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Hey great blog Quizz! You articulate so well many of my own feelings. I look forward to the next entry!
And it certainly looks like everyone here has been busy making headway in all of your lives. So high fives to all of you!
Well I’ve been anxious to report this: THE BASEMENT FROM HELL IS FINALLY UNDER CONTROL!!!!!
Somehow I managed to clear out and rearrange tons of stuff and make it presentable and into an extra usable space by my deadline. I now know what’s in every box and can find stuff if I need to. There’s still work to be done but it’s now no longer so daunting. Furthermore, my home office is now a functional and comfortable place to work. Better yet, if the plumbing or electrical system act up, I won’t be deathly embarrassed to let anyone in! This has been an area of considerable stress for me for about 15 years and as I write this I realize I’ve been pretty calm the last few days as a result.
Of course, I would prefer it to be looking like something out of a decorating magazine and it’s not there yet. However, as I said in the outset, it is under control with control being the key word here.
To borrow and corrupt a line from an old commercial – I can’t believe I cleaned the whole thing!
Oh and incidentally, no-dopamine – open the box! I opened several that have been in the back of a shelf for over 20 years and never saw the light of day since we moved in. It was fun! Found some interesting memorabilia but also lots of stuff I was able to easily part with.
And for those of you who subscribe to the if you don’t know what’s in it toss it theory – DON”T!!! I was in that mode once a while ago and was about to toss a huge box I thought was full of obsolete papers. Something stopped me. ALthough most of it was truly junk, I also found the deed to my house and several other important documents I had no idea were in there. I actually thought they were in my file cabinet. The box had been standing there about 10 years so initially thought it should be safe to throw out. I think for those of us with ADD and memory impairment issues, the toss it if you don’t know what’s in it approach could be problematic. Or am I the only one who stuffs stuff somewhere when I’m in a hurry and stressed ?
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Our first Family Chore Hour was a success!
Did I even mention Family Chore Hour in this thread?
It’s exactly what it sounds like: One hour where EVERYONE in the family is doing household chores, because nothing’s worse for morale than to be cleaning up while somebody else is reading the newspaper, playing on the computer, etc.I won’t go into all the particulars of how the chores were assigned (unless somebody’s interested, because I did put a lot of thought into it!), but the main thing is, it happened and things got done! There was grumbling at times, but no arguments. And I’d guessed fairly well how much work the kids could accomplish in two half-hour chunks, so I’m feeling especially good about that!
As for me, I’m still on track with my weekday house chores. I’m making a mighty effort to stick to what I wrote down, and not be tempted by “while I’m here” moments. Sometimes I actually have to say “NO!” to myself out loud, which sounds really goofy but it always works!
REPORT ABUSEWow!! I cannot believe that it has been a month since I spent any good length of time on the computer. It’s just too hard to dig out my laptop from my son’s school bag to use it when he comes home (how ADD is that!?!!). I have missed you guys
My high five for the moment is that I finally went and got a referral to a psychiatrist. Not a real biggie, as the appointment is in two weeks and I couldn’t put things off much longer, but I did it earlier than I tend to do these things, and I am very happy with the result.
I decided not to go to my usual GP (he of the “I think you’ll find he’s just a normal teenaged boy” comment when I went for a referral to a paediatrician for my son’s ADHD), and chose a female GP I had taken my daughter to earlier in the year. This female GP seemed patient, thorough, and I really liked her manner in dealing with my daughter. The upshot was that I think I will continue to see this woman. She is my age, was really open to new things, and was easy to talk to (which I did a lot of because I was nervous!). She said she had never dealt with adult ADHD before, but didn’t dismiss my beliefs, looked over the online ADHD questionnaires I had filled in and printed out, discussed my life in general and how well an ADHD diagnosis fit into it, and commended me on my decision to seek a diagnosis and treatment, and on my courage to do so. She also listened to my concerns about psychiatrists being conservative and not believing in adult ADHD, and she said not to give up, but to make sure I came back to her if I didn’t have any luck with my psych appointment and she would help me find another psychiatrist to see. I felt so buoyant and relieved afterwards. I have someone in the medical field in my corner and giving me support, and I cannot begin to describe how good it feels.
I cannot wait to try medication, and I really hope that I get the chance soon. I have helped move my grandparents into aged care this week, and I wasted lots of time pacing because I kept losing track of what I had to do next! I so badly need something to help keep my mind where it’s supposed to be lol!!
Not so high five is that I should be sewing a skirt right now, but I really wanted to talk about my appointment….
REPORT ABUSEHIGH FIVE, Krazy Kat! So glad you got an appointment! Good to see you here again; I was wondering where you’d gotten to!
High five to Nellie for successfully organizing! I organize all the time, but it so rarely works out to my advantage!
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