I was having one of my worst ADD days I have had in a long time. I had set aside the day to really pound in the homework so I gathered all my books and down to the library I went. I organized my books about me and turned on the computer. I wanted to find a stick drive so I could save my work and transfer it to another computer later so I open the top drawer of the desk. When I opened it I notice how many paper punches we had and started to clean the top drawer out figuring it will only take a minute. So I started to separate my things out to put in a desk downstairs. I then had to go find a box to put all the treasures in so out to the garage I went looking for a box I knew I had extra. In the garage I saw the dog food and went back into feed the dog. His bowls were dirty so I went into the kitchen to wash his bowls. Dishes were in the sink so they were washed and put into the dishwasher. Finally back to the dog food and box. I take the box into the library and start placing my pile into it. I find a few pens and try them out to see if they work then I figure while I am at it I might as well check all the pens on the desk. Going through the pens I find pencils and find they all need to be sharpened. After I sharpen them, I notice the container I put them into was dirty so back to the kitchen to throw it in the dishwasher. While I was there I made some coffee.
By this time I am getting a bit upset cause I really need to do this homework. So I force myself back into the library and sit down and go to the Weber web site. I open my first class and realize I need to study the immune system. The teacher specifically said to get the patho book for the inflammation system. I didn’t buy one cause I knew I had one at home and I doubt path physiology has changed much over the last 10 years. So I start looking for my book….
Those of you who have seen my library know that almost all of the shelves are full. They were such a mess, I went through all my books removing old chemistry books that were missing the first five chapters, nursing books from the 80’s, organized the DVDs that were there, pulled out a bunch of kids books to give to Whit to take, arranged the knickknacks and put a battery in the clock that has been dead for about a year.
Screaming in my head with frustrations, I force myself back to the chair and try to focus. After re-reading the same paragraph for the fifth time and still have no clue what I had just read, Jerry tells me the obvious…leave the house.
Great idea!!! I go upstairs and into the bathroom, take my shirt off and go into the closet to put it in the dirty clothes. As I go into the closet, I see my hanging clothes and realize there are some shirts there I haven’t worn for over a year so they needed to go. Of course my shoes were next. After I did that I picked up the clothes to throw then by my door when I noticed how dirty the floor was. Surely I had time for a quick clean job. I open the cabinet below the sink and wonder why I have all this hair product I don’t use. Organization of the cabinet below the sink seemed of major importance. I found something that belonged in the other bathroom and half way there I wonder where I am going to go to study. The library is quiet but does it have internet? What are the hours? Downstairs (shirtless as I still planned on showering) I go to check the internet. It doesn’t open until 10!!! I had been up since 7 and had a half hour to wait! Guess I had better go shopping for school supplies so I could organize my classes better.
Back up stairs to the shower where I had to mentally block things out so I could get into the shower. Dressed, hair wet, I had to get out!
Stopped at flying J to gas up and get a soda. Sneezed while I was there and had to call three people and tell them about my sneeze!! (Recent bladder surgery). Into Wal-Mart where I got lots of pens (cause I had thrown most out), pencils that didn’t need sharpening, and other stuff.
After my shopping expedition I was hungry because I hadn’t eaten and drove to Einstein’s across the street. The line was too long so drove to taco bell where I decided to buy Whit lunch and take it to her at work…
After that side trip, I went back to Einstein’s for my lunch. Off to the library!
Wait, the library doesn’t allow food or drink so I call Marc and ask if I could come over to study. He agreed and over to Marcs I went. By this time it was 2:00 and I had a headache to beat the band! Go to Marcs, pack all my books and supplies in, go to his office talk to Allie and decide I just can’t do this, my head hurts, I can’t focus and I need a nap!!
Pack all my things back to the car and home I go.
Into bed I go and 20 minutes later Jerry and Jovi come home and up I get to help them organize their game night….
I think I finally was able to do minimal work that evening but no true studying ever took place! I love my genes!!
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Oh, I so relate! I always had to have a sparkling clean house and an immaculate work space in which to do homework; I know it was just an avoidance tactic but at least my home and my office were clean. Come to think of it, I really should go back to school. . . maybe my house would be clean every once in a while! :)
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