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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 978 , Thursday 02/07/2026

Heck I completely missed that we have moved into July! Not that my brain is terminally fried or anything!

Up at 06:30 & then a day filled with chores, meal prep & Starfield.

I did also fit a hydraulic door closer to the bathroom door. We have had a spring loaded one on for ages to stop the moggy varmints getting in (because me n Mrs S had a habit of leaving the door open) & drinking out of the shower basin … not the healthiest water in the world!
The problem was that with the windows open the door slams shut & it was damaging the frame & the plaster around the frame.
So I managed to get a ‘small’ hydraulic closer & fitted it today. It is much more noticeable than its predecessor but even with the windows open blowing today the door now closes smoothly & quietly!

One of Mrs S’s gunky microwave meals for tea because I could not be arsed to do anything more challenging & we had run out of salad.

Final Thoughts.

Quite pleased with the new door closer - it’s weird how ones definition of success changes when there is so little to succeed at.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1040 , Wednesday 02/09/2026

Up early for the gym, a really good session as the scales finally proclaimed that I had lost a little weight!

Got home around 07:45 so that Mrs S could take the car to work.

A nice peaceful day, I even manged to spend 3 hours tidying my room - there is still a lot of paperwork to go thru, most of it I need to get stern with & throw away!
But I have boxed up the old Amp that I haven’t used in months & the Ps4 pro that has sat up there gathering dust. I had envisaged using it as a remote terminal for the PS5 but that never took off.

Watched ‘Apollo 13’ while I worked - such a good movie & one I know well enuf to be able to dip in & out of while still following the plot.

Even managed a couple of hours on the PS5 later this afternoon,

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all on the whole.

I am absolutely knackered though!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1041 , Thursday 03/09/2026

Thursday started just after 7am & took a pretty much instant down turn.

I had noticed a puddle of water by the door into the kitchen yesterday but I put it down to Mrs S spilling it & simply mopped it up. However it was back again this morning & although I wouldn’t put it past Mrs S to spill water twice to spill it in exactly the same spot seemed unlikely!

After some investigation it turned out to the coming from the cold water feed to the hot water system. It was only a minor leak so heaven only knows how long its been leaking for!

I have fixed the leak - I think, we shall see if the puddle reappears over night!

Final Thoughts.

I hate plumbing! We have had so many leaks over the years in so many different places!

Back at the gym in the morning & then the weekend begins!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1043 , Saturday 05/09/2026

Saturday started a bit late at 07:30.

Breakfast & chores as usual then started to chase the last main bounty in Starfield.

Relaxing afternoon & then a fried chicken takeaway while watching the new Apple TV ‘Mayday’.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day today although I wish I had had the energy to actually do more!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1044 , Sunday 06/09/2026

Well that was an utterly unremarkable day.

The repairs to the leak in the hot water system seem to be holding, which is a relief, I’ll put everything back together tomorrow.

We watched the first ep of ‘Star City’ this evening, if you liked ‘For All Mankind’ then I am sure you will enjoy this offshoot!

Final Thoughts.

I wish I had the motivation to do more, but it seems in frighteningly short supply at the moment.

Meanwhile the world spirals towards chaos & there seems to be little one can do to stop it.
When thugs in black tops & balaclava’s can terrorise Dover with impunity but vicars who peacefully protest against genocide are imprisoned as terrorists the world seems to be a place where little makes sense!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1045 , Monday 07/09/2026

Monday started at crack of sparrows fart, down the gym just after 7am.

Had quite a hard session, both because it required more effort than usual & also because it was unusually busy so my routine was badly disrupted.

Got home had breakfast then did my chores.

Managed to bully myself into cleaning behind the cooker & do some more in the gargantuan task of clearing up the garage to make room for all the stuff from my parents in law’s house.

Final Thoughts.

Motivation was low today but I am glad that I did get a couple of things done.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1042 , Friday 04/09/2026

Friday started early it being a gym day.

An extra task was thrown into the early morning mix with a check on the late evening change of joint fitting on the hot water system. The original fitting turned out to still be weeping when I checked at around 20:30 last night so I had to delve into my plumbing spares & dig out a replacement - sometimes, not often, hoarding anything that doesn’t move away fast enuf pays off!

