car has been in the garage since Monday but because the main dealer has had a cyber security breach, their supply line is down, so they can’t get the part they need. No idea when this will be resolved.
I had a major negative life event recently and while dealing with it, have to face the fact that I’m very lonely. Going through this with only online mates to chat to sucks. Nobody to sit down and have a beer with.
After buying some scales last month and realising I’m nearly 2 stone heavier than I was 18 months ago, I got into a health kick. I upped my exercise a bit, started reducing my alcohol intake, made changes to my diet and started calorie counting properly. First week I lost 2lbs. The last three weeks despite having a total deficit of 19k I’ve not lost an ounce. Which is pretty demoralising. Obviously the first thought would be I’m miscounting calories, which I’m definitely not; I made sure when I started that I got that right. And if I’m not certain about them, round up on input and down on output.
It’s unlikely I’ve built up muscle and lost fat, as the exercise I’m doing aren’t that much different from before, just a bit more focus on cardio.
So next, and the most likely I guess, is I’m relying on my Fitbit to calculate the calories burned and I have to assume that it’s wrong. So more restrictions incoming I guess.
I’m trying to focus on the positives – I definitely feel a bit fitter (though still miles off where I was this time last year), my resting heart rate is the lowest it’s been this year, and I am eating much healthier overall. I’ve struggled with my weight all my life and I’ve been here before, but it’s never been this difficult at this weight. Guess age probably plays into it a little. Well, like with most of life’s battles, just gotta pick myself up and carry on.
Im a very new manager of a shop. Im finding it difficult and the owner of the business isn’t very good at communicating. Im trying my best, but having sleepless nights about everything.
Still in hospital and no sign of escape yet.
I previously ground my coffee a bit too fine for the Aeropress (needed an elephantine effort to make the brew) so coarsened the grind by a notch and now my coffee’s too weak. I ground 4 days-worth 😞
Plasterboard in my house is just disintegrating but no one wants the job because it’s not big enough to warrant them taking it on.
My partner’s on nights right now starting with last night, and got home at 7:50ish am. At 8 the pneumatic drilling of the pharmacy next door started again, when they said they would be done with that at 5ish yesterday.
I went to go and ask and was told by maybe the foreman, maybe the owner (busy road noise and I struggle with hearing anyway) that it was 5 more days, not til 5. I completely understand that work has to be done, it will continue, and we can’t expect people to fit around night shift workers. I also completely understand that my lad is shattered, did a 12 hour shift and has another one tonight.
It’s been several days of this drilling, and I work from home, I’d have gone into the office but I’ve got that horrible cold that’s been going around.
So my whinge is that a set of circumstances nobody can help and which have to continue have happened, and I can’t even be cross about it.
Twats who have the capability and means of working from home, and usually do, but decide to come into the office three days on the bounce just to cough and sneeze and splutter the whole time and go on and on and on about how unwell they are. Now I’m unwell 😃
Day 3 of attempting to get the wood chip wallpaper off in the living room. It’s 20′ by 13′ and in my 2 days (admittedly in short bursts as I can’t do much at once) so far I’ve done one corner which amounts to about 5%
I’ve been putting this off for over 4 years. Mate said he’ll bring his steamer round later so hopefully that will speed things up.
Thankfully I live alone so no time pressure really but it would be nice to get it done.
I keep seeing loads of those massive Jaecoo SUVs everywhere. I get that they’re good value for money, but they’re so OTT.
My work sucks. It’s chaotic, and only us software developers know how to do our jobs properly. This means that we have to pick up the slack for awful requirement specs, shitty testing, and ridiculous timescales. I was off sick with stress for three months, and I tried coming back but nothing has changed. The stress is giving me bad back pain, and the anti-anxiety meds aren’t working yet. I’ve resigned from my job but I’ve still got nearly two weeks to go, which is two weeks of back pain.
Meanwhile my cat has cancer. I took her to the oncologist yesterday and the best they can do is get her another six to eighteen months. But this will probably mean more vet visits, which stress her out. Otherwise she’ll be gone by Christmas. I have to decide whether to get more treatment or just let her go. Meanwhile, today she is running away from me because she’s afraid of another vet visit, and won’t let me cuddle her.
Life just fucking sucks right now. I’ll be glad when this shitty year is over.
We’re having building work done in our house – about 6 months end to end. The builder we engaged promised “full project management” which we’ve quickly realised means “full project management (mainly by the customer)”
We’re getting tradies turning up daily with no instructions about what they’re doing. Saying “just ring your boss” has become my morning mantra with the pleasant-but-confused-looking builders.
I’m a feeble, flabby middle-aged corporate drone who’s never done a real day of work in my life. I’m mentally preparing myself for going verbally toe-to-toe with the owner of a building firm. Pray for u/yearsofpractice
People on the tram not moving up to let others sit down
Dropped my car keys and the key bit is stuck open, it doesn’t fold in. Incredibly trivial annoyance but still annoying.
