:neuro: Pixy's Journey :v_bi:

#Journal of a tired Dutch Pixy :pixy_party: (Monday, 08/12/2025). Well, I woke up after about 6 hours again... 😔 But this time, I wasn't hurting too much, so I tried to get back to sleep for a bit. And, hey, I managed to get another hour in. Which was very welcome, as I've been running on an average of 5¾ hours lately, and it's just not enough. The scale was being its usual self again. I got dressed, took my meds, and got ready to head to the gym. Skoosh and I arrived safely, and I checked my social media bits while enjoying my protein shake. I rode the bike for 20 minutes, walked the treadmill for 10, and then wanted to enjoy the massage chair. But... They were taken, so I lucked out on that. I switched my shoes, and Skoosh and I headed back home. Washed up, got dressed, and worked on my blog post. After I finished the post, I had brekky. I went back to work on my puzzle a bit, as I hope to get the sky done this week... More would be even better, of course... 😇 After a while, I went upstairs for a little bike ride. After that, I grabbed my laptop and worked on my journal blog post while I also answered a friend's messages. Bestie called me on her way to work. When she arrived, I got to the treadmill, where I walked 1,5km. Made some food, read a bit, and after a while, I got ready to head to Nijmegen. Mum and I got some groceries. Then we walked with Bas. After the hairdresser had sheared my wool, I quickly headed back home. Cleaned up my groceries, and then I walked with the neighbor and her black 🖤 fluff. When I got back, I got to bed. It didn't take too long to fall asleep. Unfortunately, 6 hours later, my body "told" me that I had to get up again... 😔 Well, I started my new "day", trying to make the best of it. :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks

Everyone here knows how much I loved my little brown furry soulmate... Everyone knows how devastated I was after her passing... And that I still cry every day over her... A thought I just had while scrolling through my Pixelfed :pixelfed: wall... How much I miss taking pictures of and with her! I've been editing many older ones, for blog use and all that... And it's good to cherish the memories. But... I really miss making new memories with her... I know there will be a new furry love in several months, and I know I'll bore you all to death with snaps and vids of that little one... But that doesn't mean that I don't miss all the snaps I took with and from Arwen. #Grief #RIPArwen Of course I added an older edited snap of her now... 😢

I sometimes am thinking "hey, I should boost a bit more". But then I start to fear that maybe I'll boost too much... I know people can "mute boosts" by users. But I don't want to be boosting that much that folks feel like they have to mute mine... If that makes any sense. 🤔 In my mind, if people need to mute my boosts, than I have "annoyed" them in a way that I don't want to happen... Maybe I should just stick to boosting most things with my Friendica @npub1nnul...7npl account instead? 🤔 Ah well... Guess it's one of those nights where my brain is messing with me again... :ablobcateyeroll:

Good morning @Fedilab Apps I've received the update for the app, which includes the quoting options! 😁 Thanks for the hard work. :blobcatflower: But, I have a question: is there a way to change a setting so the option of "who's able to quote" is always set to my preferred setting? I now need to change it with every Toot I write. Maybe it's already in the settings options? I tried to find it but... No luck yet. Hopefully there will be a way to set the quote option to a preferred setting, since changing it with every Toot is a bit annoying (I do like to Toot a bit... 🫣). Thanks in advance for your support and all your hard work!! :blobcatflower:

