🙃 Five day long weekend and now I have to go to work. The highs and lows.

I didn’t know how much I’d been missing Jatz with smoked butter and anchovy in my life, until I had it at lunch yesterday.

Two Jatz biscuits sitting on a small white serving plate. The biscuits have a small amount of smoked butter in the middle with a large anchovy wrapped around the butter.

The menu and view for a degustation lunch at ‘Oncore by Clare Smyth’ on the 26th floor of the Sydney Crown building today. Apart from these 7 dishes there was a starter and finish course as well. Four hours, so full, so good.

A menu listing seven courses of a meal with a green card across the bottom with “Oncore by Clare Smyth” on it.A view from the west looking towards the Sydney Harbour bridge and Opera House.

Dymocks in the Sydney CBD has a good selection of pens and ink and I really shouldn’t be allowed in there. Accidentally bought a Kaweco Iguana Blue AL Sport fountain pen. Will use cartridges for this one so picked up up some Herbin Vert Empire (Empire Green) at the same time. 🖋️

A metallic aqua green aluminium fountain pen with gold sitting on top of a brass coloured metal case. The case has “Kaweco” in large blue font and “Germany since 1883” in a smaller black type. A small cylindrical container  with “Vert Empire” on it sits behind.

📽️ Thanks to the pandemic I haven’t been to the Sydney Film Festival since 2019. Rectifying that with two films tonight. 🍿

✈️ Bag is packed and near the front door. So keen for a little trip away for a few days.

Out of office set.

Engaging extended long weekend mode. 🍸

See you next Tuesday desk.

A square sign sitting on a desk. The image says “Current mood:” and then in larger font underneath “Chill”. A blue whimsical emoji face is below that.

Increasingly unhappy with the way a particular area of the organisation I work at has taken to responding to important queries by calling rather than replying to an email.

Almost like they don’t want you citing the email when a different person from the same area gives contradictory advice later.🤔

📖 Winding down the weekend with a book, a glass of red wine and the cat curled up snoring against my leg. 10/10

I have a list of things I intended to do today but now I’ve done the ‘must do’ items I’m inclined to abandon the rest.

My brain needs some downtime and an overcast winters day is perfect for doing the ironing while watching a movie. The repetition is quietly calming, well it is for this weirdo.