Diary of an ASD Squirrel. Day 240 , Monday 24/06/2024
TL:DR
Up around 6am having slept fairly well.
Sorted out the bins & various other chores & then settled down to catch up on Fediverse frolics!
So two things drifted across my mind today:
Firstly I was preparing salad yesterday & as is my occasional wont I mistook the tip of the ring finger on my left hand for a radish & merrily sliced into it with a very sharp knife!
Understand that this was not a deep or in any way heath threatening cut, it was a tiny cut that , after about 12 hours with a plaster round it is more or less healed.
My point is this , it hurt like buggery & bled like I’d hit an artery! What is it about ones fingers that this should be? I mean I know that I’m on blood thinners for the old Ectasia but really you see folks on ER with their limbs hanging off who don’t bleed as much as a when you cut the tip of your finger! Also I know that that ones finger tips are full of nerves but come on - a little sense of proportion wouldn’t go amiss !
Secondly Brits , like my good self, are renowned the world over for our favourite topic of conversation , namely the weather! Hey we live (currently) in a temperate climate & have a lot of weather!!
I say we converse, lets be honest here what we do generally is complain about it , we have mastered the art of chronic bitching in fact ! It’s either too cold , too wet , too foggy & rarely too hot!
For the last 2 days the country was nearly silent (apart from the footy fans , but let’s not go there!) why - because for 2 days we passed thru the eye of the storm (pun intended) & hit 20ºc , with sunny weather !
This is pretty much the ideal temperature for your average Brit, so we were, temporarily stumped! How could one complain?
Today the temperature continued up so normal service was resumed & we explored the unusual concept of hot , dry (if muggy) weather!
Struggling to concentrate on pastimes today again, I need to get back in there on the gaming front, the ‘Adrift’ NMS expedition needs completing before I run out of time !
Final Thoughts.
Summer is finally here, warm weather, salads & the sounds of the local brass band practicing in the background. Still there’s bound to be something to complain 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! 🫂 🫶🐿️🖖
@Tim_McTuffty
Yay for the chores being done!
A booh for trying to amputate your finger! Silly master Skwerl... 😉 But yeah, fingers are awful to have cuts in! So ouch and all...
The weather here went from average temps, with colder nights and way too much rain, to high temps... A big swing the next few days. So for a few days we complain it's too hot and then it'll probably rain loads again, so business as usual then here 😉.
Yay for NMS! I should have internet at the house before I even properly move in, so if it's as good as they say it is... I should be able to game as soon as I'm settled! All the NMS toots I've seen make me wanna explore some again.... 😊 Just silly jumps and exploration, preferably with the fave Skwerly dude... 😇
Have a good night sweets 😘 using one go the newly made images for you. 😉
@Tim_McTuffty
Aaaah ok, that's a plus but still a bummer then.
Indeed the weather is crazy! 28°C expected here today... I like warmer weather but 24 is enough... 😉 But indeed definitely no heating needed. Pretty soon, we want airconditioning 😂 of it gets too hot to properly sleep...
Awwww yay!!! Can't wait!! First just the minor thingie of a move that's in the way of gaming... 😉
@Tim_McTuffty@actuallyautistic I did that once while cutting some fresh garlic. Garlic juice got into the cut, stung like a bugger, and bled just enough to show that I'd cut myself. Like somebody drew a line on my finger with a red-ink pen.
@lunaticatlarge@actuallyautistic I keep meaning to answer with something like “Hi you are thru to cannibals are us, please place your order after the beep! “
But I have the memory of a concussed goldfish so I always forget 🙄🤦♂️ 😆
@Tim_McTuffty@actuallyautistic I had to look up the fountain. You might have been dead after 2 or 3 pulses. 😂 I like keeping a bulb of garlic, or at least a few cloves, just in case something like that happens.
@lunaticatlarge@actuallyautistic It’s an interesting idea - once upon a time when I cooked a lot more than I do now I would always have a garlic bulb lurking somewhere.
I wonder if lazy garlic would be as effective … I could acquire a jar of that.
@Tim_McTuffty@actuallyautistic If it's the chopped/minced/whatever kind in some sort of fluid, it should work. I haven't tried it, but garlic powder mixed with some water to form a paste might work. Not sure, though.