#Journal of a tired Dutch Pixy (Saturday, 13/09/2025).

I didn't have the best night, as it was broken by waking up several times. In the end, when I got up for real, my watch told me that I had slept for about 6 hours but I'd been awake 5 times before I got up. I felt tired and not really motivated, but I also knew that if I'd get my exercises and chores done in time, that I'd hopefully be able to enjoy some co-op gaming with a sweet friend.

The scale told me I'd snacked too much. I got dressed and I took my meds. When the bag was packed, I hobbled to the soccer parking where Skoosh was waiting for me. We went to the gym and the closer we came, the more wets were falling. Even with an umbrella, there was enough rain to hit me some before I got inside. I switched my shoes and enjoyed my protein shake.

After some relaxing with social media, I got to the seated bike and I rode for half an hour. This was followed by half an hour on the treadmill. I walked at 4kmh with a 2% incline, so walking a bit faster and longer was indeed a little win for me. I didn't do any leg exercises, as I'd done two the previous day, and I had walked faster and further. The Smith machine was free, so I did use that one. Even added a wee bit of weight for the last few reps. After a massage in the chair, I switched my shoes and headed back home again.

It was (still?) raining when I got back, so yay for the umbrella as I had to walk a bit to the house. I washed up and got dressed. I wanted to use my laptop to write my journal Toot, but I was struggling a bit with the dictionary and autocorrect settings. I've not been using Libre Office too long yet, so I'm trying to get the hang of it. When I finally figured it out, I was able to finish the journal Toot. I sent it to my journal app and blog post as well. Then I tried to relax a little. But I felt like I had to do my exercises in time, so that I could enjoy some gaming later that morning.

So first, I got to the treadmill and I walked for half an hour again. I managed to repeat the previous settings, and walked 2km, mostly with a 2% incline. After I had rested a bit and had my brekky, I headed upstairs. There, I rode the bike for half an hour. When I was done with my ride, I took down and folded the laundry that I had done yesterday. I took the laundry basket down and cleared it out, out everything into the wardrobe.

I went back to the couch, where I watched the last episodes of the last season of Star Trek TNG. I tried to write a bit for Monday's blog post while I was waiting for a dear friend to text me that she'd be ready for some co-op gaming. When she texted me, I was almost done with the text for my blog post. I finished it up and then I went online as well. We chatted while we tried to get some more milestone (quests) done to try and finish the expedition. We tried some co-op for some, but the game failed miserably, as was almost to be expected (unfortunately). So, in the end, we had to do it separately. I finished all the phases and brought the expedition to a finish. But I didn't end it yet, as I wanted to work on my Corvette some more. We probably could take along the ship as it were, so I was trying to make it as best as I could so that I had a decent start when I got back to the main game.

Around 3pm, I got ready to head to bed. I logged off, I had already taken my meds, and then I packed my bag and brushed my teeth. I felt tired enough, so I was hoping to get some decent sleep tonight. I could not really get comfy so I browsed Masto a bit and then I saw a reply by someone that triggered my social anxiety. I tried to reply but that only seemed to trigger the person that triggered me more... We ended up blocking each other, but the sneers had startled me and I was having so many doubts about it all. It really threw me off and it now took even longer to relax before I could finally fall asleep.

I woke up a few times, due to bad weather, due to my leg, due to the loo and then due to some loud music coming from outside. It wasn't time for my alarm yet, but all the short sleeps seemed to make me more exhausted. And due to that nasty person, I haf some stupid dreams, so that didn't help me relax in any way either... It was around 23:20 and I just got up to start my "day". And I'd just have to "wing it", I guess...

💜 🍀 🐾

#PixysJourney
#WeirdFolks

Back in late October 2023, I shared a blog post (a rather big one), where I described several of the fitness machines that I had been using.

The blog had taken me quite some time to write, and to gather all the info for. I still had several machines in a second post, as I felt it would be too much for one post.

I started the second one and then... So much happened and I never really sat down to gather information on the other machines and to *finally* finish that post.

Now that I have a rather decent laptop to work with, and I (unfortunately) have some more time on my hands, I have started gathering information for the second post...

Who knows, I may be able to share it 2 years after the first one had been shared?

I can't recall if I have shared the first post here before, but with the new group up and running, I'd figured that I could share it again...

cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2023/…

I will need to save what I have now and get my big behind to the treadmill. It's time to get my exercises in, if I want to relax with some gaming later today.

Catch you all later! 💪

#PixysFitJourney
#FitIn2025
#FitTogether
@fittogether

Good morning Fellow Travellers on the Galactic Spiral Arm 🌌 I'm settled with coffee in the recently heated living room watching the parrots munch breakfast and feeling sleepy and very cosy. Ziggy spent her out time this morning giving me fresh neck shingles with her painful preening, but then decided she was far too hungry to continue and demanded to be taken to her cage for breakfast. She has absolutely no patience and when she wants something the intensity and growing shrillness of her demands is quite something to hear. At one point she will even start going "uh uh uh!" in ever increasing volume, just like a toddler about to have a tantrum. They really are just like having permanent toddlers, parrots 😊

I received a nice certificate from the Scottish Air Ambulance (pictured) showing where my Dad's name is on the belly of their new helicopter. I think he would have been amused that I put him up there and probably joked about it - the Flying Scotsman or something 😊

Still no crochet orders yet, although I did get a query last night, the first in a good while now. It may turn into a sale, but for now I will just enjoy the freedom to game. I'm really into my single player BG3 campaign right now and I'll be joining Grognak again later for some more co-op chaos. I also noticed some new mods for Dragon Age Origins I really want to try out, so spoiled for choice 😊

Have a lovely day, whatever you get up to 🤗

#Parrots #PetsOfMastodon #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdsOfFediverse #GoodMorning #Gaming #BG3 #DAO

I recently read about the autistic tendency of not being able to start working on something when something else hasn't been done. This week, we had a research group meeting where each of us planned tasks for the coming term. Now, being a senior researcher, I have plenty of projects I'm in. Therefore, I only focused on tasks related to this particular group. However, this meeting inspired me to think about the other projects I know I need to work on in the coming months. I updated my post-it system for each of them, tweaking the system a bit, as I usually do when a new term begins. I wasn't prepared to what happened.

Yesterday, I picked on one project that's been on hold for some weeks. I managed to get my work done and sent the manuscript to my coauthor. In the afternoon, I started working on another project that's been on hold. I never work on two manuscripts on the same day but now I did! Not only that, neither gave me the dread they often do! Somehow planning the fall in advance for ALL ongoing projects freed bandwidth to work on the most acute ones without stress.

#ActuallyAutistic @autistics