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ÅDiary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1103 , Wednesday 04/11/2026

Wednesday started, somewhat abortively, around 5am when something woke me - I rolled over, saw the clock & rolled straight back over & back to sleep.

The 2nd, far more successful attempt at meeting the day started when the alarm went off at 06:30.

Gym today was gruelling, it seems that not only does foggy, damp, grey weather suck all the mental energy out of me but the physical energy too!
That said I completed all my sets so ‘yay’ for the gift of grim determination!

The rest of the day was less successful, with very little getting done once my chores were out of the way.

Final Thoughts.

Winter is always a challenge motivation wise - I should move to the equator then I could function all year round!

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 1067 , Tuesday 29/09/2026

Tuesday started about 07:30 & has been a pretty quiet day, especially in comparison to yesterday!

Mrs S was in the office all day, then was out to a friends birthday meal this evening so it has been a peaceful day!

I was going to watch a movie this evening but having spent 20 minutes perusing the alternatives & not finding anything that suited my mood I ended up back playing Starfield.

Final Thoughts.

I am finding it harder & harder to be social at the moment, there is too much of the world to cope with if that makes any 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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@autistics
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1099 , Saturday 31/10/2026

Well Saturday has been a ridiculously quiet day!

Had a chinese takeaway for tea & watched Liam Neeson in ‘Non-Stop’ a nice little action movie for a Saturday night.

No one knocked at our door tonight so there’s a box of Cadbury’s Heros going spare … but not for long!! 😆

Final Thoughts.

Off to my late MiL’s tomorrow to read the meters (after last times abysmal failure). I have done my research & in theory tomorrow’s attempt should be the last - all things being equal!

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 1096 , Wednesday 28/10/2026

Wednesday started earlier than expected at just before 6am thanks to our neighbours inability to shut the feck up!

Got down to the gym & the session was just as painful as I feared! That’ll teach me to skip a day! I’m planning a week off for my birthday in mid November - my eyes are watering at the thought of going back even as I type this!

Fought off the door demons & went down to the surplus shop & our menu has suddenly expanded in variety!

Spent a relaxing afternoon tweaking my ship in Starfield.

Final Thoughts.

A minor victory for squirrel kind against the door demons today & a gym session! Any more of this & the world will be the mollusc of my choice!

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 1089 , Wednesday 21/10/2026

Wednesday started over an hour before dawn and I was down at the gym just after 7am.

It wasn’t a bad session although I wish all this hard work would translate into some proper weight loss!

No doubt the fact that once I had done my chores I spent the afternoon chasing baddies in Starfield didn’t help.

Final Thoughts.

The quacks have referred me to a weight management course thingy - I really, really don’t play well with others & I am not sure how much use it will be. I’m going thru with it because then at least I can say I did.
Anyway it’s prolly not until after Christmas so I will likely have some serious weight to lose by then!

I never thought in my 20s, when I could eat anything & lose it at work pulling 30ft long copper cables or lugging green screen terminals around, that I would end up on a weight management course. It feels like I simply have another thing to add to my increasingly long list of life failures.

Ah well day by day until the last 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 1102 , Tuesday 03/11/2026

Tuesday started around 07:15 & it’s been quite a relaxed day.

It’s been a proper autumn day with a mix of weather & temps maxing out around 10ºC.

Final Thoughts.

Crumbs today went quickly!

Back in the gym in the morning … I’m kinda glad it’s habitual now!

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 1068 , Wednesday 30/09/2026

Wednesday started even before the sparrows had had time to get themselves organised & was down the gym just after 7am.

It was a hard session today - I struggled all the way thru for some reason.

I descaled the kettle this morning - the high point of the day (note to self, don’t sniff the fumes! 😜)

Really could not get into gear once I had finished my other chores & spent the better part of the day in virtual worlds of one sort or another.

Final Thoughts.

I bumped into a couple of ex colleagues in the gym & really struggled to have a decent conversation - I seem to be losing the ability to converse directly with others humans!

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 1069 , Thursday 01/10/2026

Thursday started a bit late at just before 07:30 having had a restless night.

I had to go to get my flu jab around 11am, no Covid jab, apparently only those over 75 will be spared the risk of Long Covid going forward!

A quiet, relaxing day otherwise, chores were done but nothing much else.

Final Thoughts.

I have had a bit of a reaction to previous flu jabs so we will have to see what transpires 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 1070 , Friday 02/10/2026

Friday started just after 06:15 when I was woken by Mrs S crushing cans in the garage!

I was pleasantly surprised that I was suffering no ill effects from yesterday’s vaccination , not even a sore arm! Must be all the exercise!

