Daily Notes 2025

August 7

• The Apothecary
• The Dpol

August 5

• Look up a “values worksheet” and have a think. Instincts can be deceiving, figure out what’s important so that it’s easier to understand decisions and where motivations come from

August 3

• Mulwala March 27 2026. Maybe do some walking on the rail traill that’s there.

July 30

Apartment cleaning

• Bathroom (toilet, shower, sink)
• Dusting surfaces
• Windows / fly screens
• From door and fly screen door
• TV
• Computer monitor
• Check aircon filter

July 28

• Follow-up with Steph regarding cleaning

July 27

• Follow up September trip idea with parents
• Camping trip idea with Steph

Nice Somerset camping spot that we like:

https://www.campingsomerset.com.au/

July 24

Meeting with body corp

• Ted been involved since 2011
• J name since the early 2000’s
• Question from Ted about solar, maybe interested?
• Will get a quote on stairs, safety tape
• Smaller jobs can be voted on via email
• Contractors that require a work order will need to be added to the system, more complex
• Anything outside related… check with Clancy, send an email and I can do anything that I want if nobody has an objection. The people on the committee don’t seem fussed as long as it’s presentable (which it’s in everyone’s best interest).
• QFES form for the committees to do fire evacuation practice ourselves instead of paying

July 20

• Blanket
• Mattress topper
• Tissues
• Blue tack
• Something adhesive for banner, flags

July 19

• Make TGH progress
• Write long distance driving article
• Write web directions article
• Check car registration
• Midtown Centre induction

July 18

• Finish off basic version of drives section for Rose Harbour

July 15

• Finalise ABN/payment/invoicing stuff
• Call mechanic, get Claire fixed again

July 14

Walk to bookstore, try to find:

• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
• What My Bones Know
• Note for Karin, to get GP to keep prescribing Ritalin (looks like Rhys has already done this, woohoo)
• Coles order (need tissues, toilet paper, meals, snacks)

July 13

Shoppp:

• Air freshener
• AAA battery

July 8

Budget spreadsheet notes/ideas

• Consider moving contents insurance to separate apartment saver
• Consider separate Bills and Subscriptions savers/auto covers/auto transfers (big repeating expenses vs little repeating expenses. The advantage is that the little ones don’t need to be saving money. Can get a better idea of whether we are successfully saving for the big bills before they arrive.)

July 4

Talking with Steph, notes on Ben confrontation

• I don’t really wanna be here having this conversation but I’m seeing hurt feelings happening and I want to talk about it
• Establish that things aren’t good enough around the home.
• First try diplomatic angle: what do we need to better support?
• Bottom line: at age 22 with a good job and girlfriend, one is getting too old to be doing everything purely out of trauma responses.
• Why we are doing this conversation: people are being hurt. And also it’ll hurt you in the long run to keep doing this. You can’t keep making people feel sorry for you and fixing shit on your behalf.

Lifeline: where wives are made

July 3

Tax return

• nab shares paperwork (need to know the number of shares issues and price. Also document showing the sale with the profit made on the shares)

• Rio have until end of July to file their tax stuff with ato

• Private health stuff

• work from home record. Diary of hours, template from ITP

• Rental income from my place would need to be reported. Otherwise nothing.

• Build bed, purchase linen

• Put posters up (or get rid of them)

• Finish putting receipts up on the wall

• Bloods for Rhys

• Apply for passport

• Think about Women in Digital thing WID Awards - Women In Digital

• Vacuuming the floors would be nice

• Look into why Dashwork isn’t working anymore. Did I shut it down? Can any of my old docs from there be translated into Rose Harbour stuff?

• Think about ways to reach out to Melbourne family more. Should I write to the kids? Should I email Col/Linda/Maggie/Allan?

July 1

Triple R application notes from dad

More punch in the first paragraph. Don’t need to spell out name. Express interest first and jump into it quickly.

More ambiguity around what my current hours are at Rio Tinto. Probably don’t have to worry about conflict of interest.

