I am a 53-year-old wife and mother with two grown daughters and I'm Nana to twins - a granddaughter and grandson who are 9 years of age. My grandson is severely autistic, so ASD is a disorder that is close to my heart. I enjoy video gaming (I'm an original nerd girl from way back), films, and TV shows. I'm a voracious reader, I like anime, cross-stitching, and I love cats. I have a lot of social anxiety, depression, and I struggle with agoraphobia. These issues have worsened over the last few years since I retired as a court clerk after 17 years. I suffer from migraines, which I have mostly just dealt with and ignored for over 20 years, but which have increased radically over the last year. I am finally getting treatment for them. I am working with my PCP and a neurologist. I have Fibromyalgia and chronic insomnia. Other than this, I am fairly healthy for being so overweight and sedentary. (Edit - have started my workouts, and will hopefully be switching from 10lb dumbbells to 15's on some of my exercises by the end of the year!) I am a contracted free-lance transcriptionist, and I also do captioning. I'm ready to get healthier and in better shape and lose weight in the process.