A bit of a setback for Elder this morning. The welfare person at his school suggested we try next term for three morning sessions a week in class for an hour each time. When I mentioned it to Elder he had a meltdown, couldn’t sleep and now isn’t going to this morning’s meeting at all 😟😔 It seems like a bit of a leap from where he is now, and I only told him what it might look like and I didn’t push, but I guess it’s my fault and I feel like I’ve set him back by even mentioning it. His therapist actually suggested that online virtual schools might be the solution for now because he’s missed the whole first year of highschool up to this point, but the problem with that is Mr P is dyslexic and is not au fait with internet and tech and I have work, so there’d be nobody at home in a position to support him. I’m going to talk to my boss about more flexible hours (the financial planner in my head says, “but we need the money dammit!”), but I’m not optimistic as it is a factory job after all. Virtual Schools Victoria, aside from when the classes are held via video conferencing, are actually very flexible in their scheduling. Going to work now with all this running around in my head and had to put it somewhere 🤯😵‍💫

Second (and my preferred) job just booked me in for a preliminary interview next Tuesday 😁

Jimmy the Guts

Weird nightmare crew represent 🙌🏻🦠🧞‍♀️💍🩺💥

Hey look, fire.

Now it’s like you’ve been to the festival! Plus imagine yourself lining up for a $25 pulled pork or beef roll.

Certainly nice to get away. North Stradbroke Island.

Doing dry July this year.

Yay me!!

However it’s still June and the bottle of Jager needs to be emptied.

Huzzah!

That thread on the melbourne sub about the guy who had the mattresses dumped in his yard really makes me mad that the EPA, Council or Police won’t do anything about it. They’re just letting a scummy business owner get away with it.

Train - coughing ppl

Work - person sits at the desk next to me coughing and snotting.

Dentist - kid with chesty cough in waiting room

Ffs. I’m masked up because I have health issues.

Finished writing letters to all the submissions for my writing competition. They all did such a magnificent job, and some of the stories were genuinely really good with interesting themes and ideas and twists that I decided to make them all winners. So they all get signed copies of my book.

I went to one school on Wednesday and announced the winners at assembly. Public speaking is not fun, but I think I did ok. But what really got me was as I was sitting and waiting, one of the kids randomly asks for a high five. Which I obliged. And the girl next to him goes ‘Don’t you know who that is? That’s [my name]. The author.’, which is a all sorts of absurd and crazy and awesome and yeah.

Got the nerves a bit today waiting for a call about the job from Tuesday.

Trying to distract myself pretty much.

Fingers crossed 🤞🏾

Edit: A sent them an email to “touch base”. Better to rip the band aid off in one go I think.

Edit: no luck this time.

On the way to school my daughter came across a flock of little corellas. Of course she took snaps. I think they made her day. It’s also the last day of term so it’s double happiness ☺

I didn’t get it. Pretty bummed out but there’s some more opportunities on the horizon.

Damn it.

Bloody white-ass boomers pushing their way onto PTV. Everyone else stood to the side, but these four just had to make sure they got the seats they wanted… Even though there was only, like, 10 of us on the platform, who got on a whole ass train.

And they call my generation ungrateful and mannerless. Pfft.

Sky pretty.