'I've slipped into what I like to think of as toddler time — check your phone, feel anxious, wander around the house looking for something you’ve lost, check your phone, feel anxious, go to the kitchen to look for tasty snacks...'
have been experiencing the same kind of aimlessness and time distortion throughout this pandemic. But I have to remind myself that fighting aimlessness and time distortion is my everyday normal now. Also, I have tools to help me, which is easy to forget.
My nephew and I resolved to help each other out. Every morning, we remind each other to take our medicine. We’ve asked the non-ADHD people in the house to remind us, too. It’s more important now than ever before. And we’ve started a group schedule. Those of us who are not working from home take two-hour shifts with the baby so everyone gets a little done. Yesterday I spent two hours helping the baby move puzzle pieces from one dish to another. She learned how to count to four. I consider this a much better use of mythan spending two hours reflexively and obsessively checking my phone for updates on my daughter’s lab results.
Perhaps the most important item on our communal schedule is Roofball. At five o’clock every day, we gather on our fenced back porch to throw a big rubber ball on our long sloping roof and to take turns catching it. Attendance at Roofball is mandatory, though we haven’t had to enforce that rule. Everyone wants to go outside. Everyone wants to play Roofball. It’s a lot of fun.During this time, we are all focused on safety, and keeping life as normal as possible. That is as it should be.
After two weeks on quarantine, my daughter tested negative for COVID-19. We are overjoyed and relieved, but also sobered. I’d like to think we are ready for whatever comes next.
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