# Daily Updates #

Long weekend. Doing as little as possible and taking some time off the PC to give my brain and eyes a break.

spent all day yesterday chopping firewood. generated approx one tonne of firewood. Starting my next tonne today.  Microsoft are recruiting autistics I attended the Q&A session. I can recommend them as an employer. I was very impressed. The whole presentation was given by an autistic IT employee.

We're Farscape fans - we attended the convention in 2003....

Scorpious in his casual clothes  

Realized NT's are far more fragile than me they need friends and people . obvious really. 

Good day, although my head is like cotton wool so I've been struggling in conversations- Think it's because I'm trying to split attention between the project and the person talking to me. Far better to have work-time and conversation-time.

Work seems more chaotic than usual. Decisions being made and then unmade all over the place. Remind myself that other people's issues are not my issues. When it's like this it's easy to think I'm wasting my time there. 

Rested well. Work hacking me off already. It's only been a day  Why is everyone wanting meetings to see things before they're ready???? 

That rule about "be patient" drilled into me as a kid apparently isn't applicable in everyday life. It ought to be. 

felt alright , just fed the animals, just basic routine ,thought alot ,learn't about levels of friendship. Non autistic daughter ? had shutdown and spent the day under duvet not speaking to anyone ,at 7 pm got up saying everything got to much .

Started a new embroidery kit

Walking round the office trying to get my steps up.

Realise I've left my phone (which I use to count steps) on my desk

Went for a walk (making another resolution not to leave it so long until the next one). Even with grey skies and nippy air it was lovely. I need to resurrect my druidry - once I started to think about connections with nature I started to feel a lot more grounded (too often I'm allowing myself to be caught up with work stress and learning stuff and shutting everything else out)

I still seem to be losing energy very quickly. Still all over the place mood/energy wise.

Watched Farscape - really enjoying this now

Did another week on Managing Emotions from Coursera. Two more to go. Enjoying it but worried I'll not put it into practice - I've noticed I'm not using the mood chart as much).

Retro-gaming - I needed some escapism and provided I can keep it to an hour that's not too bad. So grand strategy out, retro-shooters in.

Dozed off through lunch - again

"Forgot" to clean the house - again

flat out today --- some of developers have been requested to help me with testing as the deadline approaches and there is so much to cover.  Sometimes I think we risk too much.  did a death meditation today, well I should say I attempted my first one. I'll have another go soon. 

My gran left behind stuff that was out-of-date since 2003 after she died in 2016.

Fortunately, no chickens.

Got a skip delivered this morning for the builders and for me to empty the last on my junk from the garage - but it stinks in there - has done for months - but now I've found the culprit!

We have a chest freezer in there - and my wife had left a whole chicken and chicken breasts in a plastic bag down beside it - no idea why - probably in September - OMG it's gross!     just getting near it was puke-inducing.     it's now triple-bagged and sealed in plastic - what the hell do I do with it???   I can't put it in the normal bins - where do I dispose of it?     

Would Porton Down be interested?   

And wouldn't you believe it - I've just been spray-painting my latest model outside in the sun - and got blinded by the sun reflection off another house and I've fallen over and hurt myself on the concrete - boo-boos on both knees and palms and shoulder.    

 dug a bit of garden , chopped a bit of wood sunny all day ,sent e-mail saying want 10k more for house ,seen nuclear bunker for sale daydreamed about building castle on top of it . That would be so cool 

Yesterday seemed to be a day full of triggers so I just went into my space

Today has been a work day, nothing exciting. A bit better than yesterday, but kept my distance from normality as much as work allows me. 

Finished an embroidery kit I’ve been working on the past few days

Had a migraine most of today 

I'm going to start limiting my screen time. What with work and being on the PC out of hours I'm spending far too much time looking at a monitor (not to mention the "check-ins" on my mobile).

This means pausing some of the advanced data analysis reading I was doing but I'm feeling unbalanced. Too much PC time, not enough getting fresh air, savoring my cooking, relaxing with easy reading and doing non-tech things.

My cat has it right when he sticks his bum on the keyboard

I was wobbly yesterday and today, even after a long run, but seem to be settling now. Got tmrw off, i could do with two weeks. Gonna run, have a bath, do a few chores and lie in.

Took the dogs out this morning for their usual walk, 4.30 - 5.30.  There is a distinct sense of spring in the air, a little bit warmer and the birds are chirping away.

Got my new laptop this morning. :)

Waiting for an Asda grocery delivery, then getting ready for tonight's quiz. 8-)