Ooh, look! .... something shiny!

I'm getting nothing done at the condo, folks. NOTHING.

Tons of projects .... nothing at all getting finished. I've self-analyzed and realized I think it's because I have A.D.D. Either that, or I'm absolutely senile.

Why do I say that, you ask?!! Well, let me give you a brief glimpse into The Chaotic Condo Life Of Kat. Here's a snapshot of my time one morning this past weekend:

[Enter with Kat in master bedroom]

(*Kat spots moving box of packed toiletries sitting in bedroom*)

"Time to unpack this box of bathroom supplies which has been sitting in my bedroom since I moved in. Now where did I put the scissors so I can open it? Hmmm, I'm guessing downstairs in the kitchen. Either on the counter or in the drawer."

(*Enters hallway on the way downstairs. Spots CJ sitting at top of stairs*).

"Well, hiya CJ. How goes it? Oh, are you hungry? Okay, come on, let's get you a treat."

(*continues down stairs and into kitchen with cat following. Spots painting supplies in entryway*)

"Okay, my major goal today..... To paint the dining room. That's going to take awhile so the sooner I get started the better. I'll need the ladder for that. Where's that? Oh yeah, upstairs. But let's be efficient, is there anything from downstairs that needs to go upstairs that I can take with me while I'm heading up anyway??"

(*walks into living room to check. Spots unopened bag of cat litter that had been previously brought in from the car and not yet stored away yet*)

"Damn, that's right ... I'm in desperate need of completely changing out the catboxes. I should do that right now before I forget."

(*heads to kitchen to get almost full kitchen trash bag to use for litter so can then take all trash at once out to dumpster*)

(*takes trash container from under kitchen sink, removes its trash bag, places in new bag and puts empty trash container back under sink*)

"Hmmm, while I'm at it, I should throw out those couple of items going bad in the fridge."

(*opens fridge*)

"Oh man, I'm hungry... I haven't had breakfast yet so I should probably eat. Maybe I'll do that first before I start dealing with yucky cat litter."

(*puts trash bag down in kitchen, washes hands at sink, then goes back to fridge and ponders food options*)

(*grabs leftover pizza from fridge (what?) and a Starbucks bottled frap (double "what"??? :), tosses a small snippet of chicken to CJ, then heads to living room to eat*)

"Yippee skippee, while I eat I can watch the episode of Monk I missed last night" (shut it)

(*grabs remotes and tracks down Monk episode to watch*)

(*watches Monk*)

(*as well as maybe the episode of Psych*) (seriously, shut it! ;))

(*turns off tv*)

"Okay, now what was I doing?"

(*confusedly looks around and spots empty shelving which should hold cds*)

"Cool, now that the living room is painted I can fill those shelves with my cds and movies. I think those are packed in a box upstairs in the office"

(*heads upstairs*)

(*before entering office, glance in master bedroom and notice pile of laundry that needed to be done*)

"Well, before I start shelving the cds, I might as well get a load of wash started! Cuz me .... all about the efficiency!!! And that way I'll be getting two things done at once! Whoo hoooo!"

(*enters master but before grabbing laundry sees box of toiletries*)

"Dang it! ... that's right .... I was going to unpack that real quick. All I needed was the scissors! What a dork! I WILL finish something today!"

(*jogs downstairs and into kitchen*)

(*but before locating scissors, almost trips over bag of garbage left in the middle of the floor*)

"Crap, that's right ... I need to get rid of that. But I think I have a few things in the fridge to toss in there first..."

(*opens fridge. Sees CJ's bottle of pills in there.*)

"Sorry, kitty ... first up ... I need to give you your pills for today."

(*tries to reach down to pick up CJ but CJ has heard the "p" word and makes a dash for the living room*)

(*starts heading off after CJ until ....................[insert sound of phone ringing off in the distance]*)

"Crap! My cell phone! Where did I put that??"

(*races upstairs and traces source of ringing to purse which is sitting beside the bed. Furiously digs through purse but can't find phone before ringing stops.*)

"GAHHHHH! I REALLY need to clean out my purse!!!!"

(*Finally finds phone and sees that "unknown caller" was the dialer. Waits a few heartbeats but phone does not indicate any voicemails being left. DAMNIT!*)

(*Plops down on floor and dumps out purse to start the purse cleaning process. Hears cell phone beep*)

(*Looks over and notices that the cell phone is warning about a low battery*)

"Dang it .... I better get this phone charging since I don't have a landline. Now where did I put that cell phone charger?? It COULD be downstairs in the kitchen. OR was it left on the master bath's counter??"

(*Gets up and walks into master bath area to check. Doesn't find the charger but MAN does that sink need to be cleaned*)

"Before I go downstairs to plug in the cell, I might as well clean this sink real fast. I know I've seen that cleaner recently ..... Is that in the other bathroom??"

(*Puts cellphone down on counter and walks out of master and starts heading over to the second bathroom. While in hallway, glances into office and see the ladder*)

"That's RIGHT ... I MUST paint! That's going to take awhile! I'd better get that started!"

(*Enters office and grabs the ladder. Takes ladder downstairs in through the living room and spots the bag of cat litter*)

"DAMNIT! I REALLY need to change those cat boxes! But before I do that I need to grab the trash bag from the kitchen and I really should dump those couple of items from the fridge. Then I can just dump the litter as well into that trash bag and get it all out at once! Ya know .... cuz I'm all about efficiency!!"

(*Puts ladder down in dining room and enters kitchen. Before reaching trash bag, notices cellphone charger sitting on desk*)

"GAHHHH! My cellphone! I REALLY need to plug that in! I'd better do that first ... ya know, before I forget!......."

(*Grabs cell charger and sees paint samples purchased the day before sitting next to it.*)

"SWEET! I've been meaning to see if this paint color will work in the second bathroom. I can take this upstairs while I'm at it and save myself a trip."

(*Grabs paint sample and heads upstairs. Decides to pop into the second bathroom real quick to get an impression of how that paint will look. Puts cell charger on bathroom counter and holds paint sample to wall. Thinks the sample looks pretty good but won't be able to really tell until a patch is painted on the wall and left to dry. Decides to grab a paint brush from downstairs to do so. But before can leave the bathroom Emma hops on the counter*)

"Well, heya, Kitty-kitty ... you want to be brushed?"

(*Puts paint sample down on bathroom counter next to cell charger and grabs kitty brush from under sink. Proceeds to brush Emma*)

(*While brushing Emma, glances into master bedroom and spots pile of laundry*)

"That's right ... the laundry ... GAHHHHHHH ....I was meaning to start that!"

(*Finishes brushing Emma and walks into master to grab laundry. Does so and heads downstairs to the washing machine. Places laundry in washing machine and sees that there is plenty of room for some additional items. Decides it would be more efficient to grab more items before starting the washer. Exits laundry room and starts towards the stairs to find more items. Spies CJ trying to look inconspicous*)

"Hey now, kitty ... we still need to do your pill. Come onnnnn"

(*Scoops up CJ and heads into kitchen. Places her on counter and pills her. Spots scissors trying to hide under the mail sitting on the counter next to CJ. Remembers was looking for the scissors ... only at this point ... doesn't remember why! Looks around the area hoping something will jog the "scissor" memory .... spots the trash bag, the laundry room door, the bag of cat litter and a bunch of painting supplies. Suddenly feels overwhelmed! Decides to take a break and read.*)

And such is life nowadays, folks! This is why the condo is not yet painted. Nor unpacked. And why my cellphone may often be dead. :)

Good news is ......... I may be losing weight .... ya know, what with all the stair climbing and all! :)