Notices by Valerie Roney (vlrny@disabled.social)

Read this toot then breathe.

Imagine sitting under a tree.
The warm ground under your bum.
The cool grass on your fingertips.
The bark of the tree pressed up against your back.
And just shift your shoulders a lil to find the perfect spot.
Feel the breeze and the dappled shade sparkle around you.

Now... *BREATHE*
#sitTogether

☝️for those of you on the bigger instances that don't need the financial support, you are always welcome to make a wee donation to some of the smaller instances serving more marginalized groups.

Like disabled.social - the instance I am on: https://www.patreon.com/disabledsocial

Today would be a good day to donate to your instance and/or volunteer to help with moderation.

Folks are working really hard clearing out spam bots this weekend.

Tech is good, but communities are built by people taking care of each other.

You are needed.

#mastodon #fediverse #community

Here's a weirdly optimistic thought train:

One by one, covid bricks our brains. We abandon technology, because it's stupid and confusing and arrrg!

We rewild ourselves and our planet.

Build society anew.

Neuro-divergents lead the way as they have already figured out how to get stuff done sans executive function.

And we seek the counsel of spoonies. Now that we are *all* so fekkin tired, we need their nap wisdom.

@ATLeagle @lonelinesscorps yaaaas! Glad to have ya!

Alright mothertrunkies! I am in the perfect state of brain being too gorked to be useful, but able sit upright and pay attention to some utter bloody silliness.

If you too are in that state, join me for some very lazy very unstructured TV watching of The New Legends of Monkey on Netflix.

Just dive in and know somebody else is watching too. I will try and toot some fun lines n such (and CW spoilers).
#monkeyKingToots

@lonelinesscorps #lonelinessCorps
#theNewLegendsOfMonkey #couchTime

Hoo-eee! Listing to some meditation/prayer thingy, and there was a line:

"Fear makes it almost impossible to show love to others."

and dayum! I felt that.

Double huzzah:
1) I found polite words for urk! don't talk to me.
2) My housemate made me a placard I can wear around the house when my brain hurts. 💖
#actuallyAutistic #brainInjury #brainRest #silence #spoonies

*whispers* another unit will be available Jan 1st if anybody wants to live in this awesome intentional community full of grounded authentic kind ppl just outside of Guelph. Disabled friendly, but a really diverse demographic group.
DM me for more deets if you think this might be the fit for you.

@essjayjay @bmacDonald94 I so enjoy these lil cross chats of support and affection when they pop up in my mentions (even if I am slow to respond). Ya'll are good for my soul. 💖

@bmacDonald94
"Arise, be well, and kick ass" has just been added to my morning mantra. 💖

@bmacDonald94 that's really beautiful. Thank you! 💖

Thing I just said out loud to my timeline:

I cannot ride that thought train, but it looks like fun.

('cause ya'll are awesome, even when I can't comprehend why💖)

My apple tv box thingy did an "upgrade" and now the remote doesn't talk to the TV for volume or power anymore and I need two remotes again. 😖

*leans in with ironic fascination*

Oooo. Tell me more about how technology is constantly getting better and better.

I'm ok, btw. Landed on my feet. Still reeling. Still putting my life back together, but miraculously, ended up somewhere really good. Say hello to my new happy place.

Amazing human said to me today:

You've got this.
And if you don't have this, we've got you.

I'm not crying, you're crying.😭

So... For *reasons* I need a place to stay tonight and for a couple days while I come up with a new plan. Cog is low, anybody have suggestions of nice kitchenette motels etc? Would save me some brain spoons just searching cold.
Any leads/ideas appreciated.
Danka!
#guelph #kitchener #waterloo

☝️ update: I have found a motel for the next few days. Got some breathing room while I sort next steps.
Thx for all the boosts and concern. Say a prayer to the deities of your choice/secular well wishes. I am gonna need some supernatural luck pretty frickin soon.

OMG I just realized why it is so hard to communicate as an autistic.

Everything I know is connected, like mycelium - branching, entangled, threaded into all things.

Sharing any of that with another human is like trying to find the one place to pop up a lil mushroom of what's needed in that moment, while all the rest remains, unsaid, subterranean.

Had a meltdown after a mtg today, stopped in the park to have an emergency hoot, which apparently Past Valerie put in this container because she knew I would need an ironic lol in this moment.