Multi-tasking

What a horribly cold day it was today. I went out this morning to buy a few necessities, like milk and bread. I did some laundry and spent a good portion of the day knitting. As I knitted I sat on the couch with my legs up on the couch. I had a nice warm afghan covering my legs and was visited from time to time by my two cats. I couldn't stop in the middle of a row to greet the cats because I would have lost my place and messed up the entire row. So, at the end of a row, I put the knitting away and Coco curled up on my lap for awhile. When she had enough, she got down and sat on the floor. I was able to resume my knitting for another row or two. The pattern in the afghan is beginning to take shape. It's going to be very pretty when it's done. Since I can't do 2 things at one time, I have a hard time listening to the tv while I knit. That's when I tend to make mistakes in my knitting. So, most of my concentration was on the knitting with a pause now and then to hear the tv. Multi-tasking doesn't work for me. I like to do one job at a time, do it well, and then move on to another task. I suppose that I'm a product of my generation. Unless it's a mindless task, I need to think about what I'm doing.