As such, there's one death to mourn and like four to actively celebrate.

No death should be actively celebrated, imo. No matter who they were, or what they've done, they were people. Every single human being that has ever existed, or will ever exist, deserves at least the same level of baseline respect. And for me, that includes not celebrating their death.

I'm not telling other people not to feel the way they do, to be clear here. Emotions are individual, and no emotion is inherently wrong to feel. I just want people to leave me out of that celebration, and not assume I feel the same way they do.

(I realize that I started this thread here, so obviously not talking about you in particular. More people on the other parts of the internet I visit that don't take "please don't have this conversation with me" as a valid response to a topic I dislike)

You should see what applying for ODSP is like when your spouse has a mental illness and the doctor "doesn't have time" to sign the papers for 10+ years...

I'm very glad I don't have that experience! I know a couple people on ODSP and it's definitely a nightmare trying to apply and then managing all the restrictions they place on you.

I agree that some things are a little confusing about Rose's scenario in particular. And she definitely needs some help navigating the legal and tax side of all of this!

I don’t generally drink at all, so that part is easy haha.

I’m definitely a “show on in the background” kind of person when I’m working from home. Podcasts I end up getting too into them and ignore my work.

I find myself wandering when I’m doing anything requiring mental effort. Debugging a weird test (mocking axios requests is currently the bane of my existence), writing API routes, that kind of thing. Anything I can do without having to think too hard about it gets done pretty effectively. The problem is that I’m almost senior, so I’m expected to do the hard tickets!

The timers work, but only for a week or so at a time. Then they stop working for a few weeks. Repeat. XD Same with my reminders (because yeah, the Reminders app is a godsend).

I am medicated, but we’re still figuring out the dosage. I’m on 18mg Concerta right now - probably going to ask my doctor to raise it at our next appointment. See how that goes.

Background noise is generally helpful for me as well. I usually have the TV on in the background! Generally a series I’ve seen before, but right now I’m working my way through King of the Hill. Anything that I can half-listen to and still be able to follow, haha.