:kirby_prideheart: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos :purple_heart_sparkle: #GoodAfternoon and #TZAG everyone :kirby_tired: I'm finally relaxing on the couch with some old skool Star Trek TNG on the telly. Normally I'd prep for bed around 16:30, but I've had two shorter and broken nights and I'm rather tired at the moment. Plus, I need to check if the "nasty dude" indeed comes to the gym every night around the same time. As I would love to avoid him as much as I can. His gross behavior is making me feel 🤢 and it triggers me in all the wrong ways. I want to be able to relax while focusing on getting better again, and that's not easy to do, especially not when triggered by the bad coughing and sneezing and scraping of throats while paying no regard to hygiene... 😖 Nope, no thanks... So I'm going to change my routine and alarms a bit and do my little "nasty dude" experiment. Some things are better to avoid when possible. So some more relaxing and then I'll pack my bag and brush my teeth and get ready for bed. Hopefully my bruises and bed and brain will allow me to sleep a bit better tonight. I just took my meds and supplements. Tomorrow my expensive supplement should arrive... I have no idea what to expect, but it was a good deal, so of it helps me, I should be OK for a few months to come. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻 and all that. For those curious folks, I ordered "Lucovitaal CBD 10mg Cannabidiol Capsules". (https://www.lucovitaal.nl/cbd-10mg-capsules-maxipot.html 🔗 page of the product I ordered on the company's website, it's in Dutch but most browsers are supporting some sort of translation options). I've heard some good things about how it could help. They're not the strongest ones, nor the "best" ones, but these had a good sale price and some decent reviews. Wish me luck 🍀 I guess... Lately, if I try to relax enough to fall asleep, even when I'm so tired and I took all the meds and supplements and all that, my blood pressure seems to be a bit higher than usual. Around the times of the surgeries, my BP was rather low, and I felt good. It surprised the nurses, as usually folks with "my pressure" at the time, would feel dizzy, wobbly and/or weaker. I was able to use the crutches and hobble around and visit the loo without too much issues (only the ones caused by the surgery and/or dislocation). I checked with the few stats my app has, and around the date of the second surgery, my BP measured between 88-107 upper pressure and 47-58 lower pressure. And some numbers were measured by my watch, but some were by an air-pressured band, so it wasn't caused by "bad readings" from my watch. But, the last few days, I've been dealing with a higher HR at times, even while resting, and every time I can hear my blood pumping in my head/behind my ears (hope this makes sense), my pressure has been higher. 😔 Last few measurements were between 108-145 upper and 56-88 lower. So, compared go two months ago, it's quite a change. And I must say I was more able to relax and fall asleep when my pressure wasn't "pulsing behind my ears". Ah well, sorry, I'm brabbling! Seems like I do that a lot today (my journal Toot was longer than usual as well). I did finish a blog post for tomorrow. And I think I found a dog quote for Thursday, now I need to select the best snap of Arwen to edit and put it behind the quote... It's almost getting easier to look at pictures of her (she types while tears slowly well up in her eyes again 🥺), to remember the good memories. It's just still so hard, because these memories make me miss her more again... :sad_dog: I hope you're all having a good time folks! Thanks so much for all your support :bear_nuzzle: ever since I've joined Masto/Fedi, I've been fortunate to cross timelines with so many sweet, caring, and understanding people. I'm just so grateful that, after all the stuff I've been throwing on the time line since then, people haven't all blocked me :ablobcatangel: Fankoos :ablobcatheartsqueeze: :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks Hopefully @Altbot can help me with the text, it's making my eyes a bit moist... 😢

