I'm from the midwest but I often find my accent changing to match the person I'm speaking to.

I totally do this, too!

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Good luck, Nora!

And yay, Seska, for that magazine!

Best of luck with that girl, P-C. Buffistas are wise with their advices.

As for me - I'm stressed and impatient about the future (moving/university/my life, whatever that might be). I'm realizing that some of the things I'm investing my time in are "running away from" these things - subscription to Wired, say. Or even more science blogs RSS subscriptions.

I just wish that some things were simpler. In times of uncertainties, it really doesn't help for one to have active imagination. When I'm swaying into good vibe thoughts, I'm telling myself it's just fantasies. When I'm swaying to bad vibe thoughts, I'm telling myself to stop wasting my time on the negatives.

But it's just that I can rarely stop thinking, imagining, daydreaming, etc. by sheer will. I remember one time at high school, at my final year, two teachers of mine ran into each other when I was talking to one of them, and I went aside for a few moments. I heard them talk about me, saying how I'm smart and brilliant, and if only I could focus at one subject for long enough I could do anything.

And I don't have any ADD/ADHD or anything like it. I was always at the top of my classes (except for math, though if I were actually spending more time in elementary school learning it, I'm sure I could have done this too). It's just... I don't know. A constant itch to know more. Or to get into the bottom of things. And when I feel I'm familiar enough with something, I want to move ahead. Most times this insatiable urge is for the best, but sometimes, like now, it can make me feel insecure - that this passion of mine, which comprise so much of me, doesn't worth much. Impracticable. I don't know, I'm babbling. I actually didn't mean to write all of this now, and didn't know I will.

Anyway, in about 7 hours my family and I will be looking for homes in areas-that-might-be-in-dispute-but-at-least-are-in-Jerusalem-which-is-not-East-Jerusalem.

Wish us luck, and kick-ass future neighbors.

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The NowDoThis site is really kinda awesome for me today. I am heading back to San Diego tomorrow and it's helping me get things done. And I can make the list, sort it and then the whole thing goes out of sight and I have to do something, click the button and then see and do the next thing.

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And I don't have any ADD/ADHD or anything like it.

Not that it's my business, so I'm not expecting you to answer me - it's just something to think about - if you have not been evaluated by a professional who has a lot of experience with women with ADD or ADHD, you may not really know if you do or do not have it. Girls and women often go undiagnosed because it does not look the same on them as it does on boys. For girls, hyperactivity often looks like naughty little girls who talk a lot, and the Inattentive Type looks a lot like well-behaved, smart little girls who stare out of windows, day-dreaming a lot. And this statement:

I was always at the top of my classes

Does not disqualify a person from having it. A smart kid who has an Attention Deficit issue may still do well in school because the external structure of the school day goes a long way in providing some focus.

When I was first diagnosed with ADD, I worked with a therapist, who said that the great thing about ADD or ADHD minds is that they can see all the possibilities in a situation. The challenge for us is to learn how to narrow down all those possibilities into a manageable, do-able amount.

If this sounds at all like the challenges you have, Shir, you may wish to consider getting evaluated. Again, I'm not saying this to you to make things difficult, or because I think you should justify yourself to me. I'm saying it, just in case you might possibly get some good out of it. Because I went undiagnosed until I was in my 30s, it really hampered my academic career - and I'd love to spare others the same troubles.

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Do you know what the percentage of men with ADHD/ADD vs. women is, Windsparrow? It's just something I was always curious about.

Oh, BTW, I meant to tell you that not only is Amarna losing weight with the Wellness food, her coat has also got superglossy! You can practically see yourself in that black fur reflection. And, she's jumping everywhere now that she's feeling much more energetic!

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I don't know, WindSparrow - and thank you so much for your advice, but I was never even a suspect of ADD/ADHD.

From the little I know about it, it's about having trouble focusing on one thing for long time, right? Well, when I have to, I don't have a lot of problem - or any problem - focusing for hours or days or weeks on one or two subjects.

I'm just usually impatient. Combining this with having some uncertainties while being out of strict boundaries... well, that can make me anxious. I'm not only happy, I actually thrive when I'm under strict boundaries.

After saying this, if you still think I might have an ADD/ADHD, I'd go and get evaluated.

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Argh.

It's midnight and I'm supposed to be up at 7, but sleep is clearly not going to happen. I'm trying to talk The Girl through the crisis over the internet. This is where her family's international thing is really sucky.

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Seska, are you able to take tomorrow off due to family emergency? I am sorry, by the way.

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{{Seska}} It's so hard not being able to be there while the crisis is going on.

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{{Seska}}

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