Christmas Electricity; December 11 2025

Somehow, I forgot Wednesday existed as ‘blog day’. In my defense, it was both a birthday and a snow day over here, so I spent the day reading and playing with my daughter, baking lemon bars… you know, that kind of thing.

I finished off my first term exams on Tuesday, and so far, the results have been Okay. I fell just short of my goal in one class, but I’m still doing a decent job overall, so I’m looking on the bright side! Now I’m waiting on the results from my last exam with tentative hope – my prof told us to expect lower marks on the exams than we scored on our tests throughout the term, but honestly, I found the exam way easier than the multiple choice quizzes.

It's all because of ambiguity. Sometimes the multiple choice questions have a bit of nuance that I have to interpret – like, more than one answer could apply here, so which is it referring to?

Apparently this is common for those of us on the spectrum. So much of my life makes sense in hindsight, you know?

Anyway, I’m starting to feel the holiday spirit, which is… actually, it’s kind of unusual! I typically have to force it a bit. I’m looking forward to putting up our Christmas tree, I’m listening to the musical soundtrack to Starkid’s A VHS Christmas Carol, and I’ve got a surprise planned for my kid next week (we’re going to Winterfest at Canada’s Wonderland. She doesn’t know it yet).

It's weird… A few years ago, I never would have imagined my life feeling like this. Like I’ve turned things around in a hopeful direction. What I thought was one of the worst things to ever happen to me put me on this track, and I like where I am.

I hope the season’s being kind to y’all out there!