Plungers, Peptides, and the ADHD Ping-Pong

Welcome back to the chronicles of a snowy March day where the energy felt stale, but somehow the accomplishments still came in hot.

If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to navigate life with ADHD, my almost-21-year-old son Evan, a dog named Parker, and plumbing that clearly has a mind of its own… buckle up.

Because today was a perfect example of how chaos and productivity somehow coexist in my world.

The Glow-Getter Delusion

I woke up long before my alarm today — which, if you know me, is basically a celestial event.

So naturally I leaned into it

I ran through my Glow-Getter routine, worked on some social media content, and knocked out a few behind-the-scenes updates on the website. In that quiet early-morning light, everything felt calm, productive, almost magical.

For a brief moment I thought, Wow… look at me. I’ve got my life together.

Then the sun came up.

And the ADHD clocked in for its shift.

The ADHD Ping-Pong Cleaning Adventure

Cleaning with ADHD isn’t a straight line.

It’s more like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, except every page sends you to a different room.

The cycle looked something like this:

• Start laundry

• Walk into the kitchen and notice a mess

• Start scrubbing counters

• Wander into the living room and see something worse

• Pivot immediately

Somewhere in the middle I stopped to eat, sat down for “five minutes,” accidentally watched a little TV, heard the washing machine buzzing, and started the whole relay race over again.

And of course Parker was right there in the middle of it all, because if the dog isn’t happy, nobody in the house is happy. So somewhere between laundry rotations and kitchen wipes, there was a quick round of dog training and playtime.

By the time evening rolled around my energy felt like a flat soda.

But when I finally stopped moving and looked around, I realized something surprising had happened.

Evan’s bathroom?

100% done.

The living room?

Mostly clear.

The kitchen?

Holding steady at a solid 80% victory.

My bedroom?

I waved the white flag.

Some battles are simply meant for tomorrow.

The Boss Fight: The Sink Situation

Now let’s talk about the real event of the day.

Evan’s bathroom.

I walked in there and immediately knew I was entering a war zone.

Before I even started cleaning, I made him do a mandatory pre-wipe of the toilet just so I could mentally prepare myself to enter the space.

Then I saw the sink.

Apparently when a 20-year-old shaves, the sink becomes the official resting place for every tiny beard hair known to mankind.

Between the shaving hair and whatever else had been building up in there, the drain had completely given up on life.

So there I was… plunging the bathroom sink.

Not once.

Not twice.

But three separate times.

Three.

Times.

At that point I felt like I deserved a medal, a parade, and possibly hazard pay.

Parenthood is glamorous, folks.

The Tuna Melt Tax

Just when the kitchen was reaching that glorious 80% clean milestone, Evan decided to make dinner.

Tonight’s feature presentation: Tuna Melts.

Now don’t get me wrong — they were delicious.

But anytime Evan cooks dinner, there’s what I call The Cleanup Tax.

Which means while he cooks, I somehow end up cleaning behind him every step of the way while simultaneously keeping Parker out of the splash zone.

It’s exhausting.

But dinner was good, the kitchen survived the process, and the evening kept moving right along.

Somewhere between plunging sinks and cleaning tuna melt splatter, my brain also kept drifting back to the bigger picture I’ve been working on behind the scenes.

The “Inside-Out” Glow: Aligning the Pieces

Beyond the daily chaos, part of building 888 Spa has been making sure the partnerships and products I work with actually align with the philosophy behind the work I do.

Everything I offer is meant to support the body from the inside out — nervous system, skin, scalp, and overall wellness.

That’s why I’ve partnered with Glow Getter, whose nutritional approach supports the body from within, and Ellie MD, whose peptide therapies align beautifully with that same inside-out philosophy.

On the skincare side, I currently use emerginC for my professional treatments, and in the future I plan to incorporate Skin Script for more advanced skincare services.

The one piece I’m still researching is the right hair care line that truly aligns with the head spa treatments I’m building.

And honestly, life has been tossing enough curveballs lately that I’ve learned something important in this season:

Some things don’t come together on my timeline.

They come together when the pieces naturally line up.

So for now I’m continuing the research and trusting that the right hair care line will show up when the timing is right.

Building something meaningful takes patience — and I’m okay with that.

The Takeaway

Life is way too short to stress over a messy bedroom or a product launch that takes a little longer than expected.

Just keep moving.

Do the best you can with what you’ve got that day.

Progress — even the messy ADHD version of it — still counts.

Tomorrow’s Forecast

Tomorrow is looking overbooked, but there is one major blessing.

No college shuttle duty for Evan.

Praise be.

I’m heading out to see one of my medically fragile clients in the afternoon, so I’m hoping the March sun handles the overnight defrosting by then.

If it warms up a bit by then, even better.

If your nervous system needs a place to exhale, I offer trauma-informed massage, head spa treatments, and advanced skincare at 888 Spa in Apple Valley, Minnesota.