#WeekendCoffeeShare (May 18, 2024)

Posted on by Astrid

Hi everyone. How are you doing? I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare again. It’s nearly 9PM Saturday, so I’ve long had my last cup of coffee for the day. If you’d like, I can offer you a cup of green tea, a glass of soda or some water though. Let’s have a drink and let’s catch up.

If we were having coffee, first as usual I’d talk about the weather. It’s been quite good with daytime temps most days around 22°C, sometimes higher. On Thursday, we did get a thunderstorm, which scares me.

If we were having coffee, I’d share that, as a result, I had no trouble meeting my movement goal on my Apple Watch each day. I went for walks each day. On Thursday, before the thunderstorm, I also actually rode the side-by-side bike for a little in the morning and then we cycled to Colmschate, a neighborhood of Deventer, the nearest city, in the afternoon. In total, I did 25km of cycling according to my Apple Watch. I reached double my movement goal that day.

If we were having coffee, next I’d say that, generally, Thursday was my best day of the week. I finally worked on a polymer clay project once again. The new student staff was being introduced to me so I decided to show her how I make a unicorn. I got distracted by the thunderstorm a lot, so the unicorn didn’t turn out as great as I’d hoped, but oh well.

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that the rest of the week was a bit challenging. I’ve been struggling with attachment issues lately. I keep clinging to my “favorites” among the staff. I’ve decided I will discuss this with the behavior specialist when I’m having en appt with her and my mother-in-law on Tuesday, as it really needs to stop for my and the staff’s sake. I mean, I’m allowed to have preferences re staff I get along with, but my anxiety around them abandoning me and the resulting distress isn’t healthy and besides, it might just lead to that exact thing if they feel I’m too clingy.

If we were having coffee, finally I’d share that my spouse and I were trying to figure out ways for seeing each other over the weekend, since due to Pentecost all shops and lunchrooms are closed on Sunday and Monday. I finally came up with the idea of traveling to our house by ParaTransit on Monday. I haven’t been there since Christmas. It should really be cool.

16 thoughts on “#WeekendCoffeeShare (May 18, 2024)”

  4. Well done on meeting your fitness goals, you are smashing it! I’ve been getting more steps in on my walks and I feel better for it.
    Hope you have a lovely time visiting your house and being with your partner. 😊

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  5. Ah, some nice iced coffee would be good on this warm day. Good job on getting all the physical activity in. I haven’t ridden a bike in years, kind of miss it but it is not great for the lower back. Hope you have a nice visit with your spouse at home Monday! Thanks for the coffee!

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  6. We have had some lovely weather too but thankfully no thunderstorms, they scare me too.Well done with the cycling!Sorry your week has been challenging but it’s a good thing that you have noticed the attachment issues and are going to discuss them with your behaviour specialist. x

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    1. Thanks so much for your kind words. I did discuss my attachment issues with one of the staff I had been clinging to a bit too and thankfully she didn’t see my behavior as all that problematic. She did see that the way in which I’d essentially been asking for her to reassure me, was a bit off, in that I’d been in distress for over an hour before the other staff finally realized it was about her and asked for her to come over here to this side of the home for a few minutes. She said in future I could just ask for the staff I wanted/needed to pop over for a few minutes, as my signaling plan does say I’m allowed to.

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