Luke Hand Diary

“Even the darkest night will end, and the sun will rise.” - Victor Hugo

Work. Walked. Dinner with mum at lady bay. My pedicure from the other day was a game changer. My feet feel very comfortable. Listened to a lot of nice music today. It matched my mood well. M: 2.5. E: 3. 😑😕😐

Up late last night reading and tweaking my dating app settings. Now accepting Matches with quinquagenarian chicks. Checked out Grindr as well but that’s not me. Pretty great just having absolutely zero romantic interest from anyone. Fuck sake. Very sleepy this morning. Work. The court finding that Novak the fucking cunt can stay completely flattened me. Had to lie down for hours and try to stop my...

Laundry. Fresh sheets. Vacuumed. Fed the cows. Walked with mum and [cousin]. Saw an echidna. Organised the cupboard under the sink a bit. Drilled a hole in the Vespa piece that Eric gave me for the oil spout bit. Fits perfect. Vespa storage bit now locks. Very cool! Nice weather today. Too many fucking flies. Watched a movie - not fun. Finally saw the fox in the paddock. M: 3. E: 4. 🙂😎😇

Errands in the morning. At midday, they fired the cannon at Flagstaff Hill. I walked up. It sounded great! Got fish n chips. Did the lawn. Cut back a lot of weeds along the boardwalk. Hard yakka. Did my nails - mani and pedi. Did some pro bono after an email. Napped. Hit the trees like Sonny Bono. Snacks. M: 4. E: 4. 😐😇😎

Work. Did some bonsai on a cactus. Beautiful, misty day. A few plants in the house have new leaves unfurling. M: 4. E: 4. 😐😴🙂

Work. Lazy day. Will get back in gear in earnest from next week, I swear. Snacked a lot. Napped. Fed the cows. Bin night. Did an apple fitness + workout. Took it easy. Must work out more often. Glutes felt activated. A storm came through in the afternoon. Low, growling, constant thunder. That was interesting. Went out in the rain to check on the cows. Not any shelter in the paddock. They were stan...

Work. Cleaned the microwave. Did a shopping run for Sai [friend] who’s child tested positive for Covid today. Eek. Neighbour who probably has it got home today too. Getting pretty close to home now! Had a nice hot bath with my book and a cup of tea. I’m seriously unfit. Jesus Christ. Pretty crumby day. This year doesn’t seem to be starting off with much gaiety. M: 3. E: 3. 😐😆😟😇

Back to work. Easing back in to work gently. Slow day. Cooked some pasta sauce. Covid kicking off pretty massively. A bunch of people I know of are getting it. And a new variant is emerging out of France. Wonderful. Walked Rosie with mum and [sister]. Signed up to the Seeing Red patreon. More content to binge! Fucking tennis star granted access into Victoria despite not revealing their vaccination...

Noel painting turned out ok. Liam painting turned out very bad. Skated with [friend] and his children in the morning. Walked Rosie. Made a bunch of fruit juice and froze portions for the week. Watched Im a celebrity get me out of here. Hopefully it gets good. Took a couple Tylenol - slight headache. Saw a fly come right up to the fly screen at the kitchen window and then turn and fly away. I get s...

Felt so relaxed last night - like I sunk a few centimetres further into the mattress. Slept well but for some reason was totally zonked all day. Market. Napped. Tidied a bit. Painted. Took a long walk with [friend] at sundown. Good chat. M: 4. E: 3. 😴😐

Painted. Walked. Had fish n chips with [sister] and her family, and [sister] and her family, and mum. Damn good chips. Saw baby [niece] with her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Pretty cool. Organising day tomorrow I reckon. [Sister] and family leave tomorrow. [Niece] is so lovely and so ridiculously cute. Hopefully get to see her again in a few weeks. M: 4. E: 4. 😐

Slept very well. Early walk. Coffee at the beach. Had Nerds and Snickers for breakfast - just to show the nephews that being a grown up rules, and being a kid drools. Lazed around. Went for a paddle beside Merri Island at low tide. Need to remember to take snorkels some time. Rode the motorcycle. Fed the cows. Did some painting that I’ve been meaning to do for ages. The sun at dusk was really unus...

