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I've been telling my husband lately that I think I'm going senile. I've been worrying I might have early onset dementia or that I've missed the symptoms of a mini-stroke. I forget words, dates, and what was it that I went downstairs to get?? Like many moms will attest, my memory has not been the same since I had kids, but lately it's felt like my forgetfulness has been on overdrive (well, that and my hypochondria!). I was *this close* to begging my doctor for a brain scan when I had an epiphany: it's not that I'm any more busy than I used to be, it's that my days are much, much more random. During my adult life before kids, I was almost always working full time while attending school on the side or working two jobs. I had a lot on my plate, but it was all neatly boxed into a repetitive weekly schedule that rarely changed, and I had exacting to do lists broken out for each day, week and month. No one stopped me five minutes into a task to ask for a snack or to tattle on her sister; no one spilled milk on the living room rug the moment I got settled in to work or screamed at the top of their lungs for ten minutes while I attempted to have a phone conversation. If I needed to go to the bathroom, I did - alone. Plus I wasn't forced to keep track as I am now of who else went to the bathroom and when and how soon I need to prompt them again - one of those mom tasks that requires just a teeny bit of RAM constantly running in the background, which means you're never 100% engaged on the task at hand. And I juggle all the schedules now for four instead of one, plus a whole inlaw family's worth of celebration dates, an entire dictionary's worth of vocabulary and never-ending changes on the horizon for my husband's career. Oh, yeah, and I'm trying to get a business off the ground! My life has gotten a lot more full and a lot more random, and we're still trying to add another little one to this delightful and maddening juggling act : ) I'm starting to accept that I'm never again going to be able to recall solely from memory the exact date and time I scheduled that eye appointment next week, and that's okay. I've always been a calendar user, but I'm bumping the status of my three-months-at-a-glance up to new BFF, and renewing my love affair with Excel. I'm embracing this forgetfulness by doubling down on to do lists and color coded schedules and meal plans, and hoping *fingers crossed* that by the time my kids leave for college, I just might have recovered enough brain storage to be able to remember what it was I went downstairs for in the first place! So if you were nice enough to read my little rant on forgetfulness, then first thank you, and second, look what else I forgot I had: today's stash share that I stumbled upon yesterday while tidying up my sewing room! I was looking for one little mini-charm pack to tuck into a mailing, and lo - an entire box of fabrics! I was simultaneously delighted and worried I should go double check that I'd turned off the stove ; ) What's the best thing you've ever run across that you forgot you had? Someone must be able to top fabric : P Linking up with Sunday Stash hosted by Quirky Hannah today!
Lori M.
5/25/2014 06:24:06
Hi, I was going through a box of papers I saved, why I do not know, that were my Dads. I came across his 1st pilot license, And a Photo of my great-grandmother sitting on his black and leathered out Harley. With her sensible shoes with the knee high nylons and her cooking apron on..... What great finds......
I don't even have kids and I feel like I'm losing my mind lol. I've sometimes bought the same fabric twice because I couldn't remember buying it the first time. It is a fun discovery when I realize I have more of a fabric I love :) I actually had that cutting mat print and the moons in my shopping cart last week, but I changed my mind at the last minute. I did however buy two new text prints because "I didn't have any!" Oops : P It's great finding I have more of something I love, though, Julia : )
Anja
5/25/2014 07:25:39
Thanks for the chuckle. I never thought about a brain scan, but have been quite forgetful lately. I now have a new very long to-do list.
Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures
5/25/2014 12:21:51
Money! I also have purchased fabric only to find the same fabric already in my stash! 5/26/2014 12:54:33
Oh I love that low volume bundle! I found 50 (fifty!) fat quarters I'd forgotten I had tucked away from when I first started sewing. I believe they are Sentimental Studios and I got the whole lot for 52.00 shipped! At the time, because I was new to all this, I didn't realize what a bargain I had gotten! :) 5/26/2014 14:47:33
YES!! I can totally relate!! (Wait, what was your blog post about again? :-) Kiddos do make for some rather spectacular distractions. Don't even get me started about the stunt our #3 pulled in the bathroom on the day I tried to set up my website. The favorite thing I've ever come across was a little statue of a quilting angel that had belonged to my grandmother. I thought the packers had lost it in our move, but they had tucked it safely into an unused box of wedding stationery. Which took seven years until I looked inside it! A few months ago my husband visited a [single no kids] friend's house, was impressed with how organized and well decorated it was, and came home and asked me if I remembered that old apartment we used to have that was the same way... I said, "You mean the ONE place we lived BEFORE we had kids?" The look on his face as he finally connected the dots! : P And I think that's a wonderful find, Emily. My movers packed up the coffee maker full of wet grounds. Not nearly as exciting or nostalgic to find later!
I agree, random does make things a little harder to remember - that's my excuse that I am sticking to ;) 5/29/2014 14:27:30
Yay! I'm not the only one with 'mom brain'. We should start a hashtag if there isn't one. ;) I think you're right - a lot of it can be attributed to the randomness of day-to-day life with kids and family.
Angelin
7/15/2014 06:49:13
The only perk of doing all the laundry around here is the occasional "tip" that I find in a pocket. More money for fabric!
I love laundry "tips!" Those are the best : ) And I agree with you on the Google calendar, Angelin - I just spent yesterday making sure every last date was on it and then synced with my husband's because I "never tell him what's happening" (aka he doesn't look at the calendar! lol). Hopefully if we're both getting daily alerts, nothing will slip by us : P Comments are closed.
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