Markybay

I am newly diagnosed with ASD at 39, and this has been a wild discovery. I'm currently working on myself to learn what parts of me are me and what parts are a mask. I'm really hoping this will enable me to relax my brain and be able to be more present for myself.

I'm a wife and mother of two girls, aged 13 and 3. My three people are the light of my life and I would do anything for them.

I'm a pharmacy technician and have been so for over 20 years, I am currently taking classes in programming and hoping to switch into tech in the future!

I deal with some mental health issues. I've been trying to turn to art which helps get through some of the downtimes.

I've been really into drawing and cross-stitching lately. I've also started designing my own cross-stitch patterns, which has been exciting!

I l’ve seen this on other profiles and I’m going to try it! Since it’s hard to talk about oneself sometimes :)

A: Anatomy, Anglerfish, Audiobooks, ATC
B: Bluey, Bones (lie anatomy, but the show is good, too)
C: Crossstitch, Crochet, Cats, Christmas
D: Dinosaurs, Dice, Drawing
E: Eggnog
F: Facemasks, FRIENDS, Fun Dip
G: Games
H: Hippos, Harry Potter, Hunger Games books
I: Ice Cream
J: Jeans, Jokes
K: Keychains, Kawaii
L: Library, Legos
M: Matcha, Mushrooms, Mandalas
N: Nail Art, Needle Minders
O: Orange
P: Pokèmon, PRIDE, Pharmacy, Pressed Pennies
Q: Quilts
R: Rainbows, Reading (audiobooks mostly)
S: Sugar Skulls, Souvenir magnets, Sci-Fi, Stargate
T: Tea, Thimbles
U: Useful things
V: Vintage posters
W: Washi samples, Warriors (the books about the cats), Welly's tins
X: X-rays
Y: Yoga
Z: Zip-up Hoodies

It's worth mentioning some things I don't like, I suppose. Let's see.

I don't like mint tea. I'm not into death-related things, though I do like skeletons and anatomy-related things. That's all I have for now. I'll have to add to this when I remember other things.

Lately, my oldest child and I have been into collecting Pokemon cards. I'm mostly interested in creating a full Pokedex and collecting my favorites, while she wants to collect them all. If anyone is interested in swapping Pokemon cards, definitely reach out to me! I am particularly interested in any by the artist Asako Ito (the pictures of the amigurumi Pokemon), Hippopotas, Hippowdon, and any seahorses. But our collections are far from complete, so open to anything :)