Luke Hand Diary

Groggy morning. Had five fillings done at the dentist. Dentist this time was really nice. I thanked her afterwards for how comforting and caring she was through the whole thing. She’s leaving the industry in the new year. Damn it. Would have liked to have gone to her again. Watched David and Mary’s horse race from the Cally. It was the favourite but didn’t place. Dang it. Visited Ash and Marty. My...

Was laughing out loud last night while I was trying to get to sleep because I was remembering a bit on UYD where Seth off-handedly said that there was a restaurant that he went to regularly and that he never spoke in there and wrote things down when he would order, etc. Got a bit hysterical while remembering that. Late night and early morning - pro bono. Went too long without my meds and felt weir...

Too cosy in bed to get up early. And it only got more cosy as the sun came up. Work. Same shit. Walk with the girls. Nice light this evening. Done some pro bono in the evening. M: 3. E: 3. L: -7. 😐🔥😑😤

Insanely busy at work today. Very frustrating. Almost cried. Ugh. Hopefully the new tool makes things more manageable soon. Was going to stay on and work after hours but can’t. Missed my pills and didn’t get to eat until after 5. Was going insane. Walk with mum and Ash. Allegedly ‘kidnapped’ child in WA allegedly ‘found.’ Frog sounds are back. Finna get up early tomorrow. I’ve completely struck ou...

Melbourne cup public holiday. Up early. Watched the cows for a while. Walk with aunty et al. Got haircut. Browsed market. Quick dip with sister and boys. Water was a bit scummy. Looking forward to some beach swims when there are more hot days. Had a beer and chill down at the river in the evening. Parenting show ep two. Looks like the little jetty down at the mill has been removed. I really want t...

Groggy. Work. Long day training a new coder. Tech issues and stuff. Checked on Bambi the cow a few times. Cute. New cows delivered. Cute too. Didn’t eat all day. Then had an Eskimo pie, a McDonald’s sundae, and a bowl of ice cream with topping. I might go on a diet and try to get fit. Feel pretty ordinary. The parenting show was on and was pretty spicy! I think they should have given the parents a...

Couple chores. Flat. Headache. Got ballache in the anti-mandate telegram chat for calling out antisemitism. Went to Kmart. Napped in the afternoon. Cousins new baby cow came. Very cute. Menulog order was late as hell and the food was crap. Feel sick. M: 3. E: 3. L: -5. 😐😑

Hung out with my tow-headed nephews. Mostly fun; bit tiring. Got invited to a lunch do. Hmm. Clean sheets. Bored. Done some farm work. Got catfished. Early night. M: 3.5. E: 3.5. L: 0. 😐😆😑😇

Wind and lightning last night was awesome. Work was annoying. Weird press conference by the police investigating the disappearance of the little girl in WA. Didn’t really say anything? Will need to wait ten years until this case is in the rear view mirror and the intention of todays presser becomes clear. Got a supermarket chocolate eclair like the ones at school. Very good. Did the dishes. Had a...

Work. Not so productive today. Bit tired. Had windows open and Sox was very into peering in the window. Great stormy weather in the afternoon and evening. Lots of Thunder. I asked a woman I know out for a drink the next time I’m in Melbourne and she said Yes. Might have to make a trip quite soon! M: 3.5. E: 3. L: 1. 😐😍😴

Nice weather. Quite warm. Balmy. Nice sunset. Got a bit of work done. Crook back. Had a bite of a pineapple fritter. Just a bite was more than enough. Looking forward to some warmer weather and being able to walk across to Penguin Island while the flowers are still in effect. Better get some shut eye soon. 666 days off the bottle. M: 3.5. E: 3.5. L: 0. 😐😴

Work. Busy. Did dishes. Watered plants. Nice smell of water from the hose that had been laying in the sun. More Morrissey. Walk with the girls. Nice weather today. Worked in the evening and actually got some stuff done, rather than flitting between email and Teams endlessly. Vego vegan hazelnut bar. My hair is flat and gross lately. May have to try some product for some texture. M: 3.5. E: 3. L: 0...

Work. Was talking constantly all day. Throat is sore. Completely way too much work to possibly get through any time within about a zillion years. Fuck. New person to join our team is super nice. Good pie for dinner. Mum’s fiend’s kale is good - the leaves feel young and not tough as old boots. A couple of tweets from an ex-friend got a bee in my bonnet for a while - not that I’m bitter or anything...

