The Delta Variant is going to hit areas that are unvaxxed so hard. It's much more contagious, more easily transmissible.
I'm moderately concerned about the Delta variant. If you look at how it's spread in Israel, which is a country that has a high vaccination rate, there's a significant number of vaccinated people who are getting/transmitting the Delta variant (it looks like the mRNA Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are about 80%-85% effective at keeping people out of the hospital if they get the Delta variant). And it's spread rapidly through the age group of kids who are too young to be vaccinated, who in turn give it to their families.
I'm worried about nursing homes especially. They're all open in Ohio, and family visits are unrestricted again (at least at my FiL's facility), and that could lead to the Delta variant getting in there and spreading quickly.
I have an at-home testing device for COVID-19 that just arrived, which I hope is reliable and not a Theranos-style bamboozle. I'm going to take it with me to Michigan since my two youngest nieces aren't vaccinated yet and I'm a little concerned about the Delta variant sweeping through my family because of it.
But I won't get the biopsy report back before Friday.
Benign test~ma for J and I'm sorry about the sky-high vet bill, Consuela.
I have been diagnosed with Asperger's (I guess now it would be called mild autism or something).
Gud, I hope getting a diagnosis is helpful for you!
I feel like I'm oversharing here but I also have wanted to say this even long before I knew about RSD.
Thank you for sharing, askye! I've heard of Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria because I've been looking into symptoms of inattentive ADHD for "it me?" reasons, so I'm really glad that you're talking about this here. I hope you'll feel comfortable telling us about your progress, mostly for your sake, but also for those of us here who may learn from your experiences. I've been going through some AHDH quizzes and struggling with how to answer certain questions because I've developed some labyrinthine coping mechanisms, and I had been dismissing RSD as a symptom until I recently started thinking about it in terms of things I'm not doing like you mentioned with isolating.
I definitely have ended up on ADHD tiktok and wonder if it’s me or if it’s everyone. But I hear the RSD and feel like I’ve attributed it to depression in the past.
I have made the astounding discovery that kale tastes much better if you fry it in bacon grease for a couple of minutes. Who could have guessed?
There's a woman who's done some very clever song parodies; here's My Mask Will Go On.
Timelies all!
Mr. S had his first dentist visit today.(Also his first cavity, alas)
Sonic technician is here! It looks like the fiber installation is going to take a couple of hours.
I have made the astounding discovery that kale tastes much better if you fry it in bacon grease for a couple of minutes. Who could have guessed?
Also delicious when you cook it in the same pan with Salmon (and garlic and lemon).
On her second day of work, Matilda just called me and asked to hang out after work with her new co-worker, Savannah! Wooot! Here's to new friends!
shrift, I get what you are saying about the ADHD questionnaires because I was like that with the stuff for autism. I used to do certain things but I trained myself not to.. or sometimes I do that but only when I can't stop myself..
but having a lot of coping mechanisms means you have something to cope with .
I was really into tiktok and then ended up getting away from it. I didn't want to but it's just too much sound/visuals for me to deal with. Especially when I'm already trying to combat all the noise in the house. There are some really great people on tiktok
YAY for Matilda's new job and for new friends.
brenda your dad is adorable.
Yay, new friends!
My excitement for the day was adding a House Finch to my life list. It's the little things. And not falling asleep at 6p for three hours like I did yesterday.
