3 Good Things (again)

1. Spent the day with family
2. Was able to stay longer than usual in a social setting
3. Now enjoying some alone time with my own thoughts 

Tried some ch-ch-ch-ch changes....

1. Watched live TV after many years only watching online stuff - enjoyed Richard Osman's house of games on BBC2.

2. Bought some Aldi decaf coffee - not had coffee for years - it's nice

3. Started having granola with milk for breakfast, after years of having natural yogurt with jam every day. I like that too.

1. The sun is out

2. I'm pretending it's Sunday brunch time and listening to Big Band jazz.

3. The house is quiet and peaceful and that is okay.

Hi Take5 

I would definitely recommend it. It was very surreal but in a good way. I know I'm naive but everyone appeared to be kind and thoughtful. It was so refreshing.

I hope you try it, because it made me feel less alone and we could all benefit from that.

Work had some good things today 

1. feeling confident in my newer roles
2. my friend came in and said we need to have a drink again as a group of us .. cant make it on the day theyre all going to a gig thing but good to be thought of by friends 
3. should hopefully be working with the same conworker 3rd dsy in a row tommorow and it’s always nice to work with the same person for all my shifts in that week 

I would love to try something like that. I have so very few people in real life I can relate to it would be great just to listen if nothing else. 
well done for doing that. It must have been hard to go for the first time. 

Age range 18-80 guessing I'm not great with judging age. There were only two youngsters, I would say the rest were over 40, with an even mix of women and men.

We met at Costa coffee, we had a space right at the back just for our group.

Some people were very quiet (me included) one guy spoke quite a lot but he was just asking the newbies about themselves. (He was a retired doctor) There was also an ex para there too.

It was all very interesting listening to their life stories and their special interests. 

Ive already booked another meet up through Eventbrite with NDSA, in another town. 

I'm the most awkward, I'll at ease person normally and although I was the only one that was twitching a bit I didn't feel out of place or embarrassed.  

Please try it Damojo I don't think you'll regret it.

What sort of age range was there? There's an "adult Autistic space" a few towns over from me and I just feel I'll be about 30 years older than the next oldest person. The organisers post pictures of the venue and a list of activities (board games, really, which aren't particularly my thing), but my problem is more with people—particularly strangers—than with venues. The pictures don't help me much to try to get my little brain cells lined up enough to feel comfortable going. I see myself sitting quietly in a corner for an hour and then going home.

And I do call yours a social life. The last time I was out of the house with anyone who wasn't a family member was January ... and the January before that. I'm thinking of not going next January—the vibe was a little off the last couple of times, including having someone chastise me for not talking enough to the new guy when I thought I was knocking it out of the park (relatively).

Anyway, go you! It's great to know that there might be hope for the rest of us yet.

Ha ha!!

I wouldn't call it a social life, but the autism group was unusual, but in a good way. There were 10 of us in the group and 4 of that number were new.

I've never socialized with a group where you can relate to everyone. So yeah, really good, but quite surreal.

I had my ADHD assessment this morning and got my preliminary diagnosis.

I'm out for coffee with my wife and the sausage roll (bacon, brie and black pudding) was outstanding. We may also be purchasing cake for later!

I have a load of washing on and it's currently not raining (small victory)

1. First application of hair dye looks ok(needs more next week though)
2. my my chemical romance T-shirt came fits and is comfortable 
3. i can do most tasks at work with ease now(even though I might be forced to find a new job if I have to move area which will likely take a long time again)

A social life! We're all super jealous! How did it all go? Do tell!

(For comparison, I did the laundry and used a tumble dryer. Literally.)

• I met with an in person autism group on Wednesday.
• I met with an in person LGBTQ group on Thursday.
• I've just hung the washing out on the washing line. (That's note code for another group BTW)

Aww I hope you have a good session with your psychiatrist! Wishing you the best x 

If you ask me, Yoshi and Kirby have the best abilities in their own games but also in smash bros, I’d actually say they’re the most powerful but that’s me I guess. 

Aww thank you! Waddledee is the little orange guy with the paler face he’s like somewhat pear shaped but he’s in the Kirby series ! I even saw like a fan art of new born waddledees which was just like the cutest thing! And Yoshi has been my favourite character when I was like 6 years old. Remember loving him from Mario 64 DS! Will be needing these guys again today I think but I’m coming home Saturday then I’ll probably cry because I’m not on holiday but also because it wasn’t as good as I was expecting! Curse me and my expectations 

I often feel like the only person who doesn’t like Kirby or tosh is asthetic but they are cool for abilities 

1. Working with the spoons I've got today.

2. Get to talk things through with my psychiatrist this afternoon.

3. Focusing on the basics: eating, moving, self-care all I can

Hi sorry to hear about your holiday. Kirby is super cute. Yoshi, is my all time cheer-up go to.(I don't know Waddledee.) Hope you feel better soon. x

This is very hard with how I’m feeling but 

1. had pleasant ferry rides 
2. took some great pics on my professional camera 
3. Yoshi, Kirby and waddledee have made me feel less lonely on this disappointing and disastrous “holiday”