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7:30 - 8 AM Figure 9 for breakfast, granola, yoghurt & mango  10:30 AM Drove to Bellbird Dell for a quick walk — before it gets too hot 1 - 2 PM Weights. Listen to some podcasts, Alt-Ctrl-Speech and SYSK (Stuff You Should Know)  Ordered dinner groceries thru Coles Online 8 PM Walked up to Boronia rd to try a Kenny Kebab which was awful. Listened to metal on the way home Oh! It looks like i only begun my daily journaling here in Apr 2025 (Easter) not Dec 2024 (Xmas) which means i haven't been at this a full year yet Total steps: 9,600

6 AM Wordle 4/6 was a truely bizarre word 11 AM Mr Robertson for breakfast w/ N, chilli scramble Mullum Mullum 1 turtle (twice) 5 large fish (carp) 0 kangeroos 2 PM SubUrban. We tried 2 mid-strength beers 4 PM Hargreaves Hill tasting paddle. First time. This tap-room has only been open for 2 months or so • Pale Ale american style • ESB • WC IPA • IPA north pacific west-style 5 PM Hop Hen, which is almost directly next to Hargreaves Hill. I got the mid-strength as a pot, and it is 100% better than the two middys that we tried at SubUrban (bridge rd hazy ale tinny, and mountain culture's three-fiddy middy) 6 PM - 7:15 PM PJ's mexican dinner, ringwood

N and i both woke up with headaches, hungover  12:30 PM I drove home to rest 6 PM Mullum mullum • 1 turtle  • 2 huge fish (carp) • 2 rabbits • 4 kookaburras • 2 fan-tails • 8 coughs ("chuffs") x2 • evidence of horses • 0 horses • 0 kangeroos 7:30 PM - Midnight B•Side w/ N and T

Worked in at the red supermarket HQ, quiet, productive Subway for lunch Out to eltham w/ N • Naught Distillery ... cocktail flight @ 7:30 PM • Prosciutto Bros ... nice woodfire pizza, one beer • Slowbeer, Montmorency ... better beers • Foragers ... nice beers Home by about midnight

9 AM  N cancelled b'fast due to a headache. I guess i should get used to that happening. I felt disappointed that i don't get to see her She must be in quite a bit of pain to be unable to make our b'fast date, which is a bit worrying too CENTRAL CORE CAFÉ I felt tired this morning (although felt okay/normal when i went to bed), which is most likely because it's my 1st week back. Drove to C³ for a coffee I was starving at 5:30am, so i'd already had a bowl of cereal: weet-bix, weetie-bites, granola The coffee at C³ is delicious, high quality. I had a chat to the young guy who runs it wrt the rooftop He's • Never been up there either • Unsure what its purpose is • Planning to talk to the landlord • Landlord is back Jan 19 Also, he mentioned that the landlord had offered that he start a "sky bar" up there. He said he'd see how downstairs goes first: café, bookings, catering He said to try the bahn mi WORKING FROM HOME (feat. COFFEE) I told him i wfh ...

Woke normal time 6:45am, got out of bed 7:30am It was nice to wake gently, rather than with a start & my heart slightly elevated Noticeably lower anxiety last night / overnight too 8 AM I walked from Jolimont café to Springvale Rd — looking for a gold bracelet, which i saw a "Lost" poster for yesterday  1 PM - 2 PM I did a workout at lunch time (and fussed around with my new fish-tank) Listened to the first new KATG episode for the year. It was just Keith by himself for ~60 min 6 PM I felt productive at work today. I'm pecking away at the basics for my project. There is heaps to do Black cockatoos near Forest Hill police station: 3 Bird species: 11