I finally made the jump from reddit to Lemmy. While it was slightly confusing for my technologically dyslexic ass I’m happy to be here.

Cushion 1 is complete. I’m very pleased with the pattern matching.

Five more cushions to go.

There is a reason I argued for deleting the Venetian blinds

Can’t recall the original attribution of this, but it deserves another round

fuck! little bastard

ted just bit my bum

Trigger warning: ASD, ADHD

So a couple of weeks ago I had a phone chat with my oldest sister, someone I’ve always admired and think is pretty awesome. When I was a kid she was my idol, so artistic and clever, rebellious and political. She told me about her recent autism and ADHD diagnosis (I was pretty surprised). She knows our father’s side of the family better than I do, and pointed out a pretty strong case for ASDs running on dad’s side of the family. We ended up talking for over 4 hours. Some of the things she said seemed oddly familiar, in a way that played on my mind up until last night, when I did an online Autism Spectrum Quotient self assessment and landed right in the mid zone for Asperger’s. Some of the questions were almost creepy in a "how did they know?" kind of way. I told the kids and Elder asked if they (the kids) had ever been assessed. I had to admit no, they hadn’t, because nobody has ever suggested it. If your kids are well behaved and do the right things when required without meltdowns and ostentatious or eccentric behaviour then they generally won’t suggest it. Now I’m thinking about it for Elder, because from what I’ve been reading he and I have a lot of parallels with it. My sister welcomed her diagnosis and said it felt like, for most of her life, she’d been operating a complex piece of equipment without a manual and then was finally given one. If he doesn’t have an ASD, fine; but if he does then this knowledge may help him in his further development and understanding of himself, and assist his school with modes of delivery for his education. I figure if it’s a good idea (given the revelations about my family) then better sooner rather than later to be of most use to him. Otherwise I’m feeling a bit weird about the whole thing, like you’re feeling like there’s going to be a knock at the door and then there is.

The calico waits for me every day. I was late last night and she was still there waiting.

Soooooo easy to pick up and place in my pocket lol

I had a dream I was working as a mechanic in a factory and I lived upstairs. I could make music 24/7 without any issues.

It was a nice life.

I miss the camaraderie of the labouring work I used to do. These office people can be such complete and utter twats.

Fuck Hospo though. Never again.

Woke up to the dishwasher stuck on 37mins to finish. I didn’t put it on and it was on a mode I never put it on, and it was empty… and there’s no one else in the house…

Spooky.

My little dog has hurt himself. I let him out for a piss this morning and he came in limping. It doesn’t help that he leaps off the porch like a superhero. He seems to be getting better but I’m still keeping an eye on him.

Just had my fourth root canal and a really aggressive antibiotic filling to hopefully make up for my compromised immune system.

Fingers crossed that it works because the next stop is evicting the tooth.

Vet day for Miss Meow. She has been drugged and so will hopefully be less traumatised by the experience than last time.

They underpaid me $1k. We have this thing where you can access upto $1k of your pay early.

I didn’t use it. And I don’t have an account with the details indicated.

Fucks sake.

Sorry for my negativity today

Poor sleep blegh.

Good news is I’ve completed the majority of my assessments, more than I thought I had ha. There’s just some last bits to do regarding proper enclosures per certain laws/acts which is easy enough.

We just got visited by a traveling pastry man at work! How fun!