Discovering My Adult ADD

Day long workshop

on attention deficit disorder,

forgot my knitting,

my fidgeting is driving me crazy.

I feel like I am going to jump out of my skin.

She gives us rocks to move in our hands, rub with our fingers,

an example of a tool to give our clients to help concentrate.

Mine will be a pebble by day's end.

Rainy day, overcast,

        What do I need to do tonight?

Are the cats behaving?

        I can't concentrate today.

Creativity and ADD are related.  Hey, I caught that.

Does this explain the family joke about how everyone knows

what they are getting for Christmas based on my hobby of the year?

Unfinished projects, my desk is a mess,

        my bookshelf has never been in order.

I hate structure but I work better if I am under

        a little pressure, otherwise I wait.

She gave us an assignment.  Write a list of ADD traits.

I couldn't finish.  I needed to move and look at her books,

chat with someone who remembered her knitting.

Wait!!  Is she talking about me?  What was that?

        I need to pay attention.

Where is that damn rock?

        Is that a mocking bird outside the window?

I wonder if we will get out early today.