Superheroes have a lot to answer for. Even old school knights were often pictured with a cape wafting heroically around them in the wind. We talk about someone ‘caping’ to mean defending someone indefensible. We have been conditioned to expect a man to come and save us from all of our dilemmas. Even I do this, as independent and stroppy as I am, I fully expect Norm to do the yucky stuff, while I am more for decoration or entertainment purposes in this relationship.
As much as I want him to be my companion for life, I do not need him to help me survive. I can support myself financially, I would have to trim down my spending, but I would survive. In song terms I can bring home the bacon and I can cook it, but I do not enjoy cooking and would most likely just go out for brunch.
I might even wear a cape.
This realisation came from chatting to a few fellow neurodivergent friends when I said that I no longer see my Autism, ADHD or any of my other ‘challenges’ to be anything negative, I see them as Super Powers! I had already thought that being a Virgo was enough of a persnickety habit, but overlay it with autism and you can imagine just how detailed my levels of concentration can be.
Hence, how I can apply that neurospicy trait to become a superpower in my career and even in my life. My specialties enhance my job skills.
In this era of world changes which are occurring all around us, it is important that we can all save ourselves. I had another major download this week. The reason I was pushed to come back to South Africa is that my daughters will not end up having their rights torn away because their mother chose to raise them in the USA. I have never been happier to live elsewhere.
It was a challenging week as I missed my Lily and Amelia. Norman drove Amelia and Lily to the airport last Sunday afternoon. I was so exhausted but was still sad to see them leave. I was looking at the little stack of stones that Millie and I would spend ages stacking, unstacking and restacking and it makes me smile.
Lily sent a video of Millie dancing and doing the bunny hop which are two things we spent a lot of time doing. It is nice to see that she took some of that home with her. Caitlin is doing much better with Bree, she is becoming more confident with her. A tiny baby feels so vulnerable in your hands it can make you a bit anxious until you get used to handling them.
On Tuesday I went with Norm to take Finn into the village for his walk. There is a dog park there where Norm plays ball with Finn. Next to it is a small track which is perfectly flat and perfect for me. I did 5 laps around and then we headed to get some dinner.
Finn loves going for outings in that truck.
This week I had a moment of stupidity and I was phished from an email. The email appeared to come from Cape Union Mart, branding and everything was perfect. The link took me to a fake website which also was branded and looked legit. I made two purchases and used both of my new bank cards just to double my trouble. I found out they were not legit when I examined the info from the bank transactions. I logged it as fraud so I can only hope they will reimburse me something. Of course I then had to order new cards and will have to wait for them to arrive.
We have had a lot of wind in Cape Town but it has been sunny and hot with it. Luckily I can hide out at the back of the house.
Last night my friend Tam came for dinner and a chat. It was really hot but was still too windy to sit at the front of the house. We had a lovely catch up and she headed home early. Norm and I watched an episode of something before I crashed.
I have discovered a few Neurodiverse terms which I definitely am affected by.
The first is DCD, or Developmental Coordination Disorder. It is a common neurodevelopmental disorder primarily characterized by fine and gross motor coordination difficulties. My daughters and I are all clumsy. We knock over things, we trip over things and we just generally cause havoc. It is interesting that this is due to issues in my brain!
The second is BED (Binge eating disorder). I have had this affect me badly at times when I am very stressed. I have no feeling of being full and can eat and eat and eat until I actually feel sick. Luckily I am not struggling with this so much lately.
I find it funny that my own mental issues have become my rabbit hole. I love learning about neurodivergence and collecting these terms and information.
I know I said I would not obsess over the orange eejit, but so much is happening it would just be rude not to mention it. Trump has chosen the most revolting people to fill his cabinet. The child preferring Matt Gaetz has been selected to be Trump’s Attorney General. I would love to follow the money on this one. Did his wealthy daddy make a contribution to assist the choice? We all know exactly why things occurred in the timeline they did.
The Clown Show continues.
Meanwhile, this old dog is learning some new apps. Twitter started dying when Trump’s new mistress, Elon, took it over and rebranded it as ‘X‘. It has now rotted completely and the unbearable stench is driving people away in droves. I joined Twitter back when it first kicked off and was part of the Cape Town Twitterati, a group of people who attended everything, down to the opening of an envelope if free food or booze was on offer. A lot of tequila was consumed.
The whole stratosphere appears to be moving to Bluesky, so here is the link to my new account: @thekitteninthecity.bsky.social. Here is the link to my new Threads profile: @thekitteninthecity
I hope you follow me on both. I am also setting up a Linktree profile which will hold all of my contact information for all of the apps. I will link that to my blog page (and vice versa) and here is the link for that: Linktree
I have started watching “Alma’s Not Normal” a show on the BBC which is absolutely brilliant. I have laughed myself silly. I give this 5 Kitten Stars.
The weather is lovely outside today. I spent ages lolling about in bed. After I publish this I shall go and feed the birds and potter about my garden. I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Until next time, Kisses from the Kitten xoxoxoxxo
Kitten in the City 