Distracted

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It is funny how something can sit on ones desk for years and parts of it go completely unnoticed.  Last night close to  9:30PM I realized that I had said I would bring a card for the HRT group to sign and get delivered to one of our fearless leaders who tripped on a speed bump and broke his collarbone this last week.

Mind you, on Thursday HRT mornings the alarm goes off at 4:44 AM.  So, the bedtime on Wednesday nights needs to be closer to the 9:30-10:00 ish time.  I was in a little of a panic.  The clock was ticking and I was fading... fast.   So... to my mom's card collection I went.  I never did find the perfect card for the friend with a broken bone.  But, I did find a distraction.

I have never thought of myself as ADD or easily distracted on the task at hand.  But, as I get older and work has gotten so data driven and time sensitive on an 8 year olds time schedule and the needs that they all have and I want to provide....that I have become the QUEEN of Distraction.  I am in fact distracting myself from writing weekly progress reports for my students as I write this.   They can wait to distract me later when it is really time for sleep.

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Anyway, I was distracted with a few files of cards in the basket on my desk and sidelined myself on FB with that before quickly printing and cutting and pasting a card for half awake runners to sign in the dark of morning. I didn't take the time to LOOK INSIDE the folders.  Thank goodness.  I am going on 6 hours sleep right now from just the darn discovery of the file labeled "Interpersonal Conflict" last night.  I would not have made it to bed until midnight if I had actually looked inside!

When I got home from work this evening I opened up the "Interpersonal Conflict" file. There were /are two cards inside.... but this one takes the cake and is too distracting to not share.

Here is another file I had never noticed.  It too has two cards in it.  This one is classic my mom!  Gosh! I sure do miss her.

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