This one is for actual posts

1) Figured this out.

Well maybe I don’t WANT to work double as hard as abled people!! Maybe I deserve a BREAK!! Maybe I’ve been working MORE THAN double as hard for MY WHOLE LIFE and it’s led me to immense burnout & caused me to develop several MORE disabilities!! Maybe I should be ACCOMMODATED so I don’t have to KILL MY BODY AND BRAIN over trying to do what abled people can do!! Maybe I DON’T have to work double as hard!! Maybe if there’s the option to let me NOT work double as hard, I should have it, because I’m already working double as hard JUST TO SURVIVE!!

There's this trans girl who works at the pharmacy I get my meds from. We went to grade school with each other and were acquainted with each other, but she was a grade or two above me, but she was close with some friends I was pretty close to. She transitioned after we graduated - I hadn't interacted with her very much, but heard through a friend that she had started transitioning like what, 5+ years ago now?

But even though she's worked at this pharmacy for years, and I've seen her in passing, we never actually interacted face to face. She's usually working the drive thru, and I don't use it often. Now I recognized her, but I figured she didn't recognize or remember me. I was a kinda blend-into-the-background hoodie kid in school. Didn't think she would recognize my name when filling prescriptions, either (I've been on hrt for over a year now).

Today was the first time she actually was the one to process my order when I picked up my meds - and she acted completely normal, like we were strangers - until she cocked her head to the side and looks directly at me, demeanor and tone completely shifts and goes "sooo it's good to see you again! How have you been??" and I halfway gag and was a little shaken up but we had a nice little chat and she kept throwing out "it's so nice to see you"

Guess who was so stunned she forgot to offer to keep in touch?