Last week, I had all sorts of complicated events and activities and while everything went fine, I am completely worn out.

This week has a lot of stuff in it too but it should be a bit more straightforward.

Here’s hoping I can make that be true.

It’s been over a week since Khalee and I have been able to take a long walk but today we walked in the sunshine down sidewalks that were mostly cleared of snow.

The walk itself was great but the feeling that spring will eventually come was even better.

We had an ice storm overnight and, even though it has kind of ruined the snow, it has left the backyard looking pretty.

I was on Zoom for over 5 hours today and my brain is mush.

Even though it was all very interesting and I wanted to be part of the session, it was still hard to focus.

The little kid part of my brain just wanted to get up and run around…and maybe have some candy.

Luckily, I’m adult and I have some impulse control.

It was tricky though.

I had a lot of places to be at very specific times today and I actually planned things out so carefully that I got to all of my appointments in plenty of time.

That may not seem like a big deal to a lot of people but to someone with ADHD it’s HUGE.

If you’re neurotypical, you have no idea how many details are involved in the process of arriving somewhere on time. Figuring out how many things you can do in between appointments, when to stop what you are doing, when to leave, how long it will take you to get there, and then figuring out when and how to extricate yourself from one appointment in time to start the process of getting to the next one.

All of that stuff often ‘just happens’ for neurotypical people but for those of us with executive function issues, all of those things have to be conscious decisions.

And we have so many possibilities float up for each decision that the process is even more exhausting.

So, I’m calling today a complete victory!