A Cold House

Well, I learned something about my cats this morning. They choose me and our home over freedom.

Through the night, I felt my bedroom was cold, and then, when I got up this morning at 5:00 am, I found the back door wide open. I immediately panicked, but both of my beloved feline family members were still here. Thank God. It would have been a dreadful day today, had either of them gone missing.

Monday was a wet, wet, wet day. Still, Her Highness and I went for our morning walk with our friends in the early morning. All the snow is gone—and thank God for that. What a relief. As I walked, I loved being outside, but at the same time, I could hardly wait to get home to the fire and a new book. Plus, I had my delicious Thai shrimp soup for lunch. I made it on Sunday, and I’ll be making another batch soon.

Today, I have things to do. At 9:30 this morning, I Zoom with STAMMA as we discuss the organizations relationship with late onset stutterers. I am their go-to person on that subject. And then, at 11:00, I have another Zoom session with CAYA to discuss their GoTalk Fit device and to get info so that I can write instructions for the device because I found theirs to be lacking.

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The ’distraction’ principle I learned about in a podcast by Dr. Cath Gregory, a speech pathologist and lecturer, from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. It was miraculously good advice. My speech is more fluent and comfortable when I use her technique when I am talking. 

I now can’t speak at all unless I allow my arms to shake. If I want to sit still, I can’t speak. The constant change in my condition is one of the worst parts of having it. I am constantly adapting and it’s exhausting sometimes.

I’m looking forward to the house being warm again, and getting to read and relax after my morning meetings. Meanwhile, the rain falls.