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September 13th, 2026Good goat times today. A lovely day, good thing I got going. I wasn’t feeling so great, physically and mentally. I had been thinking about skipping today. But thankfully I didn’t. The forecast promised temps above 20/70 and sunshine. So I thought maybe it would be a last breath of almost summer. And then suddenly a heavy rain came down. Whoops. It didn’t last too long though, and we got some sun later and it was comfortable warm.
Some sweet visitors, kids petting the goats.
The main even today though, was hoof trimming. So I helped with that. My job being grabbing the girls by the horns and helping hold them still and comforting them. They really hate it. Jeanette did the trimming and we also had Lillian and another guy, I forget his name.. Niyam, something like that? Anyway, we had a whole crew and it went fine. But it’s never nice for the girls. We have to lay them down on their side and keep them still.
No hard feelings afterwards, a few treats made them forget the whole thing. And I’m glad I could help. I think it makes it easier for them to have someone they know and trust so well to be there.
I also got a nice message from an old friend. Jeanette had been to a meeting with personel from other playgrounds. And apparently someone burst out LASSE!!! when Jeanette mentioned me. It was Nina! Okay, I would be surprised if anyone here remembers her. It is a decade now. She worked for a while at the first playground. Back around 2014. She was very nice, I remember. She is now working doing the same work as Jeanette’s, so that’s nice. She’s hoping to get some permanent position, because she’s on some kind of maternity thing now. But that was really sweet hearing from her, and that she remembers me and I made some kind of impact! Apparently she still follows the goat page so she’s been seeing me and the new goats, she just didn’t know what playground it’s at. Fun!
Yeah it was a lovely day, so much better than staying home and feeling bad for myself and all that.
And now a potful of soup awaits.
7/9 2026
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Luna’s response to our plans to trim their hooves today..
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Hiding from the sudden rain.
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7/9 2026
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The surprise message from Nina was no the only communication from the first playground I got today. Last night I dreamt about it, coincidentally.
I was walking toward the pen. Those of you who were around back then may remember it, pretty small. The grey wall. The hatch.
I was filming as I walked up to the fence, and the hatch opened and goats started coming out. Who came out?
Mia and Mio.
So that was pretty wonderful to see.
It also made me stop, in the dream, and think “Oh. This must be a dream”. It’s been a long long time since I last had one of those dreams were you become aware you’re dreaming. I didn’t get to go into full lucid dreaming mode, becacuse I woke up pretty quicly after tha. All I remember is turning the camera to film myself. Apparently I wanted to send a message to myself. I guess I didn’t realise that the video wouldn’t make it into the real world. Wouldn’t it be neat if you could have a camera that filmed in your dreams and you could then have the videos afterwards in reality. Someone invent that, please.
Anyway. I can’t remember what the message to myself was. Not beyond “Hey, dreamer”.
But it was lovely to see Mia and Mio. You know how important they were to me.
7/9 2026
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In nongoat news today. Nothing really. I think maybe the ramp is finished and ready to use? We still haven’t gotten any communication about it, like they told Helle we would get. But it looks done. They put a kind of carpetting on the gravelly path. Blueish, I think. Maybe it stand out like a clear path. I still don’t know if my mother will be able to use it with her walker. But we’ll have to see.
Also, I am currently reading the Star Wars book Legacy. About Rey and Leia. good times. But the important bit for now is, there’s a character who visits a planet where there are “goat like creatures” I think they were described as. So I was walking long listening to the audiobook and there were goat bleats in it, haha. The Star Wars books are usually very well produced, with sound effects and the classic music and stuff like that. Hums of light sabers, blaster fire, TIE fighter screams. But I didn’t expect to be hearing goats when listening to my Star War.
7/9 2026
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I think Luna forgave me for the hoof trimming. Or, maybe she’s just about to headbutt me.
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7/9 2026
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Got an hour fifty on the bike today. So I got that going for me.
Chilling on the diet, but have to keep working hard on the exercise. Had some computer stuff to do too. And just gearing up for the big neuro exam. I hope I pass! Or whatever.
So here we are. Feeling a bit empty. And not just my head. One day a day, onwards and onwards.
8/9 2026
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I’m thinking of getting into Bon Iver, any thoughts?
8/9 2026
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For the premium subscribers, a little behind the scenes footage from the hoof trimming. Just the start and end, not the actual trimming. And I’m out of frame at the bottom for it all, haha. But there are treats at the end.
8/9 2026
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goatlog
9/9 2026
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Oh, hello there. I am back from the hospital and the big neuo exam.
Short version: Did tests, they want to do more tests. They probably want to get me on epilepsy meds, but not yet. So, no conclusive answers yet. but the balls are rolling.
Long version:
Once again thank you to my mother for helping me. That hospital is a huge complex and I would have no chance of finding my way around there on my own. So I am very grateful that she could come along
I had another run-in with my nemesis, the revolving door. I don’t know what it is about that particular revolving door but it’s just hard for me to see where to get out once I’m in. But mom got me steered through.
