My name is...ummm...err...Jennifer, that sounds right, yes I'm Jennifer and I have mommy brain syndrome or MBS. It started back when I was pregnant with DD and has been gaining momentum ever since. It is so bad that I am quite sure that if I were ever in an accident that rendered me unconscious or otherwise speechless and in the hospital I fear being pronounced VOA (vegetable on arrival) as I am sure they would discover a flatline where waves of brain activity should be.
On more occasions than I would like to disclose I have found myself walking from one side of the house to the other with purpose in my step only to arrive at my destination unsure of my motivation for being there.
It doesn't stop there my friends, I continually find myself on desperate searches around the house looking for items that I had in my grips not even 60 seconds earlier and then accuse my poor children of conspiracy.
Or if it's not forgetting what I am doing or where I put something it's forgetting to do something. I might not realize I haven't put the wet clothes in the dryer until I have scoured the whole house like a blood hound searching for the source of a putrid odor only to discover it's what used to be my freshly laundered clothes.
The other day I hit an all time low when after setting the alarm and herding the kids to the car I get myself almost buckled in when I realized I wasn't wearing a shirt! Really?? Now, I was going to the gym so arriving in only a sports bra would not have been a completely inappropriate but it is the closest I have come to being issued a declaration of insanity.
I know I'm not the only one out there with MBS. There's got to be other people who put the milk in the pantry and the oatmeal in the fridge right? The same people who spend 20 minutes looking for the phone and then can't remember who to call. There must be other otherwise my coping mechanism is not going to pan out. For now I am just going to keep telling myself it's normal and tear up the fliers they send me from the sanatorium.
So who's with me? Admitance is the first step to recovery you know. So if you feel me leave a comment about one of your memorable bouts of what we all know to be temporary lunacy. At least we hope.
I like when I look so long around the house for my sunglasses that I am inevitably late. I get in the car, disgusted that I can't find them, look in the rearview mirror to back the car out, only to see them on top of my head.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, I will call someone, when they say hello, I turn my phone to look at the screen because I can't remember who I called.
I totally get it...although I haven't made it to the car topless...yet! My mind is so much mush these days, I'm not sure I could come up with the details for how MBS has impacted my life...but thanks for the reminder on laundry. This morning, I had to rewash a load I washed Sunday night. So thanks for the reminder to put it in the dryer...this time only 3 hours after it finished washing, so hopefully "the soured smell" hasn't set in just yet. - Christina
ReplyDeleteJennifer, Do you remember the Sunday this winter when I wore 2 different boots to church? And I didn't even notice until my own children were laughing at me?? I feel ya, sister!!
ReplyDeleteAnd Rach, I've actually had sunglasses on top of my head & not realized it. Got frustrated that I couldn't find them & got another pair. Then, walked into a store and went to put the pair that is on my face, on top of my head, and only THEN realized where the first pair had been all along! DUH!!
ha, ha, I am not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you! keep'm comin'!
ReplyDeleteI do that all the time. forget what I'm looking for.....where I put things....put things inthe pantry that go in the fridge and vice versa...when I think of a good example I'll let you know. You not alone sister!!!!
ReplyDeleteand I've done the sunglasses thing too....except once I was looking for them while I was looking OUT of them!!!!!!! ....they werent very dark..and the sun was bright that day.....dont judge me! :p
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