Luke Hand Diary

💭 Met Paul McCartney. He was in the ticket booth at a rail station because the lady on the desk was a relative of his and I asked for an autograph and a selfie, etc. He gave me those and also gave me a shot of some spirit - I thought about not taking it due to my current streak of not drinking, but ended up drinking it. And he also gave me some weird sloppy dessert that got all over the counter....

Nice day of chores, walking around, and being alone. Had some Maccas. Did the lawn, power washed the deck, vacuumed, swept, cleaned windows, bed linen laundry. Got a little creeped out when I got home alone after dark. Double-checked all doors and windows and looked everywhere for intruders inside. Calmed down. M: 4. E: 6. 😐🙂😇

Weird dreams of being some sort of spy in weird European countries. I’m not going to get too tangled up in following this Russian shit. Fucking animals. Just feel very lucky to be Australian and to be on this blessed island. Work - no dramas or anything. Work wife got things organised this week and somehow got everything on track and got things done - whereas I would have wasted time and procrasti...

Pick on Luke Day. Yet again, I’m somehow the bad guy. The asshole. The dickhead. The shit-stirrer. The bumbaclot. I don’t think I did anything wrong but half the family is bluing with me. Fuck em! Food for thought tho - probably might be time to find my own place. Rent is way too expensive these days tho. I don’t even want to dignify the prices they’re advertising by paying them. Work. Boring. Got...

Meds I took last night did the job. Knocked me out for the night. Slept about 12 hours. Felt much, much better this morning than yesterday. Work. It’s my one year anniversary, my boss said. Time flies. Just kept my nose down today. Was able to eat a bit today. I never want to feel sick again! That was horrible. Early night. Got my two year sobriety coin in the mail today. So tight. M: 3. E: 3. 😪...

Awake from like three, nearly vomiting. Canceled work - felt bad for that all day because were so busy and stuff. Had a fever, nauseous, headaches, tummy ache. Was finally sick a few times. Felt horrible. I need to just be knocked out tonight and sleep. Maaaann. Grateful: that I don’t feel like this from drinking anymore. Make it stop! M: 2.2. E: 2.2.💩😴😓

Work. I was a bit of dick during a call in the morning. Fuck! Petty and not cool. Damn it. And I was also unproductive. Had a couple cuddles with baby [nibling] through the day. So cute. Picked up my bike with my new rack. Donated plasma. One of the staff there stood in front of me and I couldn’t see the TV. Some lady was eating chips like a garbage disposal unit. Some other lady had spoken word a...

Another platypus dream last night. Might be a sign that I need to go platypus spotting in waking life soon. Hung out with the baby and [SISTER] a bunch. God, [NIBLING] is cute. Bit of a family lunch with everyone + gran. Did a bit of pottering around in the afternoon. Chalice seemed pretty excited and was running around. Had a few beers. Burned a couple of candles from the market. Gardening. Sent...

Up early. Walked a lot, had a lot of coffee. House chores. Rode to the finish line of the second longest running one-day bike race in the world - the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Incredible scenes. Burger. Made little frozen yogurt treats with [nephew]. [niece] arrived. So cute. Standing up, crawling around. Gorgeous. Got dinner with mum and [sister]. Got a new outfit. Pretty ethical cotton in the it...

Work. Nice and busy without being too intense or having things due yet. Might get cray next week! Visited the nephews after work. Had dinner with mum at the Whalers. Went for a walk around the beach. Was very rough today. Nice to watch. Saw a seal between thunder point and merri island. And a wallaby near the train station. Maria Moles album on high rotation. So nice! Pretty full moon. Cheers to t...

Got an out of the blue text from [REDACTED] late last night and, for some reason, it triggered a headache instantly. As in, immediately. 0-100 in one second. Was really weird. I’ve never had an instant headache before. Interesting. Also had some weird dreams for the first time in a while last night - that was after just speaking with a colleague yesterday about how I haven’t remembered any dreams...

Missed breakfast. Work. Fast day. Got a big project set up in our new database. Took longer than expected. But will get easier as we get used to the new app. A few other projects are hurtling towards us. About to go from very quiet to very busy, I think. Got a bike bell. Took myself to the Whalers Hotel for a date. Sat beside Deirdre and her cousin Eleanor. Nice to chat with Deirdre a bit through...

