Good goat times today. A cold and grey morning, but we did get a little sunshine later on. So that’s something. I wish it was spring, though.
Jeanette is off on vacation, so we were all by ourselves today. No visitors either. So it was a pretty quiet day. Handing out scratches and snackses. Trying to keep everyone on their best behaviour. Such as it is.
I did have a litlte mishap. I was sitting on the bench with Bella and Luna, and when I got up I banged my leg against the metal bit poking out of the bench. Right in my calf muscle. Ouwie. It’s still hurting. Hopefully it’ll wear off. Stupid human body.
Well, now it’s time for some soup I think. It’s the right kind of weather for it. And by that I mean there is oxygen in the air.
14/10 2024
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With the kids on the bench, while Sky watches from the mountain. I miss being able to sit more or less with all of them at once.

14/10 2024
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i ate too much soup. And I didn’t get enough sleep last niught. I just typed ‘slapp’ instead of sleep. Oh boy. Feeling very drowsy. Maybe I should go to slapp.
14/10 2024
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I got confirmation today of something i haed been suspecting for a couple of weeks. Scammers are using my phonenumber.
It’s a fairly common thing, I knew about it from reading threads on Danish reddit. I don’t know how coommon it is in other countries, but in Denmark it’s definitely a thing. It’s basically spoofing of phonenumbers. Scammers can make it appear that they are calling from any number they want. This is also why you shouldn’t necessarily trust it if you get a call from the police or your bank or something like that where you recognise the number. It can be spoofed. You can only be sure it actually is your bank or the police if you’re the one calling the number. PSA Don’t trust the number on the display when you get phonecalls.
Anyway, I’d read previously about people complaining that lots of peple are calling them and claiming that you’ve called them. Scammers spoof your number and call a ton of people. And some people will call back to complain or if they missed the calls.
About a couple of weeks ago I started getting calls from what seemed to be regular Danish numbers from random people. Now I often don’t answer my phone if I don’t know the number. Because I’ve been getting spam calls. But when I look those spam numbers up online it says in the online databases that the numbers are used for spam and advertising and that sort of thing. These new numbers where just normal numbers that hadn’t been reported for anything.
Today I answered the phone for one of those numbers and a guy said “hey you’ve called me a couple of times?” to which I could only go “nope, I haven’t.” Thankfully the guy seemed quite aware, told me that someone was abusing my number. I thanked him and said unfortunately there wasn’t much I could do about it. The real problem can be when people don’t know that it’s possible to spoof phonenumbers, they can get angry if they think you’re harrassing them and they don’t believe that you’re not the one making the calls. I’ve read about that happening.
Anyway, unfortunately I can’t really do anything. The phone system needs to be fixed to stop this problem, but that’s something that would be extremely complicated and expensive from what I understand, something that would need to be done all over the world. Replacing the current phone system with a new one that doesn’t allow spoofing doesn’t seem like is something that’s going to happen. And once your number is being used, the only fix is to get a new number. Unless this gets completely crazy I don’t think I want to do that. I had about a handful of calls or so last week, so it’s not too bad yet. As I understand it the scammers use your number for a while and then move on and use other numbers. Hopefully that’s what will happen here too.
But it isn’t a nice feeling, knowing there are scammers out there using my number. Humans suck.
14/10 2024
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Cheeky Luna.

