Sep 17

 Apart from sleeping most of the weekend. It hasn't been a terrible weekend. Managed to make myself a chili - admittedly with the help of the ever so easy ninja - make some dinner, and do a small hardware chore - switching out a.. switch... to a bigger... switch.

As lame low effort as it sounds, any day(s) where I can make myself something to eat and do a few chores is an absolute win for me. There are days when I can't do that.

It has to be said the old kitchen gadget of the ninja has definitely transformed my eating arrangements, and made me capable of once again cooking some stuff for myself without burning out hardcore CFS style. The fact I can put something in and it will cook without burning or spilling and will just sit and wait for me, all in a single pot is pretty damn good. The chili was good. Very good. Up to my usual standards despite being in a low effort single pot. Then again chili is not exactly hard to make. But having it in the ninja, and then letting it slow cook for an hour after its effectively done is just super convenient and really leans into me having no energy to do shit. I'm additionally pleased that it lets me focus on once again eating wholefoods as opposed to the whole ultraprocessed stuff, which I think if nothing else, can't but help some aspects of my chronic bullshit illness.

Nothing else much to add today. It's been uneventful in all aspects. Which is no bad thing. Quiet. Less suffering. Less misery. Ok. After successfully switching out my hardware today I was even inspired a little to go one step further, and get a new mini server. So cheap. £150 to you. And smaller than a smartphone. And yet able to run windows 11, all sorts of software, and goddamit, even simple games. Not that I want to do that. But amazing. That's one small thing I do like about the world. The amazing things tech is capable of these days. It's a shame everything else is shit.

So a new mini server. Which means my still yet to be finished huge chonka of an actual server lying incomplete in the middle of the office is kind of redundant. I think at some point I will finish it and get it up and running. But. Not sure what role it will now fill. Other than me tinkering around with proper server level stuff.

See. Feeling just a shade more human. And I start tinkering.

Perhaps this is a turning point. A week into my new drug schedule of steroids anti histamines and nsaids before bed, lots of rest, the Autumn and Winter will be good for me. I still have mountains to climb. But who knows.

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