#Journal of a slightly busy Dutch Pixy :pixy_party: (Thursday, 04/09/2025). I woke up a few times during the night and then I got up around 0:45. A little early, but I was wide awake so I best start my day. According to the watch, I slept about 8 hours in total. My sleep score was at 89, so not too shabby. My energy score was low, at 59, as my "rhythm was off". As I mentioned yesterday, if you don't sleep between 23-2, my watch will take off points because it thinks you're disrupting your sleep routine. You can't change that for folks that are doing better on a different time schedule... 🤔 I got up and went to the scale. It showed me the same weight as the previous day. I took my meds, got dressed, and got ready to head to the gym. When I saw the moon shining rather beautifully, I got teary eyed. I thought about my grandma. But also, all the nights where I walked with Arwen and where I took snaps of the moon 🌕 during those SniffiVerse™ walkies... I got to the gym safe and sound and dried my eyes and headed in. As I was scrolling a bit on Masto, my stomach started to cramp. Damn! Not here... Not now... 😔 Of course there were several people still around, some of whom would use the ladies room... Full of shame, I headed to the furthest, smallest, loo and did my terrible thing... 🫣 Ugh! That's always the downside for me, coming back from vacation where I enjoyed (white) buns. It always affects my bowels. The joys of IBS. 😔 After that, I headed to the seated bike. I rode on a low level at a slow speed for half an hour. Then I headed to the treadmill. I walked in it for ten minutes, most of it at 2,8kmh with a 2% incline. I still feel like I wobble, like my right leg seems shorter than the left one. Maybe it's true, maybe it has to do with my muscles? I definitely need to ask my PT next Tuesday. After the walk, I used the massage chair for ten minutes and then I got ready to head home again. I changed my clothes and then headed upstairs to work on my blog a bit. After that I relaxed with some telly. Around 5:30 I tried to quietly pack Skoosh with my recycling cans and bottles. A short walk after that before I got into Skoosh and I headed to Nijmegen. The steets were less busy than I thought, so I was at my parents too early, even though I had filled up Skoosh at the gas station. While mum was getting ready, bestie called me, so I had a chat with her while waiting for mum. When mum was finally ready, we headed towards Kleve. First Penny, where we tried to get the recycling ♻️ bits handed in. Unfortunately, they didn't accept it all, so we were left with a few bits. Still, not having been there for a while made it that we got €50 for all the bottles and cans! That goes into the "puppy saving tin" 🐾. We managed the other groceries we needed, so we headed back to Nijmegen. Two stores there to visit. But at the Appie, I got a very painful entrance. The gate closed a tad fast and rather hard, and of course it smashed against the most painful bit of my leg. 😢 So after some pain and tears, mum and I told a worker there, as mum also got the gate smashed against her... Of course this didn't take away the ouchies, so I hobbled through the store, trying to get back on track. We got back to my parent's house and I helped unpack the car and bags. When mum was ready with her bits and bops, we headed to the small woods with Bas. It was a bit hard for me to be there, as some of the last snaps of Arwen were made there. 😢 But the walk was nice, although a tad sore. After the walk, dad wasn't up yet, and I didn't have the time nor the energy to wait too long. So mum and I gathered the needed things to head to the city's center to pick up the two laptops for dad and me... We couldn't park at the usual spot, unfortunately, so we had to park in a further away location which was also more expensive. But the pickup went well, payment went OK, and before we knew it, we were heading back to Skoosh again. When we got back, dad was up. So I handed him the bag with his laptop and mouse. After that I gathered my groceries and laptop and packed up Skoosh to head back home. Fortunately, "my spot" was still free, so I could easily park behind the house and get my stuff inside. I fixed some food and then I unpacked the laptop. Slowly started to install things and bits and such. But I was rather tired, so after a while I just gave up and got ready to head to bed. My leg was very sore and I needed some extra meds to be able to lay down properly so I could relax and be able to fall asleep. I didn't wake up too often during the night, and in the end, I woke up at 2 when the alarm went off. I had slept for about 9 hours! Which was a long time for me... Ready to start the night 😉. :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks @weirdfolks group

