Security screening then the coffee then the flying.

Playing board games on a Friday night with the family. Sometimes the simple things are the best things.

Watching an old classic Western - 🍿

My fiendishly cunning plan to buy gelato on the walk home has been foiled by the fact they’re not open, despite the hours on their website indicating they should be.

Browsing the second hand books.

Attempting to relax on the balcony and musing on the thought that if the cat had a status.lol page it would just be a series of “trying to climb over the balcony edge”. 🐈

Waiting for the cat to stop using my leg as a pillow so I can get off the couch. Hopefully that’s the biggest challenge I have today.

Booking some restaurants for a weekend away with friends in March. Something to look forward to.

Walking after work is a great way to clear the brain.

Heading out for drinks and dinner with an old friend (32yrs and counting) that’s in town for a few days.

There will be coffee, and only then will there be work.

Listening to the Best TV of 2022 podcast on the afternoon walk.

Time to stretch the legs and go for an afternoon walk.

Sunday morning = a pot of tea and browsing my rss feeds.

Big Saturday night. Sipping red wine and plotting out some personal projects in Tot. It’s a great app.

Out for an afternoon walk.

Knots worked out of the neck and shoulders. Saturday morning massage has set me up for a good day.

Patiently waiting for my massage appointment. Starting my weekend with working the tight knots out of my shoulders.

Friday is over. Very much done with this week.

Car in for a service so on the train to work.

Coffee has been consumed. Time to get work rolling for 2023.

Doing a purge of things sitting in my rss reader that are never going to get read.

Washing the car to avoid sorting through the last of the storage boxes.

Enjoying a whisky sour and reading on my balcony. Perfect first day of the year.

Last post for 2022. See you all in 2023 when we can do all the good bits all over again. Let’s try to not do the rubbish bits again though. HNY! 🎉

Time to watch the Star Trek Prodigy season final. Avoided spoilers so far. 📺

Playing Civ VI. “Just one more turn”.

Tinkering with my omg.lol page.

Full of Christmas food and snacks, it’s time to sprawl on the couch and watch Bill Murray in Scrooged, 1988. 🍿

Christmas movie tonight - Elf, 2003. 🍿

Enjoying a medicinal gin. Making sure my taste buds are okay and not ruined by having covid.

Pizza is on the menu tonight.

Mystic Pizza, 1988, that is. A very early film for Julia Roberts 🍿

Out of office on, I’m done for the year.

Tonight’s movie pick is Ladyhawke, 1985. Bit of medieval fantasy, bit of hawk by day and wolf by night, lovers eternally apart. Why not. 🍿

Lost my covidginity and joined the double line club just in time for Christmas 🙃

Early ‘80s for tonight’s movie - An American Werewolf in London, 1981. 🍿

Still in the ‘80s for tonight’s film. Watching Young Guns, 1988. 🍿

Continuing my ‘80s movie run. Tonight is Risky Business, 1983, with Tom Cruise and Rebecca de Mornay. 🍿

Watching Gremlins, 1984. 🍿

Things to do but the cat is using my hand as a pillow so I can’t move.

Poached eggs and coffee with the Friday breakfast group. A nice routine to start winding down the week.

Watching Muppet Treasure Island, 1996. Because I can. 🍿

Watching the final episode of White Lotus S2 before I see spoilers online.

Updating Goodreads ready to import to my micro.blog bookshelves.

Monday. Let’s do this.

Settling in to watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1987. 🍿

Walked to dinner and back to help offset the amount of Korean fried chicken consumed.

Spending a lazy Sunday morning catching up on my rss feeds.

Perusing the shelves of the local wine and spirits shop to see what might be my Christmas Day treat.

Saturday morning -> tea and the cat napping on my lap.

Friday is done. Time to go home.

A series of end of year work events today. Not sure any actual work will happen.

Nodding off on the couch, time to switch to the bed.

Spending the night reminding myself how to design and build a website.

Finishing early at 2:30pm to head off to a work Christmas party.

Doing the survey to get my 9c discount on petrol on the way home.

Deleting black Friday emails as soon as they arrive.

Off to a staff forum to hear all about our achievements for the year.

Counting the days until work is over for the year? No, not at all.

Walking by the river in the hope it’s a bit cooler than at home.

A lazy Sunday morning recharging the battery. Reading and cups of tea.

Coffee then work. The correct order of things.

Spending a quiet Sunday night catching up on some home admin.

Time to fly

Good morning Melbourne and your high pollen count.

Time to fly 🛫

Updating my profile pic across all my fediverse and social media accounts, which is taking longer than expected.

Waiting for micro.blog servers to come back up. I have to do my microblogvember post!

Trying to decide on a new blog name.

Time to check the word for Microblogvember and get writing.

I am done with today, time to head home.

Made it to 10:24 before the day was derailed.

Happy with how my little project is coming along

Tinkering and dabbling