October 11, 2008

THIS MORNING'S "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON" MOMENT

(This is an old FLUXGRAPHIA post...)
Would ya look at this?



This is my brain not on drugs.

Ahh, these crazy dazy morns before the Adderall's on board. That weird semi-retarded limbo of grogginess between waking and eating breakfast. There’s about 2-3 hours there before I pop my 2 meds and the smarts kick back in. Breky has to come first though, or I feel vomity. So I continually play this tug-of-war of trying not to make these wacky mistakes while preparing or serving breakfast. How many times have I poured OJ into my tot’s cheerios?

“Mommyyyyyyy! I don’t liiiiiiiike that in my bowl!”

Maple syrup in my coffee? Given the sippy cup to my 12 year old? And now the Pièce de résistance , pouring the water for my oatmeal into the pan with my scrambled eggs. I gave it to the dog. He looked down at his bowl, head cocked a few seconds, pondering.

“A TREAT! TREAT! I gave ya a treat in your bowl! Eggies!”

“Are you kidding me?”

“Yeah, yeah, alright so it looks like hell. That’s not better than DRY kibble?!?! Just eat it.”

Tonight for dinner: Bitchin’ Burritos!. If I don’t forget to actually put them in the OVEN after pre-heating. 6PM, the flip side, Adderall has left the building .

9 comments:

Sharon said...

Oh my god.... You mean on top of everything else I'm ADD?!
I do that too, only not just in the mornings! :)

Tammy said...

Aaaaahhhhhhh so many shared moments we've had. roflol

Anet said...

Just the other day I found the milk in the cupboard! No one claims doing it. Hmmm.... maybe it's the elf that lives with us, the one who dirties lots of dishes at night. (a.k.a. Caleb)

Oh and I love the time I put Autumn in the tub with her clothes on! She's yelling "MOMMY!" I was really not thinking. We laughed and I washed her, clothes and all!

RunninL8 said...

Anet-That is SO funny about autumn in the tub! One time when Dea was small, I hopped into the tub with her wearing all my clothes! She was sqeeling and laughing! So a few years later, I'm trying that with Lo and she's all upset and yelling,"Mommy! Your clothes are on in the tub!!!!" So funny how sibs can have such different personalities! I took a couple of minuets to assure Lo that it was OK-just goofing around!

Anonymous said...

i'm smiling. that's all. just smiling. it's a very knowing smile.

dawn klinge said...

Hmmm...I don't think I have ADD, but I do so many of these types of things!

Mama Randa Morning Glory said...

I took adderall once in high school that had been prescribed to a friend--- I worked on an abstract ink design ALL DAY, literally like 8-10 hours basically non-stop. My skin on my finger is still calloused from that day.

RunninL8 said...

Do you still have the abstract!?!?!?!!? :)

Funny.....It doesn't have that effect on me. :(

Cathy said...

This morning I woke up stumbled downstairs and made coffee.

I poured myself a cup and instead of putting Coffeemate in it I put a heaping scoop of coffee grounds in it. What the heck. I immediately thought of you, hahaha.

I have ADD too.