I'm Having a Moment...

I could start this post by saying I've been having a lot of senior moments lately.  But I decided that wasn't entirely true because I've been having senior moments all my life.

For example...I seem to be misplacing things a lot these days.  When you decorate your space for Christmas, do you have trouble finding your normal accessories when it's time to put them back out, after the Christmas decor has been packed away?  My mother-in-law and I were talking about that a few weeks ago -- about how good it is to get the Christmas decs put away and how spacious our homes feel now.  My MIL said she often can't find her regular "stuff" she put away when she put her Christmas things out.  I was thinking that I shouldn't have a problem with that because I organized my Christmas decs last year, and I did things in an orderly manner this Christmas.  Hahahaha.  Remember this picture from last February?

Specifically this piece of pottery?

I can't find it.  I just purchased it last year with some of my Christmas money, and now I can't find it.  I've searched all over this house -- some places I've searched three and four times.  The crazy thing is that the other two pieces of pottery for the mantel, as well as the cow bell and the gourd were all packed and stored together in the same closet, same shelf.  You'd think my bowl would be there with the rest, but noooo.  

My mom said she is constantly looking for things at her house, most often keys or papers.  I think it's a universal condition that we all have too much paper clutter in our lives, don't you think?  Junk mail, bills, school assignments, magazines, newspapers, etc., etc.  Well, enough about the bowl; hopefully it will turn up (probably in the refrigerator the way things are going).

This is a good one; do you ever call someone on the phone, and while you're listening to the phone ring and waiting for the person to answer, you forget who you're calling?

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I do that a lot.  Pretty sad, huh?  Then while I'm off in la-la land somewhere, the person answers the phone and I experience a moment of panic.  I think, "Who is this on the other end of the phone and why did I call them?"  "Or did they call me?"  Please tell me you've done this at some time or other.

One of the funniest things I've done in recent years is the morning I went through the McDonald's drive-thru to get a coffee, and I forgot to pick up my coffee.  That's right folks; I paid for it, drove away, got all the way home and realized I had no coffee.  Headslap!!!

See, here's how it happened.  Our MacDonald's has two windows; you pay at the first one and pick up your order at the second one.  I remember there was an elderly couple who was walking across the drive-thru lane to go inside the McDonald's, and I was being really careful to watch for them and make sure they were safely out of the way before I started driving again.  By the time they were past, I forgot all about my coffee; I waved at the cute little senior citizens, and drove merrily away.

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I remember glancing in my side-view mirror and seeing a McDonald's employee leaning out the window looking rather surprised as I drove away.  I'm thinking if I'd already had my caffeine fix that morning, I wouldn't have forgotten to pick up my coffee -- that's my story and I'm sticking to it.  :)

So, what's the funniest, flakiest thing you've done lately?  Please share -- I'd love to know I'm not the only one who does these things.

Thanks for stopping by the hacienda; I really love your visits and your comments!  Have a great day!!

Denise