Concerta, colour, and coupons!

As you know, we had an appointment for Tristan's formal diagnosis on Thursday. Things went exactly as I expected, and the doctor informed us that Tristan does have ADHD. He has been prescribed Concerta, and today is his fourth day taking it. I initially did not want Tristan to be on medication, but he has been given the lowest dose, and if I feel uncomfortable with it at any time, we can have him taken off it, or switched to a different medication. So far, he has suffered no side effects, his personality and energy levels have not changed, but he has been less aggressive and frustrated. Yesterday was his first day of school on Concerta, and I'm not sure if it is coincidence, or the medication is working faster than I expected, but he had a fantastic day. No scuffles with other students, he behaved appropriately and followed the rules, and completed his work with no arguments. I did his reading and homework with him in the evening, and he was able to concentrate on the books instead of fidgeting and generally being distracted, finished his homework in no time, and his printing was a lot more legible. So far, so good.

I had an old tattoo coloured on Sunday, it looks approximately a million times better than before, but oh man, did it hurt! I'm pretty good at tolerating pain, especially when it comes to tattoos (I have 10 so far), but this one was just awful. I have stretch marks on my stomach from being pregnant with T-Man, and I guess scar tissue is extra sensitive... it felt as if Mikey was sawing into my stomach with a steak knife. But I took the pain, even though many times I thought of tapping out and having him finish another day, and the end result was so worth it.

I like how you can actually see in the picture how swollen my stretch marks got. This was taken by Mike about 30 seconds after Mikey finished up. I'll take another when it's all healed up. I'm already itching for another one, and already have the idea formed.

One last quick note, on my grocery run yesterday, I spent $172 on $300 worth of food and personal care items by price matching and using coupons! That's my biggest couponing accomplishment yet! It was my first time price matching, and after those results, I'm confident that next time, I'll be able to save even more!