I am not a task girl
I’ll never claim to be
That would require an organized mind
Hey! Are you laughing at me?
I really do try
Cross my heart, hope to die
But as I start one thing
Another comes to mind
And as I’m distracted from task A to task B
A random thought emerges
And I’m off to task C
Wait, where was I going?
Why am I in this room?
I can’t think for the life of me
Then my eyes see the broom
So I sweep for a while
Sure I’ll recall
What it was I was doing
When I came down the hall.
What was the last thought
I had in my head?
If I remembered,
I’d be doing that instead.
Task A long gone from mem0ry
I focus on task B
But there are bills on the table
And wa la…we have task D
This will only take moments
And them I’ll resume
to B, C, and D
And, oh yes, the broom
At the bottom of the bill stack
Is my favorite magazine
Full of decor ideas
For the house of my dreams
Quickly my mind drifts far away
To that place where I create
All tasks completely forgotten
But dang, these ideas are great!
I shake my cluttered head
To come back to real life
I put away some dishes
A glass, a plate, a knife
The buzzer on the dryer
Lets out a shrill alarm
Now dishes are forgotten
And clothes fill up my arms
Folding people’s underwear
Has never been my thing
It never stays folded any way
Then the phone begins to ring.
“Hello?” I answer quickly
A sales call, of course
It irritates my greatly
And I hang up with great force.
What was I gonna do again?
Why can’t I remember?
Oh no! Three weeks til Christmas!
How can it be December?
What am I forgetting?
Do I have an appointment today?
Maybe a calendar would be good
Nah, sticky notes work okay.
I walk into the bathroom
And see a dirty sink
I reach for the Clorox wipes
But I really need a drink
I head back to the kitchen
The wipe still in my hand
I brush it over the counter
But I don’t understand.
Why did I come in here again?
Was it for my pills?
Was it for the undone dishes?
Or the stack of unpaid bills?
Or was it that broom in the corner
Still waiting to sweep some crumbs?
Or the still unfolded laundry?
Now I just felt dumb.
Tasks A and B and C and D
Forgotten and incomplete
Exhausted by confusion
I went and took a seat
I truly hope beyond all hope
That senility has not crept up
Sneaking up behind me
And biting me in the butt.
No I am not a task girl
And will never claim to be
I’m just a random person
With a bad case of ADD!!!!!!
love it! i’m not a task girl either…i don’t have ADD though…i’m just random.
here’s to randomocity…
Yay for random! I totally miss you…:-(
Hmmmm….can you be total opposites and twins too? 🙂
absolutely!
Is it weird if I believe you wrote this to describe me?! This is totally MY brain. I love it. That’s why we get along so wonderfully. 🙂
Heck yeah! It’s also why we so suck as a team at NERTZ!!!! Love you, girl!