Still fighting a bug/mite problem.
( bug stuff )
Also, it's raining heavily along the east coast of Australia. As in flooding rain in parts of NSW and South-East Queensland. The next two weeks of weather will be very damp and very warm around here. This doesn't help the bug/mite problem.
A slightly dryer spell should hit in about a fortnight's time. But there'll still be showers.
At least we're not in a low-lying or river-side area, although some friends in northern NSW have posted that they're cut off from the roads. Still a couple of metres above the flood water, but physically cut off.
I think the water has risen a bit more since then, so I'm hoping they're still okay.
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I have a LOT of things going on right now - the garden and the de-bugging, hockey is starting, and so are permaculture events.
And then there's the ordinary life stuff: work, food prep, home maintenance...
The home-maintenance (incl. debugging) is an issue. We don't have a regular lawn mower and I don't have the time to do it. Cecause we weren't fast enough to snap up a regular spot with the cleaning company this year, we're not on their lists (and they've been struggling to get workers). So we're struggling along with sporadic cleans right now.
The La Nina weather pattern with all it's rain and storms this year means the gutter corner outside my study regularly overflows in the downpours, and it overflows into the eaves, which then becomes its own little downspout. That adds to my worry about the roof - which I've had for some time. Cracked tiles, seepage. The study ceiling looks like a Rorschach test in training, even if none of it is soggy...
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And then on top of it, I feel like I've lost the love for the story I'm writing. At least for this part of it. Meanwhile, other people are just dashing off stories for publishing like there's no tomorrow...
I did sleep in until 8am today. But that was after waking up at 3am and not getting back to sleep until 4:30.
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I think I'm just going to do takeaway this week. I know there's fruit and a whole bunch of good things to eat, but I just can't contemplate the food prep right now. B1 says it's because I haven't had a weekend off in a month (and, well, she's probably right). But still.
Ugh. And now I gotta go for a short run. Even if I hate it.
( bug stuff )
Also, it's raining heavily along the east coast of Australia. As in flooding rain in parts of NSW and South-East Queensland. The next two weeks of weather will be very damp and very warm around here. This doesn't help the bug/mite problem.
A slightly dryer spell should hit in about a fortnight's time. But there'll still be showers.
At least we're not in a low-lying or river-side area, although some friends in northern NSW have posted that they're cut off from the roads. Still a couple of metres above the flood water, but physically cut off.
I think the water has risen a bit more since then, so I'm hoping they're still okay.
--
I have a LOT of things going on right now - the garden and the de-bugging, hockey is starting, and so are permaculture events.
And then there's the ordinary life stuff: work, food prep, home maintenance...
The home-maintenance (incl. debugging) is an issue. We don't have a regular lawn mower and I don't have the time to do it. Cecause we weren't fast enough to snap up a regular spot with the cleaning company this year, we're not on their lists (and they've been struggling to get workers). So we're struggling along with sporadic cleans right now.
The La Nina weather pattern with all it's rain and storms this year means the gutter corner outside my study regularly overflows in the downpours, and it overflows into the eaves, which then becomes its own little downspout. That adds to my worry about the roof - which I've had for some time. Cracked tiles, seepage. The study ceiling looks like a Rorschach test in training, even if none of it is soggy...
--
And then on top of it, I feel like I've lost the love for the story I'm writing. At least for this part of it. Meanwhile, other people are just dashing off stories for publishing like there's no tomorrow...
I did sleep in until 8am today. But that was after waking up at 3am and not getting back to sleep until 4:30.
--
I think I'm just going to do takeaway this week. I know there's fruit and a whole bunch of good things to eat, but I just can't contemplate the food prep right now. B1 says it's because I haven't had a weekend off in a month (and, well, she's probably right). But still.
Ugh. And now I gotta go for a short run. Even if I hate it.