Grabbed my bag, grabbed my purse and headed out the door this morning, my breakfast and water in one hand, my keys in the other, typical day like any other. My housemate had left before me, so I was on door locking duty. My habit is to grab the newspaper off the porch, put it in my bag and I read it at work.
So, locked the door, and glanced across the street and the guy’s car is still there in the driveway. It seemed odd because we usually leave about the same time and I was running late. Things are not well across the street, because his wife, daughter, two sons, daughter in law and grandson have all moved out of the house, so it’s just him and their three to five dogs. Not sure on the count.
Why this is important is that the dogs have been getting out lately, so we’ve taken to watching to try to put them back in the fence when we see them. By “we” I mean my housemate Penny. So my glance included whether or not any of his dogs were loose. They weren’t. And this paragraph is a monument to the first three letters of my title, A D D, because I certainly am chasing rabbits right now. FOCUS!
I locked the door and turned to grab the paper and my attention was drawn to the fact that the neighbor was still there, so I thought, good for him, he’s taken the day off today. Then I got to wondering if he was feeling a little abandoned by his family, since he is the only one there now, except for the dogs, and started feeling a little sorry for him. I shut the screen and unlocked my car and climbed in. Got to work and realized I’d forgotten to grab the newspaper. Sigh. Threw my whole routine off.
Since I forgot the hard copy at home, I went on line to scan the news, and clicked on a story I wanted to read and the link took me to another story. Okay. Had no interest in that story so I clicked my link again. The same thing. Now you would think twice would convince me that the link is faulty, oh no, I clicked it twice more just to make sure, then called the thing stupid. Yeah, IT’S stupid.
I think I choose to blame this one on A D D. My focus got shifted off the newspaper and it got left behind. Old age is when I walk into a room and can’t remember what I went in there for, or I open the cabinet and there sits the milk, or open the refrigerator and find the mail.
Brain Leakage? That’s my favorite.
That’s when all the useless information I have stored in my brain finally gets a chance to come out. Usually at the most inopportune times, and the most random statements get made. What’s funny is the person on the receiving end doesn’t know I’ve already had a whole conversation in my head and they are just hearing the end result. You ought to try it sometime. It’s a hoot. I actually believe my eyes twinkle when that happens. It’s a candid camera moment.
Till next time, thanks for playing!
Stevie
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