14/10 2024
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Got an hour forty five on the bike today. I was worried about my calf muscle, after hurting it yesterday. But it didn’t bother me much. My legs in general are very tired, though. Feeling those muscles.
Also tried calling to follow up on the financial aid for glasses thing. Got their machine which said “We can’t come to the phone today, try another day”. Yeah yeah your phone line is open for two hours two days a week, I’ll try again next blernsday. Well, I guess they’re on fall vacation too. Fair enough. Just getting tired of the runarounds.
Guess what I tried for the first time yesterday? Granola. At least I think it’s the first time. I don’t think I’ve ever had it before. I was looking in the grocery store for some muesli or something, and saw the granola. And I’ve heard that name before and I kind of thought it was basically a kind of muesli. I guess it’s related to muesli, but a lot more sweetened and baked. And good. So good. Oh boy. I put some in my skyr and loved it. And as more proof that I have zero self control, I end up eating the whole bag. Yikes. I never said I was smart. SMRT.
Well my blood sugar and weight survived it, with the help of the exercise today I’m sure. It’s like candy.
I’ll probably end up getting more. Not for everyday use, but now and then. Because I loved it. And I mean the goal is to be able to eat stuff I love without it tanking my blood sugar or bloating my weight. As long as I keep exercising hard and having a mostly sensible diet, then it would be nice to be able to eat stuff for joy. Like granola or nuts or whatever. It’s just the ‘in moderation’ part that is difficult. But since I’m keeping track of my levels, hopefully I can reverse course if I get on too bad a path. Here’s hoping.
15/10 2024
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Welcome to TRL, I will not be taking questions!
15/10 2024
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Bella, you weirdo. I get why you do that when you want to reach something. But there’s nothing there to reach, you’re just going to end up tripping the chair over!

15/10 2024
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Squawk! Susie the Sussex, the big white with the barcode.

16/10 2024
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Time for another round of everyone’s favourite game show: Is Lasse A Hypochondriac?
Also, another episode of Can Lasse Spell Hypochondriac?
My throat started tickling and I started coughing last night before heading to bed. uh oh. I was feeling otherwise okay, but it felt like the beginning of a throat problem. I used a throat spray I have and took a lozenge.
Feeling okay today, but I still feel like there’s something lurking in my throat, oo-er.
Nothing serious I’m sure, but I’m staying home and relaxing today. Take it from there. Might need soup. I mean, just in general. Always might need soup.
16/10 2024
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goatlog

16/10 2024
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We’re watching

16/10 2024
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Feeling okay, but there’s still a tickle in my throat. Not too much coughing. Hopefully it’s a quick passing thing that’s almost gone, and not something still brewing to get worse. I guess I’ll find out. Better get some slapp soon.
16/10 2024
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Good goat times today.
A shorter trip than usual. Maybe I shouldn’t have gone out. I was feeling pretty okay in the morning, but my throat still tickling. Once I got out walking I could feel that I was not in tiptop condition, though. Somewhat queasy and dizzy and a bit tightness of the chest. Well, I spent about an hour with the goats. Needed some goat time. I wish I could have been there more this week, since Jeanette is on vacation. But I probably shouldn’t have gone out in the cold wind at all. Ah well.
Got home and did forty minutes on the bike. Thought I would try if I could manage some exercise. But yeah, probably shouldn’t have done that either. Low energy, low intensity. Very tired now. Now it’s time for soup and relax. I have a feeling I’ll feel worse before I feel better, but we’ll see.
17/10 2024
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Sky having breakfast with the chickens.
When i got there, Nayim had already served breakfast for the goats. But all the bowls were close by eachother inside, so Sky was outside complaining and not getting any. I brought one of the bowls out to her so she could get some, and the feathers quickly swooped into join. It’s funny how Sky doesn’t mind sharing a bowl with the feathers. She neer wanted to share with Bella or Luna. Now she doesn’t have so much choice.

17/10 2024
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Double chicken butt salute. A meeting of the two big white clucks.

17/10 2024
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Not feeling great. Tired and drained, nauseated and dizzy. Not too awful, but just pretty bleh. Pretty meh. Pretty snuh. Need more slapp.
Just taking it easy, and hopefully it’ll pass soon.
18/10 2024
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Thanks everyone for the words of concern etc.
I started feeling worse after I last updated. More and more dizzy and nauseated and tired. But now I am actually feeling better. Maybe it’s because I ate all my vitamins and supplements and painkillers and had something to eat and drink.
Now I’m just feeling quite tired. Oh, and it’s past midnight. Lost myself in browser work and hours went by. I guess I should head to bed and get that slapp.
Hopefully i’ll be good to go for the next week.
Slapp tite yoall.
19/10 2024
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Hello hello good day hello, goat photo.
Feeling fairly okay today. Tired still, very tired. Still a bit wobbly on my feet, but when I’m sitting down I’m feeling mostly fine.

