Sunday, November 12, 2006

SO THAT'S MY PROBLEM!

(Got this in an e-mail and thought it was worth posting here!)

I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the basement, I notice that
there are cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in the cereal
bowl.

I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the
laundry. I lay my car keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the
trash can under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So,
I decide to take out the trash.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash I may as well pay the bills first. I take
my checkbook off the
table, and see that there is only one check left,
my extra checks are in my desk in the office/playroom, so I go to my desk
where I find a sippy cup full of juice. I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I decide I should put the sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep
it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup a
vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye - they need to be watered. I
set the sippy cup on
the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've
been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back in the
bathroom, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the wipes back down and splash some water on the flowers, but most of
it spills on the floor. So, I get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.
Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the laundry isn't washed,
the bills aren't paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter,
the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook,
I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done
today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm
really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail.

3 comments:

Kimberly said...

Boy can I relate to that!! I repeatedly find myself in different rooms of the house and wonder why on earth I'm there and what was I doing? I think it's multitasking gone terribly wrong.

Terri said...

Though this doesn' fit me perfectly (I usually don't take out the trash, and I never pay the bills...) I was substituting in all the things that I do get distracted by throughout the day. I just think I've lost my brain somewhere along the way in the past 6 years or so. "Multitasking gone terribly wrong" is a good way to describe it! :)

the Domina said...

I'm online...what was I searching for? Oh well, I ended up in a good spot! :) Hee hee!