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Before and after! Also like five other odd jobs but this is the big mess that I’m thrilled is solved
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duckalini
@duckalini@cloudisland.nz
Staff platform engineer. Genderqueer nonbinary. I talk tech, politics and life. But mostly pets (the cat is Bernard, the dog is Gus).
Pronouns: they/them 🏳️🌈
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@duckalini@cloudisland.nz
Successfully topped a whole bunch of invasive trees that were shadowing the natives and stunting their growth 🎉
Plumbers found things you’d rather not find but have fixed a bunch of stuff 🎉 (they’re still going and had to reverse down our steep ass driveway to let the gardeners out whoops)
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I did have to ask him to back the trailer in to the carport so the plumber can come and I am really hoping he doesn’t hit the house or retaining wall.
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I will not watch while the teenager wrangles the truck and trailer, but I will flinch when I hear the grass getting absolutely demolished 😅
Two different tradies have been “coming by next week” for three weeks. Of course they’re both coming today when I have a big presentation to do 😅😅😅
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@annettle@mastodon.nz Clove vs Cedar wood at novice level, then it’s birch vs lemongrass… I can’t remember what comes after those! There is a bit of rivalry - people definitely have preferences for the different styles.
DogsNZ is the more strict one that I know more people in, and I know they have bergamot and clary sage at the next tiers but I dunno what SSANZ has. I thiiiink there’s some overlap at the higher levels…
There are two dog scent sports organizations in nz, with slightly different regulations, target odours and ways of running trials.
We went to our first SSANZ trial yesterday and Gus had a flawless run. Found all four hides (vehicle, exterior, interior and containers) in under 1 minute. No faults, the only “issue” was that I didn’t believe him at first because he found the vehicle hide so quickly, that I made him do a full loop of the car to confirm he wasn’t fibbing.
I am so pleased
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@grimalkina@mastodon.social one of each! They are a matched pair tho
Best. Day. Ever! @grimalkina@mastodon.social
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@paw@mstdn.io
@paw@mstdn.io @grimalkina@mastodon.social oh excellent I’ve been checking my letter box every day! I’m rural so hopefully tomorrow! 🤞🤞🤞
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@duckalini@cloudisland.nz
Gus doesn’t seem to mind
We got home a little late so I lit the fire at 4 and it can’t keep up with night falling and the cold 😭
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@evolutionise@cloudisland.nz
@evolutionise@cloudisland.nz goblin mode is sacred and it is an honour to be party to it
Not really sure if Gus enjoys the beach ay
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Very cold but also low tide so we went for a nice long walk
I didn’t take the bins out last night so now gotta do it asap and it’s cold out there
One major problem with rural living is that I want cake and that means I have to bake a cake?? So rude
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@exlibrarykris@cloudisland.nz it’s gonna be my go to show to put on when dad visits because I bet he’ll love it too
I’m having a lot of emotions because we finally finished watching Hacks and now there isn’t any more of it and it’s the best show
I got a deep tissue massage to try deal with my shoulders (never a good sign when they touch you, hiss(!!) then say “wow your rhomboids are TIGHT”).
I am so sore and this will help and I’m also gonna restart my physio stretches that I’ve been ignoring for the last year since moving but oooof I feel like I got beaten up in very targeted places ow
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@errbufferoverfl@genericsocialmediapage.com what should have been a 10m top up charge turned in to 20m drive out of my way, a 30m charge, and then the return journey 🫠
I had A Day and this was probably the most stressful part of it and HO BOY
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@Stevet@mastodon.nz @JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to I hope there’s a family group chat that is JUST photos of these. I choose to believe. The Christmas bickering would be off the charts
Most nights I wake up and roll over at least 5 times. Usually closer to 10.
Last night I only did it once? I feel so rested? I dunno what is different other than Gus was exhausted after doing lots of scent work and hanging with friends for most of the day yesterday…
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@Stevet@mastodon.nz @JohnJBurnsIII@kzoo.to I really hope the owners keep a tally of what each guest does 😂
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@grimalkina@mastodon.social I am thinking of restarting the work book club to read this together because 👀👀👀
RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@duckalini/116669138600384745
I am instead using this week to rebuild the home automation from the ground up.
We lifted and shifted the apartment set up a year ago and so it had a lot of cruft and missing bits we hadn’t plugged in and obsolete rules. So I’m starting from scratch and migrating things over.
It’s both rewarding and tedious work.
I feel a little bad cuz I didn’t take Gus for a walk today and I meant to BUT we are taking him to his first ever tracking group practice so I’m hoping that makes up for it.
Once he gets a hang of the concept I think he will thoroughly enjoy it as an activity
Project Hail Mary is a hell of a movie. They did such a great job, I’m thrilled
/r/BestOfRedditorUpdates is basically Jerry Springer for millennials
We’ve now met a bunch of scent work people from our local kennel club and omg they’re so nice and no one is being weird about our masks inside and Gus is having a blast!
I’m expecting him to flop under his first trial this weekend, but it’s about learning to work in a new environment so that’s fine.
Now that it’s getting colder, I’m getting catstuck a lot more often
Please enjoy my buffoon
(yes he did knock straight in to me)
@kf@666.glitchwit.ch Didn't realise it was the final until afterwards and then went "oooh yeah that all makes sense"
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@canllaith@chaos.social @jsr@social.jsr.com omg same! I saw the sale and thought I’d just grab some basics but lol no
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@sereeena@infosec.exchange
@sereeena@infosec.exchange honestly it blows my mind that people are loving work like this. I enjoy writing things myself because every time I dig in, I learn more about the system I’m working on. That learning is the part I like most! It gives me ideas about what else I want to add or fix or improve.
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@Emily it was brutal to watch! Poor guys must be so stressed and fatigued
These two are still pretty great. That is all.