I only realised on my second day here that there is an adventure park just outside of the building. I guess due to stress I was under I couldn’t make sense of what I was seeing. There is also an outdoor gym a few more metres away and a river.

When I woke up today I went to get milk from the kitchen that is in another building and I thought, how cool is that, waking up in here, between all those trees and close to the river.

It’s 8am and I still didn’t sort out the papers that are evidence that my mum’s money was stolen but I’ll do it soon. It’s Friday so I’ll only do this one thig today, I mean go to the bank regarding this, and then I’ll have two days to recharge.

I was wondering recently if I should take people on face value, like I used to most of the time before my diagnosis, or should I look for hidden meaning? I somehow think that taking them on face value used to protect me from a lot of drama. If someone didn’t make sense to me I just decided they were weird and needed to be avoided. And it wasn’t such a bad thing. It’s not good to interact with people who have hidden agendas.

However, I also realised recently that it’s ok to lie if we want to protect other people feelings. So it should be ok not to tell my mum that she’s paying for her care home from the money she has left from the land sale.