Tarale @Tarale@computerfairi.es

So today we learned that our government lost the keys to a filing cabinet, so they just sold it off.

It was full of classified documents.

Ummmmm…

We're gonna need a lot of under-eye concealer today!

Bring 'er in, boys

*beeping sound of concealer truck backing up*

Ughhh I don't WANT to have my photo taken for my driver's license!

I suppose I better try NOT to make myself look like some kind of drug addict.

Emailed the council about the easement and the plumbing problems. I hope they can help.

@lizardsquid I know exactly what kind of meow that is…

@lizardsquid Yeah, it was pretty good. Took twice as long to cook as I thought it would though. Recipe said one hour! It took two and a quarter!!

I wouldn't normally make meat loaf, but it's very good for babies that are learning to feed themselves. It's easy to pick up, it's soft so they can eat it without teeth, and it's full of iron, which they can't get from their mother's milk.

In other news, I made meat loaf, and I feel very domestic.

I need an instant read thermometerrrrrrrr
or some skewers
or both
so I don't keep looking at food and going "uhhhh how do I tell if its done"

@lizardsquid I'm pretty sure my computer has been the default for two years now.

@lizardsquid It's… really starting to get me down. Every time I think we've solved the last of it, we find something else that they did terribly, that sets us back, usually by thousands, again.

I'm lucky we have some money saved from when I was still working, but I'm very sad I can't use it to make any improvements, buy quality furniture for the baby's room, etc. It kind of locks us in to never getting ahead.

I don't expect to live in an amazing place as my first house, but I also don't think it's fair I have to spend tens of thousands fixing up shit that was caused by dodgy contractors and cheap work.

I don't think I want anything that unreasonable. I was just trying to make a home so I could have my little family.

So this shit with the plumbing/sewage is just another kick in the fucking teeth.

Oh, and I have no income. I'm not working. I'm a stay at home mum, we're on one income, and we're not really managing very well.

So this new thing, it's just. Just. Fucking.
So fucking great.

Aaaand as icing on the cake, if you complain about it, you get the "millennials are so entitled" shit for wanting your house to just, like, not be a hazard.

Basically, every single thing they did, they did as cheaply as possible. Their contractors cut corners, did things badly. Things like tiling over the waste drain in the laundry, to save a buck or two. Not installing the dishwasher properly so it leaks into the cupboard AND has a huge hole to let mice in. And my petty favourite: putting the ends of the towel rail too far apart so the rail doesn't stay…

…this shit has cost us, no joke, at least $15,000+ so far

So bitter and depressed about the things the previous owner of this house did when they prepared it for sale. They have screwed us over so many times.

Have just found out they didn't dig the trench for the drain/sewage right, so there's not enough fall, which is why our pipes get blocked so much. Minimum $5,000 to fix.

Cold brew coffee is the only thing keeping me going.

@lizardsquid Yeah, it's just… so relentless. I'm told it's intense for the first year or so. 7 months in today.

Thanks, I hope I get a decent rest too. Luckily I just finished a bunch of stuff (yay, cold brew coffee brewing in fridge for tomorrow) so settling in for an episode of Star Trek: Discovery.

Having a baby is so fucking exhausting, I don't stop cleaning or cooking or tidying or feeding or anything and I just want to sleep but he wakes several times a night and I just want to play a computer game but who gets time for that even

this is probably why I have PPD

He likes the carrot muffins too
https://computerfairi.es/media/gNO1X4y2SyLpuMfw-6M

I should try to make the cheese and spinach muffins next time. Even though cheese is a little bit naughty for babies (cheese is high in sodium, and babies kidneys can't process sodium very much).