June 22

• Dad valley walk plan thing

June 17

• Consider getting a blood pressure monitor, check once every 3 months

Vyvance side effects:

• Similar ritalin
• Mood effects greater
• Can cause anxiety

Avoid magnesium and vitamin C within 5 hours of ingesting the vyvance

Worth checking out family history of Bipolar I or sctizofrenia

Coffee, Karin frowns upon coffee consumption while on the meds

Karin transitioning to retirement

• Share music with Brodie

• Shopping trip for food

• [-] Hair trip potentially

• [-] Get nails done

• Plan for the rest of the week (nails, going out on Friday, plans for airport on Saturday)

June 16

• [-] Pathology with Brodie

June 15

Shopping

• Apple
• Tim tam
• Cracker and cheese
• Whatever else takes my fancy as a dinner snack treat

June 14

• Play with Astro
• [-] Consider switching to Affinity for photos. Something else for video..
• Check out Queen Victoria Women’s Centre
• Museum of Desire
• Biba Hair Academy (recommended by Dangerfield gay with cool hair)

June 13

• JAWS + zoom text accessibility tool

Connections with Elly:

Potato X - One week X - Closing time Rod Iris Dog Water bottle X - Too close

June 11

• Call Omega Mind and pre-pay for Karin Fulls appointment

Shopping:

• Chips quick cook or blue air fryer brand
• Paper towel
• Water bottle
• Milk 2L
• Eggs

June 10

• Fix up money for final week before getting paid (need to get the cash out of credit so we can keep living as per normal - thanks Claire!)
• Pump tyres and check Elly’s car
• Drive thru ice cream snack

June 8th

• [-] See if I can super glue the knome back together (I’d still like to give it as a gift but don’t have time to fix it right now)
• Look at money stuff again (need to make sure there’s enough pulled out of credit cards to cover mortgage and bills after the latest car incident)

June 7

• Swap keyboards for travel
• Pack bag, make sure I’ve got nice dresses and warm clothes for cold Melbourne weather
• Do a half day for TGH, at least make some progress there
• Tidy up house for time away (put clothes away, bins and dishwasher)
• Remind dad about phone charger I left in the kitchen
• Finish gifts for Elly and Brodie (do I wrap them?)
• Second charger for backpack
• [-] Shave legs maybe if there’s time (not urgent but it’d be nice!)
• [-] Everything shower
• Download media for plane (West Wing, favourite Dr Who episodes maybe or last bits of Andor I haven’t seen yet)

June 4

Trying to organise thoughts and plans for the next few days, so it’s big task list time

• [-] Clown core concert
• [-] Cohen shopping hangout
• Suncorp money stuff
• Commbank credit application
• Take music stuff and clean clothes etc back to apartment
• Get ready for flying to Melbourne
• Pack bag
• Shave?
• Do nails? I kinda wanna be pretty while I’m down there

June 1

Springbrook hike! (what a fucking disaster)

• Park at the Canyon Lookout
• Take aeroguard for leeches
• Long socks, sketchers shoes
• Coat from garage
• Backup clothes?
• Towel?
• Sandwiches
• Pack music things to take to the rose garden

May 29

Lulu Notes

• Lunch time: third of a bowl of freezie meat
• Dinner: third of a can of my dog
• Each night: eye drops, very easy, she doesn’t see it coming anymore, can’t feel anything there anyway
• She can’t chew very well so any food needs to be chopped up
• Wash towels and mop floor every few days, she’s a messy eater and the door needs to be open all the time so the laundry is very exposed

JB Hi Fi gift card for ben amount: $200

May 28

Car service notes

Hi Natalie, During your service today It was noted that you require a new 

• Air filter.90
• Cabin filter.95
• Fuel treatment50
• Rocker cover and gasket is leaking oil replacement.1473
• Do you have codes relating to your upstream? O2 sensors require replacement?809
• Your engine mount on the left-hand side is leaking require replacement.478
• Rear and right tail light is the likely cause of the water leaking into boot as the seals are bad and a eroded.387

Your steering and suspension is all okay. We could not replicate the whistling noise. One key working in ignition other key works fine. Please see a locksmith to do with the issue with the key. If you wish to proceed with any or all of the above total is 3772 Please advise on how you wish to proceed. Kind regards, Jacqueline. Lemans motors Woolloongabba

Non-optional items:

• Air filter. $90
• Cabin filter. $95
• Fuel treatment $50
• Do you have codes relating to your upstream? O2 sensors require replacement? $809
• Your engine mount on the left-hand side is leaking require replacement. $478
• Rear and right tail light is the likely cause of the water leaking into boot as the seals are bad and a eroded. $387

The fact that apparently nothing is wrong with the suspension is absolutely insane. I guess I have to check the wheel alignment

• Book Claire in for wheel alignment
• Call Holdsworth - do I need to book appointment for psych referral update?
• Do new referral for the psychiatrist, June 17 appt

