I always joke with other moms about how pregnancy does crazy things to your mind. My sister-in-law told my after having Maddux that you give birth to brain cells that never come back. Well, not just that, but even during pregnancy brain cells must be sneaking out somehow. Here are a couple of my latest mind losing episodes:
A week or two ago, I did a little nesting. I started by doing a load of laundry and while in the laundry/mud room I saw that the floor was super dirty. So I go to get the broom and walk past the washer. Well, our washer and dryer are the fancy digital front-loading kind and Eleanor sometimes will push the buttons. I notice the lights and timer on so I hit cancel. Hello!?!? I'm the one that started the darn wash! So 5 minutes or so into the cycle, I cancel it and the water drains and I have to restart it. And to top it off, about 10 minutes later I'm in the laundry room again, this time getting out the vacuum. Eleanor comes in and hits cancel on the wash before I can stop her. Uhhh! Well, our laundry was extra clean that day.
My morning ritual at work is to come in, put away my purse and lunch, then power up my laptop. Once I have that done, I'll grab my 32oz water bottle and coffee mug. I walk down the hall and the first stop is the coffee pot. I leave my mug and continue upstairs to the water cooler. Well the other day, I get up to the water cooler and look at my hand. In it I'm carrying my coffee mug. I had left my water bottle at the coffee pot. So I had to take my retarded self, back down the stairs to retrieve the water bottle while leaving my mug for coffee.
For some reason this morning, I felt like having toast for breakfast. I got the bread out of the bread draw and the toaster out of the cupboard. While my bread was toasting I realized I had left the bread draw open. When I turned around to get the bread and put it away, Matt was standing there and I realized that he needed to make sandwiches for lunch any way. So I closed the bread draw. When my toast pops up, I butter it and slap on some of this awesome Swedish Cloudberry jam. I wrap the cord around the toaster to put it away and what do I find in the cupboard, but the loaf of bread! I have absolutely no recollection of putting the bread in there, but I have no one else to blame.
And let me tell you, these stories are only the tip of the iceberg. My mind is in absolute chaos. I don't know how I'm going to get through the weekend with Sunday being Easter and Eleanor's birthday on Monday (which means a dinner Friday night, a cake Sunday after brunch, and a dinner on her birthday) plus a baby that could arrive at any time!
4 comments:
Tara, I was cracking up with your stories!!! I especially love the one about you turning off the washing machine after you had just turned it on. Ha!!! I think we've all been there--some of us a little more than others. :) Thanks for being able to laugh at yourself and share it with us.
T, love the anecdotes! Glad to read that you are still feeling well - we are all looking forward to Carolyn pictures!
T, I can relate to the chaos! I just don't have pregnancy to blame it on right now! :) I hope all is still going well in these last few days of pregnancy. Can't wait for baby Carolyn to make her appearance.
Tara, This is hilarious! I so appreciate hearing the stories. It makes me feel normal. Just think, any day you'll deliver Carolyn and get most of your brain back! :-)
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