Luke Hand Diary

Nice day. Did some chores, listened to a lot of Serial Killing: A Podcast. Really good. Tinkered with plants. Still can’t tell if I completely killed the ones in the bigger pots out on the deck by hacking at their trunks. But looking around at some of the pots out back, I think there are some mini plants growing off some bigger ones that I can repot if turns out I did kill three or four bigger plants out the front. Walk. Fed and patted cows. Heard some bad news about someone. This gave me pause to be thankful that I have things incredibly well. Grateful. Bought a CD player. Straightened up some stuff in the shed, and dug out a bunch of CDs. There must be more somewhere. Fun to look through. Have some old forgotten things to listen to now. The nephews and cousins ended up here in the afternoon. Nice little play with them. Had a go of a hoverboard. Not as easy as I imagined! Pizza. M: 7. E: 7. L: 1. 😇😎😍

Very non-eventful day. Worked on my 2020 diary. Wild to read through entire months of last year. Walked. Got my Perfect Month award - really didn’t think I would close all rings each day this month. There were some very sedentary days with long walks in horrendous weather in the evenings. A very well deserved Perfect Month award. Clocked the 19 month sober milestone in my sobriety app too, which is nice. A tweet about expired relationships - I thought - hit the nail on the head, re my friendship with [REDACTED]. I sent that tweet and a farewell message to them. They feel that I don’t have the right to declare the relationship expired when they feel that - rather than just having expired - I fucked up the relationship by doing wrong by them. Either way, in a funny sort of a way, they were kind of one of the loves in my life. And I’m pretty sure the relationship is irrevocably damaged. F. Alarm set to possibly order Nothing earbuds late tonight. We shall see. M: 6. E: 5. L: -10. 😇😐😟

Woke up at 2:55 AM to preorder a Playdate portable gaming console. The order form screwed up in a bunch of ways meaning that I couldn’t complete the order that I placed to get one from the first batch of machines to ship. So frustrating. I’ve followed this project for so long, and been looking forward to them going on presale literally for years - I’ve been an evangelist for the product and told scores of people about it - so to miss out on being able to order in that first batch that will ship this year was so upsetting. Called my bank when they were open later in the morning and was finally able to order one. Won’t ship until next year though. Such a bummer because I’ll see all the reviews and stuff as they ship and all that’ll be in my mind will be how I don’t have one yet - and it wasn’t my fault! Fuck. Then worked. A package of a gift from Dani and Harry arrived. Very sweet gift of a Viz jigsaw puzzle. Must work on it soon. Pissed on my plants, on the advice of people on Facebook. Walk. Made nachos that were really tasty. M: 7. E: 6. L: 0. 😇😡

Work. Told my manager that I’ll have some things to show her soon and that I’m feeling confident and productive. She said, “I’m so happy!” And isn’t that all any of us really want to hear from our manager? Sox is getting less scared out on the deck when I go out to feed them. Came right up to the door. I know I'm late to the party on this, but I'm newly obsessed with the Photos widget on iPhone. Throws up great photos heaps. Bin night. I’ve had enough of having about a zillion different bins to take out on a rotating schedule. Pain in the ass. Did a few laps on the motorcycle. Walk. Was brave and ordered adventurously at the burger place. Not bad. A good top-to-tail Dettol scrub down. Squeaky clean. Book and that. M: 7. E: 5.5. L: 0. 😐😇😑

I loved being snug under my heavy blankets yesterday so much that I took all my blankets from atop my doona and folded them in half - doubling the weight and cosiness. Was so weighty and nice. I’m investing in some weighted blankets soon. Was amazing. Who needs bedfellows!

Work. Another project due. Didn’t quite get it done. Had a coffee at like 6. Could be a long night. Catch up meeting with manager postponed. At least I feel like I’m starting to get a roll going now so I’ll be a bit more optimistic going into the manager meeting tomorrow. Lady in a meeting was wearing a Warmcore fleece. I had my photo of Caroline in the Warmcore shirt right to hand. Of course I probably went on about it for too long and made it weird.

Went viral on reddit with a Kanye screenshot. Mug from @rosaliekate arrived. That was fast! Was going to not bother closing my Apple Watch rings but it’s the 28th and there’s only a few days left in the month for me to get an award. Walked in actual hailstorm to get my Move goal. Was going to spend that time doing pro bono. Will do a bit. Bath with salts, bubbles, and a wine. Lovely. Back to work before bed! M: 7. E: 7. L: 0. 😐😍😟

Was nice and cosy this morning under the heavy blankets. Work. Should be a busy couple days this week. Saw a magpie slurp a huge worm up like a piece of spaghetti from the lawn. Walk with mum after work. Windy enough to blow the paint off of a brush today. Saved three lives by donating plasma. Was a quick donation. Early night. Big day tomorrow. Haven’t had dinner for two days in a row now. Wouldn’t mind a nice dinner one night soon, actually. M: 5. E: 5. L: 0. 😐😇😑

Work - long day! Cursed with IT issues. I knew I had a job due today and did chip away at it a bit over the weekend, but I thought I had a fast helper rostered to work today, but I didn’t. I did much of this job myself and didn’t get it finished until after 10 PM. Got it done tho! Being busy with this kind of threw me off my plan to eat well. Missed dinner. May have to cancel tomorrow’s plasma donation. So - not resourcing today’s shift today may mean that I can’t save three lives. Big stakes! Got distracted by leftist Twitter a bit today. Smh. Amazing. Very kind compliment from Simon about my podcast. Listening to some great music today. Got a walk in. Didn’t get to do a workout. Surprised that I closed my rings on my watch. Finn gave me a rubber band bracelet that he worked on for some time. Cute. M: 5. E: 5. L: 2. 😇😐😎😑

So windy and rainy overnight. Sounded so good at 4 AM. Lazed around. Couple of chores. Bit of pro bono. Did a kick-flip. M: 5. E: 5. L: -5. 😐

Up super early. Did dishes. Followed simple Max YouTube tutorials. Could be good. Big walk. The line where the river coloured water meets the sea coloured water was very clear. Love when it’s like that. Pottered around at home. Pretty quiet day. Will get busy tomorrow! M: 6. E: 6. L: 1. 😀😎😇😆😐

Work. Bit going on. Made the day go quickly. Kanye livestream was interesting. Walk. Disappointing chips at dinner. Cousin’s kid said my song (I’m a Good Guy) is his new favourite song. M: 5. E: 5. L: 0. 😇😐😑