19/10 2024
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It’s soup o’clock somewhere.
19/10 2024
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It’s another day. I’m still not feeling well. Not super awful, just tired and achey and nauseated.
In an unrelated thing, I hurt my ear a bit. Nothing serious. But it means I’m having to sleep without earplugs fr a bit. So I was woken up by the bowling elephant kids this morning, just what I needed when I’m this tired and drained!
Ah well. It’s probably going to take me a couple of days still before I’m okay. At least my throat isn’t hurting. Last year when I got sick my throat was hurting so bad, it was horrible. I got myself a mouth spray back then, and if I feel any throat problems coming on then I start spraying like crazy. I’m speculating that’s why my throat isn’t hurting and I’m not really coughing anymore. Building up some phlegm, but otherwise my throat is good, as the bishop said to the sailor’s nun.
Just need to relax, that should sort it all out.
Knock on wood.
20/10 2024
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A Luna hug. She’s such an affectionate little girl. I hope that doesn’t start to change now that she’s getting bossier with Sky too.

20/10 2024
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That’s all for now.

Good goat times today. A rainy one. My new jacket is nice and warm and handles the rain fine. Thanks again, Jeanette!
A lot of time was spent today trying to keep Sky out of the rain. Not always succesfully. It’s really really sad seeing her standing out in the rain, bleating at us. Brears my heart.
I went and got the plywood board and propped it up between the tub and the fence, to make a little shelter for her. It didn’t work very well and she didn’t want to use it. I wish we could get a better outside shelter made for her. I still hope we can.
I did get her inside several times, when I managed to get the big girls out of her way. And I sat with her inside for a good while. But she also had to save time out in the rain, and it pains. But there’s not so much I can do, if she won’t stand up to Bella and Luna. She’s pretty much running from Luna now too. Hopefully when I’m not around they settle down and Sky can find the space she needs.
Jeanette did some trimming today of the bushes that grow up against the goat house. They are very tough and prickly, and when the wind blows they rub against the walls and make really annoying sounds. Jeanette finally got so tired of it that she started cutting them down. She was dragged them over to the far end of the pen. I think she said she was making hedgehog shelter tehre. Maybe wild hedgehogs can hide out in them. The goats did some munching on them too, until the rain drove them back inside.
7/10 2024
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Jeanette is working on clearing the bushes. Bella and Luna are helping.

7/10 2024
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The little makeshift shelter I made. It didn’t erally work and didn’t get used. And I couldn’t leave it like that because the goats were already trying to climb up on it. But at least I got a picture of it before I took it down. I would really like an actual shelter built in the corner there so Sky could go to it.