May 25

• Journal about Kassius first date
• Lock thing for keys
• Buy Northlane ticket
• Buy new shower hanger thing to fit all my girly shower products
• Do more apartment wall hanging stuff
• Rebook Rhys
• Piano stool thing from 27 Jerome
• Scented something or incense to make apartment smell nice
• Mozzie coils or some such insect repellent
• Find out if Karin Fulls appointment can be tele health
• Contemplate alternative to Chrome so that I can have adblock but still have separate browser environments for different subcontracting clients (this may turn out to be impossible)
• Contemplate switching to youtube music instead of spotify (better on tv, might be able to save on subscription)
• Think about gift for Kassius birthday
• Pay Lexi for ticket
• Pay old housemates for electricity

May 24

• Watch The Way Up
• Grocery shopping
• [-] Write about what’s been going on lately (not just for today, more like a last-few-months snapshot)
• Sort out money perhaps?
• Buy new keyboard for desk perhaps

In terms of money stuff.. there are still a large number of expenses that I am putting off/stressing about because of the fact that I don’t have enough cashflow overlap to just do them now. If these things were to come up in 6 months’ time (such as the car service) I would have managed to save up for them. But because I need to service the car now, it is suffering and pain and death.

May 18

Kassius website ideas

• Storm map with N and K systems
• Incident log, jokes
• Time to initial impact
• Rainbow following the cursor

May 16

• Get hormones
• Pack bags for Sydney
• Clean apartment
• Eat
• Wash car
• [-] Vacuum car
• Wash car

May 10

House deco shopping ideas for gay toys:

Kmart party section Kmart fidget toy section Big W children’s toy section Anklets

Shopping:

• Mayo

• Body wash

• [-] Air wick

• Toilet paper

• Paper towel

May 7

• [-] Reschedule dentist for +2 weeks
• Donate to dad’s walk fundraiser to compensate for the A/C repair
• Contact RTA, try to sort out bond issues as Lilly St and Ormadale Rd
• Coles order
• Sort emails from house stuff
• Update repeat payments in Up
• Check money stuff, make sure home loan and bills and everything will work (probably will need to borrow money from Steph)
• Update email address with laser clinics australia
• Pay Lexi for clown core

May 2

• Think about portable car repair kit
  • Battery charger
  • Tyre pressure air pump/checker
  • Puncture repair kit
• Vote
• [-] Do nails
• Clean fridge
• Clean dishes
• [-] Buy paper towel
• Buy election snacks
• Vacuum apartment
• Practical stuff for election night viewing party
• Make sure TV can receive broadcast
• Scheduling for Saturday
• Confirm everything with Ty
• [-] Confirm everything with housemates
• Probably need to message Amaya and explain the mess I’m in and why I can’t come to her birthday party even though I would love to 😭

May 1

Random purchase ideas I need to prioritise

• WonderBoom 4, USB C charging
• Computer speakers that are smaller and also more than only 50% functional
• Photo scanner from mum and dad
• Maybe a printer?

Purchase bucket or ice cream tub that can be used for if sick Also hot water bottle Heat packs Cold packs

April 28

Shopping

• Dish stick scrubbing pads

• TP

• Mayo

• Snack/bakery treat/sweet drink

• Vote for Tyde in qube effect

April 26

• Look up True OCD

April 22

• [-] Set up weekly money things for Up, update budget with (temporary) home loan amount that was accepted
• Maybe visit the bank?
• Pick up keys from Roslyn

Super glue, window cleaning, wipes, garbage bag, bench cleaning, masks

To do at the house.

• Windows
• Carpet stain
• Blinds
• Clean laundry
• Do weeds
• Sweep
• Signs and rubbish in the bin
• Light switch
• Bidet

April 21

• Ikea / bunnings trip for curtains and window things
• Think about purchases I want

Upcoming purchases / moneys out:

• Compact camera $1500
• Dishwasher repair $500 max
• Desktop speakers
• Sell PRS $800 maybe?

Ikea curtain rod measurements

Kitchen window: 180cm Balcony door: 210cm (already purchased) Bedroom window: 245cm

• PADDFOT curtain rod finals

Current two pink curtain dimensions: 145 x 250cm (ANNAKAJSA)

• Look at ikea dining tables as well
• Look at ikea rugs as well, could be 200 by 170

Bunnings:

• Something to screw into concrete with?
• Window tint magic paper stuff
• Maybe garbage bin/recycling?
• Step ladder of some kind

April 20

• Journal catchup stuff

Events for Kass

Oki so I just invited you to an election night thing on Fb. I’ve also got a spare ticket to see Snarky Puppy (favourite contemporary jazz band) May 15th at Fortitude Music Hall Finally I’m in Naarm for a tech conference June 11-13. I’ll drive down so it’s no extra cost and easy if you want to tag along at all?

