I thought 000 goes through whatever network is available wherever you are as opposed to just your network provider?

Ah I’m sorry to hear that. I got down to the last 2 a few years back and they went with the internal candidate… It definitely wears you down.

Been there and done that in a similar type of role. Did you get to interview stage?

Been pretty quiet to be honest. Despite being the weekend thinking about work a bit and how I can ‘do better’. Personal life is pretty meh so it’s a nice distraction. Also doing a lot of cooking at home (pulled pork, roast chicken, some soups with smoked ham hocks etc) so have a lot in reserve which is awesome.

No it’s really OK. Thank you for your concern. I provide all the support I can but when I’m not doing OK (I’ve had friends who couldn’t handle this time of year and ended their own lives…) I’m the shit person for needing my own time.

I broke up with my partner. Honestly for the best and I’m in a great mood. I somehow seem to find people with the lowest empathy and EQ levels possible whereas I’m very high on both and end up being their ‘support’ but if I’m not doing OK I’m a shit person.

Working on doing more exercise. Set up a home gym and trying to lose my covid weight. In a great mood and kinda love storms so it’s a win/win!

Hey hey - with Jerboa on Android I’m getting “failed to verify JWT token”. Looked it up an it appears to be an issue with Jerboa (https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues/1285) so no action needed on your side, just an FYI for people here I guess!

My kitty still isn’t terribly well. Her temp is down though which is positive but seems she has possibly a skin and ear infection. Skin I can deal with… Ear infection she is going to claw the shit out of me.

My other cat doesn’t recognise her (since she’s been bathed, showered and has topical cream on her) so she’s kinda being shitty but there’s no fighting, just hissing.

Otherwise I’m doing OK? Work has been a stressor lately since I can’t seem to make progress on a few things, but realising I need a mentor (relatively new workplace) to help me progress. My boss is honestly a bit meh and a terrible mentor so seeing if I can get one somewhere else in the org.

Quiet weekend planned, and looks like the weather will be kinda meh. Also trying to figure out Christmas. My family wants me to visit them in hell Warrnambool but I’m not inclined to go… Although it’s the only time I can really see my brothers but the rest of the family I clash with super quickly and I have shitty memories of growing up there so it brings a lot of anxiety, My new partner is supportive and will go with me but I don’t think I want to inflict that on her… So we’ll see.

Oh shit, I remember LiteStep and spending hours and hours to just fiddle with how my desktop looked. I personally felt Windows 2000 was the pinnacle of MS OSs (except so many games etc. wouldn’t run because rightly the OS reported it was Windows NT and a lot of games shat themselves at that)

Haven’t been awesome. One of my kitties has had some health issues (they suspected skin infection but after shaving and testing they’re not sure…) so she’s home and pissed off, and my other cat doesn’t recognize her because she was bathed and shampooed so she’s being hissy…

But in general a bit off. I’m kinda burnt out with work, and a little burnt out relationship-wise*. It’s been a long week.

*Would prefer to talk 1:1 vs. publicly about it