Sparrow 🐦 @Sparrow@awoo.space

I'm trying to be good to my incredibly exhausted body, so I bought pomegranate yogurt, spinach salad with miso dressing, and and aloe drink.

What's up, fam?

It hasn't even been 24 hours yet and I am already eating again in a trader joe's parking lot. This is my life now.

Boundaries@ work= :ok_hand_hmn_b1:​

It's 8 pm here. I need to wake up at 6:30 am tomorrow morning. I already brushed my teeth, and I'm getting over a cold. Do I:

A. Go to bed now, hopefully sleep through the night and not get low blood sugar because I had dinner so early, or

B. Have some more food, stay up until 10ish.

This time it's the Rockridge TJ's, which is just overflowing with hipsters

This is not the first nor likely the last time I will eat dinner in a trader joes parking lot.

& like one solution is "okay, just hurry up and get your master's degree, Sparrow."

But:

a) That isn't really a solution that guarantees me a job, and if it's the only solution, it's inaccessible to many other Americans.

and

b) My mental health is not yet ready for me to go back to school. I became a shell of a person last time I was in school, and I'm just not yet good enough at self care to do grad school. Yes, eventually, but not yet.

Oh no I'm on hold and I have to pee

They will DEFINITELY pick up when I am on the toilet, so I guess I'll use that like a summoning spell

Wow, where can I move where a psychology worker like myself can afford a basic standard of living?

Sooo much soft jaaazzzzzz

Still on hold. All I need to do is update my address!

And thennn I get to change plans, and get a doctor. But one thing at a time, I guess.

Welp now I'm on hold with Medi-Cal. But at least I called!!

Does anyone have a favorite youtube channel for learning ASL?

Okay, time to make the Big Scary Phone calls.

First, to get paid for care providing back in SEPTEMBER. $500, here I come.

I need to remember to call medi cal in the morning.

I moved counties so I think I might need to reapply to a new health care plan or something.

I've been putting off doing this because the idea is so stressful, but I very much need to see a doctor and anyway test strips are too expensive without insurance.

Wish me luck doing the Big Scary Thing tomorrow.

Gonna go to bed early and maybe call in sick for the first half of tomorrow too.

Ripppp any expectation of getting a liveable paycheck this month. -_-

Hi friends~

How is everyone doing tonight?

I worked for the 1st half of the day, then went home sick. My immune system is still getting used to kiddos!

Someone named Ginger Vieira wrote a book called "Emotional Eating With Diabetes" and omg! I haven't read it yet but I struggle so much with emotional overeating while type 1 diabetic and I think reading it might help me build a better relationship with food.

Last week I taught a group of about 6 autistic kiddos, aged ~ 3-6.

We were making rice crispy treats.

I passed around the bag of marshmallows and asked the kiddos to add 2 spoonfuls to the mix, and not to eat any.

Tl;dr, we accidentally enacted the classic Psych 101 marshmallow test, and it was *so cute*.

Halppp this fragile queer bby only got 6 hours of sleep last night