So there I am, watching my taped Oprah shows from the week, getting ready to paint my nails, when my hubby, G1 came into the room to ask me to check the email and print off his Football picks while he cleans one of his man caves aka The Garage.
“Sure honey,” I say, “I’m glad you caught me before I started my nails!”
– I get up and go to the computer.
– Where I first check MY email.
– Then I have to check another one of my emails.
– OH, my friend Pam emailed, need to respond now.
– Check another Blog that I love to read.
– Moderate a comment left on my blog.
– Check link from comment.
– Leave a comment.
– I look over, see I never made the bed.
– I go make the bed.
– Pick up clothes, take downstairs to do the laundry.
– While doing laundry, realize I forgot to print the picks.
Dangit
– Go back to computer.
– Check Twitter.
– Oh look at that link.
– Check link (another several minutes go by).
– Check the weather for the week.
– Crud, I need to go start supper.
– Half way to the kitchen remember I forgot to print the picks.
Dangit
– Go back to computer.
– Check printer for paper.
– Put more paper in printer (Finally, progress!)
– Oh, I haven’t checked Facebook today.
– I go look at Facebook.
– Go back to WordPress to check my blog.
– Start this blog post.
– While I’m writing this post, G1 comes in and asks for the football picks.
– I laugh hysterically at myself.
– G1 thinks I’ve finally lost it and goes back to his garage, shaking his head.
I wonder if those picks will ever get printed.
I wonder if my nails will get done.
I wonder if dinner will ever get made.
Oh, what’s that? I’ve received a new email…..
P.S. After I screwed my head back on straight, the picks were printed, my nails look beautiful and I will be posting my recipe for a different kind of Delicious Chili later this week. This chili even won an award! Well, kinda.
Amen, Sister. I can totally relate to this post! You’ve chronicled my every day! At this very moment, I started emptying the dishwasher, but the baby came to “help” so I started to sort laundry, then I brought down a clean dishtowel that somehow got in the hamper, at which point I saw my computer and…you get the idea.
And the ADD comment on your “About” page–you’re right, I think we are a bit alike. I’m glad you stopped by–I’ve seen your name on PW, loved it, and have been meaning to check out your blog. Call me a subscriber, now!
Kirsten
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Thank you for subscribing! I love your blog also, the cows are adorable!
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I do things like this every-single-time I go on the computer. A nightmare, but a hilarious one.
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Well done! I think many of us have had a day like that.
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This actually made me laugh-out-loud. That is my life every day. I learned a term for this from FlyLady (if you don’t know her, you should check her out). I now refer to myself as a SHE – a Sidetracked Home Executive. LOL!
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Freshly pressed again, oh pale sister! This had me laughing so much…I feel this way on a daily basis…now if only I’d get back to what I was supposed to be doing…
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Again you make me smile. Sounds like a typical day for me to be honest. I can’t seem to screw my own head on straight and do end up laughing at myself at some point and time during the day. Its good to know that I am not the only one who’s family thinks they’re crazy. Usually its my kids though!
Did you ever make it around to watching your Oprah?
Thanks for sharing.
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I did get around to watching Oprah while dinner was cooking! Glad to have made you smile!
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I thought it was just me and I needed to me medicated! So should I feel better or worse that all of us are running around with our heads cut off? I don’t think I’ve ever stayed “on course” with what I was doing for more than 5-10 minutes. Is it chronic in our society with so many choices, and now too much interaction with technology to side-track us even more?
Great Post & Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!!!
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I personally think its at least gotten worse with technology. I’m thinking you hit the nail on the head there!
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Were you looking in my windows? This is me to a tee. I get distracted so … ooo, look shiny! 😉
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Shucks, You caught me!
Oh and the “ohh something shiney” is an ongoing joke in my house too!
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I said to my sister the other day “i think I have add” she says to me “me too plus we are gemini’s so we are just all around hot messes that can’t stay focused on one thing” GREAT! I feel your pain!
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Haha can totally relate to this!!! Made me smile 🙂
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LOL!!! That could be exactly from my own life… isn’t it amazing how you go and check one little thing on the computer- and next time you look at the time it is 2 hours later….
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Yep, you swear its only been a few minutes, but 2 hours have passed in what seems the blink of an eye!
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Ah hahaha… Sounds like me when I’m at the computer!
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Oh my gosh, this is my life! Thanks so much for making me giggle. Congrats on your freshly pressed appearance.
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You’re welcome, and I love the post on your blog!
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i have add.it sucks.i forget alot
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lol…you sound like me. I’m constantly getting distracted by everything else besides what I started out to do! Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
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Sounds like a typical day for me.
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It’s funny because it’s true! The computer is a blessing and a curse. Thank you for a blog post I could relate to. 🙂
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hahahaha….so glad to stumble across fellow-ADD-people like me! i am NOT alone! and i’m going to show hubby this blog post to prove it! 😀
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Wait until he sees how many others feel the same way, I’m only partly through the comments. LOL There are a lot of us out there!
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I knew there was a reason why I like reading your blog. Sound way too much like my life. Congrats on being pressed!
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Thank you!
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LOL, I love this! I do the same thing, but for me it’s not internet-related, it’s more like, life-related =-D
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I do the same exact thing! Only, I insist that I’m so in control, when actually there are days when I question myself, did I respond, yes you responded or noooo you did not respond! LOL
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Hilarious!!!!!
