I have moved twice by a bike & trailer, although both times the distance was just a couple blocks. The first time I moved all my stuff (except bed) to another flat and the second time we moved our bike shop to another location, for some heavier items we used a car. Also I’ve carried furniture on a bike, one time a pretty hefty tv table on the rack (with another person walking by and balancing it). I find it amusing that it’s possible to carry a whole table on a bike but not in a (regular) car! :D

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Sounds cool! I don’t think I’ve ever been to a circus performance 🤔

It’s nice and sunny here and different colored anemone flowers are blooming! I realized my recent street dust sensitivity is probably more about stress than actual dust.

Yea, I won’t look into it. 😂

Swimming pool drains. I panic if I get above one. No idea why. I used to love swimming/diving as a kid but I always made sure to stay as far away as I can from the drains. I didn’t go to a swimming pool for like 20 years (mostly because of body dysforia but the drains did play a role as well), only recently I’ve been to a spa - and I’m like a cat with a cucumber around the drains.

Oh, and leeches. Never want to see one of those fuckers in real life.

Also I have a fear of getting worms. One of my late cats got that type which, if in a wrong host, can travel to the eyes.

The vitamin A, best of all vitamins! Turns out I had that deficiency too and now that I’ve been taking supplements for 1,5 years I feel like a different person!

You have to ask nicely!

My brain insists on counting the sides of the box while breathing. My brain always wants to count things, be it steps or breaths or hearthbeat or the sides of a person’s eyebrows or the straight lines on digital numbers. Basically only way to make it quiet is by listening to someone talk (=podcast) while walking. But counting breaths is among the least annoying babble it produces so I often do it, intentionally or not.

Sun is shining and the street dust season has begun. Being outside for a moment makes my teeth feel gritty and even inside the flat the air is heavy and dusty. Ugh.

We spent the weekend at summer cottage and the air quality was just so much better in there! It was really nice being in the countryside. Friday night we saw northern lights too!

I used to have a black cat, they are the best!

Just about to go to the garage to see if we get our motorbike project finished and running. I should also do some maintenance on my bike, the weather is so nice and streets quite clean - it’s about time hop on the saddle again!

And twice the money! But there’s no guarantee it’ll be finished.

Nah I don’t need no instructions, I’ll just figure it out myself.

I agreed to try Space Rangers 2 even though it basically combines all the elements I don’t like in games …aaaand now my free time goes to saving the galaxy from dominators!

Such a fun and strange old game from Vladivostok!?!

They even have a section about his personal life!

I had a fancy ass futon for about 2 years, first on the floor and then with all kinds of extensions (like a mattress topper and slatted base) it was killing my back. After that I’ve tried 3 different mattresses (two spring ones and a memory foam) and now finally a proper box spring bed from an actual furniture store that the salesperson helped us choose – and my dog does it make a difference! Also buying a good pillow helped a ton. I’ve decided I’m getting too old to sleep in an unsuitable bed. Most of the hotel beds I’ve slept in after getting the new bed feel like crap.

Better take your ladies to another doctor!

We have taloyhtiö which is similar. The one I live in at the moment is pretty good, we even have our own janitor which is rare nowadays. Today I called the janitor about a leaking pipe and they arranged a plumber for tomorrow, no hassle.

The housing cooperative is much liked and there are elderly people living here that were born in these houses and never lived elsewhere. It’s not a posh neighbourhood either, which is nice. Just normal people.

But of course it varies a lot. Here most of the people who own the flats live in them, and the board members too, but the housing cooperatives whose boards are filled with landlords tend to minimize the upkeep and services. And when also the tenants change all the time the community that would look after itself doesn’t have a chance to grow.

Ananas (pineapple) + “nääs” (‘you see’ in Finnish = näetkös, but in local dialect - it’s also a bit of a stereotypical joke that people repeat it too much, like “you know”).