natrix @natrixnatrix@cybre.space

oh hey i should try to do another #introduction post to pin here

- hi i'm natrix/snek

- I'm a 41 yr old queer nb woman living in the uk

- i'm physically disabled (severe-ish connective tissue disorder), mentally ill (ocd, dissociative issues) and neurodivergent

- I'm part of a closed poly triad & live with my partners

- we have a two-year-old who we're co-parenting with a trans lesbian couple

- they're the best kid in the world and i post a lot of boring stuff about them but i try to cw it

- i like reptiles a lot & have a pet bearded dragon. "natrix natrix" is the latin name for a grass snake

- i am ok with any pronouns but usually default to she/her or they/them

- i'm sort of boring and post a bunch of stuff about growing herbs and flowers and what my cat did today

- occasionally i try to do creative things

- i like the concept of radical kindness a lot

- fuck fascism in all its forms

also i WENT TO A CAFE Y'ALL

(we got there 45 minutes early and they wouldn't let us in the register office so, cafe. we were very safe and sat outside far from anyone else, wearing masks. also tipped the server a lot)

sitting in a registry office giving notice of marriage~

also there are other gays here doing the same thing which makes me happy

(the actual legal wedding will be next month this is just paperwork)

fiance inexplicably claims to still find me attractive even though thanks to quarantine i am the approximate size of the eridanus supervoid and have a haircut that would embarrass boris johnson

weird

holy fuck yall i'm in the same room as my fiance

it's been three years this is so good but so weird

moment of immense fucking gratitude that i don't have to worry about paying for all this

idk how much all of yesterday's tests would have been without the nhs, but I'm pretty sure it'd be a lot

kid seems fine this morning. eeg appointment in a couple of weeks, until then I'm just supposed to watch out for any more seizures and call 999 if one goes on for more than a couple of minutes

am ofc watching them like a hawk and worrying every time they look even slightly spaced out for a second, but they seem fine and are happily lego-ing on the floor right now

Don't really have the energy to say anything much about the latest round of 'well you see, giving painkillers to people who are in terrible pain doesn't REALLY help them, have they tried just making a bit more of an effort', except that they can all go fuck themselves

fedi is so nice sometimes thanks so much to everyone for sending good wishes to kiddo 💚

kid's bloodwork and ecg came back normal, they're going to do an eeg soon bit hopefully it was just a weird one-off

i am so fucking tired. kid is fast asleep 💚

they had a full on meltdown over the ecg and blood tests and i feel awful

have promised them assorted presents, treats, trips to feed the ducks etc, for being so good

kid had a seizure

spent the morning at the hospital getting tests done, home now waiting for results

why do i never remember that alcohol hits a lot harder when you forget to eat all day

to be clear here we're not talking like "10 grand on a fancy venue" we're talking like "£70 registry office fee" and "£22 on new shoes because my current ones have holes in"

i have been saving money for Exactly This for two years but actually spending it makes me fucking panic