I think I have a problem. We could call it something like M.A.D. Matriarchal Attention Disorder. This is how it manifests:
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, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, one of the kids left it on the kitchen table. I realize that after school when they go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote as they fight over who lost it, 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 splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So,I set the remote back down, 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 remote, I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
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.
And I've only got 2 kids! I don't know how people do it with more than 3!!!
*Courtesy of O.C. Mormon Mommy



8 comments:
I love this! TOTALLY sounds like my life on days where I want to be productive!! Miss you guys... Love to you all.
totally know how that feels! Then James wakes up from his nap making me completely forget everything again
I LOVE this!! I'm always exhausted at the the end of the day and when I try to explain to Nate everything I accomplished...there's only like only 1 or 2 things and then I'm thinkin'--what the heck did I do all day?!
Two words... LOVE IT!
that's funny!
Seriously you just described every day of my life... sad thing, even before kids!
I went completely MAD years ago! :) I used to pretend like I was multi-tasking, but ya, I am not fooling anyone-I am flat out crazy!
I do this all the time! :)
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