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I want to finish the play I’ve been writing by the end of summer so naturally here’s 1400 words on my mother-in-law. She was the best of us, and I miss her every day. substack.com/@adhdoftheda...

Today I’ve been published for the first time so don’t mind me while I’m all up in my Jo March feels 🥹 Having it be in my favorite parenting newsletter— @thepom.bsky.social —makes it all the much sweeter. Thanks to @amycolleen.bsky.social and team for giving a newbie a chance

Back on my bullsh*t (reading Gatsby for the longest day of the year)

Not me getting mad that my children aren’t following the rules to a game they made up

Nothing is more humbling than when your phone doesn’t recognize your face first thing in the morning

6 yr old: “Are earthquakes caused by the ring of fire?” Me: “They are! Did you learn about the ring of fire at school?” 6: “No! From Octonauts” It’s always Octonauts 😂 unless it’s Wild Kratts

ADHD is suddenly forgetting a password you’ve used every day for years

The thing about getting kids ready for anything js that there are certain tasks that should take 5 minutes but can take 30+ minutes depending on the day and if you allot 30 mins for them you might just be absurdly early but if you allot 5 min for them you are certainly doomed

Today in ADHD: Almost one year to the date since my last post, I remembered again that this account exists

😬 I don’t think I have the executive functioning required to get rid of head lice 😬 don’t get me wrong, I’m trying! There are just a lot of steps. Please tell me my family won’t have this forever…

I keep forgetting about this account for long periods of time 😂 in today’s adhd: this morning I resolved to eat breakfast without looking at my phone. Very quickly I realized I was getting up and pacing between each bite 😂

In true ADHD fashion I forgot this account existed for a minute but I’m back to complain about the ADHD/ND clothing tax 1/2

The thinking in the shower “I should really look that up” to forgetting what I wanted to look up the moment I get out of the shower pipeline…

Shoutout to all the other parents navigating a snow day with a sensory sensitive kid 🫠

A win: canceled a free trial before I got charged! 🥳 maybe for the first time ever? 😂 #adhd

Today’s ADHD 😂 I guess today’s tea was a 3-mug job

Today’s ADHD: my shampoo subscription got cancelled because despite several warning emails I never changed my payment information after my credit card expired!

The world feels like it’s on fire today, and it’s hard to concentrate on anything 😞 In ways-I-accidentally-made-myself-bleed news, today it was opening up a cardboard package #adhd (cardboard is sharp though right?!)

Today in ND wins: I didn’t care about someone I love’s disapproval of my parenting/my child’s behavior. A simple thing, but a big one when RSD can feel so immense

Strengths: works well under pressure Weaknesses: doesn’t work otherwise

God tomorrow’s gonna suck

Just got a new microwave (replacing our old one that stopped working, RIP) and it is so…beepy? Reminder beeps when you don’t take the thing out right away. Extra beeps when the food is hot (and I only eat food when it is approximately the temp of the sun 😂)

A new entry in the silly ways I made myself bleed series: putting together a sippy cup 🤪 Truly I have talent #adhd #adhdparenting

Oh I have a good one: I had an appointment that was originally scheduled for today, but got moved to Tuesday because of doctor availability. But of course I never changed it on my calendar 🙃

Literally me today

Slept through an alarm 👎 but apparently there is an iPhone bug where alarms don’t go off so maybe this one wasn’t an #adhd?! 👍

I thought it was just gonna be ADHD wins today, but then I realized I switched my kids’ lunches. The one who only eats beige foods came home today traumatized to have seen avocado and blueberries and CUCUMBER 😂 #adhd #adhdparenting

I have actual ADHD wins today! 1) I remembered to brush my 4-year-old’s teeth this morning (don’t @ me, ADHD parenting is hard 😅 we always get the evening but morning often gets forgotten in the shuffle) and 2) I took some returns to UPS!! 🥳

we have adhd leave us alone

Today in the “ways I accidentally made myself bleed” series: folding up a foot stool! Joining such favorites as: putting a fitted sheet on a bed! #adhd

My brain today. #adhd

Starting with a classic: forgot to cancel a free trial subscription despite setting MULTIPLE reminders to do so! #adhd