We've come to this conclusion..

I've discovered that I don't
1) Listen
2) Pay attention
These are two things that you get yelled at for when you are 10, yet still I have trouble with these things..it has become apparent on several occasions, most recently yesterday when I was interviewing for a job. We had to do an excersise, we'd be given a topic and had 15 seconds to think about it then talk about it for 45 seconds. So when it was my turn she says..describe your ideal pant..or I thought she said pant but of course I'd been tuned out of the conversation then came back in and heard something about pants. Turns out she said pet, describe your ideal PET! Oops..sorry miss wasn't paying attention.
This is only one example of many where I wasn't listening and/or paying attention, another one is the time I tried out to be on Wheel of Fortune. Of course we had to play a mock game and of course when they called on me I said a letter that had already been picked, why? because I hadn't been paying attention that's why. Dammit how do I cure myself of this!!!