My Morning, Up Close and Personal....

This morning the alarm clock wakes me out of what had been a restless sleep at best. I hit snooze at least three times until that is no longer an option if I want to be on time for work. Half awake I stumble to the kitchen to make my requisite morning coffee. Beep Beep Beep. I forgot to turn off the alarm clock. BeepBeep BeepBeep BeepBeep. I finish scooping the coffee into the filter and rush back to kill the alarm clock. BeepBeepBeep BeepBeepBee…. ok silence. Back to the kitchen. Crap. I didn’t put any water in the coffee maker. I have to get in the shower. I need coffee. I do not know what I am going to wear. I didn’t so laundry yesterday as I had planned. Oh, wait Robin Roberts is interviewing Jessica Simpson. I don’t really like her but seems like an interesting interview. She gained ten pounds last year? People said things? Maybe my coffee is ready…. oh, I forgot to turn the sucker on. Okay, I really need to get in the shower. Turn it on. Plug in iron. Hop in the shower. In the shower I scan my brain to figure out what I can possibly wear. Everything that is clean needs to be ironed and Downey Wrinkle Release will just not do. I hate to iron. If I were more on top of it I would have done my laundry. Why didn’t I do that? I wanted to watch TV…. couldn’t I just have run a few loads to the washroom while I was watching DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES? Oh, that’s right I am lazy. I am a screw up. Out of the shower I have a pretty good idea of what I am going to wear and it has nothing to do with what I want to wear and everything to do with what I think will be the easiest to press. Ahhh, coffee. My phone is blinking. Did I miss a call? No it is reminding me that I need to leave for work in 15 minutes. Crap. Am I going to be late? More coffee. What is George Stephanopoulos talking about? Is Robin Roberts that tall or is he that short? These wrinkles are unrelenting. This is not working. Time to get out the dress that should really be drycleaned and the Febreeze….this should work. I hate this outfit. I need more coffee. Five minutes. That’s right it is Regis and Kelly. How long has Kathie Lee been off the show? Why did she leave? I should look that up later today. Time to brush my teethe and put some product in my hair. Looks like I am ready to go. Grab my bag. Get my keys. Start to exit. Go back inside to make sure I unpluged the iron. Unplugged. Wish I had more time for coffee. Did I turn of the coffee maker as I do not trust the shutoff feature. I better check. Ok, it’s off. Time to go….

Seem over the top? I wish it was. I have had more mornings like this than I can count. I have ADD and left unmanged my life is as described in the above passage. I have spent most of my adult life pretending that I didn’t have it, making sure no one else knew I had it, and conpensating for it. Sometimes my life worked brilliantly…and other times not so much. Sometimes I have had my disorder and other times it has had me.