Luke Hand Diary

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...

Went to the [sister’s family’s] house before work to see the boys before their first day of school. They really do grow up so quick! Worked. Couldn’t get into gear today. Went to [auntys] for birthday coffee with gran. [3 year old nephew] said to me while we were eating the Coles mud cake “You’re going to shit all day.” Not sure where that came from or what it meant. Didn’t eat or drink nearly eno...

Got up early because I yet again left entering my timesheets to the last possible morning. I thought I hadn’t taken enough notes of what I’d worked on this month - and thought I hadn’t worked hard enough to justify what I would try to claim on different projects - so I thought I’d end up putting an ungodly amount of time to ADMIN - and that I’d be called out on this, and disciplined. But I think I...

Busy work day. Went by very quick. Muggy as hell and too many flies outside. Gross. Shocked myself deliberately on the electric fence the other day to test it for Troy and Kellie’s [redacted’s] mum. I need to re-pot some plants. I’ve been watering some of these way too much I realised today. My avocado plant is going well though. So cute. Like a cartoon. I love it. Went for a swim after work. I ha...

Washed my hair. Had been a few years since I gave it the full shampoo, conditioner, and comb. So silky. So boofy and mushroom-like too though. Went to the market - had a couple coffees at the lake. Went for a coffee with [sister and nephew]. Funny kid. Missed breakfast. End of my streak on one of my new year resolutions - eat breakfast each day. Will start the streak again tomorrow. Back on the ho...

Rode the motorcycle out to Illowa to leave with the mechanic. Should have got the bike sorted out earlier because I would love to take a ride somewhere! Hung around the house. Listened to Ash Barty win the tennis. Good on her. Prepped a large amount of juice. Took a stroll. Reading, relaxing. Dani said my hair is looking good. bit of an upset tummy. M: 3.5. E: 4. 😇😐🙂

Work. Hectic. Checkers with the lads. Felt unwell. Felt annoying. Just bored, I guess. Installed iOS beta. New emoji. Watching The Missing s02. M: 3. E: 3. 😐😴😑💩

Completely wiped out this morning. Took a sickie. Just hung around on the Teams chat all day but couldn’t work. So sluggish. Cleaned the plug from the bathtub. It had had grime on it and I’d bought new plugs to take over from it but none of them fit the bath plug hole as well. Gave it a spray with some ammonia stuff and it’s good as new! I was hoping for a huge storm to end the run of warm and mug...

Stayed up very last night. Up til like 2:30. Latest I’ve been up in years. Had a [personal] appointment first thing in the morning. Was drowsy through the day. Was warm. Stayed inside mostly. I had designs on getting a lot of things done today but I laid around mostly. Did the lawn, did some laundry. Cooked lunch. Went to a zoom meeting thing about platypus conservation. It was pretty amazing. Gre...

Work. My first day working mostly in the new coding app. This app will change my entire focus at work. Will be able to do much more validation of codes and coaching etc, rather than spending time merging files together and spinning plates. Very cool! Walk with [sister]. Felt peaky after walking. Very uncomfortable - light-headed, headachey, nauseous. Cooked assassin’s spaghetti. Interesting. Apple...

Work. Day went super quick! Getting busy. Went for a long beach swim. So nice in. Got cat food. Weird picking out a cat food package for Sox. Suddenly have to choose between a silkier coat or better bone health. It’s not even my cat! Shouldn’t be my damn problem! Cooked up some protein for dinner.. Had my first Gordon’s gin in well over two years in the evening. Didn’t drink enough water today. Ti...

Nice and achey through my body from the snorkelling yesterday. Felt nice. Got sunburned as well - doesn’t feel so nice! Got some native grasses from Bunnings and bunged them in the rock garden space. I should just chuck a bunch of neglectable plants in there and see what survives. Took the neighbours bin in so the street doesn’t look like a dump. Napped in the afternoon. Zonked out completely! Hou...

A ‘Sebastian Gorka’ (read: ‘corker’) of a day. Pottered around. Window-visit with gran. Went for a snorkel with mum. Sea was very flat and very clear/green/blue. Saw a few fish. Was great to watch the seaweed swaying. Went into a few areas that I’ve thought people were crazy for swimming in before. But it was so calm that it felt ok. I have a healthy fear of the power of the sea, I would say. Went...

Work. Thank god for my work wife. Quiet day but should pick up next week. Got my bike tyre fixed finally. That was a whole kerfuffle. Another kerfuffle was that two pairs of Clark’s shoes that I ordered arrived. I really can’t believe that these are both size 10 shoes - one pair is too big and one is too small. If I live to be 100, that will never make a lock of sense to me. Very annoying. Gallo f...

Work. Hmm. Went to the rockpools at Thunder point with the boys. The middle one listened and learned about periwinkles and those things that suck your finger when you touch them and stuff. Cute. Good to see some live periwinkles around there. Has seemed a bit barren for a couple of years, compared to how I remember it as a kid. The VLine station left the crossing lights and bell on after the train...

Worse than yesterday, better than tomorrow. Work. Unproductive. Couldn’t get going. Excel got a new lick of paint. Modernised look and feel. Laundry. Watered plants. Worked out how to adjust the height of the middle rack in the dishwasher. Walk with the girls. So this is my life? Wow. Pretty great. Thanks, God! Really great life you blessed me with. Appreciate it. M: 3. E: 3. 😴😑😓😕

Love comes in waves - Andy bell

Monday, 17 January 2022

Day two of the motorcycle Ls training/course thing. Passed the practical test and got my Ls, thank God (peace and blessings upon Him). Riding on the highway and stalling in front of civilians sucked! Walk with [sister and cousin’s wife]. Nice sunset. Watched some Servant on AppleTV+. Like this show. Bit of a headache and tension starting to release and start to be felt now that the stress of the m...

Day 1 of the motorcycle training/L’s course thing. Banter with the bikies didn’t go so hot. I just want to be allowed to ride the simplest of Vespas, so I’d hoped to do the course on an automatic - but they only have manuals. I didn’t know what the fuck a clutch is or what it does, etc etc etc. Pretty embarrassing to stall about 100 times and fuck up extremely basic exercises, then have how i fuck...

Stormy night. Lovely. Lightning all through the night. So good. Work. Was tilting at windmills and thinking that my manager was unhappy with me. Asked them for a quick call and tried to gauge the vibe. She might be on to me for not doing enough work, or she might be fine and just not feeling like chatting much. Yolo. Fucked up the roster for next week, even after rostering replied to my first emai...

Work. Put the world to rights in a1.5 hour catch up chat with [colleague]. Was thunderstorming all day. Got some really heavy rain. Nice to wake up to and watch on the window. I had no idea that weather was on the cards. Some amazing clouds and skies. Very cool. So many fucking flies at the moment. It’s interminable. Went to Kmart with mum and [sister]. Did a face peel. Felt great! Must do those m...