DoubleTreble

Tim_McTuffty, 1 day ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 188 , Saturday 04/05/2024

Up at around 07:30 to a day that promised to be filled with more difficulty than I anticipated it might yesterday morning.

To set the scene:
Last night my MiL , who is very elderly & quite frail but still lives at home with the help of carers , had a fall.
We were contacted by her carers when they found her on the floor as they arrived to make her comfortable for the night.
We live about an hour away by car & both Mrs S. & I had had a few drinks so we had to depend on the carers to sort out getting an ambulance for my MiL who they suspected had broken her leg.
We’ll skip lightly over the fight we had , over the phone , with her to get her to go - she fears the NHS staff might bump her off 🙄🤦‍♂️ .

So we went to bed with all this hanging over our heads.

Thusly we arrive at Saturday morning:
The hospital has called , apparently while in a lot of pain my MiL has just got a sprained ankle. This is good !
They are sending her home later , but Mrs S. has a somewhat fraught relationship with her mum so while we are on standby in case anything untoward happens she is letting the hospital sort out returning her Mum home.
This sits uncomfortably with me, I feel that herself should make some effort here.
Don’t get me wrong she gets her mums shopping once a week , & see’s to her administrative well being, but when a loved one (even a semi estranged one) is in distress I think that one should step up.
Once I would have pushed the point, but I no longer have the spoons to deal with the resulting fallout, so I will keep my thoughts to myself & let the situation play out as it will.

We spent an uneasy afternoon watching TV, waiting for the phone to go, finally got a a call late this afternoon, turns out that they are keeping my MiL in hospital, sounds like they suspect a possible broken hip & have scheduled a CT scan for tomorrow .

Watching the last of the Terminator franchise (Dark Fate) while eating Chinese takeaway.

Final Thoughts.

Sometimes plans change in a heartbeat due to reasons way out of our control, once again I will spend an uneasy night wondering if my MiL is ok.

I wish that Mrs S. & her mum had a better relationship , it disturbs me at a fairly fundamental level that herself is yet to check in with her mum either in person or on the phone.

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

DoubleTreble, 2 days ago to random

#Cupofteasocial
#mugshot
Good morning lovely people 💕
Another grey day dawn's after yesterday's sunshine!
Another Ms DT unwanted mug, (Super mario)
I believe 🤔
I aim to finish my current project today!
I will be volunteering this afternoon also 🥰🥰

Whiskeyomega, 3 days ago to Birds

Kestrel ?

#Birds

Jaden3, 5 days ago to random

I always read books right from a lil kid. My Momma read to me and I carried on. I thank my mom for that. I learnt so much from reading and now I got the ambition to write a book of my own.
Shit this bitch taken so long I ain't gonna lie. But I nearly finished the first chapter 🤞🏾
#TimeTravelAuthors #authors

DoubleTreble, 5 days ago to SpiderMan

#Cupofteasocial
#mugshot
Good morning lovely people 💕
Hope you're all having a fantastic Tuesday morning!
My Spidey sense is tingling today, with Ms DT 's
#spiderman mug, it's really difficult to drink out of this one 🤣🤣
It's definitely going to the Charity shop this afternoon 🤣🤣
Sending love and hugs to one and all 💖💖

Tim_McTuffty, 6 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 184 , Monday 29/04/2024

Monday already!

Up at just before 6 , dizziness made itself known because why not !

Walkies nonetheless , even though walkies at the moment is merely an unpleasant means to an end.

FO4 was the order of the day , Mrs S. offered to go clothes shopping with me this afternoon but I was just not up for mixing with my fellow humans today.

Final Thoughts.

Once again the plans I made for getting stuff done in a day have fallen by the wayside , I guess I got out for a walk & got my basic shores done so it wasn’t a total write off.

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Jaden3, 6 days ago to random

Last stop Atlanta ✋🏾 on gang I ain't moving no mo istg!
Shit I dun wit shuffling my ass between houston and chicago 😒
My Momma now moved to ATL , my aunt, uncle, cousins there. Atlanta my base now .
Shit I just gotta find a job earn sum dollar 💵

Whiskeyomega, 8 days ago to vinyl

Saturday night tunes.

The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation

#vinyl #NowPlaying

Tim_McTuffty, 8 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 182 , Saturday 27/04/2024

TL:DR - hands up everyone who wants me to write a summary for an entry of half a dozen lines or so.

Up at 06:30 for some weird reason known only to Mrs S.

So tired today, exhausted to my very bones.

