Multi-Tasking

I think I've forgotten how to do just one thing at a time. Seriously. Last night, I realized this as I was taking a shower and cleaning the shower stall at the same time. (Works nicely, by the way. You're all wet anyway, the shower is all wet - just make sure you don't accidentally mix up the mold and mildew killer with your body wash and you're good to go.)

I get dressed while feeding the Bean her breakfast. I clean the basement whenever I go down to do a load of laundry. I sweep the kitchen floor while cooking dinner. You get the idea.

And all of this is great and productive and good time-management etc. BUT (you knew a but was coming) it can be taken too far. If anyone is going to take a good idea and run with it right into speeding traffic, it's gonna be me. Some guidelines so the same doesn't happen to you, fellow multi-taskers:

1) Nothing else should be done while cleaning the toilet. Nothing. Trust me on this. Or while using it, for that matter. Some things are just sacred.

2) I never "waste" a trip upstairs by not carrying something with me that needs to go up there. It's like, TEN steps or something. That's a lot. BUT don't get carried away. It's also a long way to fall if you're carrying so much you can't see your feet.

3) You cannot do ANYTHING with a cat while you have a vacuum running. Just don't bother trying. You will get hurt. Especially if you get the brilliant idea to vacuum the cat (thereby taking care of the shedding problem at the source, instead of after the fact!) Great in theory, but don't bother trying to put it into practice.

4) Water and electricity don't play nicely together. Fo realz. Nuf said.

5) God gave us two hands for a reason. Our one brain can only go in so many directions at once. Which is why, when we try to do too much at once, we forget things like the whole water/electricity thing in #4.

Be careful out there!