Hi, Tucker, Secret_Smile, and Flax.
Tucker, Wow, I don't think I've ever spoken to someone in Ireland before. I'm glad to meet you.
I just wanted to say that when I was in elementary school I got in this habit of looking at the ground. When I talked to people or walked about, I looked at the floor. It was strange. I think people thought it was strange too. I had a lots of trouble keeping eye-contact, infact, I used to stare at people's mouths. Really weird. Like Flax, I had trouble concentrating on listening or thinking what to say....so I would give 110% in trying to understand what the person was saying so on top of listening I would be reading lips too. I don't know but I guess that is when I really became aware of how really fast people talk. And people talk fast, you would think it was an Olympic event.
Do you know that a simple conversation drained me of most of my energy? It was so annoying. A conversation like......"Hey, Orlando, Good Morning."......would be quickly followed by a two hour nap. I was really a bundle of nerves.
Hang-in-There!