Yrae Chronicles

Today it wasn't 40 degrees! This is noteworthy because it has been 40 degrees for four days in a row, and today it's bumped around between 23 and 27 literally since midnight. It's been glorious. Opened the house up when I got home and just blew all the heat straight through. I made it all through winter without using the aircon* and I was trying to make it through summer doing the same, but nope. Two nights ago I just couldn't do it. It was still 30 at midnight, cold shower and damp bedsocks didn't keep me cool enough for long enough to get to sleep, so fuckit, aircon. And again last night. Tonight I might even be back under the quilt again, omfg. I love a cool change.

I was up at Mum and Dad's on Monday and Tuesday night, who invited me up to use the pool. Aww yeah.

Also been keeping up with the fitness for the year, so that's an achievement already. Last weekend I went on the first of these--number 12, the Blowhole Beach to Marrano Creek walk, which I've been posting photos of on my Insta through the week. Picked this one first because I wanted to get the furthest away one out of the way first, and also it was 30 degrees at home and only 22 down there. It sure was a hike! The 'coastal walk' portion of the hike was 1km out of 6.5km, which I was expecting to be able to stroll along barefoot and just chill a bit, because this is South Australia and our entire coastline is beaches... except apparently the bottom tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula. It was a very up-and-down hike, not the coastal stroll I was expecting. Anyway. I encountered wildlife--roughly half a dozen kangaroos in various states of can't-be-arsed--and the views were pretty awesome. Because I needed the GPS to find the place, I did run the phone battery down to emergency power with still an hour to go, but it at least didn't go flat until after I'd finished the walk. It went a bit straight-line for the last loop but at least it still kept all my time. But yeah. Looking forward to keeping up with these! I'm going to be interested to see all these walking places around my city :D

Tomorrow I've booked my bike in to get its brakes fixed, after I shot them, like, a month after moving here, and I pumped the tyres up this afternoon. Those few 'walks' on my list that are, like, 40km long I won't be walking, I will be riding. The long ones are all pretty much flat, though, like Linear Park, which goes from the beach to the CBD (and Adelaide is a flat city, trust me) or Goolwa to Port Elliot, which is all along the beach and more typical SA coast of just straight up beach.

* except when people were here, because I'm cheap, not a tightarse.

I swear, one of my new year's resolutions will be to post more regularly so my entries aren't just filled with dot points. In the meantime, DOT POINT ENTRY!

o So I've been riding to work since the weather started fining up in October, and have only missed maybe three or four days since when it was raining and crap in the morning. Coupla weeks ago I had my first... well I'll call it a crash but really I was going no faster than walking speed and fell over. But yea. Riding between a line of parked cars and a line of cars waiting at the traffic lights, plenty of room, until a ute decides when I'm about a metre from his wing mirror to turn left. I ALMOST made it between the two cars but clipped my handlebar on the mirror and fell over. Bruise on one knee and a scab on the other, but my bike's handlebar kinda bent up at right angles. So I have a new bike now! It's black and green and has freaking SUSPENSION and it's pretty awesome. I love it a lot. Also the metro tickets I haven't been buying for public transport have just about paid for it anyway so yay!

o I WROTE TWO CHAPTERS. I haven't completed a chapter since NOVEMBER LAST YEAR. This is big news and requires CAPS.

o Smells like Teen Spirit is apparently only #2 on this Music Max party rock anthems countdown. Given that Max would like this song to top every countdown they do from love ballads to the big hair countdown*, I'd like to know what beats "here we are now; entertain us" in that. Stay tuned.

o Three weeks of annual leave started today! THIS IS AWESOME AND ALSO REQUIRES CAPS. I haven't had this much solid time off since school.

o Sweet Child of Mine. I disagree with this.

o So far in my Christmas haul of work and my amazing housemate Anna P: Shitloads of chocolate, biscuits and lollies, Swarovski crystal necklace and matching earrings (more on this later), and a bike helmet and riding gloves. Naughty girl bought me TWO presents. If I'd known I would've gotten a selection of cheeses to go with the cheese board. She's too good to me <3

o I got so pissed off with my other housemate on Tuesday night that I decided not to give her her present, so Anna P and I split the box of Haigh's choc chip shortbread biscuits between us last night. Basically, Mum invited them both up for my standard Tuesday dinner in the Hills last week. Sunday, housemate was finally able to say she wouldn't be free. Tuesday night, as Anna P and I were working out logistics via text, I got the message that the said Anna could come a bit later and pick up housemate on the way. 'Nah she told me she wasn't coming' I replied. 'Yes she is, I just talked to her,' says Anna P. 'Damn... woulda been nice if she'd told me.' I say back. Call Mum, who is able to get another piece of salmon out of the freezer cos she's awesome and just has spare pieces of salmon hanging around. As one does. I get up there, apologise profusely, etc and so on. Anna P and housemate arrive, housemate says nothing~ and does nothing~ and carries on the night as if she was expected there the whole time. This all pretty much confirmed my dislike of the girl, but the clincher? As Anna P was praising the salmon and the mango and avocado salsa and the frankly awesome potato wedges and the salmon and how awesome my Mum was... housemate said nothing. She LEFT without saying thank you. SO GLAD SHE'S MOVING OUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA. I have been TRYING all year to like her but omg. I don't care what you think about me, you can dislike me for whatever reason, but my mum? Who has made special concessions for you with SALMON? And you can't even be arsed to say thank you? No. Fuck you. You're not even getting politeness out of me anymore.

o Why is Kiwiland releasing a trailer for The Hobbit a YEAR before it comes out? That's just cruel and unusual punishment.

o 30 degrees on Sunday, oh yeah o/ But drizzling. YAY MUGGY =|

o I get more excited about giving my presents to people than getting them. Bring on Christmas Eve~ with the awesome lunch and the pressie giving~ and then Christmas DAY with the awesome lunch~ and the pressie giving~ and yeah I'm not going to hit my target of 80kg by the end of the year am I? YAY CHRISTMAS.

o The Swarovski crystal sparklies? Boss and Boss Lady have sold the franchise =0 Graphic Designer and Accountant are owners as of January 16, the day I get back from leave. FRIGGING BIG NEWS. Not much will change first up but EEE exciting stuff. Boss will be hanging around for a year, and Boss Lady will be in once a week to do finishing (stapling, collating, hole punching, that kind of thing) but still, BIG CHANGES AFOOT.

o I forgot to bring my tablet up to the Hills tonight. This sucks cos I was going to do my Secret Santa tonight. BALLS. I'll just have to make it particularly awesome over the course of the week. While I'm on LEEEEEAVE omg this is awesome.

o I swear this will be the last giant dot point entry, really.

o Lol LJ wank. I really don't care enough about subject lines to move, what is it, five journals? tpyo, HB, yrae, the Thrai (hah like that gets used anymore but whatever)... four journals. It does amuse me that the people who are getting the most worked up over it have already ditched LJ.

o I made a thing! Which I am clearly announcing at the wrong time but whatever. I'll point back at it in July.

o I bought a commission :D I love that everyone so far has seen Ackerley with fluffy red-brown hair. Hey I might even add them all to bloogum some day wouldn't that be a novel idea?

o Holy crap Dexter. I've been waiting six seasons for that. laksdghalksd want next season now kthxbai.

o THE END.



* If you've heard a better premise for a music countdown, I'd like to hear it.