I got to tour a chocolate factory today!
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I am straight up jealous!
We went to a discussion club today with the SO as our favourite politician was speaking there about democracy. Great event and a good talk! I'm so happy that people organize these clubs, I wish I had more time to participate. I've been to a few of them before and it's always been a good and inspiring experience.
What's going on? Oh, some Arizonan piggos are setting me up in awful fashion, but God's telling me I'm walking because this is how I get famous, obviously. I'm a juggler, after all, and if that doesn't involve a massive news and legal ibroglio, then I might be schizophrenia too. But no. Just schizoaffective n autistic n traumatized n stuff.
I posted about nihilism yesterday, and everyone suggested it was more likely depression than nihilism (or in addition to). So I saw my GP, and she said she can change my meds, but she wants me to see a psychologist first (partly because she's going on leave for a while and can't titrate meds for a few weeks) to deal with the ADHD rejection issue I had about a month ago. So I will do that.
Not being diagnosed with ADHD was a HUGE issue for me. I had my eggs in the ADHD basket, so that maybe, just maybe, I could return to work (assuming the meds worked). But that's out the door (for now).
I'm also getting an appt at a neuropsych clinic because she said that due to my SU history, it could be an ABI. So We'll see.
Anyway, that's what I'm up to.
It's a sunny day with a forecast high of 3 degrees. The cool spell is actually a good thing because the snow melt was causing flooding in some areas. This should slow it down a bit.