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How NOT to help us get through this.

How NOT to help us get through this: (Nathan’s A.D.D. ishy brain getting help with stuff and medications) Tease us about being late. Especially tease ann about being late. Esp. if you didn’t know ann before she was dating younger people and was known & respected for her on time- ness. We aren’t having fun with this and the lite hearted joking other people think is funny is the fights and cryin later that you don’t see. The lost sleep, the stress, the lost income, and its just freaking painful.  Ann is not an “im just late” kind of person. Being seen for who I am is paramountedly important to me, so being teased about being late just hurts on all the not sexy ways.  It would mess this up if ann heard something about being a partner who chooses quality of time with her partner who has time management issues and getting teased vs. doing things separately or bailing on him. Sit in judgement on ann for doing a crappy job when she didn’t want the job at all. After the ex...

Crash landing end of 2017 - Resting and Restarting for 2018

To those of you who have been along for the journey and the struggle Nathan and i have been riding the last several months, you guys already know some/most of this - this is  follow up - for friends and clients who aren't as close in geographically  or who don't have as deep of an understanding... We are almost one week off his add meds now (the ones that were golden for the first 1-2 month until swing shift, car accident, still having to get up @ 7 am, usual october cold/plague, pups passing, pumpkin passing, general winter ugg, lack of exercise, not eating at home for like 6 months ….. On top of whatever the original actual thing is ) .doc has said off all meds for now - but called in a scrip that we can try if we need/want .so we don't have to go through insurance loops later to get it - follow up doc on valentines day .. hmmm.. sounds like fun? Many of you know most of this already - this is the update I have put together for people who are asking - any people wh...