Moving soon
So it’s likely that, over the weekend, we’ll be moving back in with my parents, until we can get somewhere in Ireland, hopefully before the year ends. Our contract runs out soon, but I’ll say to some of our friends that if there’s something going on here, to let us know, because we may be able to pop into the city and join in. We’ll need to know in advance though, to make proper arrangements.
Over the summer, we’ll have our graduation, and my sister will be there. I probably will have to explain that we’ve had a split (That split being Tsume), and think about if I should tell my parents or not. They don’t know about the DID, I’m scared of how they’ll react, I did originally plan to tell them after moving, to avoid any negative confrontation, but now I’m not certain. This is something we need to discuss. My main reason is because, after graduation, we’re planning on going to an after-event, and some of our friends and maybe lecturers will be there, and it may be the last time seeing them before we move out. If we can visit in, we will, but that isn’t guaranteed. I imagine the others may want to front during this time, and I want to give them that freedom, but it’s more difficult if there are people there in your family that don’t know. I have no idea how to handle this. Plus it won’t be until the move at least that we can start getting a diagnosis (and for new followers who don’t know, we knew it was DID after a visit to our tutor over something else. She explained to us about DID and multiplicity after she figured out we were a system. Luckily, she explained, that she’s had students with DID before and knew the signs and how to handle it).
Also, when we know more about where and when we’ll be living, we have some things to sort out. First, we have to sort things out, and see if someone is willing to move with us. I doubt we can live alone, especially since I’m a semi-functioning host (as I need someone to help me with many basic tasks, and am still reliant on others), and even we don’t have full control of switching (does any system?), and we don’t switch that much, it’s not a case of “just get another alter to do it” unfortunately. Trouble is, I don’t really have the courage to ask friends if they want to move with us, and it is a bit to ask of someone. I just hope things fall into place with this. Also, found out from picking up a leaflet, that we’ll likely have to fill in another Student Finance form before we move, to calculate if we need to start paying off (a specific one for people planning to emigrate). The one I picked up was for SFE (Student Finance England) but after searching, it appears to also apply to SFW (Student Finance Wales). Just can fill that in when we have all the information that we need.
Anyway, enough rambling. Just wanted to give a quick update. We can agree that I failed on the “quick” part. But need to start packing tomorrow, so we can get it all over the weekend, and the fact that we’ll need to move the degus too. Hope all’s well with everyone.
Oliver-Joseph
