Brief summary

I worked as a massage therapist until 2009, when a car accident left me with long term whiplash and effectively ended my career. Round about that time, I found out that I'd had Asperger's Syndrome my entire life - a discovery that explained a lot of the earlier difficulties and challenges I'd had. Since then... well, that's what this blog is exploring.

Wednesday 3 December 2014

Hogmanay

I made up a variation of this posting last year, as well.  It's a reference point for my CS guests - so they can know what to expect from my schedule over the Hogmanay period.  Everybody knows that the living situation will be chaotic while you're all here.  But I think that'll just make everything a bit more lively and fun.

It'd be a nice touch if you contacted each other, as well.  Just so you can get to know each other a little bit, before you actually arrive.  Then you won't all be strangers.

The profiles are -

I'm sorry about the ads.  But if you just click on the picture, it should come up without them getting in the way.

This is probably the final list, but I'm not sure, yet.  Bruna's dates are flexible and it looks like her friends will only be here for Hogmanay - so they probably won't even stay in the flat for more than a couple of hours.

The place is pretty packed, but most of the time some people will be out and others will be in one of the other rooms, sleeping.  It's likely that we'll all be keeping different schedules.  Some people will be going to spontaneous parties and coming home at strange hours.   So the sitting room will be mostly for socialising until pretty late.

If you want to sleep, then grab whatever bed is available.  There is a tiny room with no windows - that has a single bed.  And there's a large room with a double bed and some floorspace.  The sitting room has two couches and some floorspace.  One of these can be folded down into a double bed.

You will probably end up sharing a sleeping space with someone.  The only strict rule I have is that a male guest should not get into a bed that is already occupied by a female guest, unless those two have already agreed that they're both comfortable with that.  But right now, it looks like there are only three male guests.  They are Jimmy, one of Bruna's friends and Cédric.  Jimmy has already said he can sleep anywhere - including on the floor - so that's cool.  Bruna's friend, like I said, will probably only be here for one night and might not end up sleeping here.  Cédric is Anna's boyfriend, so will most likely sleep with her.  

Anna was accepted as a guest pretty late.  She asked to stay until the 31st, but that might not be possible.  It'll depend on just how comfortable everybody else is with the limited space and on Bruna's final dates, once they're set in stone.  So I've accepted her for the first two nights she asked for, and the second two will be agreed on later.

The sitting room is likely to be for the hardy few people who will stay up late.  Tired guests should feel free to slip away and take a bed or floorspace in one of the two bedrooms, whenever they're ready to sleep.  Those in the sitting room will try to keep the noise down, but it might still get a bit lively - it's a time for parties, after all.

Anyway, keep your eye on this page, in case there are any further updates.  And I definitely encourage you all to send messages to each other, if you'd like to introduce yourselves before you arrive.

I'm sorry about the ads partially obscuring the snapshot below.  But if you click on the picture, it'll fill the screen without the ads getting in the way.

And if I don't have a note of your arrival times on the picture, then please let me know when you're likely to arrive so I can anticipate you.

And on the subject of nudity.  Everybody is cool with the fact that I'll be naked, so it's clearly going to be an environment where everybody's happy to let people be themselves.  And I don't have a dress code of any kind.  Wear whatever you feel like wearing.  If anyone else feels like being naked, I'll be completely cool with it.