“Ah God, that death would tread the grapes of sleep / And wring their juice upon me as it drips”

No full TBD report for 5 years + 2 months, but two tidbits:

First, last night, TBD fell asleep doing arithmetic problems—their request, to help tire them out—during which, I confirmed that they can add 2 or 3 to any number without counting physical objects. To get the answer, they count under their breath to the second or third number after the initial number.

In other words, they understand and can use numerical succession.

TBD can use the same concept to subtract 2, by counting backwards, but often gets tangled up trying to subtract 3. And when adding 4, they immediately resort to fingers, without even trying to count forward: this is apparently a significantly more complicated task than adding 3.

Second, a bit of talking, talking, which took place after we started watching the World Cup on Telemundo:

Me: “I did it! I caught the fly!” (in mid-air!)
TBD: “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!”

---L.

Subject quote from Laus Veneris, Algernon Swinburne.