Being a Life-Long Learner
It’s a windy Friday morning, but it’s an especially great one because Ben is just working until lunch today. He has some paid time off […]
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Sensory Processing Nightmare: The Stench of Mold and Mildew
It’s been a rough 24 hours. Therapy yesterday was depressing. I nearly cried while talking about some things, which isn’t inappropriate for psychotherapy by any […]
When Dreading Therapy Turns to Needing Therapy
I have my monthly psychotherapy appointment this morning. I’ve been dreading it since it first took residence on my calendar, but I think it has […]
“Silly”: On Being Full of Weaknesses
More often than I’d like, I make “errors” that remind me that I’m autistic and really struggle with certain parts of communication, like discerning the […]
On Being Messy, and On Striving to Be Clean
It’s Mother’s Day, one of the nice, manufactured excuses to celebrate moms. I’m lucky to have a wonderfully close relationship with my mom, and I […]
Taking On a Home Improvement Project Myself
I started a self-directed home project yesterday: painting the living room. I didn’t tell Ben that this was my intention, and I set out to […]
Unconditional Love
It vacillated between heavy rain and a dreary drizzle yesterday, so we weren’t able to do most of the yard work on our goal list. […]
My Stomach Ache Is Breaking Me
I had one of those dreaded completely sleepless nights last night, well, except for the hour or so at the beginning of the night. It […]
Colonoscopy Fasting
The colonoscopy has been postponed for two weeks. I spiked a high fever yesterday morning and the paperwork said that in the case of a […]