Did my chores then hit FO4 , I do like that game.

We had a Chinese takeaway for tea with a side of Terminator:Genisys .

Final Thoughts.

What happened to the old me who was full of energy & re-landscaping the garden at this time of year not so many years ago, they seem to have emigrated or something.

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

DoubleTreble, 8 days ago to crochet

@crochet
@fibrearts
So alongside my current WIP!
I've been making little pumpkins for Mums care home for Halloween!
I know it's a bit early, but they're so simple!
And I've already made 30 Christmas trees for them 🤣🤣

DoubleTreble, 9 days ago to crochet

@crochet
@fibrearts
Good afternoon lovely people 💕
Home from the charity shop this afternoon l, literally weighed down with yarn 🧶🧶🧶🧶
I really couldn't resist, all this for just £7.50!!!
I KNOW!!!
I keep saying I don't need more yarn but....

Dining table covered in various colours of yarn
Dining table covered in various colours of yarn

purplepadma, 9 days ago to random

Another night of waking every hour or so. I guess technically it’s my birthday now. Happy birthday me, I made to 50, who’d have thought. Once again I feel absolutely fine during the night, neither up nor down. The Goldilocks zone 😁

Tim_McTuffty, 12 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 177 , Tuesday 23/04/2024

TL:DR

Up at around 6:15am, Mrs S. kindly let me have a lay in.
Did breakfast then a quick torture session aka walk. 2 thoughts on that :

1. The weather witches lied - it was not due to rain till around 10am, it rained that horrible fine stuff around 7:30 !
2. If my smart assed watch whinges at me in that snotty red tone about being ‘below the zone’ it’s gonna end badly for it !

You can tell I’m in a happy, well balanced mood today can’t you 😆

So got an email from Octopus says that a) they had updated the billing system to reflect the right tariffs & b) fixed the Gas meter (it’s not been transmitting) .

Have no proof about the tariffs yet but the gas meter isn’t showing on the IHD still 🙄🤦‍♂️

I wanted to play ESO this afternoon but could not pull the motivation together.

Finished the day watching some random thing that we recorded for herself.

Final Thoughts.

I feel like I am teetering on the edge of another bout of full on depression. The signs are all there, the exhaustion, the lack of motivation the lack of enjoyment in hobbies.

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

Tim_McTuffty, 13 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 177 , Monday 22/04/2024

Up around 6am this morning , slept but not a refreshing sleep, I have been exhausted all day.
Some of this is undoubtedly down to the fact that SAD has been kicking due to the grey, wet conditions, but not all, I wonder if I’m more stressed than I thought.

Managed to play a little ESO this afternoon so that kept me off the streets.

Final Thoughts.

Another quiet day, so tired , I wonder what that is about?

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

DoubleTreble, 14 days ago to random

#Cupofteasocial
#mugshot
Good morning lovely people 💖
Hope Sunday is being kind to you all 🥰
Rosie the riveter for you today 💖
Travelling to Sheffield today to visit Ms DT 🤗🤗🤗

Tim_McTuffty, 15 days ago to actuallyautistic

Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 175 , Saturday 20/04/2024

TL:DR Saturday - yay ! ; Chores, Dune & Fedi-friends - what more could a Squirrel want? (Hint - not to be messed about by energy companies !!)

Up around 7am or there abouts , breakfast then chatted with friends on here for a little while.

I managed to get out for a walk , the sunshine lured me out & although I kept it to a short walk , due to the PF in my foot & the threat of dizzy spells if I pushed myself too far, I did enjoy it.

Caught up with my chores & after lunch Mrs S. & I settled down to a Dune fest . I’ve seen Part 1 before but Part 2 was a totally new experience! They have made a really good fist of it & I look forward to Part 3 - although that is looking like 2028 / 2030!

Made some new friends in the Fediverse today & strengthened my friendship with others . This place is so cool , there are some truly lovely folks here !

The only sour note today is that Octopus Energy seem to be as crap at taking readings as EDF, for Nuggan’s sake can these companies not due a very basic part of their job properly ??

Final Thoughts.

I am exhausted by the amount of energy I have to expend on stuff that should just happen in the background. Was it always like this & I was just to tied up in myself to notice ?

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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖

@actuallyautistic
#TimsASDjourney #ActuallyAutistic #Neurospicy #TheMammutMoves

DoubleTreble, 1 month ago to crochet

@crochet
#crochet
Making progress on my latest crochet project 😁
Three of the four corners made 🧶🧶