A good Day

Went and saw my counsellor today. She picked up from me that I seemed more settled than usual, and I realised that she was right. Not sure why exactly, and it may be a combination of things, but just right now I feel very centred. And this is odd.

Today has been a coldish wet day - a perfect day to stay home and enjoy small comforts - but I've been out and about for most of it. Buses have been running early and late all day, and I had to run to catch the one home, but I didn't feel flustered because of that. I went window shopping at Jesmond, real shopping at Wallsend, visited Centrelink and the library, and joined a discount food agency (they resell "used by" food at very cheap rates). And I coped. I didn't panic, didn't let everything get on top of me, even though I was coughing heavily at least twice today.

It's been a while since I could say that - say that I was centred and "here" and not thinking of the past or the future too much, but I was.

And it's been a good day because of that.

Pet Pics

Just went "clucky" today after seeing a dog up the road with a pig, and started taking photos of it and my pets.

This dog normally barks at us as i walk my dogs down the street. For the last week it's had a companion - a piglet who comes to it when it barks. I thought this was just so cute! I've also see Bantams and Muscovies in the front yard with it too. 

( Rest of Photos under the cut )

Because it's there...

Writer's Block: Challenges I’ve Faced

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Shit, where to start? There's at least: epilepsy, gender dysphoria, and extreme shyness (and other health issues). But - it's not always obvious to oneself that "emerging as a better person" is what's happened. Maybe that's only a rationalisation on my part.

Writer's Block: Down on Memory Lane

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My memories are rather fragmentary before about 7 years old. I remember...

...being pushed in a pram along a
   street somewhere in Kalgoorlie;
...crying in front of the photographer;
...running around in a backyard that
   was mostly red dirt full of holes;
...looking at a model ship with
   plasticine sailors on it...

...and that's it! Much later I remember running around at Midland Primary school playing, of watching TV (Cisco Kid, Three Stooges, etc). Fragmentary at best.