Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. I have it. It might be a self diagnosis, but I'm pretty certain I'm correct. Y'all know I am a special ed teacher. I took a class totally focused on ADHD (back when it was ADD or ADHD, now it's all the same....). I see a lot of kids with ADHD. I know what it looks like. And while I might not be walking down the hallway licking the walls, unable to sit in my seat for more than 2 minutes and 45 seconds, or totally incapable of being still, I have got to be the most distractible 26 year old alive.
Today, while eating breakfast and checking my email, I got up to get my address book (I'm doing that end of the year address collection). An hour later, I realized I had only eaten about 3 bites of cereal. It was soggy (duh), and my coffee, cold.
This afternoon, while folding Little One's load of teeny tiny clothes (read 1,000 pieces of laundry in one load), I went to put the dryer sheet in the trash. After realizing the can was full, toting it outside in the pouring rain, taking off my wet shoes, straightening the door mat, and grabbing the mail, I had completely forgotten about the other 2/3 of LO pieces still sitting in the dryer. I hopped back on the horse to finish.
And then, after decluttering our kitchen office armoire (thanks, FlyLady), I went to put my decluttered pile of items in the proper places. I then ended up straightening my jewelry drawer, organizing leftover envelopes by size, separating stocking stuffers by person's whose stocking it will stuff, followed by a quick swipe with a dust rag over the guest bedroom furniture. How I got from decluttering in my kitchen to dusting my guest bedroom, I'll never understand. Well, I guess I actually do know how I got there, and FlyLady just might be right- setting a timer could keep me from getting so sidetracked.
What I do know, and of this I am absolutely sure, is that I have a little problem with getting preoccupied and distracted. And gosh darn it, I only sat down at the computer to upload some pictures. And just look at what I've done. Been distracted by my own distractibility.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my brain the most.
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4 comments:
I'll tell you what I hate the most - losing something, and then finding it WHILE STILL IN THE TARGET PARKING LOT WHERE YOU PURCHASED A REPLACEMENT THREE MINUTES BEFORE. Oh well. Everyone can use two sticks of specially medicated chapstick, I guess.
I think it's a psychosis that results from becoming a mother. I never ever used to forget ANYTHING and now I forget where I left the note that I wrote it all down on so I wouldn't forget it.
Have you ever read that forward email where the husband comes home and says, "What did you DO all day?" and the wife says, "Well, I started out..." (and it looks a lot like your description above- I started SO MANY THINGS, but can't quite quantify the results of any of it. Oh well, kids are alive and house didn't burn down. I put a check in the "win" category for that day. And if I get showered, dressed, and put on makeup, well hey, that's a victory too!)
hee hee hee hee hee.
i am so there.
glad to know you are too. :)
and glad to know I'm not the only Fly Lady fan who gets distracted...
i'm already getting distracted.
I think it's just part of being a busy mom with a lot on her mind. I forget things I start all the time, and I don't even have the excuse of having a baby to take care of!
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