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Getting Up Again

You might have noticed (from my previous post) that I was having a sad. This is what I call my occasional encounters with acute depression. When I am in that space, it feels like everything is much more difficult than it objectively is, or even impossible, and simultaneously pointless. Why would anyone bother doing somethingContinue reading “Getting Up Again”

My experience with ADHD

I recently overheard my MIL telling my husband that she has heard me say that I have ADHD, but she just doesn’t see it in me. My ex-husband has apparently also told our diagnosed daughter that he doesn’t see ADHD or ASD in her. This seems to be a pretty common experience for people observingContinue reading “My experience with ADHD”

Opinion: Parenting ADHD

Full disclosure: If you’re one of those “ADHD doesn’t exist” people and you’re comfortable in that space, this blog (the whole thing, not just this post) is probably not for you. With my house full of people at all hours of the day since the pandemic struck, I’ve been thinking a lot about my parentingContinue reading “Opinion: Parenting ADHD”

But Why?

I want to do a bit of a deep dive into why I’m doing all of this. I want you to know, and I also want to be able to look back on this when I’m really questioning myself. I wrote those first two sentences in March, then I tucked this draft away into theContinue reading “But Why?”

Get Out!

Winter is really tough in this house. It’s a four-bedroom, ranch style house built several decades ago. Since it was built, the garage has been converted into a large bedroom and an even bigger extension was added to the back, blocking all direct sunlight from what is now the middle of the house. That’s whereContinue reading “Get Out!”

Lists

Well, it’s the first Friday after my acceptance of acceptance to the masters degree program I chose, and to get myself off to a good start with this little accountability experiment of mine, I want to crank out a post about how I keep myself accountable. I love lists. Calendars, which I think of asContinue reading “Lists”

Acceptance

Today, I sent a letter to a university to indicate my acceptance of their acceptance of me. It sounds ridiculous when I put it that way. What I’m really saying is I applied to a master’s program and was accepted! Today, I confirmed my interest in the program, and I start in the fall! IContinue reading “Acceptance”