The gym session went quite well, although I am finding that I am unsure if I have done 2 or 3 sets on the weights … I’m working on the theory that, when in doubt, if my arms are killing me then I’m on the 3rd set!

Breakfast & chores followed then motivation fled & I ended up having a quiet day with very little achieved. I had planned on doing some more in the garage but I could not find a place to start. Such is life at the moment.

Pizza for tea with a another few eps of ‘Babylon 5’ they really do not make TV this good any more!

Final Thoughts.

Another week has passed in the blink of an eye. This year has fled past, although given all that has occurred I’m not sure that is such a bad thing!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1061 , Wednesday 23/09/2026

Wednesday started with the usual groan at the thought of going to the gym but I got up & went anyway.

Not a bad session all told, I got a couple of tips from one of the other members which I will have to try & remember.

Breakfast & chores were followed by an hour of No Mans Sky on the PS5.

I decided to get the MacBook Pro back up & working this afternoon & spent a merry hour discovering that nearly all my usb-c cables are charging only! 🙄🤦‍♂️

Long story short Kubuntu is now back on the MacBook so tomorrow will see me vanish down the linux rabbit hole as I get all the basic software installed & the system tweaked to my liking.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all, I’m glad that I have a functioning Linux box again.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1082 , Wednesday 14/10/2026

Wednesday started a little earlier than usual for a gym day at around 06:15 as I remembered about the internet problems we were having.

Sure enuf the fault was still there - a problem to solve after my gym session.

The gym session itself was possibly the best part of the day & it half killed me!

Got home to find that I still had all my chores to do - Mrs S never one to lend an unnecessary hand.

After breakfast I started to diagnose the internet problem, long story short it looks like the input port on the Asus router that uses the virgin router in ‘modem’ mode - essentially the virgin router is normally just the access to the fibre network while the Asus router does all the heavy lifting.

Anyway, the Asus router was giving conflicting reports on the input port, on the one hand claiming black was blue that it wasn’t connected & on the other that it was fine.

Next stop - try the virgin router in normal mode - which worked fine … therefore Asus router was looking guilty as charged!

So new router (to be fair the busted one is 6 years old, almost to the day!), the grandson of the old one, as I liked the old one & never really had any major problems with it - also with a following wind I can use the old one as an extender … time will tell if that comes to pass, is on order, due Friday.

In the meant time I have cobbled together a temp solution with a netgear switch linking the various cabled devices to the virgin router - it is creaking at the seams as we speak, the linux MBP refusing point blank to connect via a cable but that’s ok as it is quite happy with the somewhat slower wifi link. (the virgin router will never win any prizes for wifi speed / strength.)

Mrs S did get us a takeaway for tea so there was a little light shining on the day.

Then the cat threw up in fornt of my chair while I was in the garage sorting out the laundry, I didn’t notice at first so it turned into a right mess, hover & Vax both got to come out & play this evening! What a great way to end the day!!

Final Thoughts.

Well that was a mostly utterly frustrating day!

The silver lining is that there is no VPN facility on the Virgin box & even if there were I would not bother with it & then have to repeat the whole exercise on Friday, so Mrs S is in the office for the rest if the week!

Hopefully tomorrow will be a much more peaceful day!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1046 , Tuesday 08/09/2026

Tuesday has been somewhat of a wasted day.

Up at around 07:30, breakfast & chores.

I had a list of things I wanted to get done but floundered at the first hurdle.

Final Thoughts.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a more productive day.

Part of the problem is that there seems to be little point to any of it these days.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1047 , Wednesday 09/09/2026

Wednesday started early with a decent session at the gym.

Did some work tidying up the garage this morning then went adventuring in Starfield this afternoon.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day a few more spoons today.

I really need to get my act into gear & chase the guy from the tool charity. Not heard back from the email I sent yet.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1062 , Thursday 24/09/2026

Thursday started around 7am with next door’s kids making a racket.

We took the mogs to the V. E. T. (Hey they know!! 😆 ) this morning for their vaccinations & general checkup. All good so that’s a relief!

Did some more on NMS exp 23 - getting into it now I have my ship & multi-tool back (really find it frustrating to start from scratch with the expeditions).

Spent the afternoon and evening working on my mutant macbook, getting Kubuntu back the way I like it.

Still some work to do but it’s getting there.

Final Thoughts.

