I can remember things in pretty decent detail if they happened awhile ago or if they were particularly big, important events. The little day-to-day inconsequential thing, though, dribble straight out my ears.
An example? I drink our tap water (gasp!) and I even find that our water tastes good, better than some of the bottled water we have gotten on occasion. I don’t even use a filter for it. However, I do have to let it run for a couple of minutes for it to get fairly cold and to avoid having a lot of air in it when I fill up my pitcher. I know it’s not good for the environment to leave water running but it’s better than eight trillion plastic bottles.
Just a few minutes ago I made a second cup of coffee and remembered that my water pitcher was empty. I turned the cold water tap on to let it run and headed off to the bathroom to pee. I came out and I could hear a weird trickling sound. I immediately thought, “crap, one of the air conditioners is leaking!” I rushed over to the one in the living room which is more important since we have carpet in there. Nothing. I went to the dining room window to check that one (still important but at least the floor is ceramic tile and won’t get ruined), and it was also running just fine.
I stood there in confusion. Was the fridge leaking something then? It’s not raining right now. Where the hell is that running water coming from?!
Oh. Right. From the tap where I turned the water on so it could run for a couple of minutes to fill up my pitcher.
You know, it’s hard to remember stuff you did a whole two minutes ago.
HA! I have done this with the kitchen timer. i’ll tell the ladies that we’ll do X for X more minutes then set the timer. occaisionally it will go off and I’ll think–whoa what is the timer going off for? and usually I set it for five minutes or less!
The new design looks awesome!
My memory hasn’t been the same since I had kids. Sometimes on the way to work I will panic, thinking that I forgot to brush my hair. Thank God, I haven’t actually forgotten yet.
This is a normal thing. Wonderful brains….
And by the way.. I do like your name – I’ve seen your profile as well 😉 –
Best,
Intoku
What’s this 2 minutes thing? I walk from one end of the hall to the other end of the hall and have no clue why I went there. The excursion must have taken about 15-20 seconds. Sad.