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An Actual Update: Real Life Edition
Oct. 21st, 2017 04:06 pmLook, I can makes posts sometimes that AREN'T either music or book reviews! Who knew?
This summer was filled with reading, multiple trips to a friend's cottage in the Gatineaus, and learning to be dog owners. That last has been particularly exhausting, but we're getting there. And he is a sweetheart.
This is Bogart:
( all about Bogart, with more pictures and a cameo from Dreadful )
There is also a new four-footed resident downstairs. Chakra, one of Rayne's cats, died in mid-August and in September I saw this fine gentleman in a pet store and sent his picture to Rayne, who promptly came and met him and fell in love.
This is Ivan Vorcatril:
( Yes, we do call him, Ivan, you idiot )
Which is better than Kina is with the new temporary downstairs resident.
Three years ago we rescued and either rehomed or tnr'd the colony of feral cats who'd been hanging out in our backyard. One of the first kittens Rayne rehomed was Sage:
( Sage has returned to us, but she can go home with you! )
In non-pet news, As of yesterday I am taking Concerta for ADHD.
This article was somewhat unnerving to read, because so much of it could apply to me: How I Came To Understand My Adult ADHD".
Especially this part, about how long the writer went undiagnosed:
I'm still figuring out what parts of my non-neurotypical brain are because of being bipolar and what parts are in fact due to ADHD. It's a weird feeling to be re-evaluating this stuff now. I'm 37. I've been diagnosed as bipolar since I was 24. I thought I was done learning new and interesting things about how my brain works.
This summer was filled with reading, multiple trips to a friend's cottage in the Gatineaus, and learning to be dog owners. That last has been particularly exhausting, but we're getting there. And he is a sweetheart.
This is Bogart:
( all about Bogart, with more pictures and a cameo from Dreadful )
There is also a new four-footed resident downstairs. Chakra, one of Rayne's cats, died in mid-August and in September I saw this fine gentleman in a pet store and sent his picture to Rayne, who promptly came and met him and fell in love.
This is Ivan Vorcatril:
( Yes, we do call him, Ivan, you idiot )
Which is better than Kina is with the new temporary downstairs resident.
Three years ago we rescued and either rehomed or tnr'd the colony of feral cats who'd been hanging out in our backyard. One of the first kittens Rayne rehomed was Sage:
( Sage has returned to us, but she can go home with you! )
In non-pet news, As of yesterday I am taking Concerta for ADHD.
This article was somewhat unnerving to read, because so much of it could apply to me: How I Came To Understand My Adult ADHD".
Especially this part, about how long the writer went undiagnosed:
When I asked how this was possible, my doctor-friend hit the nail on the head without looking up from her menu: “You were performing well, so no one asked you how you felt.”
I'm still figuring out what parts of my non-neurotypical brain are because of being bipolar and what parts are in fact due to ADHD. It's a weird feeling to be re-evaluating this stuff now. I'm 37. I've been diagnosed as bipolar since I was 24. I thought I was done learning new and interesting things about how my brain works.