Work. A few annoyances. Transplanted seedlings to garden. Went for a ride along the beach. Checked on that spine and rib cage that I saw yesterday with [REDACTED] and mum. Was wondering if it may have been a platypus - in which case I would have reported it - but after finding some more parts, I’m sure that it was definitely a wallaby. Got the evil eye for not having a bell on my new bike. Guy on...

Work. I should make better use of the gantt software at work to manage projects and stuff. Put a short-term Block on Vegan-[REDACTED] - after he moaned about the packaging on the gift he bought his lover for valentines. To me. Who has nobody to be buying a valentines gift for. Talk about inconsiderate. Walk with [REDACTED] and mum. Roasted up a tonne of veg for a late dinner. Listened to a Johnny...

Did laundry. Did a few chores. Walked to [FRIEND’S] and bought a bike off him. A civilian in town challenged me over my I hate everyone tshirt. I hate them for that. Went for a swim with mum and [NEPHEW]. He’s a cutey. Watched half of Cool Runnings. Got some super soft white bread. M: 4. E: 4. 😇🥰🙂

Gave myself a haircut. Bath. Saw the nephews briefly in the morning. Timed them on their bikes. Did some repotting of plants. Definitely had watered some way too much. Dried them out and dried out the soil in the sun. Napped. Pizza with mum for dinner. Very quite day. Might try to do a couple of tasks tomorrow. Sitting in front of the fan for the breeze and for the noise, and looking at the wall....

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Work. Unproductive and felt annoying and incompetent. Got a headache. Walked down to check on the bridge demolition. Getting there. Some e-bants (electronic banter) with people. Dinner with mum at the lady bay. Ride along the foreshore at sundown. Some “industrial” music I’d never heard. Could be alright, if it didn’t have the pretty affected vocals. Cuppa tea and bed. M: 4. E: 3. 😐😥🙂

Work. My boss rocks. Went for a fish n chip picnic for [COUSINS] birthday down at the beach. Couple beers. Amazing chips. Just wasn’t so hungry at the time unfortunately. Water has been so clear lately. Walk with mum and [SISTER]. Watched some TV with mum -- a frank discussion about the whys-and-wherefores of penetrative sex while a womyn is on her period. Not feeling like doing any tinkering or a...

Work. Fast day. Donated to Alana’s mutual aid again. New Ls card arrived. Walk with mum and [SISTER]. A bug got in my eye. I couldn’t get the Twitter bot to work again tonight. Ugh. M: 3. E: 3. 😐😑

Work. Not enough data through over the weekend for us to be able to run the shifts we’d rostered for this week. Very annoying. Hate cancelling shifts. Suuucks. I was talking with my work wife about my idea of a working holiday and I heard myself giving a fairly good reason for taking a trip that I hadn’t thought of until I’d said it out loud. Basically, the break-up with Sophie is something I stil...

https://belongingbeginswithus.org - - - Fizzer of a day really. Listened to a couple of podcast series. Did a big juice meal prep. Couldn’t get going. Why the fuck am I so lazy. I hate it. Did a couple chores but not heaps. Few beers. Indian dinner. God save the Queen. Maybe her jubilee is tomorrow, Australian time? Didn’t see much content about it. Good old Ma’am. Could have used a 25 page specia...

Fishing day! [RELATIVE] picked me up in the morning. Went out on his boat at Hopkins River. Was awesome! Caught a lot of fish. Got one on the first cast, which bade well for the rest of the day. All of mine were bream. Some beautiful fish. Many were very purpley. So clean. We picked up [NEPHEWS] and mum for a while too. They got on my wick today, with having to push everything and try to get away...

The work day dragged and wasn’t productive. I got frustrated at one point. Really shouldn’t let it bother me but it sometimes does unfortunately. Got some Chinese takeout. Watched some AppleTV+ and chilled. Went for a long walk in the evening. Saw the young ones queueing up for the pubs. Geez. A lot of mullets. Was looking at flights and accom to a few places. Maybe I could go to Manila. Or Singap...

Work. Mostly on a call through the day and chatting about recent changes to the ABS ANZSCO code frame. Talked through that for a good few hours. [work wife] did amazingly well to go over so much and speak so well about it all. She is a total lifesaver often and always. In the private chat with vegan Davo, I was described as “a loser” and as “a 40 year old fail son, living with (my) mother, with si...