Sydney plan with dad

Opera house tour maybe

Fish and chips Watsons Bay

Dinner somewhere

April 18

Today:

• Shops and chemist visit
• [-] Bloods for hormone consult next week
• Self care? Shave, skincare

Shopping list

• Hormones (prog/estradiol)
• ADHD meds
• Toilet paper
• More dishes cleaning thing
• Fruit / snack
• Meat

April 17

• Buy those concert tickets/send money to Lexi
• Figure out home loan nonsense that’s going on right now
• Maybe buy another Casio watch?
• Think about compact cameras

April 15

• Shannon (friend of Charlie) burnt out clutch, part ordered, needs mechanic Eight Mile Plains

Ormadale Rd again

1. Paper trail around our attempted to reconcile + uncooperative behaviour
2. Do we need to do anything else to solidify our position
3. Talk thru the actions we’re thinking about taking

April 11

• Fix door stopper situation

April 10

Ty needs to leave. Physical assault and threats, disruptive behaviour.

When David is back?

Options for removing Ty?

Contact rental union.

Follow up about maintenance request. Upstairs kitchen tap and laundry tap only has hot water and not cold. Laundry sink leaking.

Big risks right now

• The owners find out there are 5 people
• Rent is fine
• Ty could damage the house

Options after RTA call

1. Drop Ty’s shit out on the street
2. Trick Ty into leaving voluntarily (either leaving the lease or trick them into thinking we are all moving out)

Hey all - just a warning about someone in the community who goes by the name Ty. They live with my brother and sister and we are currently taking steps to remove them from the house due to violence.

1. A housemate was physically attacked by Ty
2. The cops have been called to the house to due Ty’s aggressive outbursts and behaviour
3. Threats are being made daily to the safety of household members

At every stage we’ve taken painful care to deescalate the situation, including trying to support them whilst they deal with what is obviously a severe mental health crisis. Ty has abused and manipulated everyone involved now to the point where seeking their removal is the most reasonable option for everyone’s safety.

This person has a violent history that we’ve only just been learning about, including a prior DVO as well as a grievous bodily harm charge.

If you know this person or see them around please be aware. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it a lot.

Love you all x

April 9

Shopping list

• Milk
• Bread
• Snack/drinky
• Oven tray
• Fruit
• Meals

April 8

• Get back to dad about plans for walking next week and garden stuff on Thursday
• Sponsor dad in Bloody Long walk as refund for Claire’s air conditioning repair while we were in Melbourne

April 5

Big drive plan

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2xxu3aC54hFh7X4K7?g_st=ic

1. Home
2. Ban Ban Springs
3. Marborough
4. Bunya mountains
5. Home

April 4

• Make sure zoom Carwash is in the money spreadsheet

March 31

• Do admin stuff for mum and dad Sydney trip
• [-] Write about the playwright
• Easter annual leave
• Dad casino walk April 16 and 17
• Dad trailer run April 7th, cardboard
• Photo of blue wall
• Paint tin photo
• [-] Passport photos and application by April 4
• Update debt/receipts/etc in money spreadsheet for end of month
• [-] Figure out why commbank is charging a late fee for my payments which are going in weekly. Maybe they need to be monthly instead? Answer: I think the interval of weekly payments aren’t lining up with the monthly expectation of the credit card statement. In future I should put money aside in a savings account but then pay the full amount manually before the due date to make sure we don’t get hit for this over and over. This way we are checking that everything is good instead of just blindly putting money into accounts. It would also help to read the fucking credit card statements that are sent out each month.

Message for David property manager regarding Ty:

Morning David,

Just writing to let you know that the police were called to our place tonight regarding an escalating conflict that has been occurring over the last two weeks. In this time, our housemate Ty has become unstable and antagonistic to everyone else in the house. This has included violent attacks and threats to try to destabilise our housing situation.

We are doing the best we can to manage the situation ourselves - however with police being called and neighbours being bothered due to these further escalations - I’d like to discuss any external options we may have to help the situation.

I am happy to provide further details, including the police report from the incident, if required.

This is obviously a stressful situation for everyone involved however I just want to affirm that myself, Steph, and Charlie, are committed to resolving this as peacefully as possible.

Any questions or concerns please let me know.