#Journal of a slightly enthusiastic Dutch Pixy :pixy_party: (Wednesday, 03/09/2025). I had fallen asleep a tad early. I had woken up a few times during the night, feeling achy and sweaty (my age perhaps? 🤔). When I woke up again around midnight I was wide awake. I scrolled on my phone for a while and then I got ready to start my day a little earlier than planned. Because I didn't sleep between 12-2, my sleep score was rather low this time, with only 74. But it was also because I had only slept around 6 hours tonight... My energy score was even lower, as it depends more on the time that you are asleep. Somehow you can't change your sleeping pattern hours in the energy score bit, and if you don't sleep between 12-2, as I mentioned, your sleep score goes down a lot. I only got a score of 57, saying my sleep was getting in danger. Well, I did have a bad night, but still... I've had worse... Scale, meds, getting dressed. Got to Skoosh and we headed to the gym. As my PT had said what I was and wasn't allowed to do, I just started with the seated bike again. Then, I went to the treadmill. I felt a bit wobbly, like my right leg is a bit shorter than the left one. 🤔 Must ask my PT about this on Tuesday. I walked at 2,5kmh with a 2% incline for 0,25km. Then without the incline for 50 meters. It felt weird but also satisfying, in a way. Then I used the hip abductor (pushing the knees outward) on lowest setting for a wee bit, which went better than I expected. I almost wanted to add more weight, but I remembered the PT's warning and I didn't. Then I got ready to head back home again. Back home, I changed my clothes and headed upstairs. I worked on my blog for a while. Got back down, where I wrote some bits on my tablet. After some writing and some telly, I got ready to head out for a walk. I played a little Ingress and managed to walk a bit further. When I got back, I made me some brekky. After the food, I went upstairs and I rode my home trainer for half an hour. During that time, bestie called me and we had a nice chat while she rode to her work. I was a bit tired of the walk and riding, so I watched some telly on bed. When I was a tad more rested, and the weather seemed to improve a little, I decided to head out to for another walk. After the walk, I was eagerly waiting for an update from DHL. They would deliver my pendant parcel to the parcel dispenser safe in town today. I was hoping they'd do it early, so I could walk to the supermarket (where the safe is) and retrieve it. I never used it before, so I hoped that it would be as easy as they said. But first, I needed an email with the code. As it was dry, I went to Skoosh, who fortunately was parked behind the house, and I took out the special dog protection cover. I still need to hoover the car, but I need to be a bit more "bendy" to be able to do that. Maybe, if the weather os good enough, I will visit the car wash before PT next week and then get the hoover through it as well. It was a bit emotional to get the cover out. It felt like I was "getting rid of" Arwen from Skoosh. I still have her ball in my car and I won't take that out. I tried to get most of the sand out, I shook out the cover, and then I headed back inside. I fixed some food, watched some telly, and tried to relax a bit. Around noon, I got the notification. Slipped on my shoes and headed to the store. It was a bit of a longer walk, as it was about 1km to the store, and then back again. So I was hoping that I could manage it... I got to the safe, didn't figure out how to scan the QR I got, so manually added the code. Got a sweet little box out of it, and then I started my walk back. All went well, fortunately. When I got home, I unpacked the box and found a beautiful pendant. It really looked wonderful. It was heavier than I thought, so I need to get used to wearing the weight, and I won't wear it everywhere, as I am scared something may happen to it. But yeah, I loved it! I tried to take a snap of it to share with some family and friends. I got a tad emotional because of it, so I spent some time sobbing and such. And then I got very tired, so I tried to relax with some telly. I had managed to get to 10k steps, and I had done some exercises, so I felt good about myself. Tired and a bit sore, but good. After some telly I decided I would change my clothes, take my meds, get my eReader and just read until I would doze off. I fell asleep rather soon/early, around 16:11, or so my watch told me. But then, I was very tired, so I guess it was for the best... I woke up twice during the night for the loo. Around 0:42 I got up and started my day, as I felt rested enough now. My watch told me I had slept a little over 8 hours, so that was a good thing. Ready to start my new day. :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks @weirdfolks group PS. The image I share now is the crystal glass heart that I ordered for my friends, but then I used the image that I used for the pendant (Arwen and her paw). I hope @Altbot can make a good description for me.

