#Journal of a still sore Dutch AuDHD Pixy  (Sunday, 19/04/2026).

Even though I had gone to bed in time, and I was tired enough, I still had a broken up night. I woke up several times, both due to pain, and to use the loo. When the alarm told me that it was time to get up, I’d gotten about 7½ hours of sleep in total. Which isn’t bad at all. But because it was broken up in several shorter bits, I didn’t feel as rested as I hoped I would. The scale was it’s usual grumpy self. So, I got dressed, I took my meds, I packed my bag, and… I went to Skoosh so we could skedaddle towards the gym.

We arrived safe and sound. I checked up on my social bits and bops while I enjoyed my protein shake. After that, I headed to the recumbent bike, so I could start my ride. I followed it with a short walk on the treadmill. Then, after a nice massage in the chair, I switched my shoes, and I got ready to head back home again.

I washed up, and I got to the couch. Joke had shared about 60 pics and some vids of the puppies first real outing. They’d gone to the vet the previous day. But now, Joke and her partner took the puppies and the 3 adults to the closed off outdoor puppy play pen, where all the dogs had a wonderful time! So, I tried to get descriptions for all the pictures, but it was a lot of work, so I didn’t manage to finish them all just yet. And, Stefan, one of the other new puppy pawrents, he had shared a lot of pictures of his visit as well. All in all there were about 100 new images to work with. I did upload them all, but I didn’t manage to give all of them a description just yet.

I worked on my blog a bit as well. And I tried to make a new animation of Koa for my emoji pack. Then, I updated some books on my Kobo. I went upstairs to ride the bike for a bit. And I went out for a short walk. Then, I tried to read for a bit… After a little while, I grabbed some cart board boxes, and I adjusted them so they could fit in my cupboards. Slowly preparing to secure the lower items, so they can (hopefully) be safe from exploring little, but sharp, puppy teeth…

I also tried to add some extra pins into the root fabric, as it was a bit too loose, which I noticed when we got some heavier winds during a short but heavy rain period. I didn’t manage to get all the pins in alright, there are so many stones and waste in the ground, and my hands struggled as well. But, it should be more secure for now.

When I was working on the pins, the neighbor and the sweet black 🖤 fluff came by, so I got ready to head out for walkies, with the additional cuddles and snacks, of course. I tried to add some more pins when I got back, but the weather went to rain, to even more rain. So I abandoned that, and I quickly went inside.

I relaxed for a short while, and then I got ready to head to bed. It took a while before the extra painkiller kicked in so I could be comfy enough to fall asleep. But, when I did doze off, I slept for over 7 hours in one go! Which is quite something for me… Of course, when I woke up, I was sore as heck, and it was a struggle to get to the loo in time. I got to the scale, grumble, and then I got dressed, so I was ready to start my “day”.

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Gravity is, by comparison to say the Strong nuclear force that stops you slipping inelagantly thru the chair your sitting in, the weakest of the forces in the Standard Model … the fact that you can spit a dead rat any distance at all is proof of hpw weak it is. However it seems that there is a weaker force in the Universe :-

“Belief is a force. It’s a weak force, by comparison with gravity; when it comes to moving mountains, gravity wins every time.”
― Terry Pratchett, Pyramids

Right I believe it is time to go & do a few more missions in Elite Dangerous to try & raise enuf cash for another Alliance Cheiftain … I really miss that ship!

Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, I hope you’re well & safe! 😊🫶🖖

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#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

Sunday, my favourite day of the week.

It’s bright & sunny here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire although it’s deceptive, with temperatures not expected to top 11ºC.

There will be more Elite Dangerous today, but no other plans.

Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖

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#Journal of a sore Dutch AuDHD Pixy  (Saturday, 18/04/2026).

After a short night, where I did get some OK sleep, when I finally dozed off, but not as much as I hoped, I got up to start my “day”. The scale was his annoyingly self again. I got dressed, I took my meds, which were very much welcome (especially the painkillers, as my shoulder was trying to kill me in some ways), and I packed my bag. I got ready to head to Skoosh, and together we skedaddled towards the gym.

