I Was In A German Train Station, Having A Bit Of A Crisis (airline Lost My Luggage, Friend I Was Meeting

I was in a German train station, having a bit of a crisis (airline lost my luggage, friend I was meeting was MIA because my flight was late, hadn't eaten in like 24 hours, didn't know what train I needed) and as I approached the service desk, my first words were "I'm so sorry, I don't speak German but I'm completely lost, can you help?" and I will forever be grateful the lady their was bilingual and indeed was able to help. I had no desire to be one of those awful travellers who think everyone should just cater to them.

That was the first time I realized how much the US educational system puts us at a disadvantage by not insisting we learn more than one language from an early age. Because pretty much everyone I know from Germany also speaks English, and sometimes a third language too.

In the (relatively) small town I worked for, you would have spoken to the person who handles business licensing and B & O tax. But honestly, the first thing I would have asked you (as that person was me) would be do you have a state license. If not, I couldn't really tell you much at all. So I'd say your next step is to contact the OH Secretary of State's office--whoever answers the phone there should be able to get you started on what those fees would be and perhaps give additional advice. I would say your local gov won't be much help at this point.

Me: I should call the sba.

Me: but I dont want to bother them.

Me: its their job to be bothered by people.

Me: phone scary

i dont think you get it. 1980 was twenty years ago. 1990 was 10 years ago. 2000 was 10 years ago. 2016 was two years ago. 2018 was also two years ago. 2017 was last year. 2014 was four years ago. do you understand me now?????

Wish doctors would just tell me to go to the fucking seaside what the fuck is an anxiety disorder that’s not real you know what’s real? Ocean. Cliffs. Rocks and seashells. That’s real.

ppl don’t understand adhd/autistic cleaning processes. we think so far ahead it’s like,,, impossible to do shit. you want me to vaccuum my bedroom floor? okay. we need to pick up all the stuff thats on it first, though. and where are we going to put the stuff? well, theres a couple categories of Stuff- Clothes, Random Items, and Trash. Trash is easy, we just throw it away. Clothes have to be sorted into Clean, Not Clean- and then the not clean ones have to go in the laundry bag, but theres so many so i might have to start a load now- ugh, distracted. lets go back to the clean clothes. well, these go in my drawer but- my drawer is really disorganized, so i’ll have to organize the clothes first so that theyll fit and look neat. by the time i’m done with that, i’ve spent an hour and a half trying to do stuff in my room. i finally turn to random items, most of which can find a home on my desk, but others i dont really know what to do with. plus, my desk is dirty. so i have to organize my desk, figure out where everything goes, and the stuff that doesn’t have a place can go in… a box, i guess. (not like i don’t have three other boxes full of random stuff in my closet)  so i put all the items back up but now i have this box full of stuff i dont know if i need so i have to go through it, sorting it into donate and dont donate piles. i might as well throw in some clothes to, so i dig through my clothes drawer and get the clothes i dont want, throw them in there too. okay, back to the random items- the ones i dont want to donate are still here, so i have to put them somewhere. i dont have anywhere to put them- maybe i should get a shelf? i start googling shelves, figuring out which ones would be best for my room, debating prices, learning about installation, and eventually im like ‘well, already on my computer’ and i decide im going to ‘check’ social media and end up lost in it for an hour or so. you walk back in, and theres stuff all over the floor, albeit in bags and boxes, and it still hasnt been vacuumed. its been five hours since i started. how does it take five hours to clean your room? it just does.