I think I'm getting this

Midway through the Tic Tac Toe project, something shifted. Exactly today, at 11:00am. Something clicked. The worked started to be fun rather than painful. Partly because I have finally cleared enough other stuff out of my life that I can concentrate in sessions longer than 15 stolen minutes, at least on some days. But also partly because I finally know enough words so that I can speak. It's stopped being an exercise in frustration, and started being an act of building. One brick at a time. I have the bricks, and know where to get more.