Slept well in the Airbnb. Nice and firm mattress and good traffic sound. Had to shake a tail feather as soon as I got out of bed to make it out in time for check out time. Messaged Reiko about the pizza that I couldn’t cook in the apartment and I dropped the pizza off to them. She and Andre have a super cute apartment in East Melb. Jealous. I sweated through a t-shirt while talking with them and l...

What a day! 6 AM train from Warrnambool. Some nice views of dawn as we were leaving town. Mist in the paddocks and that. Was feeling a bit agoraphobic on the train and thought about coming straight home, but screw that! Got to the apartment and checked-in. Woman was on the phone to the manager about a bad review they got about the check-in process, and kept me waiting for like 5 mins while they di...

Tuesday, 28th December 2021. Booked Melbourne travel and accom for tomorrow. Pedicure, walk with the girls (including baby [niece]). Posted a podcast. Hit trees like sonny bono, and then laid around for the rest of the day (don’t think that caper is for me). Good pizza for dinner. M: 3.5. E: 2.5. Moods: fine, silly, cautious.

Got a new jawn from Good Guys. Maccas breaky. Did some dishes. Did some other chores and housecleaning. Day flew by. Watched a movie. Tended to my dating apps a bit. Did my nails. Not an eventful day at all really. Body temp: 37.4. Blood pressure: 134/80. Heart rate: 89. Blood glucose: 5.3. M: 4. E: 4. 😐😠😑

Ugh. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Slept in ‘til past 11. Felt like a bear with a sore head. I think Christmas might not be a good time of year for me, emotionally. Didn’t eat until afternoon when I popped around to [cousin’s]. Plate of leftovers hit the spot. Drove a bit. Huge headache all day. Oh man. Better day tomorrow hopefully. M: 2.7. E: 3. 😴😠😪😐

Hmmm. Up early. Cooking for Xmas lunch. My items turned out alright, I reckon. Fairly big lunch. Drank way too many booze-free drinks. Also partook of a joint. Not sure that I felt any effect tho. Glad that gran made it. She had been unsure about being up to it. No perceptible dramas between anyone, as far as I could tell. Long day. I was given the Paul McCartney Lyrics book. Looks awesome. Hmmm....

Got coffees and takeaway foods. Bought my niece four Bonds babysuits. Played with the cows a lot. Gave them a head of lettuce each for Xmas. Man, they’re nice. Talked with the neighbour about how nice it has been to have the cows out there. Cooked to prep for tomorrow. Lots of cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon. I played around with settings on my phone and realised that I had switched my audio to mono...

Quiet day. Great fish burger for lunch. Did dishes. Played with the baby. Bit of a crew over for dinner. Headache. Rode the motorcycle a bit. Fed the cows. Should have been more mindful and present through the day. Bit grumpy. M: 4. E: 4. 😐🙂😑

Up early. Play with [niece]. Long walk to Gallo bakery. Been wanting to get there for lunch for ages and it did not disappoint. Yum. Rode the Vespa. Just lazed around. Put a bike together for a kid’s Xmas gift. Couple wines and dinner with mum and [sister]. M: 4. E: 4. 😐🙂😇

Work. Left alone mostly. Quiet day. Last real day of work for the year. I had a few more holds of Madeline [niece]. She’s got a cute smell! Tired. Still friggen windy. So annoying. Really unpleasant to be outside with that wind. Cows were mooing a lot today. Break begins in earnest tomorrow then I suppose. M: 4. E: 3. 😐

Work. Just puttering along. I should try to get better at my job next year. [sister], partner, and baby arrived from QLD. Cute baby. Slight baby smell. Will hopefully get more of a hold in the coming days. I had a covid scare through a fairly close contact. Bit of a worry. Probably not completely out of the woods yet either. Possibly spire throat. Hmm! Good dinner and hang with the visitors. M: 4....

Crazy windy and rainy. Good burger. Did a few chores. Still very bored from yesterday - just not quite to the point of despair or feeling it in my bones. Moved where I’m staying today, so hopefully that new beginning can spark some positive changes. Finna review the old suicide prevention plan soon. Make some plans for 2022. Last week of work for the year from tomorrow. Some time off will be tight...