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Love the story about muddled one and their open attitude to their friend's non-binary identification, @CheerBear. I can imagine the surprise in the pediatrician! Reminds me of how colour blind I was as a child, something my mum laughs about in relation to one particular story. My best friend and I used to be allowed to go across to the school hall some lunchtimes to sing and make up our own plays. Mostly we were left alone there (hard to imagine now!) but sometimes our nun-teacher would come over and see what we'd come up with. On one occasion my friend and I were doing something based on 'Snow White'. She was playing Snow White and I was the Prince. The thing my mum laughs about is that my friend was very dark skinned, from Mauritius, but we thought nothing of our casting choices. I wish I was as enlightened now as I was then!

I think it's great that you are thinking ahead with your desires for the future and how the NDIS will help facilitate those aspirations for you. This time is definitely not forever and it seems so helpful to be looking to the future for yourself in that way. 

My Friday plans were arranged yesterday. I've almost finished three videos now from the footage I shot on Sunday, one each for the two poets who performed, and one for the musician who did a set there too. So on Friday I am heading back to the country town, by bus this time. My friend is going to pick me up from town and then we'll head back to his place where he and I and the other poet will watch the videos. Then we will be heading to his good friend's little gallery, where we will both check out the latest exhibition she has on there, a sculpture show. I am becoming friends with this woman too, and we are talking about possibly putting together a program of videos down that way next year. Then I'll be heading back home on the last bus out around 4.30pm. It's all very exciting and a much bigger independent bus trip for me than usual. Really looking forward to getting out of town on my own.