Another challenging session in the gym today, I was put to shame by one of the other guys who was working on the weights having just finished a night shift!!

It’s been another quiet day otherwise, motivation is eluding me at the moment, there seems to be little point to anything.

The high point was pizza for tea - a chicken kiev version!

Final Thoughts.

Ahhh day by day until the last 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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Whenever someone in my family says something very #autistic and my wife and I just stare at each other knowingly…

Super Conservative Aunt: “Oh I hate tags! I cut them out of my clothes, they drive me nuts.”

Wife and I: 👀👀👀 “huh, that’s interesting. Odd how everyone in the family is like that” 🤷‍♂️

@autistics
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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1104 , Thursday 05/11/2026

Thursday already!

Up around 07:15 got breakfast & did my basic chores.

Another really quiet day - seems to sum up my life at the moment - better than all the goings on of the last few years but it is not a relaxed ‘quiet’ I feel I should be doing oh so much more!

Final Thoughts.

Gym tomorrow although Mrs S has a days leave to give her time to tackle a load of paperwork that has landed vis-a-vis the sale of her parent’s house. So I do wonder if it might not be kinder to let her have an undisturbed lie in.

We shall see what happens 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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1071 , Saturday 03/10/2026

Saturday has been a relaxing day, a few chores, a bit of Starfield & then a ‘Trigger Point’ fest.

Final Thoughts.

Our neighbours across the street have gone on their hollibobs - leaving us to care for their orchid … The responsibility!!!

In other news the 2nd dragon tree cutting that I planted earlier this year & that I didn’t think had taken is starting to bud - so 2 out of 3 have survived my far from green fingers! There is hope for the orchid 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 1072 , Sunday 04/10/2026

Well Sunday started by being woken at just after 7am by the neighbours - whose previous sale has fallen thru & the house is back on the market, so no sign of respite any time soon!

Apart from that it has been a very quiet & relaxed day.

Final Thoughts.

Once again I find myself wondering what life would have been like as a singleton.

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 1105 , Friday 06/11/2026

Friday started early with Mrs S banging around at just after 6am - yay!

Went to the gym & it was another hard session - I’m really struggling at the moment. I though these exercises would get easier but not so much!

Oh Nuggan’s holey nuts! Mrs S has been in touch with Scottish Power & they reckon that the electric meter reading is wrong!
I followed their instructions & although we were told that it is an E7 meter there is only 1 reading.

So back we go to treble check!

My readings were correct so now we see what Scottish Power have to say for themselves!

We decided to come home the scenic route across the moors - which ended up taking far longer than normal due to getting stuck behind not one but 4 tractors & discovering that the road that would take us the last couple of miles was closed for ‘emergency’ repairs leading to a detour of about 5 miles!

Then just to close the day off with a high our pizza place was closed (reason unknown) & the chinese I ordered was covered in batter! (I ordered duck in plum sauce - our normal place is closed due to the owners being on their holi-bobs, they leave the duck unadorned, which is how I prefer it! )

My stomach is starting to complain as I type this - I suspect I’m in for a long night!

Final Thoughts.

Ughhhhhh!!!!

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 1106 , Saturday 07/11/2026

Saturday started at just before 07:30 & has been a very quiet day.

I did my chores, including hoovering & mopping the relevant floors downstairs!

A relaxing afternoon which flowed into an enjoyable evening watching ‘The Pelican Brief’ & eating pizza. Our fave pizza place having recovered from whatever kept them closed yesterday it seems.

Final Thoughts.

Nothing really - although the predictions for the coming El Nino / SSW weather events makes very sobering reading - we enjoy our own micro climate in our valley so heres hoping that it protects us from the worst of any bad weather!

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 1073 , Monday 05/10/2026

Monday & I was up with the Larkins (qudos to all those who get that ref! 😁)

Another quiet day, not much in the way of motivation.

It’s been quite a sunny & warm day again today & a little part of me wanted to go outside but the door demons were stronger today.

Nuked a ready made lasagne for tea — I have started to decant any m/w meals into glass containers to cook & it does seem to actually improve the taste in addition to reducing our exposure to all those nasty forever chems & carcinogenic compounds!

Final Thoughts.

Struggling with the hermit urge & the door demons again. It’s prolly the time of year.

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1074 , Tuesday 06/10/2026

Tuesday like an old Ford Escort I once had - in fits & starts. A mix of next door & Mrs S waking me up several times between 6am & 07:15 when I finally gave up & got my act into gear.

Really struggling to get going this week despite the mostly fine weather.

Did my chores & a couple of small jobs around the house then was off exploring again.

Final Thoughts.

It seems more like May than October weather wise - no doubt there will be a price to pay with all this energy in the atmosphere later in the winter!