7/10 2024
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First day without artificial sweeteners for me!
Obviously too soon to say anything at all. Though I am craving the bonbons and the proteinbars. Sigh.
I have a delivery scheduled for tomorrow with some stuff. Non-artificial skyr and nuts, mainly.
I did go grocery shopping today and I did buy some nuts. Pistachio nuts. That’s what we call them in Denmark. I guess they’re a seed?
Anyway. I love pistachios, haven’t had them in years. But having them today also has reaffirmed that I just can’t limit myself. I can’t eat some of it. I ate the whole bag. Sigh. Maybe having nuts for snacks isn’t really a good idea. I’m going to end up eating too much of them. Maybe just eating apples as snacks, if I need them, is better. Maybe I’ll skip the nuts. I wish there was some kind of thing i could snack on like the licorice but without artificial sweeteners and without the super high fibers. Some kind of candy like thing with practically zero fat, sugar, carb etc. Come on science, what have you done for me lately? Make me some magic candy.
Anyway. If dropping the artificial sweeteners doesn’t improve my eyesight then I can go back to the bonbons and proteinbars! Either way is a win. Well, one is a win. We’ll see we’ll see. Thank you to everyone who has offered advice or insight or support. Appreciate it!
In other stories from today, I was a little late for the goats again. I was expecting a package. Some kind of big stuff, storage boxes that I’m going to use for my reorganizing and cleaning of the apartment. So I really wanted to be home to get that package. In my experience the postal service usually delivers around 8.45 to 9.15 these days. Used to get packages later in the day, but now it’s in the morning. Usually I’d be out of the door by then, but I decided to wait. Around 9.30 there was nothing, and I thought “Dangit I’m not getting the package and now I’m late for the goats”. I left the house, but as I walked out I spotted the Postal van down in the parking lot area. Oh. So I went down there. Not postal guy in there, but I walked around for a minute and the postal guy came walking. He said he had one for me. He opened the van to find it. I started looking for some ID, went “do you need to see something” and he went “nah that’s ok, i recognise you”. Haha. It’s not like i get packages all the time, but enough that he remembered me. Probably helps that i’m a weird looking dude. Anyway, got my package and went up and put it in my apartment and went off to see the goats. So that worked out well, if I’d left 5 minutes earlier I probably wouldn’t have gotten the package and I still would have been late for the goats.
It’s nice when the timing does work out.
Already had a pot of soup and a bag of pistachios and two apples, and I just want to eat more. It’s not that I’m really hungry. I just. Am addicted to stuffing stuff in my mouth, as the sailor said to the octopus. That’s why I’m not sure if that wegovy medication would even work for me, it’s supposed to limit your appetite right? I think I would just keep eating without any appetite.
Alright, enough rambling.
7/10 2024
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I don’t know if you can spot them, but here’s Bella and Luna under the trees where Jeanette dragged the bush trimmings. Snacking on them until the rain got worse. Those branches and bushes are so thornly and prickly, I guess that’s why they’re good for wild hedgehogs to hide inside. Or what do I know.

7/10 2024
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Gpt an hour forty on the bike today. Got a good groove going. I upped the interval part a little, just shifting 10 seconds. Instead of 30 seconds high intensity and 30 second low intensity, I changed it to 35 high and 25 low. Just that little change really got my heart going even more.
I maybe imagining things, but I think actually getting protein has helped me build some muscle. I do some arm reps when I’m going on the bike too, and i do feel like my arms are bulking up a bit. At least the muscle parts. I have the skinniest arms, even when I’m large everywhere else.
When I got off the bike I did some crunches, and then I got some good work done in the reorganising and cleaning of the apartment. Spent a couple of hours working on that, getting the lay of the land under much mroe control. Feels good to get rid of old junk too, on the body and the habitat.
Also today I got a delivery of pepsi and nuts. Bought several different kinds. Pecans, pistachio, hasslenuts, cashew, almond, peanuts, walnuts. Made a text file comparing bag sizes, prices, the nutritional content, fat, carbs, sugar. Going to see what I like, what’s best economically, what might be best for blood sugar/weight. Also got some muesli i’m going to try for the skyr. We’ll see how it goes. I’m just experimenting. As I said yesterday, the problem with the nuts is I can’t limit myself. I end up eating it all. So I may be better off not going nuts, I mean doing nuts. On the other hand, I am doing research to see how it affects my blood sugar and weight, and if I can manage it then maybe it’ll be okay.
Three different kinds of muesli, four kinds of skyr. Hey at least I’m being proactive. Exercise, organise, diet, glasses. Working on stuff. Nothing new about the glasses. I’m going to let it wait for a few days, see if I get a reply back on the mail I sent, otherwise I’ll have to start chasing that down over the phone again.
Sorry if this is all very boring, but it helps me to get all the thoughts written down and it’s my life such as it is. There will be goats.
8/10 2024
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Well, I sampled the nuts. As you do.
My conclusion is, I love cashews and pistachios. The rest of the nuts, nuts so much. But in a way that might be good. I acn already tell with the bag of cashews, I just want to eat the whole bag right away. The other nuts, I mixed them up in a box and I think they could last a lot logner because they aren’t so delish to me. I mean, they’re okay. Something to snack on for a while.
I also tried one of the skyrs. Pretty bland, but with soe muesli in it, well it’s something to eat to get the protein and fill up and replace all the bad stuff I used to eat. So that’s pretty okay.
I’m pretty filled up now.
8/10 2024
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Good goat times today. A foggy morning. But we did get a little sunshine later one, so that’s something. A pretty quiet day. A couple of scattered visitors, but no one to see tha goats up close. I did my best to love on all the goaties. Bella still loves her belly rubs. Luna is still a good lapgoat. And of course I spend a lot of time seeing to Sky, taking all the chances to sit with her when the others are preoccupied. She’s back to Eat It And Bleat It mode as when she was young. Running away from Luna a lot now too. Luna is searching her out more than Bella too. I guess little Luna is eyeing her chance and wants to assert herself in the hierarchy. I remember when Bella and Luna arrived and they were tiny and big Sky was followng them around. Maybe she knew already then that they would be trouble some day. Now she’s back to being the little. It’s never easy!
9/10 2024
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The triple threat. Luna on the left, Bella on the chair, Sky on the right with a box of hay.

