Fri 2025-08-15 (Kew - Collingwood - Hawthorn- Mitcham)

August "me" day
NO WORK FRIDAY
Months without a public holiday, my work gives us ½ a day of time on lieu (consulting firm)

They also let us take the other ½ a day as annual leave, if the client agrees they can do without us 

MORNING
Vitemin D, anti-histamine, panadol

Had a bfast/coffee with my mate A and his mate B who is a cyber security guy – always with interesting stories to tell, both of them. I'm glad he messaged me at 8:20am, it got me up to start making the most of this grey, drizzly day

Rested, meditated, organised my whole places list by suburb

Did weights, felt a bit dizzy at one point

YARRA BEND PARK - AFTERNOON
Met my 60yo friend D at 2pm, at the end of Gipps St near the river for a rain walk. Felt a bit dizzy again at one point. Total steps: 7,000

30 min to get there, 60 min to get back (peak hour traffic, 4pm-5pm)

New contact lenses seem okay i think

NIGHT - FROM 6:15PM
Uber from 1col to food & drink at
• Slowpoke, Collingwood (360° views, opened in March I think) looks cute
• Le Bon Ton

Then on the uber home, stop at
• Bar Selecta, Hawthorn (Japanese wine/listening bar, opened July) cocktails, gwertzstrummener
• Killburn
• Nevermind



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