DON'T GET OLD

           I decided to wash my car.  As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table.  I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.  I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trashcan under the table, and notice that the trashcan is full.
           So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.  But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
           I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left.  My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of coke that I had been drinking.
           I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.  I see that the coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
          As I head toward the kitchen with the coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need to be watered.  I set the coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
           I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.  I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.   Someone left it on the kitchen table.  I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
           I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
          So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
          Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
          At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm bottle of coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still onlyone check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
          Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.  I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.