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Exciting Bathroom Renovations

The designers presented the bathroom designs to us this morning. The designs are absolutely perfect! It’s like they took everything that we said on the site meetup extremely seriously, and then really went away to conceptualise a space that would be practical, functional and aesthetically pleasing. I’m absolutely over the moon.

My parents, who are paying for the whole thing, were also very happy. They said they had no changes or problems with the layout and gave the renovators and designers the go-ahead to commence the bathroom renovations. Close to Melbourne in the suburbs surrounding the CBD, renovators are really busy. We actually got so lucky that we contacted these designers and renovators the day that a project ended. Their next scheduled project isn’t for another month, and so they said they could get it all done before their next project commences. How awesome!

Now that we’ve approved the design, their incredible team are going to buy all the fixtures and fittings and then come back. They estimate that within the next three weeks we will have a completely new bathroom. I honestly can’t wait. 

I know I’m greedy, but I wonder if once we have our new bathroom, my parents would be open to getting bathroom laundry renovations. In the Melbourne area, it’s very popular to have a laundry that is also a powder room. That way there’s a spare toilet for guests away from our private bathrooms. My family have personally never had one because we don’t really have spare funds to do renovations whenever we want, but now that we’re already getting a renovation done, maybe we can chuck another one in afterwards for good measure. 

I might wait a little longer before bringing this up with my parents. Hopefully, once they see how incredible our brand new bathroom is, they’re overcome with the love of the renovation process and are keen to do some more renovations.

Explaining the clavicle

‘Clavicle’ is simply the medical term given to the ‘collarbone’. In people who are thin, the clavicle will often be visible beneath the skin. While it might seem like this bone is useless and only exists for structuring purposes, the clavicle actually has three main functions.

The first is attaching the upper limb to the trunk to create the shoulder girdle. The second function is to protect neurovascular structures. The third is to transmit force from the upper limb through to the axial skeleton. The bone is rather slender and follows an ‘S’ shape. It has two ends, the sternal and the acromial. The area between these two ends is referred to as the shaft. Pain with shoulder movement, swelling tenderness, bruising, grinding noises, and stiffness are just some of the symptoms of clavicle fracture. Fixation is the term that is given to the surgical procedure used to repair fractures within the clavicle. If you notice any of these symptoms then you need to see a doctor right away. If you delay diagnosis and treatment this will severely impede on the process for your clavicle to properly heal. 

When surgeons talk about ‘fractures’, they’re basically referring to a bone that has been broken. In order for broken bones to heal properly, the bones must be held in their correct position to prevent further injury. The body, being the wonderful thing it is, will know if there is a fracture and will immediately begin the healing process by forming a blood clot around the fracture. The bone cells on either side of the fracture will then begin to grow towards each other to close the break. If the fracture is severe, this is when a surgeon will need to step in and operate. 
Some of the tools used in repairing a clavicle fracture are also used by specialists for scapula fracture fixation in the Melbourne CBD. Where possible bones will be held together with a cast to promote healing. When this is not possible, like in the clavicle, the surgeon will need to readjust the bones to encourage them to grow towards each other.

Stronger Car Repairman

Welcome back everyone, I’m Moe Bile and I’m here today with Ty Re. Before we get to the start of the competition, how cool were those ads? They were so perfectly tailored to the competition. I really liked watching the mechanic who did the brake repair. Which ad was your favourite, Ty?

Oh, I liked all of them, Moe! It seems like every expert car mechanic in the Brighton area chose to advertise their business in that one ad break. And you know what? I’m all for it. I mean it makes sense that they’re advertising during the Travelling Car Competition. Our audience is obviously very interested in cars and car repairs. Why not advertise directly to your target market?

Okay, woah Ty. I was after your opinion on the best ad, I don’t want all your marketing jargon and neither does the audience.

Sorry Moe. Sometimes I slip back into my marketing degree, which for the people wondering at home, used to be my profession until I got into commentating. But enough about me, the competition is about to start! 

Oh I can hardly contain myself, Ty! Who do you think will be Brighton’s big winner? 

I think it would have to be Patrick. I mean, look at the muscles on him. I think he’d be the best at car repairs. Near Brighton there don’t seem to be too many contenders. I mean, only five people qualified for today’s competition, down from fifteen people last year.

You think Patrick, really? Surely Mitch is the standout. He’s six foot six and built like a truck. He looks like he could be bigger than the actual truck we’ve got lined up for the next state’s contestants. I’m putting all my money on him.

We’re not allowed to bet on the competition, Moe! Surely you know that? Anyway, the competition is about to start. We’ll reflect on how it went at the end.

Tiresome tyre trouble

Why are cars such a burden at times? I picked up my car from the mechanic just three days ago, only to be sending it back tomorrow. Early today I was driving and I must have run over some nails or something sharp that has pierced not only one but two of my wheels. I’ve never had a tyre puncture but somehow it has to happen within days of getting my car back. I’m crossing my fingers that this doesn’t mean I’m going to be car-less, again.

My mechanic is the most recommended Preston tyre repair mechanic so hopefully, he will be able to get the job done quickly. It’s funny before I drove off the other day he cracked a joke and said ‘hope to not see you soon’. I feel like he’s cursed me by saying this because lo and behold, he’s seeing me sooner than ever. No doubt he’ll be smiling on the inside as it means more commission for him. Maybe I’ll joke back and say that he set my tyres up for failure! Then again, it’s probably best that I say nothing as I don’t want to give him any ideas.


The upside of the mechanic already seeing my car only days ago is that it won’t need a car service. I just hope I’ll have the car back by Friday. I’ve been on four dates with this lovely lady and every day I’ve had to tell her that my car is still with the mechanic. Just the other day I was ranting and raving about how I’ll get my car back soon and we can go on a drive together. She made a joke saying that she was relieved to hear that I was getting my car back as she was starting to think that I was just pretending that I had a car. I really hope she doesn’t get put off when I tell her my car is with the mechanic… again.

Overdue for a Catch-Up

My cousin – let’s call her Nelly – has always been very outgoing. I would describe her as a classic extrovert, with a solid dose of self-awareness to temper the parade of sociable energy that’s forever streaming out of her. We went to the same primary school, and I remember her being known throughout the whole school for her loud, fun-loving personality.

Nelly has carried these positive personality traits into adulthood, and now has a great job managing an international NGO. So I was surprised to learn, recently, that she has not been doing so well. It was actually her sister who passed on to me that Nelly is receiving treatment for depression and anxiety at a Mornington Peninsula psychiatry clinic.

When I reflected on it, I realised that I had been aware of Nelly’s propensity toward excessive stress and worry. Despite her class clown persona, she was always a bit of a perfectionist with schoolwork. At uni, she never allowed fun with friends to take priority over studying, which meant she did insanely well at the expense of other things that have always been very important to her – primarily, having a social life.

I remember her health going a bit haywire at that time, too, mostly due to sleep problems that developed into insomnia. According to her sister, that’s been a recurring problem, especially since she got this job. It’s kind of her dream position, which I guess is making her put an unreasonable amount of stock in doing it flawlessly.

Anyway, I think I might ask her over for dinner and see if she wants to talk about it. I know tons of people who’ve been through similar things, so talking about it doesn’t make me uncomfortable at all. I mean, honestly – who hasn’t had a brush with some form psychological service, Mornington? Part of me wonders why Nelly didn’t tell me herself.

Then again, it’s been a while since we had a proper catch-up… has it really been over a year? That’s on both of us, but it’s clearly time to get back in touch.