:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
This first week of very small changes of routine is proving to be quite challenging... And we're only on day two... 🤔
I'm a night owl 🦉. Or a vampire 🧛🏻♀️... Anyway, I love the peace and calm (and darkness) of the night. The early nighttime walkies were just perfect for me to enjoy... 🐾
But, the "normal" world works on a different time schedule. And seeing I'll be depending on people who enjoy that bit of "normalcy", I'll have to temporarily adjust. And I know it's a good cause. And I know it's just a few weeks... But I struggle!
This morning we had the second layer night time walkies and it wS already getting light before we got home... The skies were beautiful! But it just felt wrong...
So excuse me for all the grumbling that jllybe sharing the next days. I guess, hope, that when I'm busy with the house, it will feel better due to the positive distractions. 😊 Sorry for repeating myself. Unfortunately, that's how my AuDHD deals with changes like these...
Hopefully, after he main work is done, after we've moved, after the apartment is done and dusted... Arwen and I have found a new lovely SniffBook walk to enjoy. Hopefully we can find a time that will work for me with the new routine I'll be getting. We'll be getting. Hopefully all the changes won't upset Arwen too much... It's bad enough for me to struggle like this...
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So I'm very sorry for the repetitive toots. I'm sorry for the grumbling... I do believe it will be temporary, just as the situation I'm in...
:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
This will be my last (very) early bed time for several weeks to come. And while I know it's a necessity to get myself into a more "normal" daytime routine, I do struggle with it...
I will definitely miss my nighttime hours. I'll still have a few, but less than I'm used to now. It may sound strange, but those nightly gym visits, the nightly SniffBook walkies... They helped my MH so much! I felt very relaxed, even though I am heading towards a stressful time. Every afternoon, as I was preparing for bed, I already was looking forward to the next SniffBook walk with my sweet gall...
I'll have to go to bed later, to be awake during the "normal" daily hours during the moving period. And I've adapted before, like with vacations and such, but I just know I'll miss it while I can't have it like I'm used to...
I will try to get back towards a more nightly routine after the move is over. After the stress of getting everything done in time has passed... And to be honest.... I can't wait!
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I will admit, I'm a night owl and I love it... For many reasons... And after I've blogged about this a while ago, I learned that some more AuDHD/Autistic/ADHD folks feel the same about the calm of night... 🦉
So last time going to bed early as I do now. I will still go to bed earlier than most, but to me, it will feel late...
@PixysJourney eeeek naturist handy-men! Not a good idea except in calendars 🤣🤣🤣
You will get there and get it all done. There'll be helping hands there that will help with moving but could also help with getting the bits together that you may not have gotten to yet because of so much needing to be done. They won't leave you in the lurch ❤️ @weirdfolks
@Cbfoley
Hahaha 😂 precisely! No need for naked folks running through the house to do the floors 😂
Thanks! I'm sure I will. Just stressed because it's all still an uncertainty now, so I just keep worrying if I will be able...
I'm sure my friends will do their best! I'm very fortunate to have them! They're all about 90 minutes drive away from me, so to make the trip and to help out... 🥰 I feel very lucky!
I'll do my best to have everything prepared as much as I can so the move itself can go as smooth as possible. 😊 @weirdfolks
The Reason why we don’t use the puzzle piece a the official logo for Autism Acceptance it’s because The Puzzle Piece makes us feel like Something is missing or something is wrong with us. Now The reason why we use the rainbow or gold infinity symbol instead for autism acceptance its because we are embracing who we are as people as well as expanding with other neurodivergent people. So Reject the Puzzle Piece and Embrace the Infinity symbol! #actuallyautistic#autismacceptance#neurodivergent
:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
It's just 11 more days till I get the keys! Two more sleeps and we're in the single digits!!
23 sleeps and then it's time to move all our stuffs...
It feels like just a short while ago that I shared I had been offered a small new house... To think that this happened in December! It really doesn't feel like that much time had passed!
So yeah... I'm still struggling with my emotions. I feel excited, but also scared and anxious. I feel motivated to get the job done and to do it right! 💪🏼 But I fear I may not be up to the task...
It's definitely a roller-coaster of emotions and it gets me all wired up. My #AuDHD brain feels all over the place. And my toots will reflect that... Sorry in advance (again 😉) if I may seem a bit weirder than usual.
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Thanks ever so much for your support 💜 I really appreciate it! And eeeek 😲 just 11 more sleeps...
@PixysJourney just like everything, when there's energy & ability available we can feel we can conquer the worldwhem we're doing out best. But when spoons, energy & motivation are low, our best is still done but its a different kind of best.
Is the new gym 24 hrs? @weirdfolks
Tonight’s quote describes my original copies of ‘The Colour of Magic’ & Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
“It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as "slightly foxed", although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had been badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.”
