melbourne_wanderer
Long walk was had pre-work this morning, smiling at all the other aging early risers. Love winter, but also live watching people re-emerge with smiling faces.
Can’t be arsed working now, though.
Shout-out to any folk at DH who may be getting some rough news this week/having their teams decimated. Rough time.
lots of stressful life stuff going on lately, so I’ve dealt with it in a mature way by doing some random retail therapy.
what are some good apps/uses for a galaxy watch? 6, if that mtters
Feeling a bit melancholy this evening.
Listening to true crime podcasts hasn’t cheered me up, nor did trying to read in the bath, and now I’m just flicking through channels, endlessly…
I would like a cool change now
is it too late for a bath before bed?
did a lot of walking today, and feel a nice soak would do me good before sleep…
have been having an overall shitty week, but made myself a beautiful, colourful veggie stir-fry for lunch, and took the dogs I’m looking after for a long walk, so am overall feeling positive. Is it the weekend yet?
was out for a walk early this morning. after an hour, even with brisk walking, came home freezing cold, windblown and ever so slightly damp, wondering what I had been thinking.
am now reaping the benefits by working in trackies, my slippers, with a cuppa, feeling smug as my wife complains about having to leave the house while I have done my exercise and errands for the day and can remain toasty warm and comfy inside.
I unironically love Xena (yes, am lesbian).
I love that it constantly makes fun of itself. As for Renee O’connor, I read somewhere that what happened was that they had her dressed all demurely in season 1 until production staff realised she was actually ripped. then, as an in joke, as the seasons went by they made her costume smaller and smaller/more and more revealing.
Also, I met Lucy Lawless once (in the context of an arts industry function) and she was lovely.
so recently I was encouraged/asked by an employer to apply for a job with them. I’m not looking, but it was interesting work, so I thought “why not?”. Had an interview, great chats etc.
they just contacted me to ask if I would take the role at a level several below what they had said it would be, which was already below what I currently earn, in the order of tens of thousands of dollars, and significantly more junior.
I try not to be rude in these situations, but I was so shocked I actually laughed in the zoom call and just said “absolutely not”, wished them well and concluded the call immediately.
they approached me, not the other way around, and I am comfortably and successfully employed. why on earth would they waste my time, and their own!? my job comes with a very clear title, and my salary band is very public information (10 second google).
Don’t get me wrong - I’m grateful to be in the position to have options, it’s just that the whole thing was very, very weird (and I’m trying not to be so arrogant as to be mildly insulted).