[Rhodes22-list] Syndrome spreading ...no remedy

[elle]

I've decided that this is what happens to serious
multi-taskers...we still have the multi...we just
don't quite make it to the tasks anymore.  ;^)

elle

--- Lou Rosenberg <lsr3 at nyu.edu> wrote:

>   Elle,
>  this is the main reason why it's taken me 4 years
> to restore my '81 
> Rhodes!  I decide to work on the interior and find
> myself  mixing epoxy 
> to work on the laz instead, which leads me to
> realize that the
> caulking along my hull to deck joint is poor and i
> will need to re do 
> that... ughh!
> 
> Thanks for the post!
> Lou
> 
>  going back to work under the boat this
> Saturday(outside)  unless I find 
> something else to work on in the meantime:)
> >  Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - 
> >   
> >> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. 
> >>
> >> This is how it manifests: 
> >>
> >>
> >> I decide to water my garden.  
> >>
> >>  
> >> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, 
> >>
> >> I look over at my car and decide it needs
> washing. 
> >>
> >>  
> >> As I start toward the garage, 
> >>
> >> I notice mail on the porch table that 
> >>
> >> I brought up from the mail box earlier. 
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >   
> >> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
> >> car. 
> >>
> >>
> >> I lay my car keys on the table,  put the junk
> mail
> >>     
> > in the garbage can under the table,  and notice
> that
> > the can is full. 
> >   
> >>
> >> So, I decide to put the bills back  on the table
> and
> >>     
> > take out the garbage first. 
> >   
> >>
> >> But then I think, 
> >>
> >> since I'm going to be near the mailbox 
> >>
> >> when I take out the garbage anyway, 
> >>
> >> I may as well pay the bills first. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I take my check book 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 inside the house to my desk where 
> >>
> >> I find the can of Coke I'd 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. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Coke is getting warm, 
> >>
> >> and I decide to 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 water. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I put the Coke on the counter and 
> >>
> >> discover my reading glasses that 
> >>
> >> I've been searching for all morning. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I decide I 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 spot the
> TV
> >> remote. 
> >>
> >> Someone left it on the kitchen table. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, 
> >>
> >> I'll be looking for the remote, 
> >>
> >> but I won't 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 pour some water in the flowers, 
> >>
> >> but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> So, I set the remote back 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 don't have enough water, 
> >>
> >> there is still only 1 check in my check book, 
> >>
> >> 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, 
> >>
> >> 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. 
> >>
> >> Forward this message to everyone you know, 
> >>
> >> because I don't remember who  I've sent it to. 
> >>
> >>
> >> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
> >> coming 
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> >  1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady
> in Red)
> >
> >
> >      
>
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 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


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