The last couple of weeks have been slightly surreal, I don't think I have been thinking very clearly about things. One day I returned to my car - parked in the field outside the Museum, and I just could not remember where I had parked it. I had to walk up and down the rows clicking my key fob till I heard the doors unlock. Three days later I returned to another car park, and this time went straight to the car, opened the passenger door and slung my bag into the footwell. Then absent-mindedly I climbed in and was about to put on my seatbelt when I realised the steering wheel was on the other side! I had to scuttle round before anyone noticed.
I have a sewing project in mind, and needed supplies. I complained to Bob "I went through all the craft baskets in the Charity Shop, and I could only
see two invisible zips" He couldn't stop laughing.
For six weeks I have been looking for my bottle of M&S perfume. "I haven't seen it since we were last in Manchester" I said. When I fetched my cabin bag down from the loft on Friday morning, I found not only my perfume but clean teeshirts and underwear, and my missing baseball hat. Fortunately the bag of dirty laundry had been dealt with on our return, but clearly I didn't empty the case before I put it away!
I thought our flu jabs were this week. But last Thursday, enjoying a lazy breakfast in our pjs, Bob looked at his phone, and announced we needed to be at the surgery in 10 minutes time!! We dressed Very Very fast, and walked round to get our shots.
Despite all those crazy errors, I did manage to get from Cornerstones to Steph's house and back without any crises en route!
I can empathise with your experiences-I I sometimes say to people that my brain is too full. My all time faux pas is when I phoned Norrie to say that I thought my car had been stolen from the town centre car park. His reply was that my car was on the drive-I had walked to town for the exercise! Catriona
ReplyDeleteAt least you had the sense to phone him first. Imagine the embarrassment if you had called the Police! 🤣🤣🤣
DeleteCatriona, I get that. I once walked to the supermarket, feeling very smug that I was getting exercise and not driving, and then remembered that half the point of going to the supermarket had been to get the car cleaned!
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DeleteThere are days, weeks even, when I need a full-time minder.
ReplyDeleteI expect one needs special spectacles, maybe the ones Esmé wears for 'Sewing Bee' to spot invisible zips?
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DeleteSounds like something I would do, walk around looking for my car! I'm glad you made it to Manchester and back without any mishaps. :)
ReplyDeleteThe return train was very delayed [not my fault] so i will get compensation for that.
DeleteI was more often a passenger rather than driver for nearly 40 years so often opened the passenger door first when I became the driver!
ReplyDeleteColin also always knew where we had parked on a car park and I've had to learn to always look and check - especially at the big boot sale!
Big events parking in fields are the hardest, there are fewer markers to establish where you are.
DeleteSuch a relief to know that even someone as well organised as you can do crazy things!
ReplyDeleteEven Superman struggled with kryptonite. 🦸♂️ .None of us is perfect!
DeleteOooh, I'd love a lazy breakfast in Pjs with CBC but he's got his course on Saturdays and I have to get up for church on Sundays. We are going away for half term from Sat afternoon to Fri so it's not going to happen then!
ReplyDeleteOh dear though, lots of blank moments for you! If it's any consolation, I kee doing similarly daft things!
I do hope you can find a lazy space somewhere in your busy life!
DeleteLosing things is so frustrating. My daughter does it almost as often as me, so I can't blame it on my age.
ReplyDeleteLosing things at home is due to my untidiness. Losing a car is crazy
DeleteOh the times I've forgotten where I have parked the car. A couple of weeks,ago I left my handbag on a shopping trolley. When I remembered I went back and it was still there! So lucky. I think women particularly think of too many things. Regards Sue H
ReplyDeleteToo many balls to juggle, it's not surprising we occasionally drop something
DeleteAlmost missing a doctors or other apointment like that is a classic isn't it...I have regularly done it with the hairdresser!
ReplyDeleteIn retirement we don't have the same pattern of days, which makes it harder
DeleteI had a funny brain experience. I had been to the supermarket and returned to the car. Got in and could not remember how to reverse the car, took a full five seconds before I remembered how to do it. Most strange. Carole R.
ReplyDeleteThese things happen to all of us sometimes
DeleteThere were two doors to the village shop and post office. The dog was waiting patiently by the other one when I went back to collect her.
ReplyDeleteMy friend got home and had to think what was missing before she went back for the baby in his pram.
Oh my goodness. Leaving a dog🐕 is one thing, forgetting the baby 👶is quite another
DeleteCompletely understandable.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Hope your convalescence is going well!
DeleteI have to consciously stop and make a mental note of where I'm parking my car or else I forget too. It's embarrassing to be walking up and down rows, pressing the unlock button on the key fob and hoping I'll find my car without anyone noticing what I'm doing! lol
ReplyDeleteIn car parks where they have tickets, I write the floor number on the ticket as I park
DeleteMy friend told me recently she and her husband had parked on the street, returned, drove away then realized it wasn't their car! Turns out there's a limited number of ignition key patterns and theirs started someone else's car. They were worried about getting it back before the owner reported it stolen. They'd noticed the stuff in the car wasn't theirs otherwise they'd have taken it home as usual!
ReplyDeleteThats awful! But how confusing if the owner had got back and found his car missing, but another one which he could unlock nearby
DeleteWe met up in town with separate vehicles one morning and then set off in the car for an appointment out of town. When we returned we drove straight home and opened the garage, only to realize that the truck was still parked in town!
ReplyDeleteI am relieved to read that other people do crazy things too!
DeleteIf my DH parks car when I’m not with him he sends details of which car park and where about in it he has left the car to my WhatsApp.
ReplyDeleteWorks very well especially in car parks with ANPR and no annoying bits of paper to lose.
I suspect it reminds him where he parked too, not that he would admit that!
That is such a sensible thing to do
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