'You look for your eyeglasses, and they are sitting on top of your head, or you find the remote control for the DVD player in the refrigerator.'
Your spouse asks you for a cup of water and you go and make a peanut butter sandwich for yourself…You spend almost an hour looking for your favorite watch, give up, and grab another watch. After you pull up your long sleeve to put the watch on, you stare for a few minutes because your favorite watch is already on your hand.
find something that belongs in the office. You go to the office to put it away, sit down to check your e-mail,, decide to write a poem, and several hours later realize that the water in the sink is cold.You leave with enough time to be early for your ADD doctor’s appointment, but are thinking of other things and drive to work instead and
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