Really don’t fancy the gym tomorrow - but I should really push & go anyway. Lets see how I feel in the morning.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1056 , Friday 18/09/2026

Friday started early as Fridays do & despite really not wanting to I trundled down to the gym.

I seem to have an issue with my heart rate getting too high at the moment - I’m not sure why, normally it is around 150 when I’m exercising but it keeps topping 160 which I know to be too high given my heart condition.

Not sure what I can do about it other than keep a close eye on it & rest when it peaks so high. This does tend to make the gym sessions longer though.

I spent the morning sorting out a shelving unit in Mrs S’s study. It has not been particularly level or stable since it went in following the room being redecorated.
I would have finished sooner but I got collared by a neighbour when I was outside cutting a shelf to size & we had a good long chat.

After a light late lunch I hit the PS5 for a couple of hours.

Pizza for tea accompanying our ongoing Babylon 5 fest.

Final Thoughts.

I am not fond of woodwork, I am marginally capable at best but I’m satisfied with the work I did today & Mrs S seems pleased with it so I’ll taker the win!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1090 , Thursday 22/10/2026

Thursday started at around 7am.

Where the day has gone I simply don’t know! Had breakfast & did some of the chores - forgot to do the laundry so I had to do that this evening.

Final Thoughts.

Gym tomorrow but right now I really don’t have the energy, maybe some sleep will help.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1091 , Friday 23/10/2026

Friday has been a cold, dull & damp day, but although there have been dire warnings of a storm it never reached us here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire.

Not a bad gym session, my arms seem to be getting stronger, I went up to 5kg (well I think it’s kg, who knows - it might be 5 gooseberries for all I know! Whatever it is up from 4 gooseberries so I will take the win!

Lost count of sets again so I might have done either 2 or 4!

Really struggled to get into anything today once I got home, these dark days suck the energy out of me.

Final Thoughts.

Supposed to be off across the hills for a joint birthday do (me & my sister - it’s a date bang in between our actual birthdays) at my Dad’s fave eatery. I am not desperately eager to go across & the weather is not forecast to be good so who knows it might get rained off yet. Will see what the weather warnings say in the morning.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1093 , Sunday 25/10/2026

Sunday has been a very relaxed day, which was much needed after yesterday’s excitement!

We seemed to have survived the first 2 named storms of the season relatively unscathed, & I do feel for those who were not as lucky!

Final Thoughts.

For the first time since I got engaged I will be spending Christmas day with my family over the hills. Details are yet to be confirmed but we are defo going across!
I am really rather looking forward to it!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1092 , Saturday 24/10/2026

Saturday started quite early at just gone 7am.

Breakfast & then some basic shores were done before we set off to see my family on the other side of the hills.

The journey was ok until we got across when we got stuck in all kinds of traffic problems & the beginning of Storm Boelo. Basically the weather was uniformly & completely ‘orrible!
The other problem we encountered both on the way out & the way back was drivers who really were not taking the weather into account!

We had a lovely meal (chicken teriyaki sizzler for me & steak & ale pie for Mrs S) then we bought a couple of ginormous pieces of gateaux for our supper.
We went back to my sister’s for tea & biscuits before heading home before the rush.

The journey back was slightly better than the journey there, mostly because there was less traffic for the most part, although it rained cats,dogs, elephants & probably small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri!

Got home in time for an early supper & a watch of the new movie ‘Tenzing’ a really moving movie about the man who joined Edmund Hillary in bring the first to officially conquer Everest. In reading his Wikipedia entry it seems that some liberties were taken with the screen play, I suspect for dramatic purposes, but it is still a good watch & great way to end the day.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day,weather not withstanding, although the drive was one of those full on total concentration journeys that will no doubt leave me knackered tomorrow - but that’s fine as it’s Sunday which is normally a very quiet day any way.
We are due some strong winds tomorrow too, a final farewell from Boelo!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1094 , Monday 26/10/2026

Monday started later than usual, Mrs S has taken a days leave & so we both had a lie in.

I know my body will hate me on Wednesday when I go back to the gym but hey no pain no gain!

It’s been a mostly quiet day, we started the day by making a bit of a dint in the stuff from my late MiLs that is currently in the spare room upstairs. Progress was made but there is still a lot of stuff to go thru!

