Day 10 on Strattera - Burst of Energy, Got Lots Done. Drank Metamucil.

Today was my 10th day on Strattera - at 10mg daily. It isn't working very much yet on my memory - I keep forgetting what I was supposed to be doing, and kept returning to locations without having done what I'd started off to do... Or maybe it is that I am more and more aware of this habit of mine. To think that I've been doing this most of my life without being aware of it. Holy crap.

But I suppose I need to listen to my own counsel and be patient - and keep with it.

While my wife and little toddler went out today, I got some chores done:

1. Half-mowed the lawn (lawnmower kept sputtering - I think there is water in the fuel, so I added some methanol to absorb it overnight) - I'll finish it off tomorrow
   
2. Cleaned kitchen
3. Did dishes
4. Drank orange flavoured Metamucil fiber powder in cold water to keep my ol' system running smoothly - my primary side-effect while taking Strattera is akin to what happens when only one escalator out of three is working at the top of the subway platform and it is rush hour and everyone is trying to go down the same escalator and of course things get rather congested and someone hits the red button at the top of the escalator stopping the device and compacting the pedestrian erstwhile commuters and then you have to telephone the Metamucil man - ifyouknowwhatImeanbecauseifnotreaditagain
   
5. Put up veranda tarpaulin in backyard
6. Dug out compost heap and put some nice aged dark compost on front lawn to fill in an open spot in the grass
   
7. Cemented a loose flagstone in the front pathway into place, and chinked in some broken gaps with mortar cement.
8. Did two loads of laundry, and folded towels and put them away
9. Took the winter insulating blankets off of the dog's indoor tent which serves as his bed - something I've been thinking to do for ages - he will thank me
10. Cleaned toilets in the house with scrub brush - awfully satisfying
    
11. Put out garbage - not all that satisfying
    
12. Edited a host of new photographs for my camping blog and created a draft post - will write text tomorrow
13. Posted yesterday's entry on this blog (I was too bagged after the hike yesterday to write one) and on my military intelligence news aggregation blog
14. Organized the baby dishes section of the kitchen
15. Stuck to my diet
    
16. Vacuumed the house with our amazing new hand vacuum cleaner to get rid of obvious dust and bits and pieces
17. Dug out weeds in the garden, the nasty spiky ones I've been meaning to deal with for months - nasty spiky things
    
18. Played my guitar and recorded some of it on my camera, hoping that a blues record label will pick me up and make me a bazillionaire - a pipe dream given my lack of range and paucity of talent
    
19. Read some of a book on relationships (ADHD can wreak havoc in marriages)
    
20. Cleaned out the gutters in the front of the house
21. Got a big splinter in my finger and unsuccessfully tried to carve it out with a Swedish carbon-steel hunting knife I use for camping
22. Put a band-aid on my finger to fix the small hole I made to remove the splinter which is still there
23. Updated my to-do list in my personal carry-around notebook, bringing past entries forward and making sure I did a brain dump to update it
    
24. ...and a few other miscellaneous things that make up a normal Sunday, including feeding the toddler, bathing the little monkey, and lulling him to sleep with some ingenious and highly sophisticated songs about things like tummies and ears and chickens and parks and anything else that came to mind, along with a bottle of milk
    

Come to think of it, I did a lot of things today. But I still have a lot on my to-do list to get crossed out. I wish I had a day off this week to keep on crossing off items like I did today.

Cheers,

Mungo

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