Mine has been dozing a bit, I really needed to mow it weeks ago and kept putting it off. I should have a few months to ignore it again, which will be nice. It will give me a chance to do the weeding and tidying in the garden beds before spring.

I need to start thinking about planting some early seeds for tomatoes and things indoors soon too - I have a tendency to leave it a bit late, I’d like to try and get the timing right for once this year! If all goes to plan I’ll probably end up with a thriving garden just in time for me to move out and the next tenant to get most of the harvest!

Cold, wet and windy weather has resumed. I got the mowing finished just in time.

The lawn is looking very green and vibrant now which is nice, but there are still a few empty gaps that need filling in. I seem to have managed to keep most of the weeds out, but Spring is going to be the big test of that. The font yard is not quite as good, I think they planted the wrong type of grass for that location. It really struggled with summer, as it is in full sun and has window reflections and a lot of surrounding concrete to deal with.

I so wish I could. Two more hours of work before I can go home and head to bed unfortunately.

Feels like minus 3.5 outside. Looks like today will be the first iced over car of the season.

It’s another lovely day outside. I have done as much mowing as I could before the batteries died, I’ll need to do the other half of the back yard tomorrow before the predicted rain moves in. At least the grass doesn’t grow much at this time of year so I won’t have to do it again for a while.

Things have improved now that caffeine has been acquired. I even managed to work out the 9c discrepancy between the bank’s records and my own for the credit card balance.

Morning.

I just tried to make coffee by tipping a spoonful of coffee powder onto the bench next to my mug. This seems like a bad omen for today.

Miss Meow didn’t wake up this morning.

I think I’m a bit in shock and not sure how to feel, this is very unexpected.

It could be worse. I joined a facebook group which required you to type the word ‘cat’ as the answer to two questions. I messed that up. Twice.

My app is telling me I have an average of 81 days, with a variation of 103 days. I get the old PMS symptoms that used to be a warning almost constantly, so I really have absolutely no idea. Mostly not heavy, but with a couple of ‘am I bleeding out?’ level thrown in just to keep me guessing.

I’m envious, mine is looking quite tatty at the moment. It’s hard at this time of year to get a patch of weather that is dry enough to mow - although at least once I do the next cut it should not need another for ages because it’s not growing much now.

If you ever want cringe lyrics the stuff Tim Rice wrote for Andrew Lloyd Webber are amazingly awful. And look how popular they were!

Lyrics are an interesting thing, when blended with the music they can often convey emotions and ideas in a way that transcend what the actual words themselves do. Language is an amazingly intricate and complex communication method that can sometimes convey more through imperfection than when you get everything right.

I would like to thank my past self for freezing some cheese sauce that went very well on my cauliflower and broccoli to serve with some baked salmon. I would also like to thank yesterday’s self for making enough apricot crumble that I could eat it two days in a row.

I tend to err on the side of assuming really, really dumb, but part of me doesn’t want to believe people are actually that stupid. But I don’t engage unless it’s something that I think will be useful to other people to read anyway so it’s not like it matters that much.

I’m having one of those Reddit conversations where I’m not sure if the other person is a troll or just really, really dumb. It’s a bit of a coin flip at this time.

I’m always a bit perplexed by people who troll that way. Why do people find coming across as really stupid to be something to aim for?

Ouch. This is why I have ended up in Ballarat. I just count myself fortunate that I could move my job too. Trying to find an affordable rental that was appropriate for a dog as well was not looking likely.

A bowl of hot porridge and a strong latte, please.

It’s been steady and ongoing out here.