Yesterday a co-worker sent me a forward about an older women that was so scatter brained that she tried to one chore, but kept remembering others as she was doing them, and kept jumping from task to task to task. It reminded me of myself. So this morning while getting ready to go to work and drop Vince off at school, I thought of that email so when I got to work I emailed my co-workers to tell them about my morning.. here it is...
"The morning started good… Vince finished his breathing treatment (allergies) and was eating pancakes while watching Barney. I made oatmeal for me and was eating it on the couch. Then I heard in the distance a big truck and thought I better get the recycling out now because they come early. So I put down my oatmeal, went to the garage and opened the doors to check, saw it had not been taken out, and went inside to get it.
On my way in, I saw an empty bag and thought I need to bring it to work because I had some pictures, etc I wanted. So I start loading that bag up with things. I then remembered I had to bring my co-workers bday present in (very late) so I went to the laundry room to get it and remembered I hadn’t folded the laundry the night before (made a mental note to get to that if I had time). I thought of the email my co-worker sent the day before, laughed to myself, and remembered the recycling… then took it out.
When I was out there I checked the mail from the previous day and started going through it inside. After I was finished I went to check on Vince. On my way there I put away the syrup and butter from Vince's pankcakes and saw a subway sandwich in the fridge. I patted myself on the back for asking my husband to get me the sandwich special last night so I could have for lunch… then remembered I hadn’t packed Vince’s lunch for school today. I haven’t been to the grocery store in 2 weeks due to a family emergency… I'm thankful for frozen nuggets and canned peaches.
I packed both our lunches and put things back in the fridge and saw old food that I wanted to throw out. (Luckily David took out the rest of the trash this morning.) I put the old food in a plastic bag then took it to the curb. I brought the recycling bin back in empty and remembered my co-worker's present again and went to get a gift bag. On my way to the living room I passed the fridge and remembered I hadn’t given Vince his antibiotics. I put it on the counter so I didn’t forget to give it to him.
I then packed the car with both lunches, Vince’s diaper bag, my purse, my bag and my co-worker's present. I came back inside to give Vince his medicine. He refused the medicine and I tried to explain to him I didn’t have time for this as we were already 10 minutes late. He didn’t understand so I made him a sippy cup of milk and put the medicine in there. I picked him up ready to leave only to realize he didn’t have shorts or shoes on. I grabbed some shorts from the dryer, put on his shoes, and went out the door.
He was asking for his trains as I strapped him in the car and I negotiated with him that he could watch a DVD in the car if I didn’t have to get the trains. I went back inside to grab the keys, saw some deodorant in my “cubby hole” by the door and remembered I hadn’t put any on so I did (that’s why it’s there for times like this - TMI?).
In the car I remembered I never finished my oatmeal and didn’t get to folding the laundry. But that’s okay if those are the only things I forgot :) "
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