Throw a couple of kids into this equation and this sounds like my life.
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That sounds like me most days!
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Hahahaha – oh this is my life! I’m in the middle of things right now, and only came to the computer because my husband wanted to show me something, and I took over!
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I’ve had days like that! 🙂
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I was laughing half-way through….even more so after I realized that I’m actually supposed to be doing something other than reading this post!!
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LOL, too funny!
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I often find myself doing the very same thing. Only the thing I’m (unconsciously) procrastinating is homework…
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Adding my congrats on being “fresh pressed”.
This one caught my eye, primarily because I’m currently in the midst of being tested for A.D.D. Seriously.
I’ve had so many moments like that. (Well, except for the nails part. I don’t do my nails. Pink would look kind of weird on my hairy feet). 🙂
But in my crazier moments I’ve done things like bring home frozen food and leaving it on the counter while I got distracted by a phone call, followed by email, followed by a night of watching TV, and heading to bed. Only to discover the “frozen” food, dripping away on the counter top the next morning.
Oh vey.
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There are many highly successful people with A.D.D. because they are more creative and think ‘outside the box’.
And thanks for the congrats!
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I can totally relate to this post. Sometimes it seems as if the computer sucks me into the vortex and I never get anything done. Even the stuff I planned to do on the computer!
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Great post
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I think this must be the life of a blogger! How can we not help but check every few minutes to see if someone stopped by!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed.
Come and visit me!
http://rasjacobson.wordpress.com
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I think a whole bunch of us can relate to this!!! I know I can. Glad to know I’m not the only one that takes forever to do one thing on here.
Kudos on being pressed! Well deserved!
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Thank you and I’m glad I’m not the only one either, funny how many of us relate!
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Sounds like me, only I also add in to my list of insanity, check my school (online school is awesome). I think many of us do the same thing. I try to multi-task as much as possible.
-Log into school, email, wordpress, Fb, bank, and my other email all at the same time! This way, I can just tab through the different sites when I 1) get bored with one, or 2) am waiting for something to load, or 3) something cool catches my eye, like your post did just now 🙂
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed 🙂
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Sounds like A LOT of us!!! Guess that means we are all normal…
Nice post!
Congrats on being FP.
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Either we’re all normal or there are a lot more Abby Normal’s out there then we knew!
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Hilarious! This is a daily occurrence for me.
Congrats on FP
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interesting post… fun reading it…
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Luckily I don’t have a husband so I can embrace my ADD moments without interference. 😛
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This is hilarious! Hahaha. 🙂
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Haha, sounds like me at work. “Need to get this done….. Oooh I wonder whats new on Facebook. Need to get this done… But I wonder if anyone has commented on my blog?”
http://ishotthepilot.wordpress.com
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Too funny! You have just described my weekends! I go to work to be productive because I can’t seem to be productive at home. LOL 🙂
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This happens to me EVERYDAY. I fianlly deleted my twitter, and facebook. It helped for sure.
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There needs to be a special relativity theory for this phenomenon known as “Browsing the web”
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So true 🙂
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Hahha! Had a good sense of deja vu while reading this!
Congrats on getting freshly pressed!
http://bakbakee.wordpress.com
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LMAO! This is like a small picture of my life on a daily basis. Constant ADD! Love it!
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Oh how I can relate!! I read something similar quite a while back and it tickled my funny bone, but did not hit the spots described here. It was called “The But First Syndrome”. I’ll see if I can hunt it down, on my computer, but first I REALLY MUST get to work!!
Thanks for an enjoyable blog!!
Sue
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Story of my LIFE!
great post. LOL !
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How cool is this!! After I kept reading,I thought I was going to read when you actually didn’t print the picks…lol! Thats is my evening and mornings, I’ll start sorting dishes, here my daughter call my name stop with the dishes go tend to her, find something out of place in her room, end up cleaning her whole room, go to her bathroom, and so forth. Good Post!
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I usually do eventually get accomplished what I need to! Just took me a while on this day!
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What a great post – it made me laugh out loud! Do you use Tweetdeck? Now THAT is sidetracking on another level – Twitter,Facebook, Linkedin – all pinging on your desktop at once!
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Hilarious! I can so relate to this! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog!
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Hi Christy! I added you in my blogroll… and I gave you homework, too (check out my latest post). If you still haven’t been tagged, well, you are now… 🙂
Hope to hear from you soon!
Supergoddess Me
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Sounds like a typical Sunday routine. My routine is just to chill out and relax on a Sunday and take as much rest as I can.
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Great post, by commenting I’m guessing you can come to the assumption that I too, can relate to this and procrastinate and jump from one thing to the next very easily. I come here with a question though. Did you ever end up watching Oprah? Lol
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LOL I did!!! Thank God for DVR’s! (and there seem to be a whole lot of us out there!)
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And I was worried there was something wrong with me, phew thank god I am not alone.
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“- I get up and go to the computer.
– Where I first check MY email.”
LOL. Yes, well — this is usually where it starts, isn’t it?
😆
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Oh and obviously it was just the beginning, LOL.
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I had a wonderful ADD moment on Friday. Our weekend plans fell through and I had a day off, but my husband went to work to salvage a vacation day for later this year. I had no plans or schedule for the day for the first time since…maybe ever. Every time I got distracted, I just went with it. I did eventually finish everything, but I took the scenic route! Your blog looks great..consider me subscribed!
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