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Drizzle, although strangely warm at ~ 7:10am Manta Ray for a magic & warmed up croissant  I've driven up to avoid getting wet in the way back A short after work, again drizzle (briefly hail) Ordered pizza Total steps: 5,000

Dimicks for a coffee for bfast (no food) I feel a little unsettled in the heart today, same as yesterday (and these last two nights). It could be my glands due to an illness, or pecs from a workout. I hope it isn't anxiety related I did have a pretty big weekend, not crazy • Thu night trivia, i got tired by 10pm • Friday day drinking from 4pm, home by 11pm • Sat night i stayed in, watched a movie • Sun afternoon saw my parents, then N for dinner By 4:30pm, i feel a sinus headache starting & maybe a migraine Bird species: 17 Total steps: 9,000+

Visitted my Dad, Mum, L & they seemed normal Weights beforehand, felt good to get thru Mitcham Hotel for dinner w/ Nancy was really lovely & it relaxed me to see her... to feel her hugs

Slept in Watched a horrible movie, The Card Counter (2021) I dipped in and out of the AFL Grand Final, Lions beat Cats Saw an eastern long-neck turtle in miller's pond at currawong busg park, which was a first for me 

"Valley Day" Got new solar bubbler working for Pixel (my fish) Did a workout Garage Project nz beer tastings @ Far Side Beers, Hawthorne (near Auburn train station) The Park Hotel w/ Helena

Breakfast with N at Two Brothers, Mitcham Rd I was 20 min early, so i tried to find J's old place — which i had only been to once before but i recognised the street name (and her tree out front) Walked home via the post office to pick up 2 packages: solar-powered bubbler for my fish & a fingerprint scanner to unlock my laptop Early this week i received my solar-powered plant waterer, my which gives me 3 gadgets to play with over this coming long- weekend Friday/Tomrw is a public holiday in Melbourne for the footballers' parade on the day before the AFL Grand Final Worked until 2pm TRIVIA AT THE BIRMY The uber rider before me apparently had a Great Northern Total steps: 11,000+

Chilli scramble I was walking up to either Two Brothers or Rise n Grind, but then the weather interceded

Redwood café avocado smash w/ hash brown Bronze-wing (stuck around to check me out) Bird species spotted: 17 Newspaper quiz: 10 Meditated in the afternoon as a break from work Walked to Woolies to buy groceries, 2 bags ~ $80 Total steps: 10,900

Lost & Found Stump has been reset by the looks Rain started when i arrived at Jolimont café, which was lucky — i've started work from my phone. Laptop time now ~ 9:40am

Mitcham Bahn Mi Pound Bend Rd, Warrandyte  Toilet block kangeroos, no koalas Mitcham Social, marinara pizza, vinfolk pinot noir

Killer Sprocket, ran into Craig and Shaz Natural Science Hunter & Barrel Suburban

B.L.A.T. at the Sweet Lime café in mitcham rd Reading my novel, Terra Nullius: claire c. coleman My Dad in for surgery this afternoon

Coffee with N at Thornton Cresent Café We got a breakfast roll, it contained a hash-brown Coffee was okay but served in a take-away cup Food was good. Next time i want to try the B.L.T. Planned guitar on the back deck after work Had 3 beers Watched the film Catch-22 (1970) which i realised within the first 5 min that i've seen before. It's brilliant! I enjoyed it even more this year than last year. A+ no notes

Woke early & couldn't get back to sleep til 6:20am Drizzle (may not be able to get out for a walk)

Sweeping 7/11 views (Redwood café, Boronia Rd) Corn fritters for bfast Bellbird Dell had several paths roped off Lubemobile fixed my car. Ignition coils 4x ~$950 D called after work Cereal for dinner. I couldn't be bothered making tacos. It got to 8pm too quickly. Listened to pods Listened to Planet America like it was a podcast Bird species: 17 Total steps: 8,000

Grocery shopped at Woolies ~9.30am Jolimont café coffee in the Sun in the back area Rested at home Bought tickets to Evergrey in May, which seems v far away  Groceries at Woolies Weights Lodged my tax return Took the last of my photos (downloads folder) off my old phone that i stopped using in ~ Feb 2025 Walked up to Mitcham Social (since i am without a car right now) to meet N for a Philly cheese steak sandwich + point of balter xpa + southern and coke (no ice) + vinfolk pinot noir 2x Total steps: 13,000

Car troubles (Mitcham - Ringwood - Donvale) Toastie for bfast at Bean of the Woods, Ringwood Uber back to Vermont Drove midway to Warrandyte to try to see deers Car started shuddering at Donvale, parked at 7/11 Roadside Assist arrived, investigated, and said don't drive it Tow truck moved my car (and me & N) back home

Jolimont café w/ A and B 60-min walk before breakfast (a toastie) & coffee UPDATE: Lost & Found Stump • Stump rotting around the sides • Attacked by kids by the looks • Badminton bat/face badly hurt • Bingo from bluey i added today. ME Time - SEPTEMBER EDITION A miracle has happened. I logged in to work today (9:30am) to find my calendar is blocked out all afternoon  They have given us all a "ME Day" (½ a day) and i have been too busy to look ahead -living in the moment like the buddha, as i like to say (Somebody did mention it earlier this week but i thought they were joking!) T, M, & G (my trivia crew) will let me know when they arrive in Smith St at Gertrude St cnr. Then i'll make my way there to join their birthday bar crawl • Fitzroy Beer Garden ~4pm • CR's Dirty Secret ~5pm • Pubcha Korean (Bibimbap - Spicy pork) ~6pm • Boardies ~7pm • Kent Street ~8pm • Wheat, Wine, And Whiskey ~9pm • Runner Up ~11pm • The Mill Brewery at Bendigo Hotel ~...