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1107 , Sunday 08/11/2026

Sunday has been quiet, even by normal Sunday standards!

Final Thoughts.

Temps are due to drop next week - yay.

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1108 , Monday 09/11/2026

Monday started so early even the sparrows rolled over & pulled the duvet over their heads!

Down to the gym & then back in time for breakfast & chores.

Very nearly forgot to go for a blood test, thankfully Mrs S has a much better memory!

The phlebotomist was not the usual one & 3 attempts later managed to get the sample!

Thankfully the rest of the day involved zero people stabbing me in the arm with a needle!

Final Thoughts.

I wish my veins were not as shy & people averse as the rest of me!!

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1075 , Wednesday 07/10/2026

Wednesday being gym day saw me out of the house & exercising just after 7am.

Just chores & a few odd jobs around the house broke the day up.

Final Thoughts.

It was really autumnal this morning, cold,wet & misty.

The sun rallied late this afternoon & warmed the place up a little bit.

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1076 , Thursday 08/10/2026

Thursday was another quiet day, I finished NMS Exp 23 - yay!

I started work on converting a radiator shelf we saved from my MiL’s place - the brackets need changing so it will fit our radiator.
As will all ‘simple’ tasks it’s proving more complicated than at first thought, not least because the nuts & bolts I need are somewhere in one of the boxes we have yet to sort out!

Final Thoughts.

Today had lots of potential, sadly I failed to make the most of 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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1077 , Friday 09/10/2026

Friday - last gym day of the week!

Not a bad gym session, partially because I actually remembered to take my water bottle for the first time this week!

Sorted thru a couple of the (numerous) boxes of miscellaneous DIY bits in search of some nuts & bolts I thought would suit the radiator shelf, finally found the bolts but they are too big, worst luck! Have ordered a box of mixed nuts & bolts that should hopefully fit the bill!

Spent the afternoon chasing baddies across the galaxy.

Pizza accompanied the end of Babylon 5 season 3 … enjoyed both.

Final Thoughts.

I made the mistake of doom scrolling this evening, the orange oaf is not only trying to cripple the ICC but is also forbidding international observers to the forthcoming elections!
Not that we in the UK are faring much better - Anti-terrorism arrests have risen more than a 1000% since 2020 & the vast majority of those arrested were protesting against a recognised genocide.

My thoughts are very dark & the black dog is howling in the distance but getting nearer!

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 1079 , Sunday 11/10/2026

Sunday started late at around 08:30, not sure why I have slept so late the last couple of days … must be getting old!

It’s been a mostly quiet day, I managed to fit the brackets to the radiator shelf, the theory is good but the spacing is off - I went for the brackets at a ⅓rd of the way in but that has left the ends a bit wobbly so I will move them to ¼ next week & hopefully that will help.

Spent a couple of hours sorting more DIY miscellany this afternoon, a job that I will be doing for a while I think.

Still have a load of boxes of stuff from my late MiL’s house to sort thru - it seems that now the house is on the market & the end is in sight on that front that Mrs S has lost interest in this task - once again yours truly is left to sort it out. Yay.

Final Thoughts.

Heck this weekend went quick, back to the gym in the morning - joy!

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1080 , Monday 12/10/2026

Monday turned out to be a cold damp day, classic British autumn weather to be honest!

Gym was a bit of a MH disaster with my schedule being utterly wrecked by folks walking mini marathons & a lass who thought that holding onto the handle of the weights frame while she was telling her mates how badly done by she was a work was the equivalent of actual exercise! I toyed with the idea of suggesting that she be more considerate of other gym members but I played the conversation thru in my mind - I tend not to back down, especially if in the right, & also tend not to know when to stop - this leads to all kinds of negative outcomes & so I kept quiet!

The rest of the day was essentially calming down from this morning.

Final Thoughts.

I am actually quite pleased that I still did all the exercises in my normal routine, because I toyed with just giving up at least 3 times as each attempt at getting back on track was stymied.

Less pleased that it took much of the rest of the day to get my equilibrium back!

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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1081 , Tuesday 13/10/2026

Tuesday started at around 07:30 with breakfast & chores leading the way.

I pushed myself to alter the spacing on the radiator shelf brackets & also changed the fixings to make it easier to change if the need ever arises.

Also moved our smart meter display so that it is less obtrusive while still being easy to check.

Then hit the Starfield for the afternoon.

Final Thoughts.

We have had internet problems for most of the day, initially it looked like an external problem but although all the kit checks out & I can ping things like the BBC we are still struggling to get thru to most sites. I wonder if it is a DNS problem & more to the point I wonder what caused it!

Will have to see what is what 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
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves