I am ready and armed with today’s post. It’s been jumbling around in my head for hours.
Oh no! No, no, no, no, no!
[Groan]
I just forgot what I was going to write about! I don’t even remember what the subject was!
Is anybody home up there? Anybody!
Complete silence.
Sigh…
Where oh where has my memory gone?
Maybe if I do something else for a while I can remember what is was I wanted to talk about. Yeah, that might work.
Okay…why am I sitting here?
What was I gonna do? I think it was important, but I’ll be darned if I can recall.
Oh, yeah! I remember now - put the laundry away.
Uh, I know I came into the bedroom for a reason?!
Blank.
Nothing.
How is it possible that I can’t pull one, small thought from this brain of mine!
Oh my word! I’m still standing here!
So, why did I come in here?
Dang it! Maybe a cup of tea will help.
Tea always soothes me. I love the smell when I pour the steaming water over the tea bag. Mmmm…that’s nice. The hot liquid feels good on my sore throat. Yeah, that feels much better. It doesn’t quite taste right, though.
Hmmmm…
Did I remember to put the organic brown sugar in it? I swear I put some in there…or maybe…that…was yesterday? Well, another teaspoon won’t hurt.
Ahhhh! Another sip which feels so nice on my raw throat.
Wait a minute! Something is still missing.
The cream! Can’t have my tea without cream.
Okay, where did I put the cream in here?
[Head cocked sideways]
Ah…and why are my shoes in the fridge?
Looking out the patio window with my hot cup of tea, the thought comes again – “Now what was it I was going to do? ”
Watch a movie? Yup, that’s it. I’ll go lay down for awhile and watch one of the movies I just got from Netflix today.
Wait! Where are the movies I just received? I know I put them right there. I know I did.
Oh wait. I think I watched those last night?!
Ugh..
So, if I wasn’t going to watch a movie, than what was I going to do?
I really wish I could trade this brain in and get a healthy one! This is so ridiculous! I know I have something important to do, but I’ll be darned if I can remember what! The silence in my brain is deafening.
Maybe if I walk around my apartment something will trigger my memory, and then, I can remember what it is that I need to do.
My laptop.
Laptop…article
Oh yeah!
Oh no!
I have to get my article done! Okay, so here goes!
Silence.
Blank space.
Emptiness nothing-ness.
Again…
Geesh…
Maybe if I check my emails and post comments on all the blogs I read, that will trigger my memory.
Four hours later…
Moan…
[Pounding my head on my desk]
I still don’t remember.
This is so frustrating because I know it was a really good post. Why didn’t I write down my thoughts when they were jumbling around in my head? I know things get easily lost up there.
…And I still have a post to write…
There’s only one problem, though.
Now I’m totally exhausted from trying to remember.
Sigh…
I think I’ll just head to bed instead.
Determined to continue forward,
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I really like this post. It all started after my son was born and it keeps getting worse as time goes by. It was easy to bluff in the beginning as to save my pride but one day my husband caught me when we were talking about our wedding day. Sometimes I fear waking up not remembering anything and the doctors are puzzled as to why this is happening. And with the lack of medical insurance there is not much more that can be done.
The end of this was the best where you said why didn’t I write down my thoughts. My answer to that all the time is I thought I would remember it lol. Ta…Da
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Kimberly – ROTFLOL! Exactly! Ha Ha! I thought I would remember it! Uh huh! Been there, done that! Too many times! That was a good one Kim!
So funny!
I know that feeling very well indeed!
Hahaha, “I know things get easily lost up there.”
Yes!! I seem to have a black hole there…
Thanks for the laugh.
Jonie – If I had known other people had “black hole up there” or that I would get so many chuckles on a Saturday, I would have written this post much earlier! If I had remembered, of course!
You really need to put up a warning when you are going to do a post like this. It’s a danger to anyone who tries to read it while drinking a soda or eating a meal. I laughed so hard, I about lost my breath.
Still chuckling!!
.-= LD Jackson´s last blog ..Children of the world or children of America =-.
Larry – Well, then I would say I achieved my goal at humor – despite my intense pain!
Do I need to buy you a new shirt!? LOL!
Larry, I wish I’d read your comment before I drank the coffee. It burns the nose!
Dominique, that was a great post. If you asked my wife, she’d tell you that I live most of my waking hours in just such a state.
.-= Matt´s last blog ..Judicial Activism and Alinsky Rule Number 8: Liberals Attack Alito for Exposing POTUS Lie =-.
