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where do you want me to start?

At the finish and work your way backwards?
I'm off to bed, so you'll have plenty of time to elaborate while I sleep.
Good night.

Another freezing cold and wet walk with the dog.
A quick rest then another daunting walk to the docs.
At least I have a nice cup of hot tea.

Good night Raleigh and good day to everyone else.

Hello Lady Jaye- I mean Temeraire

I'm tired. I've got my period a bit early this month. Some days I just feel like sitting down and crying.

^ that's normal with your period isn't it?
To feel weepy?
In some cultures the women used to take to the menses tent during that time of the month and have some serious "me" time.

Just being human today..

^^Yes, I get weepy and irritable and exhausted and uncomfortable and so forth.

My unabridged period-induced rant:
I had an appointment with my autism counselor. She introduced me to a lady who was supposed to be a mentor-type to me, but we're both introverts, so eventually we just ended up sitting in silence, just I like predicted and warned the counselor about last week [she didn't believe me]. Usually, it just takes one or two meetings to determine if I will take a 'shine' to someone, so to speak, and the awkwardness wasn't a good sign. It made me think of my friend, who used to do outings and such with me, but she moved to England and I barely see her at all any more. It made me think that this new lady would be a replacement, and it made me sad. Afterwards the counselor discussed sensory issues with me and mentioned trying to find options for me to tolerate my sensory issues. It made me feel so guilty and upset, as if I was being a load on people and making their lives difficult because of it. It also made me feel like a broken machine that needed fixing, and I wanted to say that it's really not that simple, that it's not like I can just stop having sensory issues [or maybe I can, and I'm the one who is wrong...]
Whenever she mentions 'getting me out in the community', I always wonder 'what community?'
I feel like there's something wrong with me for liking to stay at home.
I didn't have lunch, so I was super hungry but still wanted to go to the game store I found online, and when we got there, they had the game I wanted but it was too expensive. There were also a bunch of Pokemon stuffies that I wanted, but didn't buy because I felt like I was being a holdup and a nuisance and that I didn't deserve anything. When we got home, there was a message from the counselor saying that the publisher she sent my short story to was really, really impressed.

[Here's the comments: "I read the story. It is really well edited as well. Has a professional editor taken a hand to it? Not a lot of people get the hyphenated adjectives correct. Mind-blowing. I think it would be nice illustrated. I can't fathom that someone without a diploma in editing and publishing from Ryerson would know how it edit to that degree. Is she social enough to do book signings if accompanied"?

I have had this trouble for most of my life, with my self-esteem and self-worth. When people praise me, I want to tell them to stop because I feel I don't deserve it [these feelings are often augmented during my period, but they pop up at unexpected moments, too]. Whenever my mum speaks to me sharply, I feel like a horrible person, to the extent that when I apologize for not doing something or getting something mixed up when my step-father's around, I am literally amazed that he tells me not to apologize and that it's no big deal.

My Mythic Scribes friends think it's a bit over the top, and I'm slowly starting to agree with them, to the point that I'm starting to think that the publisher can't really mean what they said.

It's just a simple little short story, after all, not important, and definitely not my best.

I might feel better after I eat.

^The frog is a nice addition.

If you say so.

Sounds like you have had a tough day at the office Kura.

*hands Kura a cinnamon bun*

*hugs Kura* Congratulations on the good feedback. I can relate to how you feel, with feeling bad about yourself when someone speaks sharply to you. But you deserve help and praise and everything else. You're not a nuisance to anyone, they want to help you. You are a good writer. No one's writing is perfect at first; there's always room for improvement, but you do have talent.