Luke Hand Diary

Slept so cosily. Some nice cuddling. My bike was outside and I kept thinking I was hearing it being stolen, so I woke up a lot of times through the night. Good dreams. Work. Stressful.

I was in a funny mood most of the day. I think I had a really nice trip and had some nice meet-ups with people, but then I had a heap of stuff (dirty clothes, computers, my bike, etc) that I needed to actually get home. That stressed me out and I just wanted to snap my fingers and be teleported home. Maybe I was also washed out from being away from home and routine, and from seeing a lot of people for the past week - including a completely new person, [REDACTED]. I had a strange melancholy about it all. I might need to become a monk and go completely solitary and have no relationships to stress about other than my relationship with the Lord.

I checked out from the hotel earlier than I had planned to and worked from a gutter near Southern Cross station. Real digital nomad hours. Changed my ticket from the late train to the afternoon one. Then the train got delayed an hour, and I had beef with a 76 year old man who stole my seat and then didn’t want to give it - or the seat next to my seat - back to me because he hadn’t had a booster?? That exchange got somewhat willing. Then the train was cancelled and replaced by a bus from Geelong. Very uncomfortable and there were further annoyances on that leg of the journey. Finally got home marginally earlier than I would have if I’d just taken the late train. Snacks. Shower. Check on the plants and seeds. Back in my bed. M: 5. E: 4.5. 😴😓😔🥰😤

Work. Such a fast day. God, I’m so bad at time management. Did a spot of retail therapy. Didn’t eat so well today. The humidity finally broke today. Such a blessed relief. Ordered 2 pizzas from Silvios. And then 2 more pizzas from silvios. 4 total; same Menulog guy. Bae staying over. M: 7.5. E: 7. 😓😐🥰🙂

Finished an absolute cliffhanger of a book last night. What a twist! I had some funny dreams. Work. Im a little bit behind on a couple of things and today wasn’t the most productive day of work I’ve ever had. Should be alright though! Early start tomorrow, hopefully! Met [REDACTED] for coffee and a walk. She’s nice. Did a geocache. Went goblin mode and enjoyed a casual sex session - followed by not a small amount of cuddling and canoodling. She’s a very beautiful woman, and a GGG lover. Cute laugh and good energy. That was lovely. Had a few G&Ts and beers in the afternoon. Did a Uniqlo run for fresh shirts.[REDACTED] visited the hotel for boys drinks and some take away dinner. We had a play on a scooter. Good craic. Definitely a day for the books! M: 8. E: 7. 😀🥰😍😇😟

Slept in. Visited [REDACTED] and met the baby. Cute. Had a nice sit and chat with him, which was great. Love, life, and beyond. Met [REDACTED] in real life for the first time - after working together for a year. She’s lovely. We took a stroll through the gardens and around the city a bit. Very nice. Rode out to Kindling store - which has been on my list to get to for ages. I stopped because a tram stopped and I was just looking around before I could take off again and - what’s this? - I happened to be standing right in front of the store! Total kismet. I thought it was much further out than it is and I would have ridden right passed it and kept going for ages if not for the intervention from above. Girl in the shop loved hearing this! So much cute stuff in there. Visited [REDACTED] new apartment. Very well organised. Cute. We had a beer on High St. I was zonked from only having a hot cross bun to eat. Rode home. Rested. Went and had an ok Thai dinner. Had a great chat with my Instagram friend [REDACTED]. We’re going to go on a date on Tuesday evening. What could possibly go wrong! What a day. Couple of snacks and it’ll be time to call it a night, I think. 😊 Grateful. M: 7. E: 7. 😇😍🙂💩