We arrived safe and sound. I switched my shoes, and then checked my social bits while I enjoyed my protein shake. I got to the recumbent bike, and I rode it for a while, until my leg started to tingle a bit. I didn’t walk on the treadmill, as I was planning on walking to the DHL parcel vault this night, to retrieve my new photo album for Koa. After a first massage in the chair, I started it a second time… 😇Then, I switched my shoes, and got ready to head home.

Skoosh and I went to Schaijk first, to pick up my meds. And again, I got a smaller package than I expected, so something was wrong, again! 😞When I got home, and I could check the meds, they had changed one of my meds again. I’ve been taking it for many years now, it helps me. I have gone down to two a day of them. And now, they changed it to me not being allowed to take it every day anymore. They gave me a total of 15 pills for a period of 30 days! I was so angry and upset! I know they want to prevent the abuse of painkillers. But, I have gone down so much already. And I know that when I take less, I can’t properly function, because the pain just interferes too much. I have never asked for more meds, heavier meds, except after the second surgery, when the hematoma and edema were causing so much pain. And now, they cut me down with so much, without even discussing it with me.

So, when I was done ranting to myself, I got the GP app, and I tried to write a long, but polite, text to my GP, where I asked for something to replace the meds I am not allowed as much anymore. Because I am still struggling with my chronic pain, my leg still hasn’t fully healed, and my hand is hurting more (and me needing surgery for that). I explained that I was already at my bare minimum, and if she wants me to keep functional, she needs to get me a suitable replacement then. I am not abusing my meds, I only abused meds once in my life, when I tried to OD on sleeping pills. But I can’t “just” take the meds they want to shove into everyone, paracetamol, because that makes me sick like hell, and it gives me the worst migraines on top of it. And I can’t take naproxen either, as we found out after my second surgery last year, as I was getting the worst eczema and bad sores in my mouth and throat. I am just so annoyed… I know the rules, I know the risks of addiction. But my meds have been stable for over 10 years, and they help me to function as much as possible. Why do they want to take that away from me? 😭

When I was done with my message to the GP, I got my tablet and the printed pictures, and I tried to sort the Koa pictures in the right order. When that was done, I unpacked the photo album, and I worked as neatly as I could to add all the pictures to it in a nice way. When I was finally done, I made myself some brekkie. Then, I got my laptop, and finally wrote my journal toot. I had two more ideas for new Koa animations, based on an image that I previously used. And, I managed to create two new GIF images that way. Then, I put away the laptop, and I relaxed with some telly for a while.

After a little while, the weather was nice enough, and I wanted to stretch my legs a bit. So, I headed out, and I followed the new path they made this week for a bit. After a little stroll, I got back home, I got some food, and relaxed a bit. Then, I went into the garden, and I tried to add some more metal pins into the root fabric, so it would stay in place better (and hopefully be less attractive to Koa to “check it out” 😇). When that was done, I got upstairs, and I tried to ride the bike for a bit.

After that, my body hated me again, so I headed back to the couch, and I relaxed with some more TV. The neighbor texted me that they would not be going out for a walkies at the usual time. So, after some more relaxing, I got ready to head to bed, as I was a bit tired after the shorter, and broken, nights.

I headed to bed, but needed an extra painkiller to be able to get comfortable enough to fall asleep. Still, I woke up several times. I did see that Joke shared a lot of pictures, as she’d taken the pups on their first outing to a real outdoor doggy play pen! So much fun! When I woke up again, I saw that one of the new pawrents had shared some more pictures of their visit. And then, I woke once more for the loo. When I woke up again, it was due to the alarm making noise. Even though I had woken up several times, I did get some sleep. According to my watch, I had about 7½ hours of sleep, so not too bad at all. I got up, and I started my “day”.