--(Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic)
Thank you to everyone who has tracked me down to the Beige & shared TLs again, you are all truly lovely Peeps.
Hopefully other friends will follow suite over the next few days.
Where ever you are in your day I hope you’re enjoying it! 😊🫶🐿️🖖
@MAJ1
Have a good night sweets!!!
Hope all your friends will find you again. 😊 And maybe you'll make some new ones along the way as well, with all folks sharing your newly made toots! 😁
Sweet dreams 😴
:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
As my brain is all over the place again... I started wondering about emojis. I know, right?!
I've always loved using them. And I stil do!
I thought about the reason and... Maybe I "found" one?
I've always struggled with words and emotions. Saying the right things. Understanding the emotions in written texts. But with the use of the right emojis, I feel like the context is more clear to me, I find it easier to express myself with certain kind of little images. The emojis.
When I make a silly joke, I can add 😂 or 🤭.
When I'm glad about something, I often use ☺️.
When I'm sad, there's 😔, 😢 and 😭.
Some emojis express other feelings, so I often add those too.
I feel like I use the emojis to "make sure" the reader can understand my emotions of my written words better.
If that makes sense 🤔...
And with the beige instance having many cool extra emojis, it's just a little happy place. 😊
I know emojis can be annoying or be seen as childish. But hey, I like them, they help me express myself better.
:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
We're out for the splash 💦 walkies again. Arwen gets more sniffs in and an occasional water splashing may happen... 🐾
My mind is still quite busy. It is like it's wilder than usual, even though they did slightly up my #ADHD meds last week... Maybe I need to get adjusted to the new dosage?
While my mind is going fast, I do find that I can take some more moments to relax. As the move is coming closer, and more things are being crossed off the list, I can sometimes feel a wee bit at ease...
Until the anxiety kicks in again with all the worries that it's been stalking me with. As is moving to a new town wasn't hectic enough, let's throw in a dosage of #AuDHD to make it even more interesting/challenging.
But I've made it through all that life has thrown at me up till now... I admit, I didn't handle it all too well at times, but hey, I made it and I didn't give up!
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So, let's do this! 💪🏼 Day by day, until we made it to August... On July 31st I have to hand in the keys of the apartment and I'll close the door one last time... From that moment, it's hopefully time for me to find a new routine, take things a little easier and continue making my new house a home. (in case you missed it, 😉 I'm getting the keys July 1st at 12:30).
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Fankoos 🫶🏻 for your kindness and support! Your replies, boosts and likea really help to keep me more sane (as far as that's possible haha).
:bear_love: Ello sweet and lovely Friendos 💜 and #NeuroSpicy 🌶 friends :neuro:
When I joined this server, I made an #introduction Toot. As I've recently made some new Friendos here, I wanted to write a new intro Toot!
I'm Cynni Pixy, nicknames obviously, and I'm a 44 year old female. Though I don't mind the she/her pronouns, I also accept the they/them ones.
I have a chocolate brown Labrador, who will turn 11 on July 15th. She's the love of my life and has really been my life saver in desperate times in the past.
I'm #AuDHD / #ADHD & #ActuallyAutistic. I struggle with chronic depression, and an binge eating disorder (so fighting the obesity is a daily thing) and I have some physical issues as well
The biggest ones are #Fibromyalgia#Spoonie (who took the spoons and why do my muscles hurt that badly?), hypermobility (I didn't know it could bend that far 🤔) and I have a (second) new right hip. The one I got at birth wasn't in the best condition.
While my AuDHD presses me to keep active and busy and to do better, my fibro just needs more rest... Finding a balance that works is a daily chore!
I'll be getting the keys to our new small home on July 1st. It's exciting but also anxiety inducing, too many changes all at once! So I'm Tooting loads about that... 😊
I either Toot my fingers off, or I'll just lurk. I struggle with commenting on other people's toots, it's easier to reply to replies to my own toots. If that makes sense.
I'm trying to engage more. I try to boost when I can, but no Alt text means no boost...
(1/)Juneteenth? That’s a great excuse to help me out! I paid my phone bill before my loan payment come out. I MEANT to take the money out again and use it for my phone. It’s a lot, about $160 so anything is welcome. anything more is needed for food 🙏🏾🥹
Didn't expect one of my closest friends to tell me he thinks the late-diagnosing of autism thing is pure crap. How do I bounce back from this invalidation? Do I even need to defend myself here? How would you react? I haven't responded yet. Funny how you'd think someone would be understanding but they aren't.
@pathfinder@alice Thank you. I didn't get a formal paper but a friend in the industry gave me an informal evaluation. I'm not sure I want an official diagnosis, as in some countries it can close more doors than it can open.
While I'm on the subject I insist that #UrbanDictionary is a critical resource for Autistic folks struggling to understand idioms that have nothing to do with their subject and I love it #ActuallyAutistic