9/10 2024
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It is a little heartbreaking seeing sky standing in the background looking at us. A couple of weeks ago she would have been right in front with us. Now she can’t.
But as the second part shows, I make sure to go to her. It’s a very different dynamic though.

9/10 2024
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Help I ate too many nuts.
9/10 2024
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Hope everyone out there stays safe under the new hurricane. This is surely no time to joke about the government controlling the weather or rant about Trump wanting to destroy the National Weather Service because ignoring climate change will make it go away,, or even lampoon him for having his cheap bibles printed in China, communism for profit. Or sending covid help to Russia under the table. America First, unless Putin calls. I’d never do that. I can’t do that, i won’t do that. I twouldn’t be prudent.
But I do hope you all stay safe, and your animals too.
I’m thankful i don’t have to worry about hurricanes.
Hang tight!
9/10 2024
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Love my Sky girl.

9/10 2024
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Good goat times today. A foggy morning, turned into a rainy day. So more runarounds trying to make sure Sky can get inside as much as possible. When I got there in the morning, all three of them were together inside, so that’s good. Hopefully that’s how it is most of the time when I’m not around.
Lots of visitors today. Jeanette had the campfire going. Perfect day for that. I think she was going to make potato pancakes, but I didn’t get to try them.
Several groups of kids in the pen today. The little girl with the visual impairment was back. I previously thought her name was Irene, but turns out it’s Beren, I think. Not sure how it’s spelled. But she’s so sweet. At f isrt she was down by the fence, and kept calling for the goats. But they didn’t want to come out in the rain. Eventually I went down to the fence and got them to come with. And with some peanut encouragement I got them up against the fence so she could pet them.
Later she on she came into the pen. She spent a lot of time cuddling with Luna, who was on good behaviour today. They were so sweet together, Beren kneeling down and practically embracing Luna. And she kept saying really sweet things to the goats, and asking me some questions too. I like her a lot, some of the other visiting kids can be loud and run around and stuff, but Beren is just sweet and seems to love the goats. Lovely.
Now Jeanette is off on vacation, she’ll be gone for a week. Let’s hope we make it !
10/10 2024
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Sky time.

10/10 2024
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Not just goat time today. Got home and did an hour twenty five on the bike. Pedal to the metal.
About four days into the big “no more artificial sweeteners” experiment. So far I am not really sure it has done anything for me. My vision has been clearer a bit, but then at other times not. The commenter on youtube who said his eyesight cleared up after dropping artisweets said it changed pretty much immediately, but who knows if they meant that as one day or one week or whatever. Not exactly scientifically based theory anyway. So far I’m thinking that this isn’t really going to make a difference to my eyesight. But I’ll keep it going for a while to see if anything happens.
I ate too many nuts again. I can’t limit myself. I may be better off dropping the nuts too. Get the protein from the skyr with muesli and general food. Instead of gobbling nuts like a squirrel hooker.
Ya ya ya.
10/10 2024
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Jeanette getting the campfire started. i kidna caught her offguard with the camera. We’re going to miss her next week.