Walked quickly up to bfast w N at kopcha*  Google said 24 min but i think i made it in 20 min Work seemed successful. Had a good chat with L from 4-5pm. She knows where they visited are buried with my current project. She said it was helpful to talk with me. I found her informative to.  Waiting for the other shoe to drop overnight. Same pattern as it has been since Apr 1 tbh BIRMINGHAM HOTEL, COLLINGWOOD Went to trivia. Nobody from our team had booked a table. Trivia was booked out. We sat in the front bar chatting, eating, and drinking Uber home ~10pm – v tired Total steps: 5,000 *which we call 🚁 (we have a nickname for everything it seems) 

Jolimont café, accidentally left my phone at home Work went okay Decided not to watch a movie & just chat with people instead I will one day watch these: • Catch22 (1970, conscientious objector, mum's pics) • The War Room (1993, bill clinton, dr dave's pics) Total bird species: 11

Chilli scramble at Redwood café Looked at Sea-Eagles, Sydney Olympic Park [ Link ] I drove up to coffee because the weather looked grey & drizzly. Herald-Sun "The Shark" Quiz: 8 out of 20 which is pretty bad. Some days here i can get closer to 18 I've asked Marty where he has spotted wild deer when it walking near me. Perhaps nowhere (yet) My friends i met 10+ years ago in melb ( Lentil as anything ) sent a photo in the group chat overnight: Two of them catching up in what-looks-like a café in Europe which felt nice to see. J & C I slept well, nodded off after work until 8pm (chatted with N, saw was at the bar: some guy was on acid who she ushered out & locked the door) then solidly 10pm-5am and then 5am-7am THE COMICS LOUNGE - JIMEOIN L bought tickets for us to see stand-up midweek Dinner beforehand at Town Hall Hotel, roo/parma I hadn't seen her since Jul 29, she'd been to the snow 3 times, her dad (80) was retiring this week, see...

Jolimont café for coffee and a granola bowl

Brioshe by Philip at Eastland for morning coffee  Greensborough for lunch. 5 hours with my family The Mitcham Social (woodfire pizza joint) is chock a block, but they found a spot for us. The greeter knows us by now. He said sorry is very busy tonight and the first two wines are on me. Score!

Jolimont for hash bfast It felt relaxing to be sitting outside. I got a table with my back to the sun. Warm in a leather jacket ☑ Changed bedsheets ☑ Washing ☑ Put away dishes ☑ Weights ☑ Planted my bday gift ☑ Mowed the lawn Birds species: 18 Total steps: 9,500+ Sessions, Box Hill ~ 7:15pm with N

N called at 1:40am for a quick 10 min chat Coffee at jolimont café ☑ Dishes ☑ Robot vacuum ☑ Cleaned the bath Knocked off at 4:30pm Spoke to my sister, mum, dad (about latop "virus") Tonight i watched "Lenny" (Bruce, '74, dustin hoffman, standup biopic) fairly heavy stuff for a movie about a comedian Watched South Park episode 4 "Wok is dead"

KopCha big bfast shared with N Short walk around the block Played with my new phone re-charger for a bit from 4pm No trivia tonight I re-watched a film and Julian Assange (Cumberbatch) which was very entertaining. I noticed his accent was more South African than Australian in parts. Regardless excellent Drunk 3 dipa's from hargreaves hill, 8%. Perhaps have overdone it for a Thursday night. Regardless i can call in sick tomrw without guilt or stress  10:54 PM " We're no longer stuck noun-ing like 2,000 CE, Instead we're FREE to verb it all with linguistic liberty, Casting every noun to verb just like potential energy, Vocabulary helping us hit maximal creativity, "

10 gang-gang cockatoos in this tree Walked to Forest Hill Chase ~8:30am to buy my leave-in hair conditioner Had a coffee at one of the cafés inside that i hadn't been to, Moon & Spoon. It wasn't too bad, surprisingly Weights at lunch-time Watched cheap seats Total steps: 8,000

Tactile Lizard attended all of today's meetings Redwood for a morning coffee & bfast burrito Work was successful I already saw this movie before but The American (George Clooney, Netflix, 2010). It was good on the re-watch too. He makes custom guns for assassins/assassinations. Set in rural Italy I had a beer N got me, Range "Scratch & Win" DIPA 8.4%