Mr. H. often tells me I get distracted too easily.
Perhaps I do, but I think he enjoys pointing it out just a little too much.
This afternoon, I went downstairs to put a load of
clothes in the washer and noticed that Liza (cat) had deposited a hairball in
the hallway. When I went to get t-tissue to clean it up, there wasn’t any in
the downstairs bathroom, so I went to the utility room to get some from the stash.
That’s when I noticed Liza’s litter box needed to be cleaned, so I cleaned it, then
I had to take the bag of “stuff” to the outside garbage can.
When I came back in, instead of going back to the
utility room to get the t-tissue and clean up the hairball, I went upstairs and
folded clothes that I’d taken out of the dryer earlier.
Later,
when Mr. H. started downstairs, I remembered the hairball and yelled, “Don’t
step on the hairball!” When I explained why I hadn’t cleaned it up earlier, he
loved it! It was his chance to lecture me.
Again.
Again.
“You
get distracted easier than anyone I know,” he said for the umpteenth time!
“I know.
I know.” I said, giving him my most uninterested look.
“You’re supposed to finish one thing before you start
something else.”
“Really?” I said. “Who made that rule?”
“That’s just the way it is,” he said. “It’s the only
way you ever get anything done.”
“I don’t know about that, Mr. Superior! Remember when
you used to work every day and I stayed home with the kids?”
“Yeah, I remember.”
“I fed them and looked after them all
day, cleaned the house, did laundry, went grocery shopping and had dinner ready
when you got home at 5:30 - and I often baked something special, like a pie or
cake for dessert. How do you suppose I kept from getting sidetracked?”
“You were younger then,” he said.
“So this is about age?”
“No. I'm just pointing out…”
“Maybe later. Right now I’ve got to go clean up that hairball.”
7 comments:
You give Mr. H. a pretty hard time don't you peg? He seems to be a good sport though. I enjoyed this.
I understand getting distracted. I do the same thing. Too many things to remember. Nice post Peggy
always entertaining peg. sam
Good post. Poor Mr. H. He can'twin can he?
I think that IS how we get so much done. We don't stick with one thing or we'd never notice that something else needs to be done. Or anyways that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
You're right, of course! I often get something done that I didn't even set out to do that day - just because I noticed it while doing something else. Makes sense to me. :)
This is I don't understand, they know we have so may things or stuff need to do.A simple thing they can't do just to help us.
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