10/10 2024
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11/10 2024
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I didn’t get enough sleep last night. Several naps haven’t really caught me up. Feeling pretty bleh. My vision has been very bad too, sleep is probably affecting it more than artificial sweeteners. Bloated from eating too many nuts too, I think it will be better for me to not go nuts when these dare done. The unartificialsweetened skyr is a winner though, I think I’ll keep eating that for protein.
The weather is cold and grey. Colder and colder.
But at keast there’s B&M, bitchin and moanin.
Oh and watching old SNL stuff still. Some of it really aged poorly. Like Pat. Time to get androgynous! You can’t do that today. Along with all the white men playing racial stereotypes. Lots of fat shaming of Chris Farley too. They like their reoccuring characters too. Several basic characters with a simple, somwhat funny, trait that are made into running characters with their own theme songs. Some welcome things that are started pooping up are Jack Handey’s Deep thoughts and Stuart Smalley’s self affirmations, I love those.
Started reading Firestarter by Stephen King, another one in the line of old Kings I’m catching up on. It feels pretty familiar so far, I might have read it when I was younger, I’m not even sure. But there are lot of the early King books that feel somewhat familiar and almost clichéd, probably becaue they’re so ingrained in pop culture. Even if you haven’t read them you’ll know about Cujo being a bad dog and Carrie nuking the school and stuff like that. But I enjoy filling all the gaps in my King readings.
I did watch the first episode of Matlock last week. I wasn’t too thrilled at first, it felt a little too modern almost. But i was totally on board for Kathy Bates, and the twisty bit at the end got me invested more in the story, so i’m looking forward to more of that. I’d rather have more seasons of Harrys Law tho.
No reply back about the glasses this week. So the mail i sent through the official mail system probably didn’t get where it was supposed to go, i’ll have to start making phonecalls next week.
Hope everyone got through the hurricane okay, or whatever else you’ve been facing. You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and doggone it I love you guys.
11/10 2024
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Luna is perfectly comfortable I’m sure.

11/10 2024
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Bleurghk. Had a bad night. Messed myself up. I went nuts. And ate all the nuts. So many nuts. I have zero self control.
Spent the night throwing up, but mostly coming out the other end. Feeling sick.
I considered staying in bed all day now, but I’m up. I suppose I should go do my exercising as was on the schedule originally. Don’t really feel like it now. But hey I need to work off the calories more than ever.
But yes, i think the nuts adventure is over. I threw out the remaining nuts. I can’t be trusted with them. Better to not have any. Maybe a bag of pistachios or cashews once or twice a month. But don’t go full nuts, never go full nuts.
Oh boy. I never said I was smart! SMRT
12/10 2024
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Well I got an hour forty on the bike, despite feeling crummby. So that’s good. Feeling pretty beat now. Murdered legs, and tired. But ready for some soup. Weight and blood sugar holding fine, despite all the nuts. Up a little, but not much. So that’s good. Wish it was still tomato season.
12/10 2024
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While feeling bad today I did distracted myself by looking at new computers. I really want a new PC. I just.. shouldn’t spend that kind of money when I have one that still works, fairly, well. This one is 5½ years old. That’s a long time in computers, but not a long time in general. And since I don’t play new games I don’t really need the best new hardware. I’m just trying to talk myself out of buying one! Haha. I’d like a new one that is better at handling video editing and playback. And new hard drives.
Yeah yeah. No I really shouldn’t buy a new one, not until this one gives up the ghost. Now where did I put my sledgehammer..
12/10 2024
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12/10 2024
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That strand of hay almost looks like a headset microphone on Luna. Hello, hello. yes yes this is customer support. Oh you think YOU Are having problems, I haven’t had breakfast today! And no matter how much I lick the human’s face it doesn’t get clean and another thing..

13/10 2024
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goatlog

13/10 2024
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Got myself some pizza today. Once or twice a month is fine. And hey, no nuts. No nuts on the pizza. Nutting there. Go nuts, donuts!
13/10 2024
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Well that’s a new one. Usually they sit ON the platform. But above so below, Bella.

13/10 2024
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High Bella.

13/10 2024
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That’s all for now.