I was feeling a whole lot of anxiety and tension, just from being in an unfamiliar place and with so many people around. When we got to the waiting area there was one patient who had her whole family there and they took up all the chairs. Thankfully a nice woman eventually gave me her seat. But it was all quite mentally stresful.
And then it was time to get in and talk to the.. I forget now if she was a nurse or doctor. But she was very nice. We started with lots of questions and I detailed all my blackouts and my situation, and she asked more questions.
And then it was time for tests. And they were just pretty basic physical tests mostly. Walk in a line. Touch your nose. Lay back and lift that leg and put that knee on that shin. I think it was pretty basic stuff and I don’t think it came up with any abnormalities.
After all that was done she went to talk to a colleague, one with more experience in the matters. And when she came back she said that there was obviously something wrong since I have these issues, and they probably want to get me on epilepsy meds. But not quite yet. First they want me to get another EEG. This time while sleeping. And then they want to do an MRI scan. “Are you claustrophobic?”. I hope not…
And then she gave me some reading material about epilepsy. I’ll have to see if I can parse through some of that.
But that was pretty much it. I guess it’s not a direct diagnosis, but it seems like I may have some epilepy related thing. I don’t know if the sleep EEG and the MRI will come up with anything concrete, but we’ll have to take that when we get to it. They’ll call me in for those. Hopefully it won’t be another super long wait. On the other hand, my avoidant side is saying “you can leave me alone for a while now please”. I will probably take a couple of days to decompress now. I feel quite exhausted. Mostly mentally.
So, not an endpoint. But hopefully a step in the right direction. It would have been nie with some definite answers right away, but I suppose that would be a lot to ask for. It’s been almost a month and a half without a blackout now, so maybe it’s all just fine anyway. Yeah yeah.
I’m gonna get me a potful of soup now. That’ll soothe me.
9/9 2026
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After the big neuro exam, I thought it would be a good idea to take mom home and test out the new ramp outside our building.
It turns out, mama can use it. So that’s a relief. That means my parents can still get to my apartment. And the grocery and food deliveries have gone well so far too. I have a couple of packages coming in the mail the next days, so let’s hope the postman can also make it through. I spent so much time worrying about the access to our building, it would be nice to put that to rest.
It’s a little annoying having to take my trash down to the bins across the road, but I can live with that if that’s the worst of it.
I did just read an article talking about how there was a fire last month in the building I moved out of. And the fire brigade couldn’t get to the the building because it was fenced in. Thankfully another esident was able to put out the fire and save the woman in the afflicted apartment. But reading stuff like that makes me worry about the housing assoc and their bad communication sometimes.
Anyway. Glad mom can use the ramp. That was important to me.
9/9 2026
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Ugh. My packages did not get delivered. Two packages coming via post. Both was “not able to deliver”.
So the mailman can’t get to my building. That’s disappointing. Especially since it was, presumably, my regular mailman who has been so good and gone above and beyond before. But apparently he couldn’t figure out to park out by the road and come down the ramp or the stairs?
So that means for the next couple of years I can’t get packages to my place.
That’s going to really suck if I need to order heavy stuff, or if, as Helle has talked about, the package shop around the corner might get closed in the coming months.
These two packages are small ones. And tat shop is just a 5 minute detour ony way home from the goats. So that’s not really a problem. But again. If that shop closes, I might have to pick up packages from places I’m not familiar with, places I probably can’t just walk to. It will add a lot of trouble and anxiety. Sigh. And it would be really bad with bigger stuff. Like kthe new computer I’d still like to get some time. Freighting that home on a long journey with my back and vision, that would really suck.
And it also makes me worry about the letter mail. At least with packages you know they’re coming and if you can’t receive them then you get notified and you can pick them up. If the company that delivers letters can’t get to us, you wouldn’t know there’s a letter coming and you would not get notified, you’d just not get your mail. And with all the communication problems with the housing assoc I don’t really trust that they have made arrangements to make sure we get our mail. They clearly haven’t done anything about us getting packages.
Bah humbug, I will always find stuff to worry about.
I stayed home today to decompress. I was planning on an early pizza. But the pizza place that I usually use and that is usually open at noon, today it suddenly isn’t open till 4. I know I’m weird, but I like eating my hot meal earlier in the day on relaxing days. Bah humbug.
Anyway, in other news. I now have dates for my two next neuro appointments. The sleeping EEG scan and the MRI brain scan.
The EEG one is at the end of October, so that’s a bit of a long wait.
The MRI is in two weeks, so that’s a lot shorter of a wait. By a coincidence, my mother has an appointment the very same day at the same hospital. But hers is early in the morning and mine is late in the afternoon. I need help getting there, but I would not really like to sit 6-7 hours and wait at the hospital. Well, we’ll figure it out. Maybe we can do some rescheduling, or work something else out. I really appreciate the help, going there on my own would be a nightmare.
But the balls are rolling and they’re in my court now. Or are they in their court? What game are we playing anyway?
