Nursing school gave me ADD. That's Attention Deficit Disorder for all of you non-medical people out there, or people who don't listen to the news. Everyone is diagnosing their kids with it these days so that the moms can get there hands on their kids' Ritalin prescriptions. But I digress.
I blame nursing school for my inability to concentrate because we were forced to sit in lecture rooms for hours at a time listening to the instructors try to go through hundreds of pages of notes in one day that we were expected to regurgitate on a test the following week. After 2 straight years of that nonsense you can't expect to come out of the experience unscathed.
Which brings me to my current issue. I cannot complete a task without stopping. For example:
Tonight I decided to clean my bathroom. Should only take 30 minutes. Takes me 2 hours. I get the floor swept then remember I'm thirsty-so I go and get some water, then I remember to check the laundry-oh it's not dry-I better clean out the lint tray-oh, I wonder if I have any updates on facebook-better check that. Huh, have the prices of condos gone down? Better check that too-oh wait, I need to fold the laundry on the floor-which reminds me I need to clean the bathtub-well while I'm doing that why don't I watch survivor on the internet-oh and I should check really fast to see if that check has been cashed yet-wait, what day is that meeting for work? I better check my email-oh the dryer stopped I can probably fold those clothes-wait a sec I should just finish cleaning the toilet-huh I think that I have some stray eyebrows that need plucking-back to getting the bathroom done-shut down the computer, say my prayers, oh wait I have a great idea for a blog-well maybe I should read my scriptures first-oh I should take a sleeping pill or else I'll never get to sleep-I should probably cut a few in half-I better go do that right now....
AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
Do you see the problem?
I better go-I just remembered that I need to put my library books by the door so I can return them on Monday-talk to ya'll later!
5 comments:
I do the exact same thing.
Jen--it sounds like you are a mom! I am not kidding--I do the same thing but not only with all the household stuff but with the kids.
We need to get together! Erika thought maybe next week would work for her . . .
I'm pretty sure that's a Mills thing. Because I myself cannot just clean the bathroom and be done with it. I have to be doing 5 other things and complete them all in a round-robin fashion. Or maybe the problem is cleaning the bathroom themselves? Let's strike. I'm wicked excited to come down this weekend, fyi. I'm thinking Friday afternoon?
I'm tired
That is hilarious!!
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