Argh! I have a habit I have never out grown. It is becoming frustrated when I know my mother is correct about something. The frustration is aimed at myself, sort of in a “Why didn’t I think of that” way. It is because – after she has pointed something out – I realize how obvious it was in the first place. I had one of those moments earlier today.

After smacking the top of my head on the car as I was getting into it, my mother expressed concern about all my recent injuries. In less than a week I have hurt my knee, hurt an ankle on my right foot, hurt my left foot, and attempted to give myself a concussion. I cannot figure out which foot/leg to favor when I am walking – they both hurt – so at times I am sort of shuffling along. I have a lump on my head from smacking it on the car, and advil has become a very dear friend.

My loud “Ow” – when I hit my head on my mother’s car – prompted her to share her thoughts about the “accident waiting to happen” bubble that seems to be surrounding me. The long and short of it is that she has diagnosed me with a severe case of distracteditis. Basically – in her opinion – I have too many things on my mind right now, and I am allowing all those thoughts to distract me. She believes that my distraction is causing me to not pay close enough attention to what I am doing, and my surroundings, resulting in my many injuries. She brought to my attention that if I continue going the way I am, there will come a time when I will do serious damage to myself.

She is correct…I have been hanging out in my own head, mulling over the many things that are going on in my life right now. As a result, I am not all that aware of my surroundings. I am not paying attention to where I put my feet, as well as my head. Time for me to get focused!