pipe dreaming

absent absorbed abstracted airheaded bemused careless distracted distrait dreaming dreamy engrossed faraway forgetful goofing off head in the clouds heedless inattentive inconscient lost mooning moony oblivious out to lunch preoccupied remote removed scatterbrained space cadet spacey unaware of events unconscious unheeding unmindful unobservant unthinking withdrawn woolgathering

alert attentive aware

careless distracted inattentive sloppy

unmindful

absent absent-minded abstracted airheaded amnemonic amnesic asleep on the job bemused dreamy heedless lax like an absent-minded professor looking out window mooning moony neglectful negligent nirvanic not on the job oblivious out of it out to lunch preoccupied remiss slack unwitting woolgathering

attentive

mindful recalling remembering retentive