Burnout.

I'm still up to my eyeballs in social burnout.

I'm still feeling hypersensitive.

Today it was the sound of water moving in the fish tanks. And the way R's shoes squeak when he walks. (In addition to the sound of the animals licking anything, that one's always a problem.)

I'm also really wrapped around the axle about politics. Mostly that I hate them, particularly right now just before an election. Everyone is at their worst. They're all battling to prove the other guy is the most hateful. But you know what? All that hate stuff just crushes my soul.

It's so weird.

It's just like weight, so much weight just comes pouring out of the computer and onto my chest and I can't breathe. I caught myself today wondering if election season was a 'survivable event', which is kind of my cue to shut down any and all sources of political discussion or information.

I was going to follow your lead and deactivate my Facebook, but my ASD groups on there are soooooooo wonderful and helpful I just couldn't do it. Instead I've just blocked nearly everyone's feed. :P

When I read this, it sounds so sad and mournful, but it's not meant to. I'm really fine, just overstimulated and socially overwhelmed. I'll feel much better once I've had the weekend to myself. I just need some time to regenerate.

Saturday my dad and I are going to get to work on some of our projects. I believe we're working on the 1933 gas powered washing machine, but we might be building the cart for our gas powered ice cream machine. (It combines a 1922 ice cream machine, an early gas engine, and a cart into one device that makes ice cream as it wheels itself around, it's basically amazing. We're super excited about it.)

That's all I know Dear Friend. I miss your face. <3