[Tam I am]

Well, the heaps were because of not having anywhere to put stuff yet.

Custard: Mom's sad. She stressed the landlady out complaining about the neighbours being noisy all night, and now she's being autistic and hiding inside herself. :/

[Kaderin Triste]

Awwww maybe hugs from Custard would be helpful! And hopefully the noisy neighbor situation gets resolved!
Lol sorry to reply so late. Got sidetracked. XP

Also had a very anxiety inducing incident this morning. Picked up coffee this morning for a coworker and myself only to find out that my card was expired. The poor employee was really sweet about it and said it was on her and not to worry about it, but my anxiety wouldn't let that stand so I went back and paid for it on my lunch break.
I was mortified. I honestly didn't know the card was expired because it worked last week and I haven't been sent a new one yet.
>.> probably gonna avoid that coffee place for a while now out of sheer embarrassment...

[Tam I am]

Custard's having a party in one of the soft dolly bins with the other kids that are in there. I think she's having a blast getting to know everyone, since she was sitting with just a few others before. XD I showed her to my friend the other day, and she thought she was cute.

Sidetracks happen. *hug*

Awwwww. *more hug* They really need to email big notices about expirings.

[Kaderin Triste]

Awwww Custard's making all the new friends!

Yeah, unfortunately sidetracks are super easy for me right now as I'm working 2 jobs for a total of 45 hours per week and only one full day off to "recover" except for weeks with holidays. Then I get 2 days off usually.

Email wouldn't have helped me probably as the email address it would have gone to is my "junk" email so I don't check it super often, but a reminder in the credit card's app would have been nice.

Anyway, enough about me. How have you been doing?

[Tam I am]

Yuuuup! I think she's having a blast.

Awwww. So today, you got an extra day off? I know it's a long weekend in Canada and USA.

No joke.

Me? Being threatened with MORE debt from the subsidized housing place that I just moved away from.

[Kaderin Triste]

Er..not exactly, no. So it's kinda tricky to explain but basically, since switching to a full time position at the library, I work Joann on Mondays and the only guaranteed days off there are Thanksgiving and Christmas day.

BUT because the library job is through the city, if a federal holiday falls on your day off, you are still given the holiday hours and get a different day off (typically the next day you would work). So normally that would mean I was off on Tuesday but we're short-staffed and if I had Tuesday off there would have been no one to help work the closing shift, so I get Thursday off this week instead.

Also, I know why the US had a long weekend, but why did Canada?

Awwww what? That's dumb and they better calm the heck down about all that! Like...you moved out, what the heck are they even trying to charge for?

[Stabbsworth]

well, i have a job now.

also hi, i was inactive for a long time lmao.

idk why the hell they'd charge you for simply moving out of an assisted-living place, tam. that's the weirdest fucking thing i've seen in a while.

[Tam I am]

Gotcha, Kaderin!
It was Family Day. A recently made up joke of a holiday.
Well, it turns out they're only charging for the hole someone poked in the wall moving a couch out. If the front entry were better designed, every person who moves furniture out wouldn't be poking holes in that wall.

Stabsworth, yay, job! And it wasn't really assisted living, just assisted rent. The charges were for having to clean up after me if I didn't clean the place.

[Stabbsworth]

it's mostly working for this site lmao. i gotta pixel shit. expect like. a whole ton of commons soonish.

though, the income from working for here isn't exactly the most stable, it's still something, i guess? i'll have to do my own taxes, which will be a pain in the ass. i might have to ask my older brother how he does his bc my dad tends to fudge the numbers and such.

[Tam I am]

Ah, it's something! I'm a floating fallback worker/general promoter and gossiper at the nearby farmers market. Seasonal and occasional income to add to the AISH (disability).

[Stabbsworth]

i might be able to get on disability for my depression depending on how the work capability assessment goes.
i also have to see about seeing a specialist for ADHD, since i scored just under the diagnosable threshold of ADHD, y'know? i think it was something like 46 points.

it's probable that it's autism but presents as ADHD symptoms, which is wild.

[Tam I am]

Oh, it's pretty common for autism to be diagnosed as ADHD, because the latter is more known, and because they think they can medicate for that one. Must "cure" everything, don't you know? Even when it actually doesn't need it. </end rant>

[Stabbsworth]

shrugs. i reckon it might be adhd, everyone else reckons it might be autism.

if i do get to see a specialist and put on meds, then we'll know as to whether or not it's adhd or autism by whether or not they work.

[Tam I am]

Autism IS slightly "stylish" right now, just because more people are hearing about it. I saw a thing online that pointed out the differences, but I can't remember where to find it right now.

[Stabbsworth]

this is why i need to see a specialist that can tell the difference lmao.
one thing of note is that i was always fidgeting as a kid.

also i have texture issues and usually stick to the same foods (safe foods). it's why i can't really stand mushrooms.

[Tam I am]

But one person's fidgeting can be an autistic kid's stimming.

Texture... yeah. I like the taste of liver, but save me from that texture.