Trying to figure things out in the second half
With ADHD, I often have scattered attention, which is where my brain behaves like a lot of cats that I have to somehow wrangle into getting some work done. Cats don’t do work, so it’s usually an exercise in futility. My ADHD meds prescription ran out so I was without for a week before I …
Let’s talk about laundry. I have a long, sad history with laundry resulting in many depressing (or funny, depending on your perspective or my mood) scenes. There was the summer my little girls complained they did not have any shorts to wear. I had no idea what they could have done with the summer shorts …
Recently, I went a business trip. I’m always really excited about getting to go to a conference, right up until it is time to go to the conference… Then I am stressed about about all the work I’m leaving behind, and working extra hard to get things ready so I can get away. The life …
I described my plan for my first habit (into bed by 10:00 p.m. and out of bed by 6:00 a.m.) in my last post. This is my first report. Bedtime challenges: I forgot my daughter’s dance workshop lasted until 9:30 p.m., which meant I had to go pick her up when she was done, and …
I’ve wanted to start a blog for a long time for a lot of reasons. I set up one of those free WordPress blogs all the way back in 2010, but I only put a couple of posts up. I set up a Tumblr account, called Mama Stays Up Late. It was fun to play …