Luke Hand Diary

I jolted awake at 11 o’clock last night and felt so rested that I thought it was morning. Love when that happens. Feels like getting a bonus night sleep after that. Work. Flat out and still managed to be late to get an already overdue project finished. Realised yesterday that many of the jobs that have been running late have been for the one guy - so he must think I’m completely hopeless! Damn it. YOLO tho, one guesses. Covid is going viral in Warrnambool now. Many new cases. Much messaging and crystal-ball gazing about imminent lockdown. Burger for dinner with mum. Hannah said: “My housemate just said there is a new guy at work and ‘he reminds me of that guy you listen to sometimes, that diary guy’ […] I asked why the person reminded him and he said ‘idk, normal, friendly, Australian’”! I thought my ears were burning today - but I wouldn’t have guessed that I was getting such a nice review! M: 6. E: 4. L: 0. 😆😐😇😟

Had some really crazy dreams. Woke up very sweaty and uncomfortable. Slept poorly through the morning. I’m out of routine with my medication and it’s thrown me off centre a bit. Need to get back on a health kick. Start working on my summer bod. Work. Busy. Got through a couple of things. But also fucked up a couple of things. Ah well. Went out for dinner with mum and ash. I ate poorly all day so I was out of sync at dinner time. Bit of work and then bed. I have some paintings and sounds things I want to do but I’m so wrecked from work lately. M: 6. E: 5. 😴😓😐📈🙂

Work. Long day. Weather was almost balmy. Sox had a good snuggle into my leg. Played the magpie sound back to it. Bet that’s not great for them, because they always look pretty weirded out by it. Fun tho. Pulled the trigger on what I think was a pretty strong investment offer to Sobah Beverages, for a not insignificant number of shares. May have been a bee’s dick too late. Fingers, toes - everything! - crossed that it sneaks through. I want to be in the Sobah Beverages business! Bed with not too much work stress hanging over me. M: 6. E: 5. L: 0. 😐😑

Woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of mum’s MacBook Pro hard drive. It whirred up and did something for a sec and then went back to sleep. Millennials wouldn’t even recognise that sound probably. Turned a corner in my thinking about the protesters from last week. Had been overwhelmed by the grey around who was protesting and what their beef was, but realised today that their number is just a fraction of Victoria and that the vast majority of us are on the same team and working together. All good! Let these drongos carry on a bit if they must. I’m not paying them as much mind anymore. Portable door lock and little storage pouch to hang between the front seats of the car arrived. Work - so much due/overdue/due soon. Bloody hell. Worked early and late, with a walk with mum in the middle. Mum identified this smell down at the track as being the smell of a fox. I’ve smelled that scent before but didn’t know it as fox smell. Not a nice smell. Good to know though. The Oasis fans chat was lit today. Ran the gamut from banter to the solemn and serious. Had a well-deserved yuzu sake booze-free cocktail a 5. Beautiful weather for it. Hopefully get an early start tomorrow and not regret trying to get some sleep now rather than powering through with coffees. M: 6. E: 6. L: 0. 😰😓😐

Tired. The boys playing with the chickens was cute. Snooze in the sunshine. Heart rate low and slow. Cosy. Frustratingly unproductive. M: 3. E: 3. L: 0. 😴😑😠

Long chat to [REDACTED] at Safeways early this morning. Covered a lot of ground. First proper talk with someone for a while I think. Tried a new cafe. Checked out the huge queue for Covid tests. Drive with mum. Nearly ran into an emu walking up the middle of the road. Got a pasty. The police called me the other day to say that they wouldn’t be taking my complaint about the sign about homosexuality being a crime punishable by death any further. Mum walked passed the place today and says that most of the signs have been taken down now. I didn’t get a chance to check whether the homosexuality one specifically is still up. Fish n chips. Watched the grand final. Drank a zillion beers. Too many! Contemplating a bath. M: 4. E: 4. L: 0. 😐

Grand final public holiday. Yhhheehhh. Lazy day. Just lounged around, napped. Did basically nothing. Got a meal from one of the popular fast food restaurants - pretty perfect. News of Covid hitting town came through. I hadn’t been to the exposure sites listed so far. I do suspect that I probably caught it last week though. Have a tickle in my throat but it might be imagined. M: 4. E: 3. L: 0. 😐😴😕

Got up early and had a skate with Sai and the girls. Work. Hmm. Something I was unsure of made sense after I worked on it for a bit. Ohhh I get it. My leadership was commended. This long weekend is a chance for a Great Reset, to catch up on some things and get organised. Bin night. Alternating weeks for the collection of different types of waste sucks because you don’t get that complete restart back to empty bins each week. M: 4. E: 4. L: 0. 😐😑😴📈

Work. Bit busy, as normal lately. Earthquake æffected workmates in Melbourne. I didn’t feel it here. Mum did though. Eek. Had a blade at the bowl with Sai after work. Haha so weird. Takes me back a few years! Got a few grinds. Feels pretty natural. Might have to get back into it! Leg cramped and is feeling very stiff already. Will be interesting to see how it fares tomorrow. Saw Sai’s girls for a bit - so cute and funny. As usual, nice to reminisce a bit with Sai. His memory is freakish. A soak and bed. M: 6.5. E: 5. L: 0. 😐😇😍🥰🙂

NULL day. Work. Same as usual. Watched the construction worker demonstration thing. Pretty wild that they got up on Westgate Bridge. What a clustermunch. Definitely a curly one. Food for thought. Mum got lasagna from the Cally for dinner. Delish. William Tyrrell special on TV. Wth happened to this little fella!? M: 2.5. E: 2.5. L: 0. 😑