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What does ‘with this money’ mean
That story happened when I was 17 I think. It’s about how we, autistics, see communication. We don’t really celebrate Halloween in Poland, instead we celebrate what is called All Saints day, when people go to cemeteries to pray and light special ‘cemetery candles’ on family graves. Those candles are called znicze and have special…
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Feeling robotic
OK, so I decided the only real choice I’ve got is to continue to post but in a way that it’s true to how I’m feeling at the time. If I stop and wait till I feel some emotions it would just be another attempt to create a fake persona here, and this is not…
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900g of tracksuit bottoms
Mum’s parcel is finally ready and it’s supposed to be picked up tomorrow. Due to customs requirements I had to weigh what’s in it, and tops weigh 3.7kg while bottoms only 0.9kg – it looks like she really need some more bottoms, but I doubt I’d be sending them from here. It’s too much trouble…
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Complex family dynamics
Trigger warning: mentions possibility of suicide in the family I didn’t write about my brother for quite a while, I guess I maybe mentioned him once or twice since I had to leave our family home and move to the hostel back in September. He is not a glamorous person to write about: he is…
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I cancelled my shift
Around 2am it finally occurred to me that I won’t be able to continue as a hotel housekeeper, at least not in this hotel and not for so many hours. Especially after not having slept properly. So I emailed the guy from the agency to let him know that I won’t be back but I…
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Overworked and lonely
I woke up after barely 3h of sleep and can’t fall back asleep again. That means I overworked myself yesterday, that’s what always happens after I’ve been working too hard. I’m wondering if I should actually even go for another shift as it will be very difficult after yesterday and not having enough sleep. I…
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Autistic and me 