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

Captain Vimes was somewhat reluctantly promoted to Commander of the Watch. ONe of the things he was most reluctant about was his dress armour & I know how he feels! :-

“He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

Right, after a sequence of events best not dwelt upon I have had to start from scratch in Elite Dangerous … hey ho, now to try & make all that dosh again!

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

Saturday - which started stupidly early because A) it was soooo sunny & bright! & B) next door thought hoovering up at 7am was considerate of others!

The hoovering has stopped thankfully but so has the sun which is less welcome.

No plans for today above doing my chores … I’d go to the gym but I’m guessing it will be insanely busy of a weekend!

Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖

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#Journal of an aching Dutch AuDHD Pixy  (Friday, 17/04/2026).

I had a short night. I had trouble falling asleep, I had trouble staying asleep, so when I finally got up again, my watch told me I had only gotten about 5¼ hours of sleep. And, I had gone to bed with a pain in my left shoulder, which, unfortunately, had not gotten any better during my short sleep. Which was not a good thing, as I would need that shoulder to cooperate with me, when bestie, and I would be working on the back garden. So, I got up, gave the scale a nasty look, and I got dressed. I took my meds, packed my bag, and then I got to Skoosh, so we could skedaddle to the gym.

I checked up on the social bits, while I enjoyed my protein shake. My shoulder muscles were not happy with me, and they hurt with the silliest things, like trying to blow my nose properly! It was so weird… I got to the recumbent bike, rode it for a while, and then I got to the treadmill for a short walk. But, my leg and back were not overly enthusiastic, and I wanted to save some spoons, as I would walk to the store, and work in the garden, later today. So, after a nice massage, I switched my shoes, and Skoosh and I skedaddled back home again.

I washed up, got to the couch, and I wrote my journal toot. I worked a bit on my blog, and then I had some ideas to make an AI image. But, somehow, Gemini was not working properly, as I could not save any of the images in the 4mp quality that it usually gives me. I only got 1mp downloads, and that bummed me out after a bit. So, after trying to get the image I wanted, and struggling hard to have Gemini understand the simple prompts, and then not being able to save the images in a proper format, I just gave up. I put away the laptop, and I tried to relax for a while, while watching some telly.

I relaxed for a while, until it was time to get ready to head to the store to get some fresh buns. I got there a bit early, but they allowed me to go in earlier as well, so by the time it was 8, I was already coming out again, ready to walk home. When I got back, I tried to prepare some things, and then, I watched more telly, until bestie called me that she was just getting into town. Yay!

I waited for her at the parking. We got in, I fixed a cup of tea, and we chatted for a bit. Then, we got ready to start the hard work. And wow, that shoulder of mine was definitely not pleased with the bending and twisting and turning… But… I tried my best to do as much as I could, as I didn’t want to let down my friend, and make her do all the hard work. I know she’d definitely do more than I could, but still, I gave it all I got too. After about 2 hours, I had fixed us a nice lunch. Then, we got back at it, and we finished up as best as we could. It wasn’t perfect, and bestie had wanted to do a better job, but with the time we had, and the broken bodies… This was perfection!

Bestie got ready to head home, and I jumped in the shower for a bit. More and more muscles were hurting, and I also got a blister on my right index finger, just 10 minutes after I started the work. After the shower and a change of clothes, I got out to walk with the black 🖤 fluff. He got all his cuddles and snacks, and then I got ready to head to Cuijk for the puppy visit.

We had a good time with the pups, but I wasn't able to take any pictures, as they were definitely in fluffy piranha mode! Loads of snapping teeth, preferably in me, especially my toes! 😂We got some special Koa cuddles in, and I cuddled a bit with the others as well. Then, I wondered why my right pinkie was hurting, and when I looked at it, the bottom part was swollen, with nice blue and purple colors. I don’t know if it got bruised during the garden work, or when the big galls jumped against me, or when the pups all tried to attack me… Joke got some special cooling thingie on it, which helped to ease the pain some. Then, we helped her to weigh all the heavy balls of fluff, after they had enjoyed their meals. And then, mum and I got ready to head back home again.

