Acceptance is hard work

[tyme]

That's a really great start my friend! A walk each day, coffee and lunch on Wed. 

Can I help you plan anything else? @MissinTooth 

Are you going to spend some time with your little ones?

I'm thinking to take my niece out at some point but don't know where or when. And I'm sure that by the time I think of it, it'll be the end of the holidays!

I'm also considering completing as many assignments as I can. I think I've got 3 left for this course, then I'm done and I can go back to my other course!

[MissinTooth]

@tyme a date with your niece sounds like fun. It sounds like some quality time for you both. 

My little people go to daycare, so they're busy running around with their friends. There might be an afternoon where I'm asked to pick my niece up. But usually she's all tuckered out after a big day of playing and just wants to chill and watch Mickey Mouse. 

I would like to take myself out for lunch one day, maybe take my book or my journal, go for a walk along the beach...or something. 

I have an assignment due on Sunday that I could work on and a house to clean ready for my next inspection. 

[MissinTooth]

@tyme how do you learn what supports you need and when? How do you learn to be confident and feel safe in asking for what you need? How do you know when to take the next step? How do you know what that is? 

Sorry...so many questions. 

[tyme]

I LOVE picking up the littlelies from day care! They run to you and give you lotsa hugs! Dropping them off it hard, but picking them up is sooooo special! It makes you feel like the most love aunty ever 🙂

I hope you can pace yourself with your assignment. My goal is to complete one this week, then start the next. 

My Smiling Mind app is still going. It's been helpgin my niece. My niece very much has a lot of inattentive ADHD traits and really struggles to regulate and go to bed. And yes, she's over at my house sleeping over so I've put on the smiling mind app for her too. 

So just for tomorrow, what are you going to do? 

Walk, then?

Feel free to share if you want to plan it together. @MissinTooth 

For me, tomorrow looks like:

- training

- coffee

- spend time with the kids

- be on the forums

- go to bed

[MissinTooth]

@tyme she gives me that huge grin, and comes up to me with her arms up. It's beautiful. I haven't had to drop her off yet, but my brother says she cries every single time. 

I love that your niece is getting something out of Smiling Minds too. It sounds like it's helping you both, and you're setting a good example for her. 

I got a nine day streak, which felt like an achievement. Last night though, I didn't do it. I think 30 days in a row is too high of a goal for where I'm at with it. 

My tomorrow....

- Wake up naturally (no alarm)

- Shower and clean it while I'm at it. 

- Take meds and have coffee, play with the Finch ap

- Walk Luna

- Study

- Try and spend a little bit of my afternoon in "rest." It was an intention I made with my counsellor...try to spend a little time each day of the holidays doing nothing but resting....but today I was horrible at it. 

... I don't know after that. 

[tyme]

What time do you think you'll finish your study? @MissinTooth ?

Do you have to cook?

Did you know what I realised on Finch? I keep purchasing the 'free' items, then selling them and repurchasing them so I have money to furnish my house! I'm sitting at close to 200,000 gems! My niece said it's rigged lol

[MissinTooth]

@tyme I would like to be finished by 2 at the latest. It depends on...on how my brain feels as to how long I can engage for. I'm kind of learning that I have to tackle it in small manageable chunks. It frustrates me, but if I add extra pressure, I start to lose even more motivation. 

I don't need to cook. I haven't been eating well, or much at all. My meds steal my apetite. So, I ordered YouFoodz. They're small meal sizes and have veg in them. The intention was for me to get some veg content in and make it less of an excuse for me to eat poorly or neglect to eat. 

Lol. Rigged? Well, it could be, but also the other argument is that you've just learnt how to work the system. 

[AuntGlow]

I just wanted to stop by and say goodnight, I will respond to you more tomorrow @MissinTooth 💛

[MissinTooth]

Good night @AuntGlow 

[MissinTooth]

Hi @AuntGlow I hope you're well...

I have a question...

Do you have any advice for not getting caught up in world news? I'm struggling to separate myself from what happened in Texas with the floods. 

Those poor girls, those poor parents. They set their beloved children to camp and now so many of them won't return home. 

I'm a teacher and I know the responsibility we have. Parents send their children to school and place them in our care five days a week. In 2021, on the last day of school one of primary schools here had a celebration day and during that celebration a freak wind event occurred. The wind caused a jumping castle to lift in the air. It was a tragedy. And it really hit home...

And I think this tragedy in Texas hits home too. My social media is saturated by it and I can't seperate from it. It breaks my heart. 

@Dreamy