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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

In wandering thru L-Space I came upon this quote & on a chaotic whim decided to share it :-

The trouble was that ignorance became more interesting, especially big fascinating ignorance about huge and important things like matter and creation, and people stopped patiently building their little houses of rational sticks in the chaos of the universe and started getting interested in the chaos itself - partly because it was a lot easier to be an expert in chaos, but mostly because it made really good patterns that you could put on a t-shirt.”
― Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad

Ok so off to find a robot to help in the current quest! :-

Catch you marvellous mob on the morrow!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1005 , Wednesday 29/07/2026

Up early to go to the gym, not a bad session although my knee complained about the leg press!

Got back did a couple of chores then had breakfast.

Had to go for a blood test &, as is the case these days, the phlebotomist had problems fining a willing vein!

Mrs S has been pestering me to do the front hedge so I tackled that this morning & then, in a fit of ADHD enthusiasm topped the hawthorn tree. I only had hedge trimmers & a set of long handled loppers to tackle the job & the hawthorn was not for giving in easily as the many scratches on my arms attest!

My entire body now hates me, but at least the job is done!

I was treated to a chinese takeaway this evening for my efforts so that was nice! It went well with an episode of Cadfael!

Final Thoughts.

A much, much busier day than I at first envisioned but the front garden looks better, although I need to get out there & tackle the runaway wild strawberries next!

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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#TimsASDjourney Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1004 , Tuesday 28/07/2026

Up earlier than I expected at just after 7am thanks to next door, noisy lot!

A nice quiet day after the chores were completed.

A good thing really as my body was whining about all the bending & stretching that happened on Monday!

Final Thoughts.

The quiet before the storm, gym, blood test & a shopping trip to Costco™ 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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

As the school summer holidays are imminent here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire, this quote seems moderately appropriate :-

“On nights such as this, witches are abroad. Well, not actually abroad. They don’t like the food and you can’t trust the water and the shamans always hog the deckchairs.”
Terry Pratchett — Wyrd Sisters

Right off to see a man about a team of retired xenobiologists .. not a sentence I thought I would be typing 24 hours ago!

Catch you fab folk on the morrow!

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

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

I do like this quote which is quite enough of an excuse to accost my Peeps with it! :-

“Is this a dagger I see before me?' he mumbled.

'Um. No, my lord. It's my handkerchief, you see. You can sort of tell the difference if you look closely. It doesn't have as many sharp edges.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

Right off to see if I can persuade a group of bigwigs that they need to take an existential threat seriously - if it’s anything like the real world I’ll have my work cut out for me!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1003 , Monday 27/07/2026

Monday started early, it being a gym day.

Why are Mondays always a struggle! (Prolly all the naught food I have over the weekend & the fact that I still don’t have a set exercise regimen at home - but don’t tell anyone else that!).

After breakfast & a few chores Mrs S & I went across to my late MiL’s house - Mrs S to sort thru some bowls & crockery in the kitchen & me to tackle my late FiL’s garage. So many tools!

I have made a start, but it will take at least 2 more trips to finish the job I think!

We stopped off at Sainsgogs for a late lunch - their meal deal was just what we needed, quick but filling. Then home.

Relaxed this afternoon finishing the latest series of ‘For all Mankind’. I do like that show.

Salad & roast chicken breasts for tea with strawberries & ice cream for pud while we continued our journey thru the original series of ‘All Creatures Great & Small’ they really do not make TV like that any more (the new version is good but not as good as the original with Christopher Timothy! )

Final Thoughts.

A busy day & looking at the garage it does not look like I have made too much progress, but progress has been made!

Somehow I have to find some room for the tools I plan to keep! I also need to find a good home for those that I will never use!

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 1002 , Sunday 26/07/2026

Sunday started after a bit of a lie in at around 07:30.

It’s been a quiet day after yesterday’s excitement with much lazing around after the chores were done.

Fried chicken takeaway for tea, although Mrs S insists on ordering it early - we generally eat around 6pm. Of a Sunday when I have had a late breakfast & lunch this means I’m nowhere near hungry enough to enjoy a takeaway properly. Still what does my opinion matter?

Final Thoughts.

We are going across to my late MiLs tomorrow, I need to clear out the garage, My late FiL was an engineer & a DIY enthusiast & he left me all his tools. I have not had the heart to sort thru them before but the clean & clear people will be there mid August so I have to suck it up & sort thru all his tools.

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

A warning to all would be monster hunters … beware their mothers! :-

Monsters are getting more uppity, too (...) I heard where this guy, he killed this monster in this lake, no problem, stuck its arm up over the door (...) and you know what? Its mum come and complained. Its actual mum come right down to the hall next day and complained. Actually complained. That's the respect you get.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

Right I seem to have encountered a bug so will have to replay a part of or perhaps all the last mission … hey ho!

Catch you Peeps

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1001 , Saturday 25/07/2026

Saturday started just after 7am & we had a relaxed breakfast before I did my chores.

