What did you achieve today?

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moved dirt in morning.
intwerped the lunch hours, had emergency and was conscripted to complete the day as museum docent
ate some chocolate
showered

I don't mean the throaty low growl sometimes used in metal or industrial music. Not sure how that's done. Is that vocal fry?

I mean just singing very loudly, almost to the point or slightly beyond the point of my voice breaking. I can go up in pitch doing that (false vocal cords?) but I also mean midrange yelling.

Doctor's. Just medication. Spoke more of the trigeminal neuralgia; nothing to be done there other than periodical nerve blocks, but that's out of my level of self-care. Fixed the edge of the Trail Master. I need to polish the flats and spine as they got scratched up all the same, and I just use 1000+ grit sandpaper for that. Edge is shaving. I probably should have used the stone to grind the flats down a little so it'd be the same thickness behind the edge, but it's fine; I'm not slicing tomatoes with it. I've been thinking of knocking the guard off and wrapping the tang in rugged twine then using epoxy resin to seal it. It'd look pretty good, and the guard isn't useful for me. (Speaking of knives: going through some draws today and I saw the last present I bought someone, a serrated Spyderco Dragonfly. Stainless handle/scales. Lol. To be fair, she opened a lot of stuff with it.)

Day to day stuff. Carer stuff.

Fry gets used mostly for the really low stuff. Like the low vocals in death metal, or if you speak or sing in a creaky voice.

I think most other stuff is done mostly with false vocal cords. If you're introducing a bit of breakup into a sorta rough sounding singing that'll be done using the false vocal cords, but I think that involves the vocal cords as well. The 'gruffness' shouldn't come from the vocal cords even if they're also contributing to what you're producing.

I am experimenting with giving up or at least reducing my alcohol consumption. I don't normally drink a lot, but consistently did c 15 units a week, smoothed, so daily v light drinking. I just don't think it suits my system, but it has become a crutch. Partly this is because I relied on it when going to a social thing in a pub, to numb my senses so I didn't get overload or a meltdown. It has now been three days and my system feels much nicer, I feel more planted if that makes sense. Will see how things continue. It is hard to break a habit. I am thinking of saying to myself no alcohol Sunday to Thursday as a first step. I hope this is achievable for me.

I managed to purchase a budget document shredder; this time I won't be letting my mom ruin my previous one.

Managed to juggle lots of work tasks without losing my cool.

move day, I'm now in the complex instead of outsider.
intwerped during the lunch hours
ate some chocolate
it's now the weekend for me but no plans
maybe snow tomorrow
showered

managed to get my porch cleaned and decent-looking. now if only i could do the same for the rest of the place.

brushed my teeth
ate some chocolate
napped
napped some more

Said something, admitted something, which was very hard to say.

grocery run, got the sheriff to flash his lights at me on the return trip thru the curves...my bad
showered
ate some chocolate
napped
fueled

got groceries and splurged on things less than wise.

Groceries also (early morning deal). It's a blur as I walk through the building and it doesn't feel real until I get home. The people don't feel real either. I kinda feel like the whole thing is an out-of-body experience and I'm watching myself as I do it. That'll be what sensory hypersensitivity and fight or flight does to you.

I can do it though, so it's fine.

laundry day, whoohoo fresh sheets
showered and shaved
ate some chocolate
fresh sheets in a cold bed is one of the best tactile experiences for me.

Watched a funeral. I wouldn't have been able to go, nor do I have formal wear (just comfy Autistic wear); it worked out.

Fixed the mower. Much like gunsmiths, plumbers, exterminators, snake catchers, painters, carpenters, mechanics and many others, mower repairs are for the wealthy (yes, yes, one shouldn't fix their own car, but my father was in automotive repairs and one certainly can fix their own car). Electricians are 50/50 depending on what it is. Materials are the important bit. Also hammered one of the blades back into shape, because I hit a big rock some time ago. Mower blades tend to be pretty good steel and one could make knives from discarded ones. Often 1095 (that's good steel).

Cleared some vines that were growing through the hedges, and I used a random pocket knife for that job. I'll need to do some shaping soon, which isn't that hard if you take it slow (you can't undo cuts). Just flat top and sides.

Day to day stuff.