I'm not in any way American, and neither are most of my friends, but we all love a good excuse for a party! Seriously, if you want to do Friendsgiving, just go ahead and do it!

I've been hosting an annual Friendsgiving party for over a decade now, I cannot recommend it enough! Perfect time of year to get people together before everyone heads off for end-of-year holidays. This year I had 30 guests and a 10.4kg turkey!

I've been a fan ever since I played the trial edition of DMC1 before the full game even came out, and I have never completed DMC2.

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SPOT ONLY!!!

And yeah those deep cystic acne spots still suuuuck but for me at least the benzoyl peroxide brings them closer to the surface after a few days so they don't hurt/itch like hell

(And only use it as a spot treatment... I'll never forget the time I was buying some and the pharmacist was like "oh man I can't use this stuff at all, it dries my face out SO badly" and I was like yeah uh you are absolutely not supposed to use it on your WHOLE FACE)

Benzoyl peroxide cream is the only thing I've found that helps with those. I use the 10% stuff. Just don't get it anywhere near any fabric you care about.

Hahaha, and yet they're VERY different shows 🤣

Ireland seems to have figured this out at least... maybe it's a start?

Here are some balloons in the meantime!

Part of the reason I didn't seek an actual diagnosis for so long was that I figured I was managing just fine without a diagnosis or meds - and by most external measures, I was!

But it turns out life is a lot less stressful and exhausting when you're not constantly "managing" symptoms 🤯

I definitely still struggle with executive function and procrastination - like I said, it's not a magical fix - but not as much as I used to. And I mean, everyone struggles with those things to some extent, right?

The best way I've been able to describe it is that I still have like fifteen trains of thought going through my head at any given time, but now I get to choose which train I'm on, and my trains are less likely to get stuck going round and round in circles 🤣

On the plus side I managed to find a moment to let my housemate know that I plan to leave the country and he took it okay

But then he also said that he already has Hades 2 and that I can play it through our Steam share if I want 😶