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February 1st, 2026Good goat times today. Freezing cold, though. Below zero. With a harsh wind that made it feel even worse. But at least no snowstorm, even though there was a weather advisory for it. Didn’t hit my locality. There were some scattered patches of snow and ice here and there. And no sun. Dark and cold. And no Jeanette, she was out sick. So it was all a bit gloomy!
But the goats were good. And it was so good to be back with them. Felt the most myself I have felt in a week or two. The goat place is where I feel best.
A quiet day with no visitors, and too cold and slippery to tun around too much. But it’s good just being in their company.
And now it’s the right kind of weather for some soup.
26/1 2026
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Better with goats.
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26/1 2026
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Got an hour and half on the bike today. Happy with the groove I’ve gotten on that. Exercise going quite well. Now I just need everything else. To. Also.
Got a grocery delivery today too. The delivery guy was nice, he went “Hey you moved, you used to live over there!”. Clearly he had delivered to me at the old place. The delivery service use independent contract drivers, I am not sure how often or if at all it’s ever the same guys, since I can’t really recognise them of course. But he was nice. And I got my stuff. Trying to stick to the healthier things. I miss iced creams.
Also got a postal package today. Not my regular mailman, the guy I like. I hope he hasn’t stopped. Maybe he’s on vacation. Anyway the new guy seemed very nice, so it’s not like that as a problem.
What did I get? I got my daylight lamp thingie. So it will be interesting to try that out. I have to admit I am not too hopeful. I think my visual impairment is also going to impair how much I get out of the light. But hey I’ll give it a go. My relationship with light is complicated. I can’t see if it’s too dark, but bright light also has a strong negative effect on my vision. But it would be nice if I could get something positive out of this. I could sure use it.
Let it be noted, I don’t like green bananas. I wanted to try them, but that’s not pleasant. Maybe if I dipped it in iced cream..
27/1 2026
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I like a good lean-in, Luna.
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27/1 2026
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Humans stress me out. That’s probably why I tend to avoid them. Goats are much easier to get along with.
No wonder I’m such a succesful person!
27/1 2026
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Tried out my new daylight lamp this morning.
Mixed feelings.
It did give me a faceful of light, that’s for sure. The operational buttons aren’t very handy though, they don’t feel very responsive. And they’re placed right under the light, so when the light is shining right in your face it’s really hard to see the buttons and little indicator lights.
But I’ll try to keep using it, increase intensity and duration over time.
28/1 2026
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I guess we’re in the Empire Strikes Back part of the timeline, where everything is bleak and it seems like the Empire is winning. Can’t wait for the Ewoks to come in and brighten our lives. And that air shaft better be open and ready..
28/1 2026
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I know I say this about once a week, but thank you to Helle.
She helped put some pressure on the housing association, and now I got my name on my mailbox. Put on with a labeller while they’re working to figure out the technical difficulties. The names on the mailboxes are electronic, and I think there’s some problem with me in the system. But now I got my name there, physically. So hopefully I should not be missing more mail. Again, sorry if anyone sent me stuff and I didn’t get it.
28/1 2026
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Off to see the goats today. Things weren’t quite as I had hoped. Something was off with them. Mostly Sky, also Luna. Bella was most normal. But I knew something was up when none of them came running down to the fence when I got there.
Sky and Luna were both sitting down, and didn’t get up when I went into the pen. They spent a lot of time today sitting.
I hope it’s just the cold. It was severely cold. Even with 4 layers and chemical handwarmers, I still got frozen through pretty quickly. Maybe the cold and dark was getting to the goats too.
They were chewing cud. And when I served breakfast they did eat. Sky didn’t get up to get hers, but I brought the bowl down to where she was sitting and placed it next to it and she did eat from it. And Luna did lick my face and butt some head with Bella. So they weren’t completely lethargic. But they were definitely not their usual selves. And that’s never nice to see.
Feels like the whole world is crashing down, and I don’t want my goat buddies to also be hurt or in trouble. I talked to Jeanette about it, we’ll keep an eye on them. Hopefully it’s no big cause for alarm. Sigh. It’s just one thing after another.
We did get a lot of nice visitors today, the people from the neighbour school. I had little two line conversations with a couple of the adults that are very and know me. And they brought a christmas tree. I had kind of resigned myself to this being the first year ever that the goats wouldn’t get a christmas tree. But at least they got one now.
