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What have you achieved recently??

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What have you achieved lately? List whatever you like, big or small…

I haven’t achieved much sadly. I was on a bit of a downer these last few months as Snowflake, my cat, died suddenly. As she was literally my only friend losing her has hit harder than I imagined it would.

Anyway, one thing I’ve achieved is that every Saturday I’ve been going in to town and having a hot chocolate in the coffee shop. This is huge for me. I always feel anxious and part of me says ‘Are you nuts!?’ but I make myself do it and generally I feel OK when in there and enjoy it.
The coffee shop has been doing an Autistic Morning every Saturday, like our local Morrisons where they dim the lights and don’t play any music so autistic customers don’t get overwhelmed. If they hadn’t done this I wouldn’t have stopped for a hot chocolate the first time.

Definitely a big achievement for me!

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  • I have published 3 graphic novels about autism and am now working on my first fantasy novel which features an autistic paranormal investigator. I a, 72,000 words into what I anticipate wil become a 100,000 word novel. 

    I voted in the U.S. presidential election. Sadly, my state went red in favor of the Republicans and Donald Trump as did a good part of the nation. Although I used to be an expat teacher and have thought about leaving the United States until some semblance of sanity is restored, I ultimately decided to stay put mainly because I have four cats which would severely limit my options abroad. Like many Americans, I will grit my teeth to endure the next four years and will pray that the United States remains a republic by the time Trump's term is over. 

    I HAVE NOT yet put in my pension papers as a retired teacher even though I should have done this back in early October. 

    I HAVE NOT gone grocery shopping in 3 weeks because I don't feel inclined to go anywhere. Since I have a 2nd refrigerator and a freezer in my garage along with a wall of shelving devoted to canned and dried grocery supplies, I likely won't have to go anywhere for a few more weeks. 

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  • I have published 3 graphic novels about autism and am now working on my first fantasy novel which features an autistic paranormal investigator. I a, 72,000 words into what I anticipate wil become a 100,000 word novel. 

    I voted in the U.S. presidential election. Sadly, my state went red in favor of the Republicans and Donald Trump as did a good part of the nation. Although I used to be an expat teacher and have thought about leaving the United States until some semblance of sanity is restored, I ultimately decided to stay put mainly because I have four cats which would severely limit my options abroad. Like many Americans, I will grit my teeth to endure the next four years and will pray that the United States remains a republic by the time Trump's term is over. 

    I HAVE NOT yet put in my pension papers as a retired teacher even though I should have done this back in early October. 

    I HAVE NOT gone grocery shopping in 3 weeks because I don't feel inclined to go anywhere. Since I have a 2nd refrigerator and a freezer in my garage along with a wall of shelving devoted to canned and dried grocery supplies, I likely won't have to go anywhere for a few more weeks. 

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