FarmerJeannine's Journal, 01 Apr 18

Funny predicament. Not everyone has your sense of humour about such demanding work. 

Ah, but it's CHOSEN work... so what does that say about my sense of sanity? :) I've been a stall mucker from a young age, I knew what I was getting myself into when I invited the donkey girls to come live in our barn... they are sweet, little (well, maybe not so little) pets! 

You are often hinting that there may be something wrong with your mind, but I believe you are saner than most people, much saner. 

I think I'm just happier and more at peace with the way my brain is wired than most. Plus, my ADHD gives me a few "superpowers" I might not have otherwise: Like the ability to "hyperfocus" (an actual word!) - basically I can get completely wrapped up in something to the exclusion of everything else, very useful when you have a project to finish (which of course can be bad, too - I've set off a smoke detector and not noticed while trying to read and cook at the same time - it was a really good book!). It works the other way too, in that I also notice more details tan most. Useful during an activity like gardening, less so during a lecture when the person eating a bag of chips two rows behind me commands as much attention as the speaker! It can be hard living with a brain like mine (just ask my hubby!), but I'm used to it now, and wouldn't trade it in on a "normal" brain if I could... there's a theory out there that ADHD brains are actually a normal variant and that it was much more common a century before the modern world took over, when it was actually an advantage - my head doc said that a ADHDer would be more likely to notice something prowling outside the campfire, for example... :)