Regards, Ben

March 30

• Backfill journal for the last week

March 29

• Online grocery order
• Finally go through and clean up all the house purchase emails
• Start thinking about pixel art with the prog and estradiol boxes, notes are available here Estrogen Pixel Art
• Book in for Spicers Gap camping April 18-21

March 26

• Claire to mechanic

March 25

• Call Mechanic - Claire’s headlights need to be fixed asap but also as cheaply as possible
• Get passport photos taken
• Book in passport lodging at post office
• Buy body wash
• Buy paper towel

March 24

TW: sexual assault

Update re Isaac Downs - I’ve received report of another person who experienced sexually coercive behaviour as well as manipulation and social isolation after the romantic encounter ended.

The person in question wishes to remain anonymous but I can provide more detail upon request.

This is a clear pattern and cannot be ignored.

March 23

TW: sexual assault

An ex-partner of Isaac Downs has come forward about behaviour we should all acknowledge and take seriously. Isaac is a rapist and an abuser who leaves behind a trail of destruction wherever they go.

I’m really grateful for Lydia sharing publicly what happened to them. Please dm if you want any further details. Currently absolutely heartbroken for them and anyone else who’s been hurt by this individual. 💔

March 21

• Ikea?
• [-] Officeworks to do passport stuff?

March 20

• As soon as this current pay lands I need to separate the funds for the home loan, from there everything else is secondary. It’ll be tricky paying rent at the same time!

March 19

• Karin Fulls catchup
• Get drugs and maybe pick up a couple of the JB Hi Fi things (mouse pad, CAT6 cables) afterwards
• Message Julia about picking up the Fridge
• Check money stuff. Check when first home loan payment is due and whether the frequency adjustment applies before or after the first payment at April 10th.

Music room dining table: 70 x 140

March 14

• Put these notes into my journal

Dad talking about stuff in the car:

Christmas Day 1987, dad’s first TKD 1988 hard time at work, took off up the Newell Hwy

Random Sydney trip with friend (camping, I think) Fired kinda by accident Applied for jobs and had three offers in a week

First week at AMP, it was a Cadet Developer position, but the team was as bit busy when he joined. So someone said to him, “hey, this new “

March 13

• Vacuum car so that it’s nice for Melbourne trip
• Wash car
• Buy oil top ups for Claire
• [-] Check tyre pressures
• Purchase mould cleaning stuff
• [-] See if it’s possible to lodge the passport application before leaving for Melbourne
• Pack for Melbourne
• Vacuum the sharehouse
• Check with Julia, make cleaning and final exit plan

March 12

• Movie night
• Write to Elly/Brodie to finalise Melbourne plans
• Contact Josh about maybe having a drink while we’re in Melbourne
• Check in with mum about the Nanna furniture
• [-] Call mum about broken iMessages
• Check in with work stuff, I was meant to chat to Tristan about a react-query issue and forgot!
• Garbage/recycling bin from Matthew
• Start updating addresses on things
• Bother dad about the money I need
• [-] Call Josh
• Visit doctor (I might have a throat infection)
• Visit Mr Minnit - copy the house key and get new car key batteries

March 11

• Start thinking about all the house setup stuff
• Check with solicitor about the invoice that I paid but shouldn’t have
• Contact Ben, ask if he is available to move furniture Wednesday
• Contact Julia about fridge and microwave
• Grab all my kitchen stuff from the sharehouse, some of it will be unwashed and/or upstairs
• Update home loan payment frequency
• Think about where to store pay whilst waiting for repayments. Do I put my whole pay in a separate account and only pay fixed amounts into Up and the home loan?
• Check out https://mysteryflights.com.au/

March 10

• Check out SBC pump drama, W211 extended warranty
• Collect keys from real estate for 6/29 Lilly St!

House Packing:

• Random loose stuff: desk, dresser, shelves, TV, bedside table(s),
• Shelf boxes and junk into boxes
• Bag of plushie toys
• Paintings/posters in bag
• Clothes in bags
• Daily stuff in handbag or travel case
• Bathroom stuff
• Kitchen stuff
• Instruments into cases

Other tasks:

• Electricity connected to 6/29 Lilly St
• Take Wi-Fi router

Later in the process tasks:

• Take down the curtains
• Take down the LED lights
• Take down mirror and wall mount
• Remove final bits of attachment components on walls (nails, thumbtacks, blue tack, tape, hooks)

March 9

Happy birthday dad!

• Ask dad to put Claire’s nice carpets into his car for when he comes to Stones Corner tomorrow
• Chocolatex] Pack boxes and clothes and stuff for moving house tomorrow!!!
• Pack power pack and torches for Kaylee as well

Shopping for Kaylee:

• Shapes
• Cookies
• Chocolate
• My special body wash
• Big garbage bags for moving clothes during this weather