ADHD

I’ve switched my welcome wall to a travel wall. I’m a sucker for a themed wall. I went through each item to remember where they came from.

In no particular order:

Brown frame - Ysleta Mission, El Paso, Texas (my dads picture) 🇺🇸 

Farmhouse tile above brown frame - Gyongyos, Hungary 🇭🇺 

Blue salmon - Orcas Island, Washington 🇺🇸 

Clay door - San Marino 🇸🇲 

Boat picture - Rustico, Prince Edward Island, Canada 🇨🇦 

Wood poster - Whistler, British Columbia, Canada  🇨🇦 

Hand painted flower  - Lake Bled, Slovenia 🇸🇮 

Hand painted waterfall - small square - Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii 🇺🇸 

Illustrated poster - Llangollen, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 

Illustrated poster - The Big Island, Hawaii 🇺🇸 

We also bought an expensive (to us) piece of original artwork in Paris and unfortunately cannot find it. It had been rolled up in a tube and I think we got it out to flatten it and now it’s gone. So that’s a big bummer but I feel like we’ll find it someday. Being married to someone with adhd you often find things in real weird places. Like his wallet and phone on the jolly greens running board in our garage (today) or the church key in his pants pocket (also today) after I suggested that spot but then we searched around for a few minutes. 

Tangent, but if I didn’t believe in eternal marriage, this really could lead to divorce. We have had so many stressful situations searching for things. Matt is not doing anything malicious or wrong for losing things, it really is just a way that his adhd shows up, but for someone like me that can be so very frustrating. Thankfully I do believe in eternal marriage and I mostly don’t get twirled up when this happens anymore. I also don’t always help him look because I have learned what I need to do to stay married. And sometimes that means walking away, staying asleep, or otherwise removing myself  from the situation. And I know I’ve got my tough things too. I mean, I don’t know, because I think I’m pretty down to earth and willing to work on my flaws, but I’m sure there’s something. Also, I could have been the Paris art misplacer. 🤷‍♀️

Yesterday Delaney went to her first and last middle school dance - the 8th grade formal. 

She really wanted a waistcoat and found this cool one and the blouse in Hungary. She really wanted to wear pants and I had some feelings about that. Why is middle school so hard? Matt and I talked and prayed and ultimately decided to let her. She’s very much in her alternative phase with music, makeup, and fashion, which is v opposite of me but v on brand for Matt. 🤷‍♀️ And she’s a total ballet girlie, so 🤷‍♀️.

She reported that the dance was boring but she did dance YMCA. 

Frankie had her new friend Carter come over. We watch Jumanji and I made movie theater popcorn that Alli gave us for Christmas. It was so good! We used to make popcorn on the stove daily when we were kids and I haven’t lost my knack. 

Adi went to Senior Sunset and stayed for the movie and then Lily came over. So we played Quiplash with everyone plus Carter and Delaney’s friend Alex, then more Quiplash with Adi and Lily when they came home. It was a fun night. 

Today Delaney headed to dance at 8:30, I made waffles for brekkie, and then we cleaned the church. We were all very excited to find a new vacuum! We are thrill seeking people. 

We had operation go-so-fast at Aldi and Target. We were out of everything, so it was truly an impressive team effort when we finished both places in under an hour. The crew went to the Stake Olympics activity and Adi and Frankie only grumbled a little. 

I spent my quiet afternoon prepping, cooking, and cleaning for our 9th Disney dinner. We’ll be heading to the Village of Motunui and I’m super excited!