'While my ADHD was preoccupied with mortgage payments, work deadlines, dog training, and episodes of The Good Wife, my body was slithering downhill. My ADHD and I are not happy about this change. We have enough to manage without adding on new to-do’s.'
I was a chubby kid. That’s not a put-down, but it is a statement of fact. Back in elementary school, I wore “Chubbies.” I needed extra fabric to cover my tummy bulges.
In the fall I entered 7th grade, I needed school clothes again, so my mother and I beelined for the Chubbies department. A snooty sales clerk intercepted us. She muttered under her breath to my mother and we veered to new territory: Juniors. In the dressing room, I stepped into the sheath and my mother zipped up the back. The dress actually fit! I was delighted but dumbfounded. Like magic, my childish body had transformed into an hourglass figure. I had been clueless; it had happened so fast. I was a kid one day, the next, I was a “Junior.
My ADHD and I are not happy about this change. We have enough to manage without adding on a bunch of new to-do’s. These days it’spills, neck cream, doctor’s appointments, Pilates for “core” and weights for strength, and getting up to pee three times a night. All that extra stuff takes time. I was already filling up my days and nights, thank you very much. I’ve come full circle: I need a little bonus fabric to accommodate my newly acquired tummy bulges.
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