Matt – Hey! So….that either means you have cfids or….I’m getting old? LOL JK
Dominique,
We might as well laugh at our selves. It makes others around us less concerned.
As far a movies or even TV shows, I don’t remember what the plot or the ending is, so I can watch them over and over and over.
There’s always something I forget every day…I lay in bed at night wondering what I was supposed to do,call,write,email or a number of other world shattering things…..but I don’t remember.
I don’t usually have any “ah ha” moments where it suddenly comes to me.
I think I need to carry around a little note pad and pen so I can write things down.
But, on second thought, who’d want to remember laundry anyway.
My biggest loss now is forgetting the computer keyboard. I have to hunt for the ? mark, or which one is the comma/period.
I was an administrative assisstant forever ago, so I get just a tad irritable when things like that happen and the spelling now is going, going, gone!!!!
Moving on now…. Kathie
Kathie – I so agree with you and I can totally relate! I do that with the computer board as well.
I have gotten to where I make lists everywhere: my bedroom, my living room, my kitchen, on yahoo, you name it there is a place to leave notes to myself. I have found that writing things down really does help….unless I forget to check my list of course…and I have been known to do that from time to time.
The one that really gets me is when I forget to pay my credit card! Errrr! I now pay it 2-3 weeks ahead just so I don’t do that.
Have a great day, Kathie. Good to chat with you again!
Tomorrow’s article, I think, is a really good one. One of my readers said something that triggered the article/post.
I was just reading your article to Tammy and she wants to know if you have ever put a half-gallon of milk in the pantry instead of the refrigerator?
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Larry and Tammy – Yes. The shoes in the fridge story is true. I found the milk later in my clothing closet in my bedroom!
Larry – BTW – Does Tammy know how to type? She is welcome to comment and share here too!
I am SO glad I am NOT the only one that this happens to!!
Sorry that you blanked out… I did that yesterday and never “found” what I was looking for, and moved on!
Regardless, I loved your post!
Jolene – Thanks for coming by and I’m glad you liked the post!
Dominique! I found you
It only took me most of the day. I have about 20 windows open on the computer because each time I attempted to track down your blog, I got distracted and never made it back to searching 
I can relate all too well to this post!
Nancy
.-= Nancy´s last blog ..Mark Your Calendars! =-.
Nancy – ROTFLOL! I needed a good laugh tonight. Been laying in bed for three days straight now – non stop! That definitely made me feel better! Thanks for that! I am glad you found me! Looking forward to getting to know you a little better.
Too hilarious. I loved your Changes poem on Kim’s website. Of course, I will subscribe. Everything you write is how it is and helps sooooo much.
Much Love to you Always. Keep it going, girl:)!!!!
Isabel – Thank you and thank you! And thank you for subscribing! I will keep it going! Great to have ‘meet’ you! Any friend of Kim’s is a friend of mine!
Well the good news is, your experience is one i need to take a page from….i don’t have that degree of humor in my life. I’ll take it as if it were advice that is needed.
.-= David W. Walters´s last blog ..War sucks =-.
David –
The things I’ve done – have got to laugh or I’d cry.
Distrations:
Well here I am in the laundry room guess it would be a good idea to
do some laundry. Well since I’m here I’ll just get the machine
filling up with water, pour in the detergent and go get those clothes.
Distractions – Much later – I walk into the laundry room for
who knows what reason, (just think I heard the noise)- I hear the machine in the spin cycle.
Where are the clothes?! – Did my washing machine eat them? Oops
I guess I never went to get those close because my mind was intercepted by some other thing. What was that thing I sure don’t remember.
Long distance cooking: A no no from now on. Well I’ll just put
the burner on to heat up some water it would be nice to have
a cup of tea. Later – Wow my goodness and Wow — Can you see
what I did – the coiled burner is red red hot and it is torked
totally off the stove standing straight up and the tea kettle is
welded to the hot red coil. Oh my goodness this isn’t just
a shocking surprise, but it is dangerous. No more long distance
“cooking” for me. I put a note on the hood over the stove-
“Turn the stove off if you leave the room if you value your life”
Patricia – ROTFLOL (rolling on the floor laughing out loud!) Been there, done that! The second one I have left the burners on and left my apartment for the whole day! I now use a George Foreman’s Grill as much as possible and not the stove. I just forget too much!
Those were great examples! Thanks for sharing!