It's 5:45 a.m., with a big setting moon outside my dark window, and I just got an email with my official work email and sign-in info.
How 'bout that? I guess I really am starting!
I'm up and showered, having my coffee... I'm used to leisurely mornings, with lots of time to blog. If I want that, I'll have to get up early.
What will I like for a morning routine?
I'll be leaving the house by 8 normally. (This morning I have to get there early, to get shown around.)
bink walked with me to my new workplace yesterday--walking leisurely, it took us 25 minutes.
It's a pleasant walk down residential streets--lots of little single-family houses with liberal yard signs and tended gardens. A few blocks out of my way, there's a busier street with coffee shops and indie yoga studios.
It's quite a change from my trip to work in the other direction, which got more and more run-down.
I happened upon a list of most & least dangerous neighborhoods in the city--the most dangerous was Phillips, where the thrift store is.
That seems right.
The most safe is the neighborhood where my sister lives--not just because it's relatively wealthy, but because of its geography:
it's pocketed between lakes, and there's no big through-streets.
And where I live now is in-between.
I've got several messages wishing me a good First Day, and Marz offered to walk me to my first day of school, which all made me very happy.
And, Maura gave me a first-day-of-school present--a pencil case... with GEL PENS!!! and a little fidget toy.
Okay, I've got to go make lunch now, and make final decision about what to wear. Jeans, yes. I want to wear my new pink hoodie--partly because it's going to be warm today (maybe 60ยบ!)––but––if only to show the teacher I've thought of it (kids' sensory issues)––I will wear a neutral color instead.
When I looked it up, some autistic people said their calming color was RED, so who knows?
And that's just it--I don't know, so I will start with neutral and go from there.
Tootle-oo, all!
P.S. Here's the documentary about Chris Packham and autism:
"Life with Asperger's Sydrome"--(the name "Asperger's" is (mostly) not used anymore, now called autism).
It's good, though not as good, I think, as his doc about four other autistic people, "Inside Our Autistic Minds"--but it's safe to watch on youtube.
