Luke Hand Diary

Work. Ticked a couple projects off the list. Looks like a few things might finish in time for the end of this year. Fingers crossed. Day went quick. The freight train was half across the road for ages - blocking traffic, causing mayhem. The cops told me off for mentioning it on Twitter. Reported it to the fourth estate as well. Made an Insta filter. Probably won’t get approved. Probably won’t get...

Long work day. Got called out on this job that I completely effed up. Guy called out my piss poor communication in the nicest way possible though. He had cause to really sink the slipper in and make me squirm, so I’m grateful that he didn’t. Tried the “BBQ Shapes roast potatoes” recipe. Not bad! Kind of a test run for Xmas lunch. New ethical jumper arrived. Mum laughed at it. It does look pretty f...

Bit meh today. Thought it was supposed to be warm, but it changed very early on in the piece and turned out to be pretty chilly. Work. Had a few wines after work. First time I’ve done that in a school night for a while! Went for a sticky beak at the breakwater after hearing sirens and stuff. Talked to a cop and some witnesses. I think someone drowned. No good! Should finally finish this book that...

Went to Tower Hill in the morning. Walked up the hill. Nice view. Checked out the tribal (or whatever) gathering area. Got close to emus and a wallaby. Lounging around. Went to the beach - read and had a beer and a paddle. Walked on reefs. Intentionally did a belly flop, per an Instagram kookslam post of guys doing that. Actually hurt a bit. Had a couple naps. Nice light in the evening, around sun...

Visited nephews for coffees. Watered their huge monstero tree. Alfie visited. We made a YouTube video of a walk to the river. An unvaxxed bint off of Hinge messaged me - she might be due a jab or two. 😉 Anko have sunnies with Bluetooth audio. Went to the 24 hour Shear-a-thon at the Showgrounds, saw a lot of sheep, had some food there. Went to a backyard concert fundraiser. Got pizza for dinner. M...

Work. Stressed about a few projects that were due today - so I simply just didn’t meet the deadlines! Hopefully catch up on the weekend. Jussie Smollett was found guilty of faking a hate crime on himself. The system works, for once! Quiet night. Got the rating keyboard on to my phone. Can’t get the layout right. Ate a lot of junk today. M: 4. E: 4. 😐😑😰

Work - quiet, unproductive. Went to TAFE and enrolled in a motorcycle course. Extremely good customer service! Slid into the DMs of a Walkley award winning journalist, author, sexual assault survivor advocate, and designer and creator of the #LetHerSpeak campaign to politely correct her grammar. Worked on a custom iOS keyboard that I’ve been meaning to put together for ages. Finally almost have it...

Humpday. Work. No meetings all day. Unproductive. Boring. My skin is itchy as hell. Really really uncomfortable. Got some stuff from the chemist for it. Better clear it up very soon. I’m scratching my legs raw. Rrrrr. Very tired. M: 3. E: 3. 😑

Got up in the morning and my mum and my aunty told me that it was Wednesday. I was confused and thought they were joking. I told them that I had thought that they were serious about it being Wednesday for a second - and they then looked at me strangely and said that it is seriously Wednesday. They had both thought that it was. Totally threw me off kilter. Work. Boring. Saw fish in the river on my...

Work. Day went by slowly and quickly at once, weirdly. Did the dishes. Too windy for a beach swim today. Did the new Apple Fitness+ ‘Time to Walk’ workout with Prince William. That was nice. Shower. Reading. The “How bad is your streaming music?” quiz is finally working for me! I think I’ve been revisiting that page occasionally for literally years now! Finally. M: 3.5. E: 3.5. 😐😑

Market. Walking around. Coffees. Hung out with the nephews. Played on the tightrope with them. Went for a sea swim. Got a puncture on my bike. Recorded a podcast ep. Nice sunset - hazy and glowing, with the cows walking around silhouetted. M: 5. E: 6. 😐😇🙂😠

Did some chores. Cooked. Went for a beach swim in the drizzle. Was nice. Read, watched some stuff. Tried out the trick of putting a chook to sleep by tucking its head under its wing. Cool! Stopped up by the rodeo. There were animal rights protesters holding signs right at the entrance. Got an award in the Fitness app for hitting my Move goal for the 1750th time. The kipper coincidence: I’ve been w...

