I’ve been more and more forgetful lately.  My reading glasses & sunglasses disappear and reappear whenever they want.  I have no idea where they go.  But they do eventually show up but not before causing much annoyance and irritation.  I have a couple of reminder apps on my phone.  I don’t think I ever used them.  The other day, I went to get a new dish towel to wipe the dishes.  After I took it out, the laundry had just finished so I put the laundry into the dryer (the linen cabinet and the washing machine are within steps of each other).  When I got back to the kitchen, I had no idea where the dish towel went.

I’m grateful that public transit is by my doorsteps.  Because I sometimes can’t find my car keys.  I have used my spare car keys more than once.  And now that I got a new TV and receiver, I have more remote controls than I know what to do with.  At least 1 of the 3 will go off on their own.  I found one of them on top of the washing machine once.  Maybe it went to look for the lost socks.

While I try to laugh this off, this is actually starting to stress me out.  I don’t want to end up like my dad in his final years of life.

My memory recently has been leaking like crazy.  This morning, I forgot the passwords to my email accounts.  I had just logged off them an hour or so ago and when I went back in – I blanked out.  It was just bizzare.  I had to get the passwords reset for both of them.  At work, I couldn’t remember the name of what’s his face.  I also blanked out on the name of a relative.  Mind you I haven’t seen him in ages.  I could see his face but his name?  It was just a blank.   2 weeks ago, I purchased something for my sister.  I placed it right by the door where I put my keys so I could drop it off for her during the weekend.  I finally remembered to bring it over this weekend.  A few days ago, I was wondering why I haven’t seen the meeting notice for my annual evaluation.  Everyone at work were already talking about their evaluations.  I was going to send a reminder to my manager when I remembered a note he sent a few weeks ago asking us to book a meeting with him for our evaluation.  At a conference call, he said “someone still hasn’t booked their meeting with me yet…”  Oops…

So if you leave me a comment and I just respond with some generic comment (e.g. “that was an interesting comment.”) – chances are, I’ve forgotten who you are.  I mean it’s gotten so bad lately that dad has to remind me of things he asked me to take care of.  He’ll give me this strange look and shake his head. 

I can just picture J coming over to visit me. I’ll open the door and not recognize him.  I’ll ask him who he is and what he wants.  Of course with my luck he’ll say  “It’s me!  And I’m here for some sex.” 

Anyways, I better start taking my ginko pills again.  At least I remember where I put them.  I better look for my yellow sticky notepads too. 

I know my memory is bad.  But you know it’s pretty bad when my dad has to remind me about things.  I swear, I think I’m going to be senile soon.  Here are a few of the latest examples.

1.  I wear reading glasses.  The other day, I looked all over the place for them only to discover they were sitting on top of my head. 

2.  I’ve been looking all over the place for my notepad / journal book from work.  I usually jot notes, reminders etc… on it.  I just found it in my camera bag.  I have no idea what it was doing there. 

3.  I was packing tonight for a trip tomorrow and my coat had a lot of lint in it.  I purchased one of those sticky roll brushes.  I see it every day because I leave it in the washroom right by my toothbrush, floss, Qtips…  So tonight I wanted to brush my coat but I had no idea where that thing was.  In my mind, I kept seeing it but I couldn’t figure out where.  It wasn’t until I brushed my teeth did I notice it. 

4.  The remote control for the TV went missing for a day.  I found it at night when I went to sleep.  It was on my bed.  I have no idea why it’s there as I don’t have a TV in the room. 

5.  I just found my dad’s sunglasses in my knapsack.  He thought he lost it.  I remember putting it there when I took him to a doctor’s appointment.  But of course, we both forgot where we left it.  I’ll have to somehow sneak this back into his house so I don’t look too bad. 

6.  I stuffed a bunch of bills in my briefcase last week when I didn’t have time to work on them.  I figured I would pay them off online when I was at my dad’s place.  I just rediscovered them tonight. 

7.  I asked J – “Did we have hanky panky today or was that the other day?”  Ok – I’m kidding about this.  I don’t usually forget about stuff like that…. yet. 

I think I’m slowly losing my mind. 

1.  I’ve resorted to stuffing the remote control for the TV in my pants when I’m at home so I don’t lose it.  But it is just awkward when I sit down.  I think I’ll tie a string around it and hang it on my neck. 

2.  I also regularly lose my cellphone.  I call it all the time to figure out where I last placed it.  I usually leave it on vibrate mode so I sometimes have to make multiple calls before I can determine where the faint vibrating noise is coming from.  The other day, I had to call it again.  It was in my pants. 

3.  I was making some sauce for a quick pasta dinner when I reached for some heat.  I grabbed a bottle of tobasco and noticed the contents were very dark.  I decided to test it.  I put some on my sauce already simmering in the pot before I realized what happened.  So far, my tummy has survived.

4. While emptying my coat pockets, I noticed I was carrying both sets of car keys. 

5.  I just deleted a bunch of comments accidentally when I hit the backspace on my browser.  So if you were expecting a reply – I’ll try to do this again tomorrow.

6.  While showering this morning, I almost forgot that I didn’t even shampoo my hair yet. 

7.  At the farmer’s market, I saw some Brussels Sprouts that looked fantastic.  Do you think I remembered what they were called?  I kept looking and looking at it but it was just on the tip of my tongue.  I finally remembered the name when I got home. 

Maybe I’ll just stick a finger in a socket to jump start my brain.