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