Dreamt last night that I was French kissing with [redacted]. Wouldn’t mind a date with a beautiful woman. Lockdown is over so I can’t blame not having dates on Covid anymore. Fuck sake. Work. Same shit. Emailed to resign from the union. Beach swim. Nice to watch the waves. I have a tummy ache. M: 3.5. E: 4. 😐

Work (busy, but scraped through). Fifth beach swim day in a row. Feels like temp was 10° but it wasn’t too bad in the water. Hair on fleek. New watch band arrived. Ate too much chocolate and junk. Ugh! M: 4. E: 4.

Work. Finished a couple jobs. Meeting went ok. Was on a ‘bad albums’ kick - Second Coming, Squeeze, Gay Dad, etc. Interesting. Didn’t eat all day until after 5. Bloody nose. Mosquito bites are all over me and itchy as hell. Went for a beach swim (fourth consecutive day). Water was warm as hell. Had the beach to myself. I should get a buoy and a waterproof pouch so I can bring my phone and valuable...

Work. Ugh. Nephews visited for icy poles in the afternoon. I made [nephew] a jackfruit sandwich that had tomato in it. [nephew] said that he liked the tomato even though he thought he didn’t like tomato at all. He proudly showed off eating a slice of tomato to his mum. Very cool and hopefully a lesson will have been learned - try things sometimes, even if you don’t think you’ll like it. [older rel...

Got out of bed and went for a coffee and a beachy with [nephew]. I didn’t have a mask and thought I needed one to go into the cafe. I sent [nephew] in with the coffee order on my notes app and my card to pay. Like a first errand mission. Got to get these kids starting to do more stuff, rather than being mollycoddled or whatever. They’re kids - not babies! He did well. He’s a great guy! Work. Nice...

Chores. Bunnings. Got a tight rope. Mowed the long grass on the nature strip right back. Took ages and I had to get pretty wild and dangerous with the lawnmower, but the pay-off was worth it. Took some found bullets into the cop shop to have them disposed of. More chores. Went for a body board at the beach with mum. Was fun! Caught a couple waves. A couple of times, mum and I caught the same wave....

Parkrun with mum, Leanne and Paul. Nice weather in the morning. Lots of coffee. Macca’s. Wandering around. Mowed the lawns. Watched the cows. More walking. Pottered around. Had some bubblegum flavoured soda pop. Shapes and French onion dip for dinner. Finished the Beatles Get Back. Nice long day with plenty of solitude. M: 4. E: 5.5. 😐😆🙂

Work. Not too bad. Paddock got mowed. And the cows went bananas. Fish n chips with mum. Had mustard with my fish n chips. Wonder if I’m the first person to do that. New Covid variant is popping off in South Africa. M: 3. E: 3. 😐🙂😑

Work. Day went quick. Crumby vibe. Roasted veg for lunch. Very tasty. Took the green bin down to the area I had weeded for to collect all the grass and weeds I left piled on the ground there. Saw a bloody big frog and a bloody big mouse amongst the weeds I was picking up - and thought best to leave before I next saw a bloody big snake! Toggled a couple of settings for my AirPods Max - neat. The Be...

Work. Staffing issue. Sweated up a bit in a meeting. Not very nice. God I’m disorganised. I’m going to get in big doo-doo over it I reckon. Had dinner at the Cally with mum. Walk with mum and Ash. Bit of a goss. Saw this big weird ship on the horizon. Could be the Pong Su incident all over again. I’m feeling so unfit. Can’t be bothered exercising properly though. Ugh. M: 3. E: 3. 😐😓😴😑🙂

Dropped by birthday boy [nephew’s] before work. [Other nephew] gave me a big long cuddle. Cute. Work. Overdue on several projects - but apparently I don’t do any work until I’ve let pressure build and build and people are getting completely fucked over by me delivering it way too late. Why am I the way I am? Wish I would have done more work. Got some vicarious relief from my work wife getting a lo...

Work. Boring, frustrating, unproductive. Mopped. Walked to the beach and had a look in the rockpools - splendiferous. I would like a sea burial. There is an outfit out of Western Australia that do it, I think. There are a lot of regulations around it of course and it’s not cheap, but it would be cool. I would like my funeral service and wake to be held near to an onion cutting factory. Apple TV an...

Eh. Did the weeding. Might not keep doing it. Probably roped off for a reason, I guess. Might as well just mind my own business. Can’t get in trouble that way! Went to the doctor. Went exactly against doctor’s advice a couple hours later. YOLO. Carrot cake. Bunnings. Got annoyed at alt-right Davo. While trying to call him in, I guess I was glad to feel like I don’t always assume sides on things ju...