Momnesia The Book

A shocking discovery

You know how you go along thinking it's one day... let's say Thursday... then later (much later) you realize it's actually Wednesday?

Well, I've taken that to a whole new level.

Earlier this week I was thinking about a birthday party that's coming up. I thought, "Well, the party is in April, so I have plenty of time to get a gift."

I couldn't recall the exact date of the party, so I took out my calendar.

And that's when it dawned on me: We are IN APRIL. I was thinking we were still in MARCH!

Yes, I've been writing the date down on things, and I'm writing "4" as the month. I've also been doing April-ish things like paying taxes. But for some reason, my brain was just set on "March" as the month. What the heck??

I was so taken aback, I just sat there like this for a while:

In fact, I'm still not over the shock. I'm shaking my head in disbelief as I write this.

So that's my momnesia moment for the week. What's yours?

Momnesia Moment

Moms chime in…

“This is an example of trying to do too much at the same time—one source of Momnesia for sure! Over the weekend I was rushing to get a load of laundry going, but I was also watching my one-year-old son. We were in the garage, and I saw him start heading toward the driveway.  

 

I just threw the laundry in, pushed the button, and ran after him so he wouldn’t wander into the street.  Later, as I removed the clothes from the washer, I realized that I had accidentally thrown my brand new tank top (DELICATE CYCLE ONLY! COLD WATER!) in with my husband’s work-out clothes. That poor tank top suffered through a 90-minute ‘sanitary’ cycle, i.e. scalding hot; heavy soil; super spin. It didn’t fare well.

 

So now, in addition to more laundry, I have a new to-do item: Buy another tank top.”

Momnesia Moment

Moms chime in...

"I wanted to make coffee, but our container of coffee grounds was almost empty. So I walked over to the pantry to get the refill bag. I found it. I opened it. But then, instead of pouring the grounds into the container, I walked over and poured the grounds directly into the coffee maker. I wasn't measuring or anything - just pouring a TON of coffee grounds into the machine. I wonder what that pot of coffee would have tasted like if my husband hadn't stopped me."

Momnesia Moment

Moms chime in...

"When I was leaving the gym, I 'cleverly' placed my cell phone in my gym top, where there is a 'pocket.' Then I got home and couldn't find my phone. I searched everywhere, and I even considered calling the gym. Finally I called the phone, and… you guessed it... my 'boobies' started to ring! The song was 'It's a Small World.'"

 

 

Thank you to Natalae J. La Douceur for sharing this Momnesia Moment! Do you have one to share? Let us know! Send an e-mail to: share@momnesiathebook.com.  

 

Bonus: On her blog, Natalae did a wonderful job of putting momnesia into perspective. We may be forgetting lots of stuff… but we’re remembering the things that matter. Check out her post here.

 

Momnesia Moments

Moms chime in...

"I nearly always have at least one of my three kids with me when I'm driving, so I regularly take the carpool lane. The other day, I was driving and talking on my Bluetooth to my friend (who, like me, is a busy mom with young kids). It was a rare moment when I was alone in the car. Suddenly it hit me: I was in the carpool lane! I said to my friend, 'Oh no! I'm in the carpool lane, and I just realized I'm alone in the car!' What made it even more classic is that she replied, 'Oh my gosh - me too!'"

Momnesia Moment

You know that moment right before you realize you've done something stupid? You have this vague feeling that something is amiss, but *what* you've done hasn't quite hit you yet.

 

 

This happened to my sister last week. She parked at the My Gym place, got out of the car, got her 11-month-old son out of the car and shut the door. She was on autopilot - you know how it is.

After the door slammed, she experienced a split second of hesitation... wait for it... wait for it... DOH! She realized she accidentally locked *everything* in the car (except for her son, thank goodness).

I didn't even think this was possible. Aren't new cars supposed to have special lock systems that protect you from yourself? At any rate, she evidently pushed the lock button then threw her keys IN the car (as she was getting her son out), then closed the door.

Everything was in there. Her purse, her diaper bag, her son's bottle, even her phone. The funny thing was she had her earpiece in and she was *talking* to her husband as all of this happened. So the phone was in the car, but the ear piece was on her head, and she could keep talking. 

"Don't hang up!" she told him. "We have a problem!"

Since this was the last phone call she would be able to manage until her car was unlocked, she stayed on the line while Matt called our mom. Arrangements were made to drop off the spare key.

Big production. Oh, and did I mention that the baby really needed a new diaper?

Momnesia strikes again. 

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Momnesia Moments

Moms chime in...

"I was getting ready to go out to dinner with my hubby and I tried pulling on my favorite white pants. I was shocked when I couldn't get them up my legs. Duh! I was seven months pregnant and they weren't maternity."

Momnesia Moment

   

Moms chime in...

Hi, it's Adrienne Hedger, your blog host. I'm chiming in this time because I remembered a recent momnesia moment. (Isn't it ironic that you know you have momnesia moments, but sometimes you just can't remember them?)

Anyway, I was driving home and thought of something important. So I got out my cell phone and left myself a voicemail at home. Five minutes later -- FIVE -- I got home, saw that I had one message and thought (with surprise), "I wonder who called me!"

Mm hm. Momnesia.

Momnesia Moment

Moms chime in...

"My greatest momnesia moment so far: During my one weekly baby-free hour, I ran errands around town. Post office, fill gas tank, groceries, ATM deposit, pet store, etc. Trying to be Super-Efficient Woman, I made out my deposit envelopes at home and had them ready to go. Of course, they went right into the outgoing mailbox with my letters...

I realized what I'd done about ten minutes later and returned to the post office (clock's ticking!) only to be told that the mail had already been picked up and was on its way.

Since the checks-to-be-deposited were our only endorsed paychecks, I had to close both of our personal accounts and our business's primary checking account and re-open new ones to replace them.

Luckily, no fraud. But what a pain re-routing all the auto-debits I set up so I don't forget to pay our bills!"