Luna chomped at it a little, and Bella did munch on it quite a bit. Maybe Sky will feel like having some later. Wasn’t the usual big frenzy when a christmas tree is dumped off in the pen. But it will be something to nibble on for months, so that’s good.
And now I need some hot soup. It’s been a bit of a gloomy and absolutely freezing day. Need soup.
29/1 2026
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Here’s Sky and Luna sitting down in the morning.
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29/1 2026
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As if today wasn’t cold enough, I had a problem with my hot water when I got home from goating.
I wanted to shave my head, as I do. At the bathroom sink. But I could only get lukewarm water out of the faucet. Once I was done with it I wanted to get in the hot shower and warm up. I was frozen solid from the goat trip. But now I was worried. Was I going to have only lukewarm water in the shower too?
And at first I did. I was shivering in the shower. Lukewarm water was not enough to warm dem cold bones. Thankfully, after a minute or so it finally got actually hot. Which was a relief. Both because the hot water felt so good, and because it meant I didn’t have ANOTHER thing to call the housing association about. Altough it is a little concerning. Normally the hot water comes right out, it shouldn’t take a minute to actually get hot. Maybe today has been so bitterly cold that even the water supply has frozen?
When I got out of the shower I tried the sink faucet again and this time the hot water came out immediately. So. Hopefully there’s not a problem somewhere. I don’t think it has happened before that it took so long for the water to get actually hot.
Now I have a big pot of soup in ma belly. That is helping. I really wish it would be spring soon. The forecast is just looking colder and colder, though. I have a hard time with the cold. I keep my apartment warmer than most, warmer than I should. And I still get cold. Hooray for diabetes, and other things.
We need to get going on buying California, so I can move there.
29/1 2026
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What’s a nice hallucination like you doing in a dirty reality like this?
29/1 2026
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if you tolerate this then your children will be next
30/1 2026
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I can feel that I was frozen solid yesterday.
Woke up with a sore throat and a snotty nose.
Not badly, though. Just mildly. Not like I’m sick, just like I’m.. defrosting. So hopefully it won’t get worse than this.
I do also have a sore neck, it hurts when I turn my head in some positions.
Yeah, yeah. Some day I’ll wake up with nothing to complain about. And then I’ll complain about that.
30/1 2026
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Here’s Bella with the christmas tree yesterday. I’m glad we got at least one.
Maybe I should have told Helle to tell people that the goats would love to have their old christams trees when they’re done with them. But by now I’m sure everyone has gotten rid of their trees. But we got one at least.
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30/1 2026
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I’m less of a brick house and more of a mud hut.
30/1 2026
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Rest in peace Catherine O’Hara. I loved her. From Home Alone to the creek, and more. Always funny. Gone too soon.
30/1 2026
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Got an hour forty on the bike today. So I got that going for me.
Going pretty well with the exercise now. And finally seen some result on the weight, dropped a couple of pounds. So hopefully that’s going in the right direction, it’s hard to stay motivated when you don’t feel like you’re accomplishing anything. I’ve been struggling with that. But hopefully it can continue to go ahead now.
I am feeling more myself.
Unfortunately myself is feeling pretty severely depressed still. The cold is getting to me. The world and everything is getting to me. Finding it hard to have motivation to do anything. I barely want to get out of bed. I just.. don’t want to be here. But I am here. One day a day. Warmer days will come. Sooner or later.
And hey today hot water came out the faucet immediately, didn’t have to wait for a minute for it to warm up. That makes a hot shower a lot more enjoyable.
Last day of January? That’s crazy. How can it feel like time is standing still while it also feels like it’s flying by?
31/1 2026
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Has anyone made an image combinging the Rebel Alliance logo with the American flag yet? I’d do it, but my photoshop is from 2002, it’s probably not up to it.
31/1 2026
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I haven’t had a chance to watch the Melania movie, so please avoid posting spoilers.
31/1 2026
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It’s not easy to pose naturally, but I think Luna is trying her best.
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31/1 2026
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goatlog
1/2 2026
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I can’t believe it’s February.
And whoever stole my calendar, give it back!
1/2 2026
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Sometimes I feel like I am falling apart.
Thank you to everyone who keeps putting me back together again. Your Lasse Lego set appreciates it.
1/2 2026
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That’s all for now.