#Journal of a slightly distracted Dutch Pixy :pixy_party: (Tuesday, 02/09/2025). I had a restless night, where I woke up almost every hour or so. 😔 Around 1:40 I woke up again and as it was almost alarm time, I decided to get up and started. My sleep score came in at 74, "fair". My energy score gave me a 72. I know it may hate me soon, if I have more nights where I wake up before my 2am alarm. It's very silly about which hours one should be sleeping, even when you have this whole routine that works for you. I got to the scale. I took my meds and got dressed. Prepped the gym bag and headed to Skoosh. It's still so weird not to be walking with Arwen first, after getting dressed... 😢 I drove to the Basic-Fit and enjoyed the protein shake. Carefully switched my shoes, as I didn't have the shoe help here. But it went well. I only rode the seated bike for half an hour again, just like yesterday. But... When I got off, I didn't feel the tingling that I felt before the surgeries 🤞🏻 maybe..? After the ride, I got ready to head home again. Back home, I went upstairs and I worked a bit on my blog. I took down the laundry, as it was dry, and took it downstairs with me. The bedroom had gotten a bit messy, so I cleaned up some things and then I tidied away the clothes and all. I browsed a bit for a decent bag for the new laptop to be. I have a good bag for my old one, but I don't want to ditch that one just yet, and I do want the new one to be protected. I found one that I could afford that could also hold the tablet and my keyboard and mouse. So I could stash it away safely together. Earliest delivery was on Thursday, but I'd be in Nijmegen (and Germany) then, so I set it to Friday. Need to be home anyway due to the picking up of the bed. I got a notification that my crystal lasered pendant should arrive today. But... No time yet. I got my headphones and put on my other shoes, and went out for a walk. Played a wee bit of Ingress along the way. When I got back, I headed upstairs again and I rode the bike for half an hour. While I was riding, bestie called me, and we had a nice chat. After the call, I made myself some brekky. Then, I got the little gas tanks that I had for Skoosh, and I got those into her. I wrote a bit for my blog while also playing with the BT mouse. For some reason, it would connect and work on a first pairing, but after being shut off, it would connect but... It would not work... 🤔 I went out for another walk, had a bit of food, and then I got ready to head to physical therapy. My neck and shoulders were very painful, so some TLC would definitely be welcome. I arrived in time and we had a good session. It felt painful but also gave some relief. On the way back home, I stopped at Lidl for some groceries. Then I headed back home. Dhl had emailed me at 11:24 that they'd deliver between 11:30-14:15. Yeah that didn't give me any time to ask a neighbor... 😔 I saw that we have a parcel safe in town now, so I decided to have it delivered there. I should be able to pick my parcel up sometime tomorrow... 🤞🏻 I really hope it turned out nicely! 🍀 I went on a walk again, during which I emailed a sweet friend. When I got back, I made myself some food and then I relaxed. I was rather tired, so after some time, I just changed clothes and took my meds and got ready for bed. It didn't take too long to fall asleep. I woke up a few times, but around 0:30 I was wide awake and got up. Started the new "day" a little earlier... :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks @weirdfolks group PS. Snap attached is the new bag I ordered. I wanted a different color but that was €17 more expensive. Nope, don't have the funds for that... 😔 Hopefully @Altbot can capture what's in the snap, besides an image of the bag. 😊

:kirby_prideheart: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos :purple_heart_sparkle: #GoodMorning and #TZAG everyone :blobcattea: I just finished the journal Toot and now I am slowly getting ready to head outside for a short walk. It's 14°C at the moment with a humidity of 80%, but at least it was/is dry, which is good. I need to change my shoes first, as my Lowa's are more stable than the old sneakers (that are in need of replacement, hopefully I can get to that in a few weeks). After I get back from walkies, I will make some brekky and then bestie may call me on her way to work. I need to fill the gasoline tanks into Skoosh when it's more light outside, so she can drive around some more and I can get her filled up Thursday in Nijmegen (it's a bit cheaper there) and then I can fill the tanks in Germany, where it's usually even a bit cheaper than in Nijmegen... :ablobcatangel: I have my PT appointment today at noon, so I have to leave the house around 11/11:15 so I can be sure (well, sure enough) to be in Cuijk in time. I am looking forward to getting my muscles cared for, as they are in need of some TLC/good massage. This morning I ordered a laptop bag for the new laptop. It should also hold the tablet and the extra's I have for it, so it will be easier to take my gadgets with me "on the go". I set the delivery to Friday, as I will be home that day for the bed to be picked up. Well, let's change my shoes and get ready for a nice walk... Catch you all later, I hope! :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney

