#Journal of a slightly tired but happy Dutch AuDHD Pixy 
(Sunday, 17/05/2026).
Koa and I had a decent enough night. I had hoped to get at least an hour more sleep, but as Koa woke up for the first time after 5 hours (unfortunately, I had less than 5 hours of snoozing in then), and the second time after 4 hours… It was very good on his behalf. I just struggled more to snooze, and, according to my watch, I got about 7 hours in total. I had hoped to get up between 1-2am, as then we’d be slowly preparing for the schedule, when I will be able to head to the gym again. But, Koa had other ideas, and shortly after midnight, he needed out for potty break. His intestines struggled a bit with some meds I had given him earlier that day (or maybe he sneaked in something during walkies that I missed), so his poop was very stinkie and awful. My body was sore, and my stomach was upset, so after that bit, I decided to just get up and start our “day”. Koa is becoming a little vampire as well, hihi… (although he does sleep a lot during the night, while I work on my laptop and all that).
I prepared Koa’s food, got to the scale, dressed, took my meds, and then gave Koa his kibble. When he was finished, he slept on the couch with me for a while, while I wrote an email to a sweet friend. After a little while, Koa started to attack me and the couch pillows, so I crated him. He didn’t like it at first, but soon, he was snoozing away. I was able to finish the email, and I wrote my journal toot as well. I worked a bit on my blog, and then Koa woke up, and he wanted out.
I got the head lamp and all that, so we could go to the grassy area, and maybe get a little walk in. But, in the neighborhood, some people were still outside (maybe having a party in their garden, although it wasn’t too warm), and it scared Koa a bit. So, he wanted to head back home again ASAP. He played a bit with his toys, and when he started putting his teeth in places where they didn’t belong, I had to crate him again.
I worked on my blog for a while, and managed to get several posts lined up for the next few days. Which is always a good feeling, as I don’t always have time and energy (or inspiration) to write, so having a few advance ones ready, takes away the “pressure” to “need” to write. I have a huge daily posting streak, and I don’t want to break that, as I am rather proud of it. (currently the daily streak is at 2.162 days, which accounts for almost 6 years now… Well, about 5 years and 11 months, according to a website that does these calculations). According to that same site, when I get to 2.192 days, then I should be at around 6 years… So, I am getting really close to that, with only 30 more days to go! (ow I didn’t realize I was that close to it already, until I made the calculations).
After a little while, I made myself some brekkie. When I had finished that, Koa and I went out for another walk. Koa wanted a different, longer, one, so I followed him (up to a point, of course, as he is still limited to about 12 minutes max per walk, due to his age and bones). We got back, and Koa slept on the couch with me for a while, as I watched some TV. And I wrote a silly “Diary Toot” from Koa’s perspective, which was fun to do.
When Koa got more bitey again, I decided to offer him his “snuffelmat”, so he could use some of his energy on finding all the kibble. I tried to take a new video of him, as he is learning how to “best” get out all the kibble. It’s so cool to see him learn from something like this, which seems to silly at first, until you realize how much it can “help” a dog… After he had his little snack, he relaxed for a while. When he started to get too bitey again, it was time for some more crate time.
While I don’t like crating Koa, it does help him to settle down when he gets too excited, or too tired. And he usually protests just a short while, and then he lays himself down, and snoozes like a mad puppy, haha. While he was snoozing, I wrote a bit on Mastodon, while also watching a bit of telly. I fixed some food, and enjoyed that.
We went out for another walk, and Koa wanted a longer one again, so yay for that. After that, I fixed him his food. He snoozed for a while, and when he woke up, we went for a last walkies before bedtime. I prepared everything, and within a short while, Koa was snoozing away. It took me a little longer to doze off, so when Koa woke me up after he slept only two hours, I was a bit hazy. We went to the garden, he did his thing, and we went back to bed. About three hours later, he needed to go out again. Then, another three hours later, he was ready to get up.
I had hoped for about an hour or so of more sleep, but I guess this was as good as it was going to get. So, I got up, we went out to the garden, and we started our “day”.
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