Pluggers by Rick McKee for February 03, 2025

Wife: You need to take a shower! I’m not going to tell you again!

Narrator: She did, in fact, tell him again.

My wife constantly narrates her life. And she has a loud voice.

I repeat my immediate tasks, like in the Rain Man movie.

When she needs it, I tell her about it one task at a time. Two or more and she forgets nowadays. Always and forever, no matter what.

Daily to do list on a white board works for me ;-)

Me going to gets some picanic baskets after breakfast and a walk in the woods.

I don’t have Todo lists. I prefer to log what I’ve managed to accomplish. Yesterday it was Laundry and Dishes.

“Let me tell you about my sleeping.” (Actually, heard from a table of senior seniors.)

I have a day planner where I write my to-do list.

Announcing what one is planning on doing seems to be common for older people, people who live alone, and people who live with someone who tends to ignore them. Much of the time, we don’t even realize that we are talking out loud. And, we don’t expect anyone else to listen. When your brain is “multi-tasking,” saying what you plan to do next may be a way of focusing on your next priority. It’s like Siri, “In 100 yards, turn left.”