Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi
I'm Tigermoo, and I absolutely hate introductions! Well I hate writing them, everyone else always seem to have something a lot more intelligent to say. I was diagnosed autistic on the 3rd February this year, right before my 39th birthday. Lockdown helped me realise I was autistic, which was kickstarted by my husband googling why I walk on my toes around the house.
So stealing some ideas from others, I'm married with 2 cats. I'm sure I read somewhere that women on the spectrum always have 2 cats - well I ticked that stereotype My boys are called Riley and Ash. Riley is a blue point tabby Birman, 10 years old, and came with us from New Zealand when we decided to move back to the UK. Ash is a Russian Blue, turns 4 next month and is Welsh. We live in the middle of England, not too far from where I grew up in Warwickshire, hoping to make a return one day.
Interests wise, I'm a big gamer, I was very lucky and managed to grab a PS5 in December 2020 and I enjoy playing on that, but we also have a Switch out of the current gen consoles. We're currently playing Elden Ring which we're both really enjoying and I was playing Pokemon Legends Arceus before that. My favourite game of all time is an impossible question to answer but today I would pick The Witcher 3 which I'm eagerly anticipating the PS5 patch for so I can replay it again.
I'm also studying tarot and have found it an amazing tool to learn from. I don't necessarily see it as a fortune telling predictive tool for myself, but I like to see what the cards have to say about my week ahead which I do on a Sunday night. It can offer a fresh perspective and can help calm me I've noticed. Any tarot enthusiasts who want to chat please say hi! I would love a study buddy/someone to learn from. I wouldn't say I have psychic powers or anything but I can tell if something bad is going to happen, when I feel it in my gut its never been wrong, and I've certainly had experiences that I can't explain.
I absolutely love animals, they are so much easier to connect with than people. Researching autism has made me see things in my boys, I reckon Riley is autistic and Ash has ADHD. I can instantly connect and bond with any animal, can't say the same about people. I would say outside of my husband I have 3 people I semi regularly talk to, and the one I talk to the most I've never met in person, not sure what that says about me! I cannot stand any kind of animal abuse, I can watch films/TV shows of people dying all day without batting an eyelid but the second its an animal I'm switching everything off and crying my eyes out.
I do enjoy crafts but I feel I'm bad at them. There seems to be a disconnect between how I imagine something will look in my head and how it turns out, which does affect my confidence. Music wise I would say I have quite a varied musical taste but a couple of my favourites would be Aviators and Miracle of Sound (don't worry, I don't expect anyone else to have heard of either of them!). I use music as a kind of therapy and that's been useful. TV - last thing I really loved was Game of Thrones (animal violence aside and I very nearly didn't watch it as a result), favourite movies range from The Lord of the Rings Trilogy to Se7en. I'm not a big TV/movie watcher, we don't have a TV licence as we default to games more often than not.
I really enjoy using Excel at work. I'm an accounts clerk and I recently turned a job that was taking me 7.5 hours to do into a 2.5 -3 hour job. Quite proud of that, as its not only saving time, but also my sanity! Love finding new things in Excel especially formulas. I'm lucky in that the job I do now, after proving myself to my manager, I'm given free reign to explore and give myself projects to find more efficient ways of doing things.
Another thing about me is I clearly don't know when to shut up! So if you can handle a long response, feel free to say hi
Welcome Tigermoo.
The Dark Hedges blew down during the December Storm Barra last year. However, we did become a Tourist Mecca because of GoT.
I don't have pets, but my online BFF's cat loves hearing me from Google Duo. She's a lady.
Hi Desmond79
I bet that could have got a bit annoying with all the tourists, or was it ok in the end? Did you see any of the cast?
My cats don't think much of my instructions I know that much! It usually ends up in a look along the lines of "shut up mum". Sometimes I get a snort. Most of the time I get ignored, unless I pick up the squirty bottle, I'm a good shot and they know it!
I'm grand, for now.
Oh I'm sorry to hear about your Nan and hope you are ok too
I saw an extra, who wore the jacket Extras in GoT received, at an A and E six years ago; my Nan was hospitalised then. (she passed away later that year)