Familiar anyone?!
My friend, Chris, sent me this yesterday which I thought I’d share with you all:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table, and take out the garbage first.But then I think,
since I’m going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
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 study,
so I go inside the house to my desk, where
I find the can of Pepsi I’d been drinking.I’m going to look for my checks,
but first, I need to push the Pepsi aside
so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye — they need water.I put the Pepsi on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I’ve been searching for all morning.I decide I’d better put them back on my desk,
but first I’m going to water the flowers.I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water, and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.I realize that tonight, when we go to watch TV,
I’ll be looking for the remote,
but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs.
But first I’ll water the flowers.I pour some water on the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some 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 car isn’t washed.
The bills aren’t paid.
There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter.
The flowers don’t have enough water.
There is still only one check in my check book.
I can’t find the remote.
I can’t find my glasses,
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,
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….
September 17th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
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September 17th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
funny! sad that it’s so true!!
I shared a link to it on my blog…
V.
September 18th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
that’s very funny. -it’s so true - it’s so easy to get distracted and lose focus - i think everyday is like that for me - that’s why i resort to endless list writing to try to get through things. - just to give you an example - i sat down at my computer 30 mins ago to start a presentation - have i even opened powerpoint yet? - what do you think?! - but i have chuckled reading that and recognising myself!
September 18th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Thanks for stopping by Vivian. Glad you passed it on!
Anna - ha! It is so easy to endlessly get distracted. You started that presentation yet?!
September 19th, 2008 at 10:16 am
well it’s started but…. i haven’t done anything on it yet today! - was telling chris about it last night…. and then realised it was him who sent it to you!
September 19th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Ha! That’s funny. Maybe if Chris had send it to you it would have felt like he was trying to tell you something!