Checked how many working days between now and being able to access my superannuation. It’s less than 1000 but still too many. www.timeanddate.com/date/dura…

Brisbane weather has reached the period, some people call it April, where your morning involves a conversation with yourself along the lines of “is it cool enough to need something warmer or will I just be hot and sweating after lunch”.

A jaunty little Tasmanian Devil.

An enamel lapel badge in the shape of a Tasmanian devil pinned to a blue grey suit jacket. The Devil is coloured black with a white patch on its chest and a brown nose and is wearing a rainbow striped baseball cap.

🖋️ Going for a long lunch then popping into the Pen Shoppe in the Brisbane arcade afterwards is a bad idea for my wallet.

A dark green Pineider rollerball pen in the display case it came in.

🍸 Work mode off. Long lunch mode on.

Today is 3.5hrs of work and then finishing up to go have a long lunch with a friend. If the weather doesn’t turn bad again I’ll walk home along the river. Today is a good day for my mental health.

Mickey by Toni Basil just shuffled round on an ‘80s playlist and I wasn’t near enough to hit skip. There’s my earworm for the next three days lodged deep.

Listening to a succession of Celine Dion songs being cycled through on repeat by someone nearby. My guess is it’s been a messy breakup.

🌞 Blue sunny sky and 30°c is much nicer for a walk than the rain of the last few days.

🖥️ Started a game of Civilisation VI and now it’s “just one more turn” before I do other things.