Attention Deficit . . . Hey Look A Squirrel

It started this morning. I come into the office with coffee in hand.  I sit down at the computer, and after checking e-mails, I begin my Web-surfing routine.  First I visit my favorite comic strips.  At least I can start the day in a good mood.

Next, I visit my favorite blogs.  I come to Shark’s MQD blog and decide to leave a comment, but first I have to check a detail for inclusion in that comment.  I’ll have to do a search.  I should open a new tab to do that, but I already have more than a dozen tabs open on my browser.  Oh, I’ll just quick check my granddaughter’s FaceBook page and then I’ll do my search.  It won’t take a minute.

I have to click “like” on one post and leave a comment on another and . . . Oh look it’s her Mom’s birthday.  Surf over to Barbara’s page.  Post a birthday sentiment.  Then go to my page and post another birthday wish there.  Won’t take long at all.

I go back to the tab with Briana’s FB page and remember that I’m going to . . . oh yes.  I have to search for . . . what?  Ah yes, it’s for Shark.

I go back to her blog’s tab.  I had a real clever idea for a comment.  Yes, the operative word is “had.”  What do I need to check first?  What was the comment?

I remember what it was I forgot to tell Sylvia yesterday.  I get up and go find her and pass on the info that I should have given her yesterday.

Nellie (our cat) speaks to me as I pass, so I spend five or ten minutes petting and talking to her.  We’ve connected quite well in the past few weeks.

Did I tell you she slipped of the hassock and landed on me. It left a big scratch across my foot.  It looks nasty and red.  Antiseptic cream helps.

Oh.  Excuse me.  Where was I?  Oh yes, I’m petting the cat.  I finish that and go back to the office.

The browser is still open to Shark’s blog.  I had a clever comment for that.

What will I have for lunch?  Speaking of that, I’m thirsty.  I take a big gulp of wonderfully refreshing Guatemalan coffee.  Ahhh.

Oh yes, comment.  I read the post again.  What clever reaction could I have had to that?  Hmm, beats me.  I write, “Looks like everybody had a good time.”

I agree, that’s not even a little bit clever.  (Some days a a guy just has to “fake it.”)

On to the next blog, etc.