Yeah, it turns out that I don’t actually sleep well with such a very light doona. Was up very late reading and online - and I was amongst the first of the public to hear of Shane Warne’s passing overnight. RIP. Slept in a little. Breakfast at the bedsit. Rode to the Shane Warne statue at the MCG to pay respects and watch the throng. I liked watching the photographers trying to get good shots of people laying down flowers or looking up at the statue. Their cameras were so loud and would have to have been very distracting for people trying to have a quiet thought about Mr Warne. Rode to Northcote to meet [REDACTED AND REDACTED], and their dog. Good to see them. We went to the wine place that [REDACTED] cooks at. I’ve been wanting to try the food there for ages. It was really good. Nice place too. Played pool. Visited [REDACTED] at a makers market. Great guy. Rode around a bit. Slightly humid again today. I was sweating like crazy and felt gross as hell. Got some Uniqlo. Got a roasting dish to turn upside-down and stand on top of in the shower here because the water pools up above the height of the thongs I wear in there. Jesus. Had dinner, had a nap. Went to a concert at the convent in that little space with the cute stained glass windows that [REDACTED] and I went into a couple of months ago. The music was great. Nice backing sounds of some sort - loops or something - and then improvised playing of some instruments like a clarinet or something (I don’t know instrument names) on top. Really liked it. Didn’t feel like staying late so I just watched one act. Home. Pretty big day by my standards! M: 7. E: 7. 😇🙂🥰😍

Slept surprisingly well with this super thin doona and no extra weight on top. I’m so used to, like, six layers of doona weight at home. I could get used to staying in a dingy little bedsit like this. I feel like Jarvis in the Live Forever doc. Work. Got a project submitted - mostly. Just a little late. Damn it. Wifi here isn’t fit for purpose of wfh - and my work machine doesn’t like tethering to my phone. Ah dear. We’ll work it out. Had a foodgasm from my souvlaki for lunch. Man alive. So good. Did some extra cleaning here. Visited Pusey’s residence. There’s a lot of foxy femininas around. Bought some books. Had a ride on one of the dockless share-escooters - absolute bedlam. Would love to go one day without seeing Tom Holland in a post. Just drinking a lot of beer and gin and reading at the 3002-HQ this evening. TGIF. M: 6. E: 6. 😇📈🥰😎🙂

Worked. Unproductive. Did some running around to get ready to jump on the train right after work and got all hot and bothered a bunch of times, and then didn’t have time for a shower before the train, then spilt coffee on myself. Absolute shambles. Got to open a safe and finger through some envelopes for my fob - that was nice and spy-like. Meant to do some work on the train or in the accommodation but won’t make it happen unfortunately. Tried to go get a delicious, juicy souvlaki at Hollywood Hill - but it’s bloody closed. More’s the pity. The streets here have people buzzing around on scooters and bikes and it’s a complete mess. This is not the glorious micro-mobility future. A few new buildings around. Massive Coles replaced the one I used to go to. Onwards! M: 4. E: 4. 😐😰😤🙂

Was a bit discombobulated today. Didn’t know if I was Arthur or Martha. Work. Manager was very nice in a catch up. I’m getting a raise, it looks like. I was asked out in a date - not this weekend, but next. Very exciting! I booked myself a trip to Melbourne. Will WFH there and take some walks in the old stomping grounds for a few nights. Went for a walk after work. Visited a cave at Thunder point. Not content with just having heard about and referenced the TV show Yellowjackets long before most folks had any idea it existed, tonight I watched a few eps. Very good show. M: 5.5. E: 5. 😐😰📈

Work. A slightly different bouquet of stressful/boring/frustrating to usual today. Just ever so slightly different. Rain came through. Was a very nice change. Cooked up a bunch of veg for a couple of meals. Just laid around. Nice quick chat with an old half-acquaintance who seems to be doing well. Nice to hear. Re-released some content as a favour to and by request of and ex-friend. Kept it from being available in Russia. Shithole. Cunts. Good Shapes. I’m bored. M: 4. E: 4. 😓😤😑

Work. Fast day. Busy. Visited gran for a bit. She seemed pretty lucid and stuff, which was great to see. She was chatting and joking around and stuff. I went for a pretty long walk. Bad kebab for dinner. I stumbled on some great album today and listened a bunch of times. I wish I could make music properly! Broke a mango seed apart to try to grow a plant from it. Annnndd— Actually, no. That’s about it. That’s as interesting as my entire day was. M: 5. E: 4.5. 😐😰🥰🙂