I’m getting a little nervous about the MRI thing. Part of me would prefer to swap the two dates so there was a longer wait till the MRI thing. But I think the MRI one is more likely to come up with something substantial, so it’s probably better to get that done the fastest anyway. It’s not so much the idea of being in that tube, or whatever, that scares me. It’s more everything around it that makes me nervous. But I’m sure it’ll be fine. I guess I’ll have to take off my tin foil hat for it. A perfect chance for the government to read my thoughts, I’ll have to think clean thoughts. So I may have to avoid a few of you people for those days!
Just kidding.
So I got blood tests at the doctor next week and then MRI the next week. It sure is fun being a mental and physical wreck!
(I know many people have it much worse. I’m just a whiny baby, and I need my bottle).
Oh yeah also I got an email from the grocery delivery service. They are “eager to present to you our new website”. Words like that give me a cold sweat. Things never get better. I haven’t looked at their new site yet. But I would shocked if it’s not a horrible mes designed for mobile with way worse accessibility and usability. I can’t think of any websites that have gotten better with time.
But at least I’ll have more things to complain about! Okay, I’ll go nurse my bottle of Pepsi now.
10/9 2026
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Remember the good old days when politicians had to be subtle? If they wanted to buy votes they had to make it seem like it wasn’t a bribe. They had to like hint at how they might give some special consideration to their supporters.
Now? They can just get in front of the camera and go “If you vote for us I will give you all money”.
Don’t take any wooden memecoins.
10/9 2026
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Sometimes the world has really weird timing.
I am still watching old seasons of snl. Been doing that for a year or more just slowly watching an episode here and there.
I’m getting ready to start on season 27. There’s a youtube channel that does a lof of snl coverage, and they’re doing videos that kind of sum up each season. Something like “What you absolutely need to know about season x of Saturday Night Live”.
So today, I start watching the video covering season 27. Not realising that was the season from 2001.
So by complete chance on the 25th anniversay of 9-11 I’m sitting there watching footage from the snl episode that aired after that happened.
Pretty crazy timing.
Also pretty crazy seeing Giuliani on the show, applauded and respected and loved and coming off like a decent human being.
Whatever you think of his politics, you can’t deny that the atmosphere around him has changed considerably since then.
Unless you’re one of the people who will say ‘fake news’ and who thinks America is still loved by all.
Back then America was our friend, one of our biggest allies, something we looked up to.Back then it was an attack on us all.
Today America is not seen as our friend. Not that we would, in any way, cheer if something like 911 happened again. Obviously. It remains a traumatic day in history.
But man. The world has only gotten more crazy. Not to get all Sugar about it, but what humans do to themselves is truly sad. And scary.
Twenty five years. I still remember seeing the second plane hit live on TV, and being scared and confused.
I hope America will become our friend again. I know I have a lot of amazing American friends, so there must be hope.
Surely, there must.
11/9 2026
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It hasn’t been a couple of good days. I have been feeling bad. Sleeping poorly and having massive head aches. Bad depression. Slipping into the bad habits of unhealthy behaviour.
So that sucks. I don’t know if it was the inability of postal package delivery. Or the 911 anniversaray. Probably more the drainingness of the hospital trip and stuff. I have just been feeling crushed for the last couple of days.
I’ll try to drag myself out of the hole again.
On the plus side the grocery deliverise and food delivieries and a visit from mother has all gone well. So it’s only the mailman that has missed. Maybe he’ll learn with time.
It’s too cold. And the housing assoc still hasn’t fixed my problem keeping me from checking water/heat/electricity usage. It’s been almost 3 months of this. It bugs me.
I didn’t think i’d be spending time listening to electronic jazz. But I randomly stumbled upon GoGo Penguin and I’m really enjoying it. Electronic jazz, what a time to be a leaf.
I wonder if squirrels think we’re nuts.
12/9 2026
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Well, unfortunately I was not able to drag myself out of the hole today.
Rather the opposite, I fell in deeper.
Another night of bad sleep. Woke up tired and head hurting. I managed to get out of bed. But after about half an hour I couldn’t cope anymore, and I crawled back into bed.
Ended up spending 13-14 hours in bed. It’s been a while since I did that. It’s not good, of course. But it feels good. Like eating unhealthy stuff. Why are the things that are bad for us also the ones that make us feel good in the short term or make us forget about what makes us feel bad? I don’t drink or smoke or do drugs, but I know that’s the same deal.
Yeah, so instead of getting up and exercising I slept half the day and then ordered more unhealthy stuff.
I am disappointed in myself. Four pretty bad days in a row. I have to be careful or this will turn into a Bad September, like July. I can feel myself slipping that way.
But I will do my best next week. Need goat time to recharge my batteries. And I have a doctor’s date that will force me out of the house and away from the bad stuff, so that’s good. Hopefully I can turn the ship around. Turn the shi* around.
Feeling lost at sea. And since we live on a flat Earth, I may drop off the edge at some point.
Oh look, there’s a friendly sea serpent coming way. To the rescue!
And so on and so forth.
Fight to live another day.
13/9 2026
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Think goat thoughts.
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13/9 2026
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That’s all for now.