Then off across the hills to treat my Dad to a meal at his favourite eatery for his birthday!

The journey across took forever as there were roadworks everywhere!

We had a Lovely lunch (I admit to succumbing to the temptation of the Brunch but will be having the chicken & beef sizzle that my sister had next time because it looked & smelt fabulous!

We had a lovely time & an uneventful trip back.

They make some magnificent cakes where we had lunch & being full after the main course said cake was boxed & brought home for a very naughty early supper which we enjoyed while watching ‘Predestination’ a moderately mind bending movie but a decent watch!

Final Thoughts.

A really good day - it rained on us all the way home but to be fair we really, really need some rain!

(For those who are curious it was a truly epic piece of fresh strawberry Victoria sponge cake!)

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

Oh Wow! :-

“It’s a popular fact that 90 percent of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. . . . It is used. One of its functions is to make the miraculous seem ordinary, to turn the unusual into the usual. Otherwise, human beings, faced with the daily wondrousness of everything, would go around wearing a stupid grin, saying “Wow,” a lot. Part of the brain exists to stop this from happening.”
― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

Right off to test my new stealth suit out!

Catch you peerless Peeps on the morrow!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 1000 , Friday 24/07/2026

Oh Nuggan’s holey nuts! It’s been a thousand days since I discovered I’m Neurospicy!

I wish I had a more exciting day to report but sadly the most exciting thing that happened was that I mopped the bathroom floor!

That said this morning’s gym session went really well, effort level 9 has been conquered on the bike & I took the treadmill up to 5.9 kmh & survived the experience!

The weights are still not progressing as I would hope, my ability to lift (rather than pull) weights is not noticeably improving but I soldier on!

It’s been another sunny summer day here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire & the day has been a mix of chores & Starfield.

Pizza for tea - I can resist anything but temptation!

Final Thoughts.

Well who would have thunk I could keep any sort of diary for this long!

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

I’ve had PC’s with warrnties like this! Not for a while mind I moved to the Mac-e-verse in 2009! :-

“Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisement said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighbourhood, 4) and in fact failed entirely to be inside the expensive box when you opened it, this was expressly, absolutely, implicitly and in no event the fault or responsibility of the manufacturer, that the purchaser should consider himself lucky to be allowed to give his money to the manufacturer, and that any attempt to treat what had just been paid for as the purchaser's own property would result in the attentions of serious men with menacing briefcases and very thin watches.”
― Terry Pratchett

Right, just discovered why a mining colony failed to send their last consignment of a valuable mineral - & it was the prime suspect all along! Time to deal with the culprits me thinks!

Catch you fab Peeps on the morrow!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 999 , Thursday 23/07/2026

Thursday started just after 7am.

Chores followed breakfast.

The ladder brackets arrived yesterday so I took the bull by the horns & fitted them.

The fixings provided were very brittle & after some trial & error I found that a set of coach bolts finally secured the brackets firmly.

Why is it a simple job - drill 4 holes & place 2 brackets with 4 bolts take sooooooo long!
Hey ho done now, the big ladders have a proper home for the first time in a long time!

Spent the afternoon investigating a couple of derelict spaceships -I do live the variety that Starfield provides!

Costco’s best pulled pork lasagne for tea.

Final Thoughts.

It has been a warmer day today which made working outside pleasant.

I am glad the ladders finally have a proper home!

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

A good many people feel as Hwel do - which is why so many folk run afoul of their Sat nav’s! :-

“The road, Hwel felt, had to go somewhere. This geographical fiction has been the death of many people. Roads don’t necessarily have to go anywhere, they just have to have somewhere to start.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

Right off to try & find a mole in the organisation … by burrowing thru the ventilation system!

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 998 , Wednesday 22/07/2026

Wednesday is gym day so down the gym bright & early.

It has been quite a dull day but not cold.

Nothing special to report, just your average quiet Wednesday.

Final Thoughts.

The ladder brackets I ordered came late this afternoon so will fit those tomorrow if the weather stays dry.

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

It has to be said that, as a teenager, I was a world class twerp! :-

“That was always the dream, wasn't it? 'I wish I'd known then what I know now'? But when you got older you found out that you NOW wasn't YOU then. You then was a twerp. You then was what you had to be to start out on the rocky road of becoming you now, and one of the rocky patches on that road was being a twerp.”
― Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

Right still in the somewhat dodgy world of industrial espionage - a few more missions yet before I get my stealth suit!

I have got a new natty new business suit though!

Catch you fab folk on the morrow!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 997 , Tuesday 21/07/2026

Tuesday started around 7am.

I’ve done a few things around the house & in the garden today, nothing major but I’m glad I got them done.

Have finally got around to ordering some lockable ladder brackets for our big set of ladders that have been knocking around the back garden without a proper home for far too long.

Pulled pork burgers & salad for tea & I caved to the temptation of hitting the strawberries & ice cream for pud. It’s amazing how far one can stretch a punnet with a bit of imagination.

