ADD and me

I have a mild case of ADD. This used to be very trendy until everyone claimed to have it, then it became a cliche. The underlying problem seems to be an underactive brain area that is supposed to sort through incoming stimuli and focus only on those of immediate importance. The symptoms are a tendency to be easily distracted, to lose track of thoughts in any kind of noisy environment, and to have difficulty keeping a thought long enough to use it -- which is why ADD children have trouble waiting their turn to speak, since they have to express the thought as they have it or it will disappear.
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IKEA trek

The previous post explained why I'm exhausted after a three-hour shopping trip.

So today we drove up to East Palo Alto to hit Home Depot and IKEA. The primary motivation: new cabinets for the laundry/utility room, which currently has some sad shelving which looks cluttered. My compulsive partner wants everything as neat and put away as possible, so open shelves turn him off. IKEA sells some cheap but acceptably finished plain cabinets -- same price as utility cabinets at OSH, but much better built.
( Best Buy, IKEA, Tor, the gym )