This afternoon we had a bit of a Space fest, finishing off the last 3 eps of ‘Star City’ then finishing off with the brilliant ‘Apollo 13’ one of my top 5 all time movies, Tom Hanks leading a great cast.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all, the only fly in the ointment was reading the news - which is consistently & persistently bad!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1097 , Thursday 29/10/2026

A very quiet & sedate day here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire.

Really could not get my head around doing much at all.

Final Thoughts.

Gym in the morning … yay! (Uggghhhhh!)

Patrick Stewart died today, another great man who will be missed!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1095 , Tuesday 27/10/2026

It’s been a mostly quiet day today.

Watched ‘6th Sense’ by way of kicking off a Halloween horror fest, a gentle one to begin with which I watched while sorting thru another of the boxes from my MiLs.

The sun came out this afternoon & while the door demons kept me in I did enjoy the warmth & the light coming thru the window.

Nuked a lasagna for tea, but resisted the urge to have ice cream for dessert - went with a tangerine instead!

Final Thoughts.

Days seem to be zipping past at the moment, I seem to turn around & ½ the day is gone!

Back to the gym for the first time in a few days tomorrow - ouch time!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1098 , Friday 30/10/2026

Well today has been another uneventful day.

It was a dank & very foggy morning - I must put a cloth in to wipe the outside of the windows - it’s flippin cold winding them down to see out of now that winter is on its way!

Went to the gym but had to cut it a little short as Mrs S wanted to get into the office early.

Really do not know where today has gone! I blinked & it was tea time!

Pizza & ‘Babylon 5’ this evening - a most excellent way to end the day!

Final Thoughts.

Days whisk by at light speed at the moment.

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1101 , Monday 02/11/2026

Monday started early & I was suffering in the torture chamber that is the gym by 07:15.

A mostly quiet day once the chores were done.

Mrs S finished early & we ventured down to Costco™ around 4pm.
It was super busy for a Monday although we did find a parking space without too much trouble.

Cornish pasty with baked beans for tea - quick & easy! Then a naughty mini cheesecake each for dessert!

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day although no doubt all that peopling will catch up with me tomorrow!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1078 , Saturday 10/10/2026

Saturday started surprisingly late as I slept thru until just before 8am - I must have been knackered last night!

Had breakfast & did my chores then did a bit more prep work on the radiator shelf.
I had ordered some nuts & bolts to complete the job for today but they never turned up!
Perhaps they will arrive tomorrow.

Otherwise it was a fairly normal Saturday.

Final Thoughts.

We put the heating on today, just for a little bit but it seems Autumn is finally getting its act into gear.

Obviously it rained this evening when there was a high chance of seeing aurora in the skies overhead! One day I will get to see them!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1066 , Monday 28/09/2026

Monday started at crack of sparrows’ fart & off I went to the house of horrors that is the gym!

Breakfast & chores were attempted & conquered when I got back.

Big boy trousers were dragged out around 10am & I spent the rest of the morning & into the early afternoon firstly clearing the gutters in readiness for the coming winter & then giving the pond a bit of a clean up.

My spine hates me now!

Final Thoughts.

I’m glad I got the gutters done, I hate heights - or, as noted before, rather falling from them! Hopefully after all the work earlier this year we should not have the gutters overflowing! (Touches every piece of wood within reach!)

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1100 , Sunday 01/11/2026

Sunday started with a decent lie in!

We had a gentle start to the day then made our way thru the dreary autumn weather to my late MiL’s.

I defeated the quantum level encryption on the smart meters & managed to get them to divulge their final readings.

We stopped off at one of our favourite eateries on the way home & treated ourselves to a Sunday Roast lunch - although I weakened in the face of temptation & had the version with 2 fat tasty sausages, veg, mash & onion gravy!

We did a few chores when we got in & then relaxed with an episode of ‘Foyles War’.

A very light tea of grilled garlic sausage sarnies went well with ‘Venom’ the nearest thing to a proper horror movie I could persuade Mrs S to watch.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all - my late MiL’s house is sold STC so we should reach the end of this particular trail in the next few weeks.

Back to the gym in the morning - joy! Although I have got a lot of naught calories to burn!

Thank you to all those who are helping me on this journey, in a myriad different ways. I am thankful to each & every one of you! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
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