#Journal of a slightly confused Dutch Pixy :pixy_party: (Monday, 01/09/2025). My alarm went, I turned it off (and not on snooze 🤦🏼) and I pulled up my legs to start my back exercises before I wanted to get up. When I got up, I was so confused, as the clock showed that it was an hour later than I'd set the alarm. Right? 🤔 I went to the scale, took my meds, and got dressed. I grabbed my bag and wobbled to Skoosh. We went to the gym. I played on my phone a bit and managed to get my shoes switched. I was a bit worried about that, as I don't have my helping thingies with me at the gym. I got to "action" and rode for 30 minutes on the seated bike. It felt a bit weird, as I'd not used my muscles like this for a while now. But with the backrest I was able to sit properly and I managed a half hour on low and slow speed. I wrote a bit for my journal Toot while I was riding. I checked my health score thingies, and for my sleep score, I got 80, which was "good". My energy score got to "good" as wel, with 79 points. It said it showed that I was doing well, and I could lead the day with my energy and be proud of myself. After the half hour, I went back to the chairs, changed my shoes, and when I was relaxed enough, I wobbled back to Skoosh. There still weren't any good parking spots available, thanks municipality for taking them all and not providing enough avaliable ones now (there will be more, but they aren't working on the bit that needs to he done now, so who knows how long we'll still be in this mess? Grrr... 😠). I got home and I went upstairs for a while. I worked on my blog, adding text and images to my journal post. When I had almost finished my post, I saved it and went back down again. I switched my shoes and headed out for a short walk. I had updated my Ingress game (

Ingress

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) and made a new account so I could start fresh. In the little bit that I walked, there weren't too many points where I could do some things. And, to be honest, I kinda forgot some bits of how to play, so I needed to get back into it as well. I played a little and then I finished my journal Toot that I was still working on. I had some brekky when I got back. Then I updated my journal blog post some more, before I went to the home trainer to ride it for 10k, which took me about 26 minutes. I relaxed a bit after that, and then the weather cleared up a bit, so I headed out for a second walk. Just as I got back, I saw the neighbor with B and I gave B all the cuddles. I decided to walk along with them for their walk, so when I finally got back home again, I was a tad tired. But, I also had a good and longer walk, so I could take it a bit easier for the rest of the day. Dad got up and texted me. I got the info I needed to order the laptops that I found. Dad wanted two new laptops, not too expensive, oe for him and one for me. He had some wishes and with that, I was able to find one (

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) that was suitable and within the fund limits. I was glad to have been able to find these, and they had a sale going as well. As dad wanted to have a LAN connection, and many modern (simple) laptops don't support the port anymore. So to find one with all he asked for within the price range... Yay me... I ordered all that dad asked me to, and we'll head out to the store on Thursday afternoon to pick it all up. I tried to relax a bit and then I started to work on some other new blog posts. I made my warm food, and after that, I headed out for one more walk. There was a parcel coming in the afternoon, so I could not head out after this walk. I used my tablet and kept writing for my blog. My parcel came, I got ready for bed and all that, and when I put away the tablet, I had 3 more posts done for this week. And the journal post was done as well, so all was ready for some good sleep. I got as comfy as possible and grabbed my eReader. It didn't take too long to doze off. Unfortunately, I did wake up a few times during the night, and I had some night sweats as well. But, I woke up around 1:40, so 20 minutes before my alarm was set to go off... Ready to start a new day. :pixy_party: 💜 🍀 🐾 #PixysJourney #WeirdFolks @weirdfolks group PS. Sharing an older, edited, snap, because I can... 😇 Hopefully @Altbot can make a good text for me, as I am still rather emotional today when it comes to Arwen...