Final Thoughts.

The weather continues to play nice & that has made today a positively pleasant day.

Back to the gym in the morning - still something that needs a force of will, hopefully there will come a time where it is just habit.

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

For all those who ever wondered what exactly happened to sll their ballpoints :-

“Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, along with all the planets inhabited by humanoids, reptiloids, fishoids, walking treeoids and superintelligent shades of the color blue, there was also a planet entirely given over to ballpoint life forms. And it was to this planet that unattended ballpoints would make their way, slipping away quietly through wormholes in space to a world where they knew they could enjoy a uniquely ballpointoid lifestyle, responding to highly ballpoint-oriented stimuli, and generally leading the ballpoint equivalent of the good life.”

Douglas Adams — The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Right currently engaged in some industrial espionage - the things one does for specialised kit!

Catch you splendiferous Peeps tomorrow!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 996 , Monday 20/07/2026

Monday & I reluctantly got my ass down to the gym. Not a bad gym session, I am slowly settling into the current difficulty level on the bike, I am happy with my walk rate on the treadmill, I need a couple more weeks at 5.8 km/h before I take it up to 5.9 - I don’t want to stress my heart too much.

I’m firmly stable with the weights, my right arm was hurting after previous sessions but that is now passing as I get stronger.

A relaxed rest of the day after doing my chores.

Chicken skewers & salad for tea, with, yes you guessed it, strawberries & ice-cream for dessert.

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all.

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

I need me a pair of these! :-

“Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Right off for some more exploration of the galaxy. It’s nice having a decent sized ship but I have discovered that even though there are multiple other places for the crew to be they seem to congregate on the flight deck & block the hatch!

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

I’m with Wonko! :-

“It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”
― Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Right, I’m a fully fledged Ranger with his own (huge!) ship! I can finally stand having the crew around as they are not generally on the bridge! So the question is which one of the 20 missions / activities that are on. My list should I do next?

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 995 , Sunday 19/07/2026

Sunday started after a nice lay in at about 8am.

It’s been a mostly quiet day, a few chores & then an afternoon spent catching up on some of Mrs S’s shows.

Huntsman pie and salad for tea, with our favourite strawgogs & ice cream for dessert!

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day at all - my back has forgiven me, which is a good thing because there are a few jobs to do next week that will need me to abuse it 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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

Tonight’s quote seemed apt for our friends across the pond - the only differences being that, their choice has the dress sense of stunned banana & they have singularly failed to imprison the current incumbent even though they did convict them of 30 plus felonies! However on the drawing attention front there is little doubt they have a winner! :-

“The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. On those criteria Zaphod Beeblebrox is one of the most successful Presidents the Galaxy has ever had — he has already spent two of his ten presidential years in prison for fraud.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Right, took down the gang I have been chasing the last few days. Now the only thing left is to go get the corrupt official who (inevitably) was behind it!

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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

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Diary of an AuDHD Squirrel. Day 994 , Saturday 18/07/2026

Saturday started late - I mean 8am late! I had a late night last night & just slept thru!

It’s been another quiet day a few small chores done & then I made the mistake of trying to turn back on some of the macbook’s protection features - BAD idea!

So will have to go thru the whole DFU restore process again, (reinstall the firmware) & then reinstall Macos then put linux back on. Apple do NOT like you trying to put anything other than their OS on their boxes!

So lesson learned, hopefully 3rd time will be the charm!

Final Thoughts.

Not a bad day, I have been surprisingly sanguine over the setback with the MacBook, perhaps it is because I (mostly) understand it, with stuff like the blinds last week where I did not fully understand what was going on & did not feel in control it gets far more stressful!

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 993 , Friday 17/07/2026

Friday started bright & early & I managed to get my squirrelly ass down to the gym.

Tried the new treadmill - not a fan, (which it lacks, a sad oversight given the current temperatures!).

It’s been a productive day in small ways.

The coffee machine has been cleaned & descaled, the dishwasher has had a cleaning cycle & a variety of other minor tasks.

I got some new shoes for round the house yesterday & they are wonderfully light & comfortable!

Pizza for tea with cider to wash it down while we continued with our Babylon 5 fest - currently in the first quarter of series 2.

Final Thoughts.

It has been another pleasant summer day here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire & while I have not achieved anything significant progress has been made!

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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Good evening Squirrel Fans.

Romeo & Juliet eat your hearts out! :-

“The disc's greatest lovers were undoubtedly Mellius and Gretelina, whose pure, passionate and soul-searing affair would have scorched the pages of History if they had not, because of some unexplained quirk of fate, been born two hundred years apart on different continents. However, the gods took pity on them and turned him into an ironing board** and her into a small brass bollard.

**When you're a god, you don't have to have reasons.”
― Terry Pratchett, Mort

Right, well I’m hot on the trail of one of the leaders of the gang I’ve been chasing for the last few days!

Catch you fab folk on the other side!

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

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