Speed Freak … Day 5
I woke up this morning and remembered that I had promised to make a peach cobbler at work. So I began the process…
- Empty the dishwasher…….This should have been done already
- Load the dishwasher…… Cast keeps getting in way, too many dishes…Frustration growing
- da Twins start circling …. Underfoot… In the way…. GGGrrrrrrrr
- Start getting supplies out for cobbler …… da Boy asking 974,346,367,363,121,888 questions about everything we are doing. He is my cooking helper. Head throbbing. Try and explain all.
- Build and make cobbler….. Both of da Twins are now helping. Ever try and cook with two 4 yr olds "helping”???
- Bake cobbler … Read email … Continue to answer da boys 333,836,213,585,166 questions.
- Remove cobbler…..Looks awesome!!!!!!
Observations of process…
- Frustration level got rather high. Flares of anger never appeared. Did I raise my voice? Yes. Did I yell at da Twins??? Yes. Do I like either of those things?? NO. But, hey, this is ADD medication, not the Hand of God. Never once did I get the feel of loss of control or needing away.
- Kitchen still cleaner now than it was before I started. A first in my cooking endeavors.
- Putting together the cobbler was easier than it has ever been. No new steps showed up in the recipe. No ingredients got doubled or left out. All steps stayed in order.
Interesting. Now, the stuff that I am on is an "Extended Release" dosage and I am at the very end of the medicine cycle. I have not taken it today, and am still on the tail end of yesterday’s dosage.
The thing that has me the most intrigued is the anger management side of this. With all my research I cannot find anything that discusses that an affect or side affect. Maybe without all the internal noise, I can use more brain power to keep cool. Maybe the noise had gotten so loud that everything was being used to organize it and nothing is left over to keep control.
Further observation is needed on that one.
Next couple of days will tell me the most. I will be working almost 12 hour days, each day in the most difficult environment.
