Day 19
0800 – Get up. Endeavour to wash etc etc and get dressed
0900 – Commence hopping downstairs
0910 – Arrive downstairs. Make morning flask of coffee – Hop into chair.
0920 – Sit in chair – Watch squirrels in garden. Check time to confirm it’ll be another 8 hours before human contact
0930 – Access internet. Look at all useless kit sites
0932 – Promise self not to buy any useless kit
0934 – Promise self to buy any more useless kit
0936 – Look at all good and expensive kit sites
0938 – Promise self not to buy any good and expensive kit
0940 – Promise self not to buy any more good and expensive kit
0945 – Watch squirrels. Check time.
1000 – Have fun trying to extract apple from fruit bowl on coffee table using only crutches
1005 – Give up trying to extract apple from fruit bowl on coffee table using only crutches
1010 – Coffee break
1020 – Watch time and check squirrels
1030 – Hop over to hat stand.
1030 – Narrowly avoid tripping over apples on floor
1031 – Try on hats
1035 – Hop back over to chair.
1040 – Coffee break
1045 – Access internet. Check kit sites to see if anything has been added in the last hour and a half
1100 – Watch squirrels
1105 – Check blogs, web sites and other bushcrafft forums
1200 – Check watch. Wonder in amazement how time flies when you’re having fun.
1205 – Lunch. Examine the possibility of setting up Trangia in lounge.
1206 – Decide against setting up Trangia in lounge
1210 – Hop into kitchen and collect sandwiches and glass of juice
1215 – Decide against hopping back to chair with glass of juice in hand
1230 – Eat sandwiches – Watch squirrels – Check time
1300 – Start listening out for postman
1315 – Google “Cabin Fever”
1330 – Joy of joys – Postman arrives!
1335 – Curse at postman for not bringing any useless or expensive kit
1340 – Try on hats
1345 – Access internet. Check to see if any blogs or new posts have been added . Oh… check on new kit.
1400 – TV time! Access TV for good documentatries
1405 – Switch off TV
1410 – Postman asks if he can be released
1415 – Eat squirrels – Check sandwiches – Watch time
1420 – Decide to explore house – Commence crawling upstairs
1440 – Arrive in study and open bushcraft wardrobe – commence playing with bushcraft stuff
1535 – Check watch. Wonder in amazement how time flies when you’re having fun
1536 – Realise in horror that it’s time for exercises
1540 – Commence journey downstairs
1550 – Commence exercises
1555 – Complete exercises
1600 – Hop back into chair – Watch squirrels
1605 – Start watching dusk fall
1630 – Cease watching squirrels – too dark
1635 – Check watch – Realise human contact is now less than 1 hour away – Wonder where the day has gone
1645 – Hop into kitchen and follow Mrs P’s food prep instructions for dinner
1650 – Decide leg hurts – unable to complete dinner prep task – Hop back to chair
1710 – Check watch – Human contact now less than 30 minutes away – Worry about consequences of inability to complete dinner prep task.
1720 – Clear up sandwich debris – Remove apples from floor
1725 – Practice pretending to be miserable and in pain to extract maximum sympathy
1730 – Human contact! Commence describing highly eventful day. Fall about laughing when describing fun with apples
1732 – Cease describing eventful day and laughing about apples when confronted about failure to complete dinner prep task
1740 – Commence normal evening routine.
Day 20
0800 – Get up. Endeavour to wash etc etc and get dressed
0900 – Commence hopping downstairs
0910 – Arrive downstairs. Make morning flask of coffee
0920 – Sit in chair – Watch squirrels in the garden. Check time to confirm it’ll be another 8 hours before human contact
Welcome.
This is the home of Woodlife. You will find links to Pablos Woodlife (blog) the Woodlife Social Network (forum) and Woodlife Trails (courses) all on this page.
I am so glad you have a great sense of humor about your “captivity.” This post was well written and certainly made me laugh.
I found your blog a few weeks ago and have been enjoying it.
A fellow bushcraft enthusiast in Minnesota.
Peace, and speedy recovery.
I see that things got especially interested in the early afternoon:
1340 – Try on hats
1410 – Postman asks if he can be released
1415 – Eat squirrels – Check sandwiches – Watch time
Poor postman. Poor squirrels!
Hope you’re beginning to feel a bit better,
Mungo
1415 – Eat squirrels – Check sandwiches – Watch time
Were the squirrels tasty?
At least you released the postman, or did you?.Cabin fever is a terrible thnig. Having been there done that. Have you tried lighting stoves on the draining board yet? Anyway, I am just about to do a writeup of my experiences of a new stove. All comments accepted. Time passes slowly but it does pass. Hang in there, I am sure loads of people are rooting for you. Dawn
Seems like your days are very busy indeed.
Some suggestion for a different combination of events:
- Using only crutches to throw apples at postman when him not bringing any stuff.
- Train squirrels to follow Mrs.P’s instructions for dinner preparations.
- Get more hats to have more to try on.
Hang in there, Pablo! You’ll be enjoying the outdoors again before you know it.
/ Karl
I feel for you Pablo. Keep your chin up; there’s a lot of folks rooting for you.
I look forward to your delight when you get back out in earnest.
Pablo, write up and photos over on my blog. Double left click and you may see the two stags I snuck up on. Enjoy. Dawn
now then mate hang in there cos it will be worth it in the end
drew
Are you responsible for making that squirrel obese? Mr. Fox or Ms. Hawk would like to meet that tasty tidbit!
Hey Pablo, your posts are always fun to read and I look forward to the next one. I have been there myself, and kept busy working on projects at least part of the day. Things like leather work, writing my book, making/repairing fishing, camping and canoe gear, jerky, pemmican, dried veggies and Logan bread, for future trips. To keep my body in shape I do Isometrics because they are low impact and I can do the basic part wherever I am, without gear, and as often as I can remember to do it. Also gathering information on lakes and roads on areas that I have not been to before, but plan on getting to, by downloading maps, pictures and info from places like google earth and mapsource. All of this is part of one’s life journey and will soon be long forgotten and you will be the better for it. Make it fun, Tom.
Entertaining as ever Pablo. Keep the faith..
Stu
Not funny for you Pablo But your daily routeen that is a realy fonny read anyway wish you a speedy recoverey
Pablo..your post brought back memories of my own time sitting for days on end waiting for a leg to heal..best of luck..and i hope the healing will be swift
Ah Pablo !
That creased me up !
To help ease yoru boredom i am sending you this url.
http://fantasticcontraption.com/
Haha, I’m so glad you’ve not lost your sence of humor, by 17.30 i actually had tears in my eyes
That’s some fat squirrel!
Do you own a katapult? Just kidding. Although a squirrel fur hot water bottle cover may ot be a suitable christmas present for mrs P anyway.
Could this be the perfect time to catch up with reading of somesort? So do you have spare nettles in your garden for topping up cordage? How about whitling handels for firesteels?
make more char cloth, set up paypal ‘donation’ button on this page so people who like this blog can buy you a pint,
I do hope that the next few weeks wont be like waiting for toast to pop.
Creative healing
Thank you all for the comments.
You poor old bugger. Hope you get better soon. Just now I am afraid that my sympathy for you was rather overwhelmed by the laughing!
Get better soon and get out tracking!
Mike