The
other day I decided to wash my car. As I start toward to the garage, I notice
that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I
wash the car.
I
lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the
table, and notice that the trash can is full.
So,
I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first, but then I think that since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, 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 study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I
had been drinking. I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push
the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
I see that the Coke
is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it
cold.
As I head toward the
kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye–they
need to be watered.
I set the Coke down
on the counter and I discover my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning.
I decide I’d better
put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses
back down on the counter, fill a container with water, and suddenly I spot the TV
remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that
tonight, when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody
will 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 on the table, get some 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 car isn’t washed, the bills aren’t paid, there is a warm can of Coke
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 my glasses, and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.
Then, 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. I realize this is a serious problem,
and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my e-mail.
Do me a favor, will
you? Forward this message to close friends you know, because I don’t remember
to whom it has been sent.
Don’t laugh – if this
isn’t you yet, your day is coming! And if I have sent this to you before….well,
now you know why you’re getting it again.
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