I prepared everything to get ready to head to bed, as I was broken and tired enough. But my brain took some time to wind down, and my body needed some time before the pain meds kicked in. And then, I finally dozed off. I didn’t wake up again until the alarm woke me up, which gave me almost 6 hours of sleep in total. So, I got up, and I started my “day”… Still sore…

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Good evening Squirrel Fans. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing,

One of my all time favourite quotes … period :-

“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!”
Deep Thought (via Douglas Adams) — The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

In honour of 35 yo Lee (my gym instructor today) who did not know what 42 referred to!

Right off to see a man about a spaceship!

Catch you Peeps tomorrow!

I hope you’re well & safe! 😊🫶🖖

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#MorningAll & #TZAG G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

Friday & I’m up at crack of sparrow’s fart to take Mrs S to the office so I can have the car for going to the gym later.

I miss having my own car.

Right onwards & upwards!

Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day #Today ! 😊🫶🖖

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#Journal of a slightly busy Dutch AuDHD Pixy  (Thursday, 16/04/2026).

I didn’t have the best sleep. Even though I was tired enough when I went to bed, my body and brain weren’t too happy with me wanting to sleep. I was awake a while, and a few times. In the end, when I got up, I got about 6½ hours of sleep, which wasn’t too bad I guess, I just didn’t feel as rested as I hoped I would. The scale was an asshat again, and I got dressed to start my day.

After I’d taken my meds, packed my bag, and put on my shoes, I headed to Skoosh, and together we skedaddled to the gym. We arrived safe and sound, and I checked up on my socials while I enjoyed my protein shake. I got to the recumbent bike, rode it for a while, and followed it with a walk on the treadmill. After a massage in the chair, I got ready to head back to Skoosh, so we could skedaddle back home again.

When I got home, I headed upstairs, where I folded the dried laundry. Then, I rode the bike for a short while, before I headed back down again. I put away the laundry, and then, after a wash-up, I got to the couch. I grabbed my laptop, wrote my journal toot, finished a blog post, and then I tried to make some more animated images of Koa, to use with my chat apps. I am not too good with them yet, but it’s fun to try and play around with them. Especially when I am able to create something that’s even a bit nice to look at. 😇

When I was getting a slight headache, I put away the laptop, and just relaxed on the couch with some telly. I fixed my brekkie, and took things easy, before I got ready to head to Nijmegen. I filled Skoosh with my two little 5l tanks. Then, in Nijmegen, I filled up the rest of her at Tango. I got to my parent’s place, where I helped mum get ready. Then, we took their car, and we headed to Germany.

We got the groceries we needed, we had to fill up the car and tanks at another station, as our usual one had tape around the pumps, so they could not be used. Back in Nijmegen, we visited Lidl and Jumbo, before heading back to my parent’s place. I helped mum with the groceries, and then I walked with Bas. I returned a missed call from yesterday to the hospital. They booked me in for my hand surgery, which will take place on June 18th, if all goes to plan. When I hung up, I saw an email about a delivery. They managed to inform me around 10am, that they’d be coming to my place between 10:15-12:15. Well, seeing it was already past ten, and I was still walking Bas, and I had to drive home…

So, of course I missed out on the delivery. I found out that it was my new upstairs roller curtain, finally! So, I re-scheduled the appointment to Friday, and hopefully they can come when I am home then. I cleaned up my groceries, had some food, and I relaxed a bit, until the neighbor texted about walkies with the black 🖤 fluff. When I got back, I got ready to head to bed.

But, I woke up quite a lot. The second time, I saw that I had missed a call from Joke, so I called back when I was awake enough. She changed the puppy visit time to 15, instead of 14, so I texted mum with the update as well. And then, I tried to sleep again. I woke up once more, and then around 22:15, when I decided to just get up, and start my “day”.

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