Drivers rushing to park to take their kids to school. If you’re going to park on my road, at least drive slower and safely.
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Criminal, for shite beer too
Double dip for today for me! My home office faces east, I face the east facing window. The sun shines in (no complaints about the sun) so I need to lower the blind. It lowers fine but stops either too high or too low which leaves me blinded by the sun, or squashes the plants on the window sill. Stupid blind.
The temporary traffic lights at the crossroads by my house are on week 3 of a 3 day fix.
The hole they are digging keeps getting bigger, we keep getting power cuts/no gas and the traffic is getting worse as they push the lights further back up all four roads.
Everyone beeping their horns at all hours, people deciding to just jump the queues and block everyone, and buses/lorries not having enough space to turn so they have to do comedy Austin Powers manoeuvres.
I’ve become quite taken with 0.5% Proper Job IPA, but our local Morrison’s keeps running out of it. I don’t want to buy it in bulk when they do have it as I’ll be part of the problem then, I just wish as they can see it’s popular that they’d stock more of it.
Also, I’m getting to sleep at what my health app says is a good time for me, and then when I wake up for my alarm feel like I could do with about 8 more hours sleep.
And I wish the weather would make up its mind on what it wants to do regarding temperature currently!
/wanders off grumbling at *gestures vaguely at everything*
Maybe controversial…? But I hate people complaining that summer is “over” too quick and that winter is coming too quick.
First of all, I’m scared that global warming is going to make us boil like a fucking egg in the coming years.
Second of all, as much as I love a bit of sun, I don’t do well in UK heat. I’d rather complain over freezing temperatures and shove a million blankets over me than die because of lack of sleep from high temperatures and heat exhaustion.
And third of all, it’s *still* summer! (A couple of days left I know). Everyone skips over Autumn and I hate it! No – I am not buying Christmas stuff right now, shops, because you’ve skipped over multiple months filled with fun occasions and it takes the ‘fun’ out of getting to December and thinking “oh shit, Christmas is coming & I haven’t done any shopping yet”.
Fourth of all, I know people suffer with seasonal depression, but there are some people who suffer with season depression in summer too.
Therefore, I am willing to accept my rant as a moot point. It will always be Winter with people saying “I can’t wait for it to get warmer” and it will always be Summer with people saying “I can’t wait for it to be colder”. We just have to accept that and live in unity.
The inability of roadworkers to lay flat tarmac. Just had a whole section of road relaid near us and it’s bumpier than before. I’ve noticed that a lot, do we not have proper rollers anymore? It’ll be potholed again in no time with the suspension bounce
Colleague who spends most of the day making weird noises and repeating phrases from TikTok is back today after being off yesterday. He’s saying weird things in an Indian accent. He’s not Indian.
It was so peaceful yesterday, and now it isn’t.
since yesterday i’ve been having this on and off pain in the right side of my stomach, not very strong but it’s enough to set my ocd off and my brain keeps telling me i have appendicitis and my appendix is going to burst and i’m gonna die 🙃
I’ve been signed off work for 6 weeks after a knee replacement but return tomorrow after just over 2 else it’s statutory sick pay and I can’t survive on that. At least I can wfh and whine at the dogs about the injustice of getting old.
Overslept thanks to being rudely awoken at 6 by a dog barking. Fell asleep shortly after and have just woken up!
I’ve put off doing my roof since I bought my house, and now crows & magpies are pulling off bits of tile – which sometimes goes with them, but typically either falls to the floor or sits in the unreachable gutter.
My youngest bought home a bug for the whole house to share. Queues are forming to be sick in the bathroom
Didn’t sleep hardly at all despite being knackered, and on a rare day off have a laundry list of items to get done (Reminds me, laundry).
Also, just family stress. Mum is pretty well off, my sister is a single parent to 2 kids in a remote area and is struggling hard. Listening to my self avowed “feminist socialist” mother list off reasons why she won’t help financially is pretty galling. Sister stands to lose her home next January because her mortgage will become unmanageable. “Don’t approve of lifestyle/boyfriend/social media posts/choices/car she drives/she could work more”…. Gah.
A room in my house has a musty smell which I suspect is damp. Great.
Back in work for the first time since last Friday. I don’t mind being back, I’m just annoyed that I had two jobs in mind to do yesterday and I realise this morning that I forgot to do them both. Balls.
the new iphone update is pissing me off i hate how glossy it is
Mental health not great so I don’t want to be perceived but I fucked that up about 4 years ago by having a kid so now I have to be showered, dressed and out of the house every day of the week for school and various stuff.
I forgot to fill the freezer ice tray last night, so I cannot put ice in my coffee this morning.
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