@Dancer41 Thank you for understanding. It’s not as simple as people think. I’ve probably shared more than she would be comfortable with in my attempt to defend her character. Also, being OCD/ADD are comorbid, aren’t bad things, she often views it as a gift, believe it or not. Her brain fires a little differently, and different is good sometimes. It makes her a dedicated student, and her happy place is found in things that stimulate her mind.
When I say she’s not social, I mean she’s not social. Not to say she isn’t friendly, helpful, thoughtful, and very intune with what others are feeling and wants to offer comfort when she senses something is off.
But she really doesn’t socialize much, social life to her is study groups and choir. Because that’s what makes her happy. She’s very very routine and structure driven and goal oriented. All these things make her a successful student but disrupting her routine or schedule that she created for herself, or swaying her from her goals, it’s just not happening.
Her work in the election office was perfect. Quiet, routine, she wasn’t engaging with the voters. She was calibrating the polling machines.
But there would a lot of unneeded stress for her if I said she had to stop focusing on her goals she set 4 years ago, and she simply wouldn’t do it. I’d rather figure out what I can do to help build up some money in her bank account for August. It was mentioned somewhere that maybe I could sell some things…I’ve been thinking about that. I don’t really have an excess of items in my home because we live pretty simply. But I’ve still got some time and I don’t know yet what she’s looking at for FA packages and where she is going.
I’m so grateful you get it. Thank you.