Busy day.
Had to take ABL to the doctor (med refills) at 8 then reward him with drive-thru breakfast, get him settled at home and take the car to -its- appointment at the shop for sluggish starting. As I was sitting there eating my own breakfast between appointments I thought to myself "mustn't forget to lay out his lunch before I go" and what did I end up doing? Forgetting to lay out his lunch before I went...and didn't realize it till 1:30 when I was hungry and getting ready to go buy my own lunch from the cafeteria. Fortunately home is only about seven minutes from work. No harm done.
But that makes the third bit of serious forgetfulness in a week and that worries me. Last Tuesday I completely mixed up "quesadilla" with "chimichanga" even though I've had both many times....ordered the former thinking I would be getting the latter and only after the food came did I realize my mistake. Sunday night into yesterday morning I thought I was having lunch with my friends even though I knew lunch was set for the 11th and the appointments were on the 5th...for some reason there was this curious blank spot making me think that yesterday was the lunch. Also for some reason I've been having a really hard time remembering today is Tuesday, not Wednesday.
Spouse says it's stress and he's probably right but I'm still uneasy. I've never been a forgetful person, never mixed up days and only once in my entire life lost track of an assignment because it was due the day after the calendar page flipped. That was my freshman year of undergrad and I've always kept a continuous six-weeks-at-a-glance calendar somewhere easily seen to avoid that ever happening again. So this is definitely unusual. I'm keeping track now, though, and if they keep happening with the same frequency into the new year I'll figure out what kind of professional I should go see. Neurology probably.
But now I'm going to bed - still with this intermittent headache and scratchy throat and sleep is always a good answer for whatever the question might be.
All. The. Time. It’s very scary. This morning I forgot to use straighteners on my hair. I know, no one died, but I do this every morning of my life. Last week I was sitting waiting for my train and the guard asked me where I was going and I couldn’t remember. I live there for goodness sake, I was going home! I regularly forget names of famous people and sort of hunt frantically round my brain until I find it or look it up on the Internet. All my friends say the same (i’m 57) but I am not sure when it moves from funny senior moments to something more serious.
ReplyDeleteStill sober though 😁
Sober rocks!
ReplyDeleteI got my dr. appointment wrong this week too. I think seeing a specialist might help calm your fears, or give you information. Keeping track is a good idea.
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Wendy
Yeah...”gather data” is always a good first step - and maybe it was just a weird fluke!
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