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4 June 2024

Challenges (2024)


Iceland indecision

  • Goto Iceland indecision. 
  • Decide yes but Gavin gave away. Will ask.
  • No news from Gavin: 3 days limbo
  • Mum unempathetic: "You'll survive"


Iceland

  • Lost passport for 2 hours until found in book (Thanks Martin)
  • Limited time in Oslo. Cannot find bag in Oslo airport. Went through to Iceland. 
  • Competition. Top 3. Pressure to win. 
  • Gavin talks me up to Justin and CEO. Pressure of high expectations. 
  • One night of psyche on fire with no sleep and nearly another. 
  • Self conscious in groups. No stories. When introduce myself. 
  • Bills apart: How much?  Wrong decision?
  • Did not walk far enough in Grimsey ?
  • Panic when wrong gate in Keflavík Airport, Iceland. 
  • Forget bag in Singapore. Run back. Need special access to baggage section.
  • How much to separate bills of puffins?


Car issue

  • Greenslip?  Register?  
  • Finally phone Steve.  He organised it!
  • Ended up renewing registration just short of 3 months
  • Car work when home?
  • Leaking water
  • Water caused by air conditioner. Maybe I can sell it?
  • Tested it and it broke down


Garage leak

  • Insurance issue
  • Management fee and extra ($2800)
  • Triaxil meeting: Put off, Greg says leak in rain bomb, excuse after plan to attend
  • Markings in garage
  • Triaxil needs to be replaced  →  Meeting


House

  • Wall crack shifted?
  • Mould in rooms (Martin, not Fran)
  • Rent increase (Martin) and rent in cash (Fran)
  • Floor unlevel
  • Left irrigation water on, flooding back courtyard


Emotions

  • Regret re Iceland
  • Regret re not investing
  • House floors recurring


Finances

  • Body Corporate meeting re Triaxil in Simons Town
  • Triaxil leak insurance issue
  • Triaxil leak: No progress. Limbo. New supplier ↑ costs.
  • Mum: Cannot give more than $8000, "on own"
  • Mum:  "Can get a loan"
  • Martin rent increase & Fran rent in cash: Avoiding
  • Fran not want to pay cash
  • Market turmoil. Lost lots?
  • Realise levies have doubled, impact on future income
  • Shushann Google ads not paused


Selling lenses

  • Keep putting off
  • Worried about marks on 400mm, will he want it?
  • Mark says "I'll pass" on 17-55


Security

  • Facebook hacked?
  • Login to false MyGov site → Have to change all passwords
  • Facebook lose all posts. Hacked?  Cannot login due to global outage.
  • Selling lenses: Shared bank account number and address with Mark. Then hear nothing.


Health

  • Mole on side of face: Nervous ahead of skin check
  • Avoiding pulse issue, worry re loss of dex
  • Tennis elbow stops press ups
  • Sore wrist
  • 2 throat infections and cough
  • Skin cancer on shoulder ?  No
  • Mole on back cut out
  • Matthew not there, day without. Very tough at end.
  • Dx wiredness after getting pills


Cosgrove

  • 2 x Dex for Iceland: Cosgrove not respond, jump to conclusions
  • Wrong date, need to make closer appointment


Connection

  • Longing after Normal People, obsession with Daisy Edgar Jones
  • Devastation and crying after One Day: "It all passes!"


Beata

  • Wrong direction bus to Chatswood to see Beata for movie. Never really recover. What tools?
  • What tools do you use in your UI ?
  • Take photos off blog


Politics

  • Fear of Trump, Project 25 ideology
  • Trumpism things I really struggle with: Banning abortion, lack of support for Ukraine, ↓ protection of environment (climate change, regulations, drilling)
  • Trump assassination attempt ↑ his popularity
  • Biden's disastrous debate → Uncertainty & chaos
  • Europe going right
  • Kamaal Harris debate
  • Obsession with Predict It
  • Trump wins election


Sam site

  • Marketing not getting big return for money
  • Booking and site loading slow ?


Martin & Fran

  • Teasing. Will she leave?
  • Men superior to women in sport exchange
  • Martin suitcase


Wisdom Trove

  • Critical error → Rujuta helped fix
  • Lost all widgets ?


Friends

  • JC brain tumour, needing radiation & chemo

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