Our Perspective

Uh, but I, I think we should just jump right into some questions, and I have a question that, that came to mind Saturday night, and I'm like, "I cannot forget that."

[laughs]

So I opened the Drafts app on my phone, and I did exactly what I told you to do, and I wrote that question down.

Write it down.

[laughs] So-

Write it down

...

so the first question for our perspective is, how do you handle loud environments that you need to be present in? And I'm thinking specifically, and, and you can remember this as well, of the time when I said, "Yeah, sure, I want..." What was that, ceviche? Is that how you say it? Uh-

[laughs] I think it's ceviche.

Ceviche.

You said it wrong.

There we go.

[laughs] I said, "Yeah, sure, I want some of that." And then I turned to you, and I said, "What did I just say I wanted?" [laughs]

[laughs] And I, yes, and I told you what it was, and I, I, yeah.

It was not something that you would have chosen.

[laughs] No. No.

It, it, I, I tried it, though.

I did try it 'cause I, I got it.

But, but for me, that's a really challenging time, though, especially when you, when you actually have to be present and engage with individuals when you're in a place where there's either loud music or so many people that the, the volume is ridiculous and you, you can't hear yourself think.

And that's difficult.

And, and I think one of the most challenging parts for me is the orientation.

I, you just took the words out of my mouth.

I was gonna say that when I cannot...

Like, when it is too loud and I am not able to orient, um, or have any sort of audio cues as to where I am or what's going on or my surroundings, that I find to be very overwhelming.

Um, I've learned to deal with it somewhat, but I still think that sometimes it is definitely a struggle for me, depending on the environment.