Yesterday while at work, I realized that there was yet another thing I couldn't recall. Or to put it bluntly, something else I forgot. I then started thinking about how much I couldn't remember. I realized that there was a lot I couldn't remember - yes I could remember that I couldn't remember.
My desk is a pile of post it notes of things to do. Every day when I get to work, I create a new to do list so I remember what I meant to do. Also I do get a tiny bit of satisfaction in checking completed items off the list. Then I started to think of reasons that I couldn't remember things.
- I am getting older. Its none of your business how old I am but my point is we aren't getting younger, we are getting older. Old people are allowed to forget things. I am not old. I am getting older. There is a difference. But it causes forgetfulness.
- I have chemo brain. I have been using that excuse for a while. Maybe its even true.
- Menopause causes memory lapses. I believe that it is considered to cause forgetfulness. I have chemopause or chemotherapy induced menopause which is the same thing. Or maybe twice as bad.
- I take multiple prescriptions daily. Pain meds can cause forgetfulness.
- Dieting causes forgetfulness.
- Volunteer work causes forgetfulness.
- Cooking shows on TV cause forgetfulness.
- Daily crossword puzzles cause forgetfulness.
- Too much time on Facebook causes forgetfulness.
- Going to the gym causes forgetfulness
- Red wine causes forgetfulness
- Ice cream causes forgetfulness.
- An unfulfilled passion for fried clams causes forgetfulness.
- A need to go to the beach year round causes forgetfulness.
- Singing along to the radio in the car while no one is around causes forgetfulness.
- Too many doctor appointments causes forgetfulness.
- Gardening causes forgetfulness. (Damn I have to plant the plants I bought last weekend!)
- Knitting and crocheting cause forgetfulness.
- Bad backs cause forgetfulness.
- Cancer causes forgetfulness.
- Being married causes forgetfulness.
- Owning a pet causes forgetfulness.
3 comments:
Ha ha ha ha.LOVE this post.! So true, so true! Robin
This post is perfectly timed for me. I went to my support meeting the other night and when I arrived the door was locked. No one was around. The meeting is always the first Thursday of the month. I was there the other night, it was the second Thursday of the month already. It finally dawned on my I had the wrong week. duh! I didn't forget, I just had the wrong week entirely. I felt a bit foolish.
It finally dawned on me, not my. Feel free to fix that!
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