Got gran sorted out with a covid vax certificate. Did some gardening - the lawn, planting some seeds for some creepers, repotting. Mum’s lawnmower is a marvel. So old. How does it still run? Long and lazy day. Did my tax. Need to pay my late lodgement fines and take care of HECS. I think I have a tonne of tax taken out by work. Can’t wait until I’m actually getting returns again. Listened to some...

Dentist at 8:10 AM. The guy didn’t really go with me on my bants about my terrible teeth. Got a filling. Might go back and get a few more sorted out. Checked out [REDACTED]’s house. Nice. Hung out with nephew. Got a nice pure wool t-shirt. Laid around. Got a bit grumpy. Was thinking recently about how mum was telling me around the time of the Sophie break-up that that would probably be the hardest...

Work. Fuuuuudge. Busy as hell. This is getting insane. And I don’t think it’s tenable with even more coming on to the plate next week. Trying to keep the existing stuff going and projects submitted, plus training a new staff member remotely, plus testing and implementing a new coding tool, plus shit-loads of other stuff! Fuck sake. Not going to be good. Two dogs came up and were barking at and bei...

Tooth fairy came! $2 note. Work. The nephews popped in. Went to the libertarian cafe for their last day. Do hope they open again, but maybe they won’t. Damn. Quick beachy. Very flat sea today. Flowers are coming up on Penguin Island again. Just like that, another year has zipped by. Had fish n chips with a few people at the park for mum’s birthday. Good little hang out. I kicked the footy right up...

Spoke to Anton the barista to make clear that I wasn’t trying to be rude when I asked about masks the other day. No dramas. They’re closing temporarily until they can open to everyone. Interesting. Work. Stressful. During a meeting, I crunched a boiled sweet and my second molar crumbled apart. Hmm. Probably well overdue for this to happen. It’s been about a three decade run of not being to the den...

Spilt milk. Work. Boring day. Stayed on to set some files up after hours. Should have done more but couldn’t be fucked. Will get up early and do it then, hopefully. Ugh. Nice weather. Put some avocado seeds in water and soil to try to grow. Dropped some Woolworths bricks around to the boys. Nephew is cute with how much he picks up the chooks and pats their beaks and chins, etc. T-shirt arrived. M:...

Vertical and caffeinated by zero dark thirty. Work - bit of an epic nothing burger of a day. Did a lot of dishes. Nephew was sick and came here from school to rest. I had too much ice cream and ice magic. Got eviscerated by alt-right Davo in the chat. Was just trying to point out that we all experience content - and life - differently based off nature, nurture, circumstances, and a whole bunch of...

Early rise. Stitched nephew’s Coles patch to his little aths top. Asked [REDACTED] the barista why he and other staff weren’t wearing masks. Exemption. I think he’s cross at me these days. Didn’t see him by name in the anti-mandate chats, but maybe he’s seen me clowning around in there. Felt like a bit of a jerk for asking. Will talk with him again. Cooked. Shouldn’t have lurked around on Hinge fo...

Up super early. Did some pro bono. Walk to Maccas for breaky. Had way too much coffee throughout the morning. Felt sick. Went to Koroit with the nephews. Pie from bakery. Went to the skatepark. Ollied onto a block and acid dropped about a metre off the end. Got new shoes and jeans. Jeans made by tailors in Bangladesh. Shoes made somewhere on the planet. Amazing that global trade and these structur...

Work. Got one file that had been a total mess neatened up. All of our team was so good all week and have done heaps of work. I got through most of a to-do list today and we may have the next couple months under control? Ah pish. I forgot to send HR an email to put out an Expressions Of Interest ad for a new person on our team. I over-egged the mayo in an email at the end of the day and was too ear...

Up really early. Worked a bit. Then took a walk around the beach. Clocked back on. Lot of work. Still fucked with a couple jobs not set up yet and the project leads mithering me about when they’ll be done and that. Fuuuudge. The Age got back to me about my news tip about that anti-masker yanking the cop’s taser and that. They said it was “a disgrace” and they’re having a reporter look into it. I t...

Up early - rare for a work day. Full day of running around and spot fires all day today. A few calls with people to get some little weird wrinkles on a couple projects sorted out. One of the ladies is like an alternate reality, normie version of Sophie - very animated and expressive, and a similar face. Haha. We’re going to add a couple of people to our team. Can’t wait! I thought I had wrecked th...