Luke Hand Diary

💭 Met Paul McCartney. He was in the ticket booth at a rail station because the lady on the desk was a relative of his and I asked for an autograph and a selfie, etc. He gave me those and also gave me a shot of some spirit - I thought about not taking it due to my current streak of not drinking, but ended up drinking it. And he also gave me some weird sloppy dessert that got all over the counter. Pretty epic!

Slept in until midday. Crazy. Nailed a couple bits of wood on the front steps in. Put tape on the balcony to scare magpies away. Was watering plants on the deck out back and got the hose wrapped around the table. Rather than walking back around the table with the hose in-hand and back to the tap, I dropped the hose where I was and walked to the tap and the hose took on a life of its own and was aiming at me as I ran to the tap and tries to cut off the water. I laughed to myself about this. Went for a pub meal for an early dinner. Walked a bit. Saw a seal between thunder point and merri island again. Sea was a crazy vibrant blue. Did some meal prep. Listened to an annoying John Wayne gacy podcast series all afternoon and evening. Going to take some time to take stock on my life and stuff soon I think. Been a bit bored I realise. M: 5. E: 5. 😐

Nice day of chores, walking around, and being alone. Had some Maccas. Did the lawn, power washed the deck, vacuumed, swept, cleaned windows, bed linen laundry. Got a little creeped out when I got home alone after dark. Double-checked all doors and windows and looked everywhere for intruders inside. Calmed down. M: 4. E: 6. 😐🙂😇

Weird dreams of being some sort of spy in weird European countries. I’m not going to get too tangled up in following this Russian shit. Fucking animals. Just feel very lucky to be Australian and to be on this blessed island. Work - no dramas or anything. Work wife got things organised this week and somehow got everything on track and got things done - whereas I would have wasted time and procrastinated on things. She’s a godsend. Had dinner with mum and [sister]. Had some wine and played cards. Going to miss having the baby around. Thought she wasn’t leaving til Sunday. Actually only have tomorrow morning with her. So cute! Felt annoying and grumpy the last couple days. Might need to go to a different town for a few nights in Airbnb or something - mix things up a little. Bored. M: 4. E: 4. 😐😑😇🥰

Pick on Luke Day. Yet again, I’m somehow the bad guy. The asshole. The dickhead. The shit-stirrer. The bumbaclot. I don’t think I did anything wrong but half the family is bluing with me. Fuck em! Food for thought tho - probably might be time to find my own place. Rent is way too expensive these days tho. I don’t even want to dignify the prices they’re advertising by paying them. Work. Boring. Got a gross salad roll for lunch. Couldn’t finish it. Dinner sucked too. Bin night. Russia went to war, completely justifying and legitimising my firmly held racist views against them. Cunts. M: 3. E: 3. 😐😑😠

Meds I took last night did the job. Knocked me out for the night. Slept about 12 hours. Felt much, much better this morning than yesterday. Work. It’s my one year anniversary, my boss said. Time flies. Just kept my nose down today. Was able to eat a bit today. I never want to feel sick again! That was horrible. Early night. Got my two year sobriety coin in the mail today. So tight. M: 3. E: 3. 😪😰😐

Awake from like three, nearly vomiting. Canceled work - felt bad for that all day because were so busy and stuff. Had a fever, nauseous, headaches, tummy ache. Was finally sick a few times. Felt horrible. I need to just be knocked out tonight and sleep. Maaaann. Grateful: that I don’t feel like this from drinking anymore. Make it stop! M: 2.2. E: 2.2.💩😴😓

Work. I was a bit of dick during a call in the morning. Fuck! Petty and not cool. Damn it. And I was also unproductive. Had a couple cuddles with baby [nibling] through the day. So cute. Picked up my bike with my new rack. Donated plasma. One of the staff there stood in front of me and I couldn’t see the TV. Some lady was eating chips like a garbage disposal unit. Some other lady had spoken word audio playing from her phone while donating. Some people have less class than a snow day! Unbelievable. The queen has Covid. Eek! There was a lot of love for her in the room at the blood donation place. Couldn’t be effed making dinner. Bed. M: 3.5. E: 4. 😴😠😤😰😐

Another platypus dream last night. Might be a sign that I need to go platypus spotting in waking life soon. Hung out with the baby and [SISTER] a bunch. God, [NIBLING] is cute. Bit of a family lunch with everyone + gran. Did a bit of pottering around in the afternoon. Chalice seemed pretty excited and was running around. Had a few beers. Burned a couple of candles from the market. Gardening. Sent a press package and some tracks off - hopefully will be played on the radio soon! Pretty nice weekend really. M: 6. E: 6. 😇🥰😍😆

Up early. Walked a lot, had a lot of coffee. House chores. Rode to the finish line of the second longest running one-day bike race in the world - the Melbourne to Warrnambool. Incredible scenes. Burger. Made little frozen yogurt treats with [nephew]. [niece] arrived. So cute. Standing up, crawling around. Gorgeous. Got dinner with mum and [sister]. Got a new outfit. Pretty ethical cotton in the items I got today. Nice day really. M: 6. E: 6.5. 😇😎😍😐

Work. Nice and busy without being too intense or having things due yet. Might get cray next week! Visited the nephews after work. Had dinner with mum at the Whalers. Went for a walk around the beach. Was very rough today. Nice to watch. Saw a seal between thunder point and merri island. And a wallaby near the train station. Maria Moles album on high rotation. So nice! Pretty full moon. Cheers to the weekend. M: 4. E: 3. 🙂