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I think about my mom and I marvel at how she managed to take care of us and the household while keeping a job.
We had home-cooked meals even if she comes home from work at 5:30 PM.
We had egg omelets, sausages, and ham for breakfast.
Our house was perpetually clean.
Laundry always gets done - by hand (we did have a laundry woman come over weekly, though) and our closets and drawers get magically filled with freshly-laundered, newly-ironed clothes.
I wish I could be like her.
I am failing miserably.
Oh, the dinner part I am ok with.
The getting-up-early-in-the-morning to prepare what was supposed to be the most nutritious meal of the day is the hardest part.
My kids had to settle for oven-toaster heated Spam sometimes.
Don't worry, it just happened once. Ok. Don;t judge me. It probably happened once a week. It is a weekly fare, part of my menu!
But one thing my mom did not have was technology.
Am I a better multitasker than her?
I can read books while doing my laundry (I don't even have to get my hands wet!).
I can cook while watching a teleserye (cuz nowadays, the television is practically in every room in the house. Kulang na lang ilagay sa bathroom! But oh, who pauses their dvd players for bathroom breaks? I was hoping they have pause buttons as well in movie houses because my son gets bored a lot when watching movies he always asks if he can go to the bathroom!).
But that's the thing. Too much technology makes us lousy multi-taskers.
I will think of a thousand ways why later because I am cooking while blogging and I might burn the food.
But here is an example.
My twelve year old nephew asked me for the entire 39 Clues e-books and Cahills vs Vespers series.
I shared my dropbox folder with him.
Until I checked my e-mail sent folder a little later.
Since the books are arranged alphabetically, the books starting with numbers as title came first in my e-books folder.
I accidentally sent 50 Shades of Grey.
I accidentally sent 50 Shades of Grey to a twelve year old boy instead of the 39 Clues collection!
You see, I was going through my facebook and twitter while answering some e-mails and at the same time, I was frying some food in the kitchen.
I did send him again the 39 Clues File and begged him to delete the first folder I sent.
I hope he won't get curious and think 50 Shades of Grey is some kind of a "hero" book.
Ooh, I have a lot of explaining to do to my bro (the kid's dad).
So, when it comes to multi-tasking, please do it only when you are not tuliro.
It will save you a lot of embarrassment.
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