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#191524 - 10/11/09 07:15 PM
Brain Overload
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Dotsie, funny you should ask me if I ever rest. If I could; I think I would do a lie around marathon for about a week.
We just finished remodelling our granddaughter’s room, because we think she may have some allergy problems. So we ripped out the carpet, put in parquet, painted the walls, and ceiling. We finished putting the furniture in about an hour before she arrived. Between house showings, my granddaughter’s overnights, my mother, and personal invitations, I have been getting appointments mixed up. Or as my DIL would say, I’ve been getting brain farts. hahaha. Like this morning Hubby and I packed "A" with her new bicycle, and Mom with her new walker, into our car, to drive for two hours, out in the boondocks to visit friends who invited us all over for a Peking Duck dinner. When we arrived, our granddaughter was sound asleep, so was my mom,....and guess what? No one was home. Huh? I checked my calendar...and good Lord...the invitation is for NEXT Sunday. All I could think of was; thank God they weren't there...How embarrassing is that!!!
So we turned around, and had a great steak dinner at a restaurant near-by. While cutting my mom’s roast beef, my cell phone rang. Some lady screamed some juicy obscenities into the phone at me. Apparently I stood her and her family up, who had made an appointment, about a month ago, to look at a house. Boy, was she cooking. Of course I apologised and all, which didn’t help any. But you know, I was so exhausted, I didn’t even really care.
I guess, this is what it’s like when the brain short- circuits. Anybody else get these brain far…. ahem….indigestions? Please tell me you do.
Um….am I at the right forum here? Gosh, I hope so.
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#191526 - 10/11/09 07:23 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Oh, yeeeeeees. I call it my "senior moments" and blame it on menopause. I had gone to pick up a friend for our weekend out-of-town trek before sunset. Only to be told by her husband that I was one week early.
And, misplacing things? Heck! I've done that as well. Quite classic really but, I am only telling if you want to know. It really beats the "coming into the room and forgetting what you were there for" sort.
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#191528 - 10/11/09 07:32 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Lola, thank you for letting me know I'm not alone! I was beginning to feel like I'm catching up to my mother.
I know you are a multi-tasker too. I mean, I didn't even do this much multi-tasking when I was younger! I don't think I could have handled it.
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#191542 - 10/12/09 08:57 AM
Re: Brain Overload
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I also write everything down all the time. I look at my lists morning, noon and night because sometimes there are changes. But really, I need a new voice recorder. LOL!
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#191565 - 10/12/09 04:53 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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or the cell phone you can't find as you're getting out of the car, because you're talking on it. LOLOLOL! Done that and wearing the t-shirt!
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#191572 - 10/12/09 05:17 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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LOL Lola, I'm liking you more and more! All right, how about this? Getting out of the car, with a cell phone to the ear, a grandchild hanging on to the leg, a neighbour calling something or the other over the fence, and me clicking at our front door, with our remote car door opener.
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#191576 - 10/12/09 05:26 PM
Re: Brain Overload
[Re: Edelweiss3]
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Heck! Have you ever gone shopping with a grandchild and packed all the groceries in the car except for the child, EW? Done that as well. My 2-year old grandson sitting in the shopping trolley screaming away: "LOOOOOOOOOOLAAAAAAAA...you forgot meeeeeeeee!" as I started the engine and was getting ready to pull out of the "mother and baby" parking bay.
Morale of the story: child in first. Or...never shop alone with a rogue grandchild. LOL!
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#191579 - 10/12/09 05:27 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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That's right! We have to set our priorities! lol lol
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#191582 - 10/12/09 05:31 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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How about forgetting to pay, and just walking off with the groceries?
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#191585 - 10/12/09 05:32 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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I make a list of everything and diarise. I never shop unless I have a list or I might as well have stayed in bed. I've gone into a shop with full trust on my cerebral ability, after all I quote caselaw for a living. Heck...little good that serves me when I have to remember what I was supposed to pick up from the shop. And, the cheeky daughter goes..."Mother, would I need to put you on medication now?" LOL!
Edited by Lola (10/12/09 05:37 PM)
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#191588 - 10/12/09 05:38 PM
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Just to my own defense, I seldom do a house showing on a Sunday, so that's why I didn't check the calender. And as for the dinner invitation? I thought I remembered the date correctly. But believe me, I'm writing everything down from now on. Just got to remember to check that calender! jeesh.
