So anyway, as y’all know, yesterday I celebrated my “Aspie birthday” (please pardon the term–that’s just what it feels like to me), or my one-year anniversary of finding out that I was almost-assuredly somewhere on the Asperger’s/autism spectrum. The “almost-assuredly” transformed into “assuredly” with each online questionnaire I took, finally culminating with the corroboration of my findings by a professional in November, complete with official diagnostic paperwork–signed, sealed, and delivered via email.
A year ago yesterday, my world stopped…
…and my real world began.
It’s been an interesting past 12 months, obviously 🙂
I’ve gone through a complete metamorphosis–well, I shouldn’t say that it’s complete just yet, because life is lived in motion.
But I can say that I’ve browsed and found my place on the spectrum, I’ve settled in comfortably, and for the most part, I’ve unpacked.
I’m going to be here a while, after all.
The metamorphosis itself…
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