We had a busy but still mostly restful weekend.
I picked up Jan at the airport at 2 a.m. on Friday. He was supposed to land at 11.30 Thursday night, but naturally was delayed flying through O’Hare. As a consequence of not going to bed until 3 am, I slept until 11 in the morning. I woke up with a major headache, presumably from Strattera withdrawal. I took major advil and later, a smaller than normal dose of Strattera. It took a while but it made the headache eventually go away. So I’ll be stepping down, instead of stopping abrubtly…
Later in the afternoon, we took the cats to the vet for a checkup. We thought Scary had ear mites, but it turns out he just has waxy ears. Spooky misbehaved terribly. She hid under the table and roared like an angry little lion when the vet tried to touch her. It took two vets, a vet tech, and a couple of towels to keep her from hurting somebody during her booster shot. Our little Poogy is a little bit overweight (12.5 pounds!) and Scarykins is just right for his size (10.5 pounds). Our new vet thinks Scary is part Siamese, on the basis of the shape of his head and the fact that he’s a chatty little cat.
On Saturday, we hiked out to the South Hills Mall in order to try to return Jan’s work suitcase, which is falling apart after a bare seven weeks of light use. The wheels are already off-track to the point that Jan has trouble dragging it around the airport. The annoying manager at Specialty Luggage claimed the damage was due to airline handling, which is total crap because Jan carries on for all his flights. Jan either wanted a new bag or to trade it in and upgrade to a Tumi, but the manager was only willing to give him 10% off another purchase. As we will never give Roger at Specialty Luggage another commission, we took the suitcase back and thanked him for his time.
Saturday night we went to play the Settlers of Catan with our friends Chris and Emily. We only played to 10 points instead of 13 (all were tired after several glasses of some strong sangria), and Chris won!
Sunday it was a mad dash to get all our work done before the weekend was over. Jan did all his laundry and I pre-cleaned the kitchen in preparation for the cleaners’ visit on Monday. Jan also completed several modules for his job’s required educational certifications, while I wrote shower thank-you notes and ordered wedding-related stuff (guest book frames, the flower girl’s pomander, and my jewelry, pictured elsewhere in my blog). Still need to schedule engagement photos and our dance lessons… our next few Saturdays are going to be quite full!
This morning Jan was back at the airport well before 6 a.m. for his flight to Toronto. We were 5 minutes down the road when Jan realized he’d forgotten his cell phone at home (he’d changed pants at the last minute and had left his phone in the other pair!). So we raced back to the house, left the car with the hazards blinking in the middle of the street, and raced back to the highway. We made record time to the airport. What usually takes me 40+ minutes in rush-hour traffic took him 20 minutes in early morning (light) traffic. I made it back to our house by 6.30, and only then realized that he’d stolen my phone’s stylus! (What a brat!)
On the medication front, I am totally without Strattera today. In fact, I’m totally without ADD meds today, and for the first time I’ve gone without meds since diagnosis, I don’t feel entirely overwhelmed by all the small details of life. This is somewhat interesting to me, as it’s the first time I’ve been off ADD meds while taking Lexapro. My optomistic side makes me think “Hm…. maybe I don’t have ADD… maybe I was just depressed for a long time without feeling sad, and that’s what’s kept me from concentrating at work and from being able to get stuff done at home.” I saw my med doc this morning for 5 minutes in order to get a prescription for Concerta (keep your fingers crossed that it doesn’t make me anxious like Adderall does), but I will plan to talk about this with her at our next scheduled med appointment. I might also have to bring it up with talky-shrink, too.
