We all have them. Switches in our heads that allow us to transition from one role to another. Wife. Mother. Volunteer. Housekeeper. Cook. Writer. Reader. This list goes on and on. We move from one role to another to another throughout the day as circumstances and interactions require.
I usually get into trouble when I'm multitasking. For example, yesterday I was making dinner in the afternoon, just putting together a simple meatloaf. But, while I was doing this I also had the laptop open and was perusing some sites regarding the spring book sale. Voila. The meatloaf was out of the mixer and into the pan without any tomatoes included in the mixture. Yes, I put a few diced tomatoes in my meatloaf, but totally forgot to add them as I was mulling over volunteer/work related things.
It happens. The switch gets tired from toggling back and forth and epic failure happened. It is sort of like getting a blue screen of death on your computer. Sometimes the mother board just says, "Enough! I'm outta here."
Seems to be happening to me a lot of late.
I did manage to finish, just in the nick of time, the book I was reading. The library called on Sunday to let me know two books I'd placed on hold were now available. I finished "Midsummer's Night" by Freda Warrington. I enjoyed this take on the Dubh Sidhe and would read more from this author. The book had a lovely mix of family drama, mystery, interesting characters, magic and otherworldliness.
Up next are "Madame Tussaud" by the lovely and talented Michelle Moran and "River Marked" by Patricia Briggs. Now that I have these two in my clutches, I can go into the library's hold system and put requests in for "Pale Demon" by Kim Harrison and "The Land of the Painted Caves" by Jean Auel. Woot!!!!!!
Looks like some good reading ahead, and no switches are required when I'm immersed in a book. That is a wonderful thing.
1 comment:
I can completely sympathize with understanding of exactly what you mean. Yesterday I was making 3 orders of cupcakes, doing 2 loads of laundry, emptying the dishwasher and rinsing and washing dishes to get to their destination. I noticed one of the batches looked thick and lumpy in the mixer. Alas, there sat the eggs and oil in the measuring cup just waiting to greet their final destination. Yep, those would have been a disaster. But I cannot stop multitasking...I honestly don't understand people that do one thing at a time. It baffles me!
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