@Jolly: tehee.
absolutely yes.
It's beeen sooooo hard to keep it a secret from my family. I finally told my dad even though my divorce isn't completely finalized as a step towards telling my parents that I'm poly and that their religion is not for me because it has been crushing who i truly am and i'm sorry if that upsets them and they disown me or something.
I've at least told my dad "I'm not straight, and this is my soulmate" and he took that well.
But every time I'd talk about him to them I'd be like... "My.... friend from Canada. gush gush gush things i do with him" right. straight face. not dating. i'm fine. deep breath. don't swoon.

@Jolly: oh wow that sounds beautiful <3 Wales is the best!!
I’ve heard good things about London’s transport system, which is good. I too rely on public transport.

I told my father. though he kind of coaxed it out of me in a not great way. I don't know if it was his only way to get me to tell him or what. Still got a lot to deal with for healing with my parents. and i've put that on the back burner with everything else going on xD

we... do not see eye to eye on things. mainly religion. and sexuality. xD

but we love each other at least cause yay family. Take care of each other. that kind of thing. I gotta run here in a moment to go get my toddler from preschool. so I'll be back later.

@Shadami:
Yeah, I get that. It took a long time for me to come to some terms with my parents. I've had a great deal of venting even on this site a couple years back, especially that time my mom booted me out XD
But I learn that its OK to not see eye to eye, its OK if a person has said awful things in the past when they were frustrated (we're all human) and sometimes its not worth addressing different views if its something that doesn't directly affect me (like I never talk politics with them anymore, I'll ignore their words and politely change subject lol). The only way I could get along with my family was to put physical distance between us by moving out. Now, even if we disagree on something, its very easy for me to change the subject with something like "Hey more importantly, look at my cat"

But I dont mean to talk about myself, just hope to give hope to a situation that is still very much in need of healing first. I hope that you find a way to live peacefully with the family you have!

@sunny:
Oh yeah, the museums! I loved touring the museums ;;
What I did (since I was often alone) was I always had a mini journal or sketchbook with me in a satchel. So before I'd head out, I would plan my trips out. Doodle a little map, write town/street names or bus/train stop names. I'd also precautiously plan in case I get off on the wrong stop, cause I'm adhd space out brain. But by having all the names written down, it prevented me getting too lost <3

Oh and if I did anything spontaneous, I would add street names as I walked so I can back track to get back to my original path XD

@Jolly: that’s a good tip! And I suppose there’s always gps, you can’t really get lost if you have a phone :) what was your favourite London museum?

@Jolly: i can imagine the Peeling *_* i just need to figure out what i want to eat for dinner.... i would love some noodles.... but i ate a big Lunch today

Body in the 30s "oh Look bread" 2 pounds more instand!

@Atropa Belladonna:
SAME XD I eat a grape and gain 3lbs lmao
ok maybe not that bad but might as well

I ended up making meatloaf for the first time <3 was pretty good

@Shadami:
:O
I mean, thats pretty cool though. Not to invalidate the weird feeling of "time limit" you must be having.
I'm sure things will work out for you! Right now the economy is imploding a bit so having a home provided to you is really... a blessing for the time being. Save a ton <3

@Totalanimefan:
I've been ok! Also keeping my eyes open for better jobs. Its sad, even the gov jobs here only pay $15 per hour. I get paid more than that and still can hardly afford my rent increase in a couple months
money is so stressful. I hope you find a worthwhile position!

@Shadami:
Yeah, gosh, job hunting is wild. Hope you find a good one! My husband just got hired by Verizon earlier this year and I'm finding that they're a pretty dang good company to work for if you're good with customers. There are government jobs too that have good benefits, but they dont tend to pay a living wage (cause everythings inflated too dang much lmao) but some might! I got my eyes peeled on the market too