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#191590 - 10/12/09 05:46 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Weeeeeeeeell, if you're going to find extenuating circumstances...might do that as well. I have three grandchildren! I ferry to and from school, dance, football club, swimming, karate, ballet, creche...and then there's dog. A chihuahua who thinks he's a rottweiler.
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#191598 - 10/12/09 06:14 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Hmmm, sounds like your chihuahua needs medication. lol
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#191605 - 10/12/09 06:46 PM
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Pedro is tame compared to dodging saber-rattling grandsons. And, the granddaughter... A pill! A pill! My kingdom for a pill!
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#191608 - 10/12/09 06:58 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Awww, he is so adorable!
I had a response, but by the time I hit the reply, I forgot what I was going to post....
I am reading this thread and I feel like I am reading my life story here.
Anyway, I have to go and find my list or did I make a list yet???? Where am I? What am I doing???
Oh well, cheers!
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#191610 - 10/12/09 07:17 PM
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Cathi, you funny! Woops, is this the party to I am speaking to? snort snort.... Lola, I think I can hear your grandchildrens' giggling and very frightening snarls. My gosh, how they have grown! Love them, and hope those young'uns will help us find our walkers some day. lol. Dog? Well, I say; that's a practical name if you are forgetfull.
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#191612 - 10/12/09 07:26 PM
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Actually, I once had a dog I called C'mere (contracted form of come here) to save my breath to cool my porridge. LOL!
P.S.
And then there was Pat (for pat the dog). I know, I know...groan all you want...as I've said before...I am far, faaaaaar awaaaaaaay!!!
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#191613 - 10/12/09 07:34 PM
Re: Brain Overload
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Well, as long as you don't name him PlayDead. Baaaahaaaaaaa
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#191614 - 10/12/09 07:36 PM
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As I said...I am far, faaaaaaaaaar awaaaaaaaaaaay!!! LOLOLOL!
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#191615 - 10/12/09 07:42 PM
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How about "Sit"? Come here Sit! Get the ball, Sit! Sit sit, Sit.
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#191620 - 10/12/09 07:53 PM
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Lola, sweety...you are soooo faaaar away; you are inactive.
I'm gonna call it a night. Woof woof .... and how did we ever get on this topic? hahahahahahah
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#191621 - 10/12/09 07:54 PM
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Sit would not know whether he was coming or going. Fetch, Sit! Beg, Sit! Heel, Sit! You'd have one veeeeeery confused dog.
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#191622 - 10/12/09 07:55 PM
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By Jove! It's not even mid-night over yonder. Sleep is for the weak, I say. See you in the morn.
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#191623 - 10/12/09 08:00 PM
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Still far, faaaaaar awaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! It's what one gets when nicking photos from Photobucket. My bad. LOL!
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#191726 - 10/14/09 10:54 PM
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um... uh...uhhhh
Oh darn, I forgot again!!!!
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#191758 - 10/15/09 06:57 AM
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Hahaha...I'm laughing out loud here.
I wonder why?
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#191793 - 10/15/09 05:49 PM
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Three sisters ages 92, 94 and 96 live in a house together. One night the 96 year old draws a bath. She puts her foot in, pauses, and yells down the stairs, "Was I getting in or out of the bath?"
The 94 year old yells back, "I don't know, I'll come up and see." She starts up the steps and pauses, "Was I going up the stairs or down?"
The 92 year old is sitting at the kitchen table having tea listening to her sisters. Shaking her head she says, "I sure hope I never get that forgetful," and knocks on wood for good measure. She then yells, "I'll come up and help both of you as soon as I see who's at the door."
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#191799 - 10/15/09 06:09 PM
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Whenever I misplace something, if I let it go and focus on something else, the item appears. Yeeeep. Sooooooo true. That's how I found my panty liners. Thought I had misplaced it but...there it was...stuck to where it should be stuck... LOL, Dotsie! And, I thought reading on the throne was multi-tasking. LOLOLOL!
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#191804 - 10/15/09 06:16 PM
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Everywhere but the panty, Dotsie. I forgot I had already changed into a fresh one right after shower. But, because I got a phone call whilst in my robe...there you go...a little distraction sets off a brain leak.
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