Here Fishy, Fishy

I routinely forget things. I have ADHD and I routinely forget things. I don't mean routinely forget as in sometimes I leave the clothes in the washer and forget to dry them. I mean routinely forget as in at least once a week I put the water and soap in the washer, throw the clothes in, go to grab one more shirt that I really need to wash for tomorrow, stop and see that a friend wants to chat on Facebook, and forget to wash not only the shirt I need, but also forget to close the washer lid so that the clothes already set to be washed sit in water for hours until my husband goes into the garage for a screwdriver and sees the washer, full of water and clothes. I don't walk into a room and forget what I came to get. I can't even get out of the first room to go get something before forgetting the thing I am going to get in addition to remembering five other things I need to remember but then forgetting those things by the time I get to the room I was going to in the first place. Are you following here?
Once on a trip with some friends my forgetfulness struck again. We stopped to get some coffee. As we were all getting into the car my sister and I shared, I placed the coffee on the roof of the car so I could get situated first. Do you see it coming? Yes, I forgot the coffee. I forgot until we had already driven several blocks, made a turn and were waiting at a stoplight. As I looked to my right I noticed the person in the car next to us was pointing to the roof of our car and laughing. Then I remembered. I reached out the open window, calmly grabbed my coffee cup, and took a sip. Honestly, I am more than a little surprised that I have yet to forget one of my children somewhere.
Anyway, since I have the ADHD curse I burn food all the time, because of course I forget I am cooking something five minutes after it goes into the oven. Whenever I make cookies I always have one batch that is larger than the rest, because I usually burn at least one sheet of them. Then to compensate for the loss I have to make the rest smaller. I also often serve things blackened. Really, I am not as into Cajun cooking as one might think. It's just the burning thing again.
But not tonight. No, no! Tonight, I am beaming with the pride of a soccer mom whose son just scored his first goal. I cooked myself some salmon for dinner and it came out perfectly cooked. No one was here to share in my delight but that's okay. I triumphantly enjoyed my delicious salmon and toast anyway. I had toast because I forgot to make any vegetables to enjoy with my salmon but it matters not. I ate the best salmon I have ever cooked!! It really is the little moments in life that make it all worth it.