Post by mesquite on Jul 21, 2015 3:04:57 GMT -5
Somehow I have survived for 68 years without being able to multitask. No mean feat. In school I flunked remedial multitasking twice. My parents asked the teacher if a social promotion were possible. She said the other students being socially promoted had specifically asked that I not be included because they felt it would cheapen their achievement.
Leaving for work nearly always requires two to three trips back into house. And even at that there's often a sad, sinking feeling upon arriving at work when I realize what I forgot. I try not to stop along the way. Counters are a place businesses provide for me to leave keys.
Anyway yesterday I was at HEB in Marble Falls for gas and groceries. HEB has the cheapest gas for 50 miles so there are usually several cars waiting for each pump. Waiting for a gas pump on a hot day is a lot like watching neighbors enjoy a swimming pool when you don't have one. You imagine what it feels like. Then you think about all the things you have to get done. Then you mentally fuss at all the jerks who act like getting gas was the only thing they had to do today and wanted to make the most of it.
I filled up the HHR, then the gas container. I started sensing all the mental fussing directed at me. Put up the gas container and started writing my check. Getting more mental fussing. Delivered my check, jumped in the car and pulled out just as the mental fussing was starting to get profane.
Besides what we need, I have to get several things for my mom who has Alzheimers. First stop was the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. I realized mom's check book was on the car seat. So back to the car. As I start to walk between my car and the one next me, there's a really old dude with a cane coming from the other way. The old dude starts to stop and left me go first. No way. This is competitive courtesy. I give him a fake smile and act like I just enjoy being in the heat. I go around to the far side of my car. That's when I see the gas cap that I forgot to screw back on.
Tonight I left the convenience store without the milk (that I forgot to get yesterday) that I had just paid for
Four Lessons: The Lord works in strange ways; He looks after children and fools; There's no fool like an old fool; and while I am aware of the official reason why He made us, don't kid yourself, He also made us for entertainment.
Leaving for work nearly always requires two to three trips back into house. And even at that there's often a sad, sinking feeling upon arriving at work when I realize what I forgot. I try not to stop along the way. Counters are a place businesses provide for me to leave keys.
Anyway yesterday I was at HEB in Marble Falls for gas and groceries. HEB has the cheapest gas for 50 miles so there are usually several cars waiting for each pump. Waiting for a gas pump on a hot day is a lot like watching neighbors enjoy a swimming pool when you don't have one. You imagine what it feels like. Then you think about all the things you have to get done. Then you mentally fuss at all the jerks who act like getting gas was the only thing they had to do today and wanted to make the most of it.
I filled up the HHR, then the gas container. I started sensing all the mental fussing directed at me. Put up the gas container and started writing my check. Getting more mental fussing. Delivered my check, jumped in the car and pulled out just as the mental fussing was starting to get profane.
Besides what we need, I have to get several things for my mom who has Alzheimers. First stop was the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. I realized mom's check book was on the car seat. So back to the car. As I start to walk between my car and the one next me, there's a really old dude with a cane coming from the other way. The old dude starts to stop and left me go first. No way. This is competitive courtesy. I give him a fake smile and act like I just enjoy being in the heat. I go around to the far side of my car. That's when I see the gas cap that I forgot to screw back on.
Tonight I left the convenience store without the milk (that I forgot to get yesterday) that I had just paid for
Four Lessons: The Lord works in strange ways; He looks after children and fools; There's no fool like an old fool; and while I am aware of the official reason why He made us, don't kid yourself, He also made us for entertainment.